The Nigerian presidency list Buhari's achievements in one year

The presidency has released a list detailing all the achievements of President Buhari in the last one year.

SECURITY:

• The relocation of the Nigerian Military Command Centre to Maiduguri, since May 2015, contributed to the success in the fight against insurgency in the North Eastern part of the country.

Herdsmen phone recordings of attack on Enugu community killing 20 people

Arrested herdsmen by Eniola Akinkuotu

The Nigeria Police Force says it has arrested five suspects for their role in the Enugu attack by suspected herdsmen which led to the death of about 20 persons in the Ukpabi Nimbo area of the state on April 25, 2016.

Fuel Subsidy, NLC suspends nationwide strike

Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, led by Mr. Ayuba Wabba, yesterday suspended its ongoing nationwide strike to force the Federal Government to reverse the N145 per litre pump price of petrol and resolved to resume negotiation with the government.

Fuel strike, Lagos Workers snub NLC and turn up for work

Bobboi Kaigama, TUC President

Lagos State workers on Wednesday defied the call by the organised labour to embark on a nationwide strike over hike in pump price of petrol.

One of the Chibok girls has been found in the Sambisa forest after having a child

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Rescued: Amina Ali, then 17, has been found two years after she and 218 others were kidnapped

One of the 219 schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram from Chibok in northeast Nigeria more than two years ago has been found. 

Amina Ali was discovered in the Sambisa Forest area of Borno state by civilian vigilantes assisting the military on Tuesday.

Ms Ali, who was 17 when she was abducted, has reportedly had a child while in captivity.

According to a local spokesperson, she is now with her family in her home town of Mbalala, near Chibok.

'She met her parents, who recognised their daughter before she was taken to the military base in Damboa,' Ayuba Alamson Chibok, a community leader in Chibok, said.

'Her father's name is Ali and the girl's name is Amina.'

Yakubu Nkeki, head of the Abducted Chibok Girls Parents' group, also confirmed her name and said she was 17 when she was abducted.

He added: 'She's the daughter of my neighbour... They brought her to my house.' 

NLC Strike, workers told 'No Work, No Pay', you must go to work

FG tells workers "You must go to work today, no work no pay" despite lNLC's threat to continue with strike,

Despite threats by the Ayuba Wabba faction of NLC to continue with its planned strike action today May 18th, the Federal Government has advised all workers in the Civil service to resume for work today, saying the no work no pay rule will be invoked in all ministries, agencies and department. Speaking after a meeting with labor yesterday May 17th, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal said:

Fuel Price increase, Nigeria is too broke to subsidize fuel. Buhari had no Choice

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, asserted yesterday at a public book presentation event in Abuja “If there is one person in Nigeria that believes that petroleum prices should not go up by one Naira, it is President Buhari,”.
Explaining the difficult decision announced last week by the federal government, Prof. Osinbajo said the President simply had no other option. Although the President did not want the fuel price to go up, the Vice President said “he is left with no choice. What can we do if we don't have foreign currency, we have to import fuel.”

B/Haram military commander captured

Chief of Defence Staff, Major-Gen. Abayomi Olonishakin

The co-operation established in the battle against terrorism by the Boko Haram has yielded another dividend. A joint military task force from Cameroon and Nigeria captured Boukar Kaou, a Boko Haram leader, during a raid in which 58 militants died, according to Cameroon’s government.

China trains Nigeria Railways Staffs

A Chinese firm undertaking the construction of Nigeria's first standard gauge railway has kicked off capacity building for local railway personnel ahead of the railway's commercial operation.

Xia Lijun, a project manager with China Railway Construction Corporation (CRCC), said the operational training for more than 100 personnel of the Nigeria Railway Corporation became imperative since it was the first time Nigeria was operating standard gauge.

Fuel Subsid Removal, Vice President Osinbajo explains govt policy

Fellow Citizens: 

I have read the various observations about the fuel pricing regime and the attendant issues generated. All certainly have strong points.  

The most important issue of course is how to shield the poor from the worst effects of the policy.  I will hopefully address that in another note.

Woman becomes a first time mother at the age of 72 years thanks to IVF

Mrs Kaur chose to become a mother for the first time aged 72.

It emerged yesterday that Mrs Kaur's husband Mohinder Singh Gill, 79, may have wanted a child so they could stake a claim in his late father's £500,000 property.

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The world's oldest first-time mother Daljinder Kaur, 72 arrives at her home in Amritsar with newborn Armaan

The couple were desperate to have a child of their own to 'complete' their family - but also to try and end a 40-year legal battle between Mr Gill and his family.

$400 Billion lost to Curruption by Nigerian Officials since Independence

Global rankings show Nigeria and Afghanistan really are among the world’s most corrupt countries – yet we give them millions of pounds in aid which could actually fuel corruption.

Transparency International, an international non-governmental organisation, ranks war-torn Afghanistan as the third worst country in the world for corruption, only better than North Korea and Somalia, while Nigeria is 32nd from bottom.

Nigerian woman uses genital mutilation allegations against her ex-husband as part of an 'immigration scam'

A Nigerian illegal immigrant made female genital mutilation allegations against her ex-husband as part of an 'immigration scam', a High Court judge has concluded.

The pair's three daughters - aged 13, 10 and seven - had been among the first females to be made the subject of female genital mutilation (FGM) protection orders.

£250million given to Nigeria's president

The presence of Nigeria’s president at David Cameron’s anti-corruption summit this week may surprise many in his nation – which receives vast amounts of UK aid.

Self-proclaimed ‘People’s President’ Muhammadu Buhari began a war on corruption after taking power last year, but critics allege it is a political witch-hunt.

The Government is giving nearly £250million in the coming year to oil-rich Nigeria, whose president sends his daughter to a £26,000-a-year English school.

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The presence of Nigeria’s president at David Cameron’s anti-corruption summit this week may surprise many in his nation – which receives vast amounts of UK aid

In April the opposition PDP party unearthed a ticket stub showing Hanan, 16, had flown first-class from London to Nigeria, despite her father’s ban on officials using premium travel. 

And a Nigerian newspaper claimed Mr Buhari has spent £150,000 on educating his daughter Zahra, a Surrey University student.

Breaking News! Anisulowo is released!

Iyabo Anisulowo

Reports coming in say that the Ex-Senator and former Minister of Education, Chief Iyabo Anisulowo, who was kidnapped on Wednesday in Ogun state has been located and released.

Up Leicester wins football Premier League

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Champions! There were scenes of euphoria in Leicester tonight after a night of high drama in West London

Workers' Day fallouts, FG silent on pay rise

Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige

The Federal Government on Sunday kept mum over the recent demand by the organised labour for a new minimum wage of N56,000.

The issue of the minimum wage was not mentioned by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, who represented President Muhammadu Buhari, at the May Day rally in Abuja.

How I ran with Buhari - Osinbajo

Prof. Yemi Osinbajo

In what is a revelation told from the best source, the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, has revealed that how be became the running mate to President Mohammadu Buhari, saying his disposition to fight corruption in Nigeria was the motivating factor. Osinbajo spoke at a non-denominational conference organized by the Covenant Christian Centre in Abuja on Saturday.

Buhari in plans to extradite

Adamu Mu'azu - former PDP chairman

The diplomatic process that will ensure the extradition of suspected looters who have fled the country will dominate President Muhammadu Buhari’s discussions with his counterparts when 60 world leaders meet in the United Kingdom next month.

Kogi appeals Court against NASS takeover

National Assembly Complex

The Kogi State Government has sued the National Assembly and the Attorney General of the Federation at the Supreme Court, asking for an order nullifying the House of Representatives resolution to take over the legislative functions of the state’s House of Assembly.