In what is fast becoming a routine apparently borne out of the need to give his government a direction and also entrench good governance in the country, President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday night met with the leadership of the National Assembly and some leaders of the All Progressives Congress, APC, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

The Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria, Gu Xiaojie on Thursday commended President Muhammadu Buhari’s anti-corruption and economic development policies.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, has quizzed two leading politicians in connection with the $115 million cash disbursed by Fidelity Bank on the instruction of the former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison Madueke.

Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State, on Thursday, said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is set to win all the states of the federation in the 2019 general elections.

The Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has on Thursday disclosed his involvement in the ’leaked’ secret letter written by former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, and now Emir of Kano, Sanusi Muhammad 11 to then President Goodluck Jonathan on the non-remittance of $49.8 billion from oil sale to the federation account.

A bomb went off in a graveyard south of Baghdad Thursday, killing five people among a group of mourners at a burial, Iraq’s interior ministry spokesman said. The attack took place in Haswa, about 40 kilometres (25 miles) south of the capital, the same area where a suicide bombing ripped through a football trophy ceremony in March.

There comes a time when silence is not golden, when policy makers and decision making institutions deliberately and needlessly extend prompt decision on an issue of national importance or even refuse to proffer an amicable way forward in line with national interest.

The Wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari, on Thursday in Abuja commended UNESCO and Procter and Gamble (P&G) for their joint project aimed at empowering 60,000 girls and women in Nigeria.
Buhari gave the commendation at the Graduation Ceremony of 7,500 Non-Formal Education Learners and Announcement of the 2nd Phase of the UNESCO-Always Skills Development Through the use of ICT in Nigeria.

The Nigerian Army on Thursday inaugurated a Special Court Martial to try two of its officers for undisclosed offences. The Judge advocate, Col. Ibrahim Musa, administered the oath on the President of the Special Court Martial, Air Vice-Marshal James Gbum and three others.

World number one Novak Djokovic eased into the quarter-finals of the Madrid Masters with a resounding 6-2, 6-1 win over Spain’s Roberto Bautista Agut on Thursday.