Buhari signs eight bills into law

The outgoing President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has assented to bills establishing the National Social Investment Programme Agency and the National Senior Secondary Education Commission as well as six others passed by the National Assembly. According to a statement issued on Monday by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters –

BREAKING : Seun Kuti released on bail from Panti (video)

Afrobeat musician, Seun Kuti has been released on bail from detention having met his bail conditions. Lawyers representing the music star earlier in the day said he might be released on bail from detention on Tuesday as ordered by the Chief Magistrate, having fulfilled his bail terms. The lawyers, Adeyinka Olumide-Fusika (SAN) and Kunle Adegoke

Buhari Commissions Second Niger Bridge ( pictures)

The president participated virtually in the commissioning of the bridge. Governors of the south-east region of Nigeria have named the Second Niger Bridge after President Muhammadu Buhari, an official has said. The bridge was commissioned on Tuesday by Mr Buhari who participated in the event virtually. PREMIUM TIMES gathered that the governors took the decision

Nigerian Court Adjourns Seun Kuti’s Case As Lagos Chief Magistrate Fails To Attend Sitting

The Chief Magistrates Court in Yaba, Lagos State, presided over by Adeola Olatubosun, has adjourned the trial of Afrobeat musician, Seun Kuti, to Wednesday. The sitting could not hold after the magistrate absented herself from the court, SaharaReporters was told. “Seun has been taken back to the state Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, Panti,” a