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  • [Photo] Osinbajo receives former UK Prime Minister, Tony Blair in Abuja

    [Photo] Osinbajo receives former UK Prime Minister, Tony Blair in Abuja

    Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and a former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair on Friday had a private meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

    There was, however, no interview after the duo emerged from the meeting.

    Osinbajo receives former UK Prime Minister, Tony Blair at Aso Villa

    Blair served as Prime Minister of the UK from 1997 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007.
    He was Leader of the Opposition from 1994 to 1997.

    The former UK prime minister runs among other foundations, the Tony Blair Africa Governance Initiative, a nonprofit initiative that works to support effective governance in Africa.

  • Buhari hosts outspoken priest, Mbaka in Aso Villa

    Buhari hosts outspoken priest, Mbaka in Aso Villa

    President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday received controversial Catholic Priest, Ejike Mbaka, in his office at the presidential villa Abuja.

    The cleric, widely known for his outspoken political views, arrived the forecourt of the president’s office at about 12 noon.

    Recall that Mbaka drummed support for President Buhari during the 2015 election.

    He made headlines recently after a video surfaced online where he was chastising the Peoples Democratic Party’s vice presidential candidate, Peter Obi, for not donating money to his congregation.

    He made straight to the president’s office complex and was there at the time of publishing this story.

    Details later…

  • 2019: Osinbajo, Amosun meet inside Aso Villa over controvercial primaries

    2019: Osinbajo, Amosun meet inside Aso Villa over controvercial primaries

    Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday evening met behind closed doors with Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
    Recall that both Osinbajo and Amosun are from Ogun State.
    The state is among those where the ruling All Progressives Congress is experiencing rancorous primaries.
    Details later…

  • Buhari hosts Thabo Mbeki in Aso Villa, reinstates commitment to anti-corruption war

    Buhari hosts Thabo Mbeki in Aso Villa, reinstates commitment to anti-corruption war

    President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday reinstated his commitment to the anti-corruption war.
    He said it was a must for him to fight graft because that was one of the reasons he was elected.
    According to a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, the President spoke while receiving a former South African President, Thabo Mbeki, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
    Mbeki who heads the African Union High-Level Panel on Illicit Flows from Africa, was in Nigeria to give Buhari, who is the current Champion of AU Anti-Corruption Campaign, some updates.
    The President said since his electoral promises to Nigerians included fighting corruption, he could not afford to let the people down.
    He said, for this administration, fighting corruption is non-negotiable. It is a must.
    “We must fight corruption frontally, because it’s one of the reasons we got elected.
    “We campaigned on three fundamental issues; security, reviving the economy, and fight against corruption. It’s the reason we got elected, and we can’t afford to let our people down.”
    Noting that the government was making progress on the anti-corruption war, “and not just talking,” the President said he was very pleased with the assignment the former South African President was carrying out for the African continent.
    He submitted that when Africa is vigorous with the war against corruption, “we will eventually appeal to the conscience of the rest of the world.”
    In his remarks, Mbeki said corruption was an African challenge that must be responded to, “as development challenges can only be met through the check of illicit financial flows.”
    He said he was delighted that Buhari touches on the issue in most of his speeches, with the most recent being at the United Nations General Assembly last week.
    “We are pleased with the way you take up the matter. Countries need the political will to stop the illicit flow. Nigeria has shown good example.
    “The more we are showing that we are acting as Africans, the easier to get the rest of the world to cooperate,” Mbeki said.
     

  • 2019: [Photos] Buhari hosts Tinubu, Uduaghan, governors, APC caucus in Aso Rock

    President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday met with the national caucus of All Progressives Congress (APC) at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

    The meeting at the New Banquet Hall of the State House started around 8.30pm.

    Those at the meeting included the the National Leader of the APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, Chief Bisi Akande, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, and the National Chairman of APC, Adams Oshiomhole.

    The serving State Governors at the meeting included Borno, Jigawa, Niger, Plateau, Kogi, Adamawa, Ondo, Kano, Ogun, Oyo, Katsina, Osun, Yobe, Nasarawa, Kebbi, Imo, and Lagos.

    Also at the meeting were Segun Oni, Femi Gbajabiamila, former Delta State Governor, Emmanuel Uduaghan, former Ebonyi State Governor, Martin Elechi, former Borno State Governor, Alimodu Sheriff, former Lagos State Governor, Buba Marwa, Lawrence Onoja, Jim Nwobodo, Kabiru Gaya.

    Others are former APC National Chairman, John Odigie-Oyegun, former Enugu State Governor, Sylva Chime, former Edo State Governor, Osunbor.


    Also in attendance were the former Senate President, Ken Nnamani, former Ekiti State governor, Niyi Adebayo, former Akwa Ibom State Governor, Goodwill Akpabio, former Bayelsa State Governor, Sylva Timipre, Don Etiebet, and the Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed.

    Some senators and members of the House of Representatives also attended the meeting.

  • Russia 2018: Super Eagles to meet Buhari in Aso Villa today

    The Russia 2018 World Cup-bound Super Eagles contingent will meet with President Muhammadu Buhari at the presidential villa on Wednesday morning.

    The session was earlier slated for Tuesday evening.

    It would be an opportunity for the country’s leader to meet with and wish the three –time African champions well on their way to a sixth appearance at football’s biggest showpiece.

    NFF chieftains told thenff.com that Wednesday’s session will take place at the Federal Executive Council chambers at 10am, just before the commencement of the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting.

    Youth and Sports Minister, Solomon Dalung, will present the country’s ambassadors to President Buhari, hours before they are due to fly to London aboard a chartered aircraft for another pre-World Cup friendly, this time against England’s Three Lions at Wembley Stadium on Saturday evening.

    In five previous outings at the FIFA World Cup, the Eagles have reached the Round of 16 on three occasions (1994, 1998 and 2014), but exited at the group stage at the 2002 and 2010 finals.

    From London, the delegation will fly into Bad Tatzmannsdorf, a city in Austria where they will spend eight days at the world–renowned Avita Resort before flying to Russia.

    In-between the final camping in Austria, the team will play a final pre-World Cup friendly against the Czech Republic at the Rudolf Tonn Stadium (just outside Vienna) next Wednesday.

  • [Video]: Freed Dapchi girls recite National Anthem as they meet Buhari in Aso Rock

    President Muhammadu Buhari has on Friday received the Dapchi schoolgirls freed by Boko Haram at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.

    The meeting, which also has the girls’ parents, top government officials and security chiefs in attendance, is holding inside the Press Gallery of the Presidential Villa’s Council Chambers.

    One of the highlight of the day, was the moment the schoolgirls recited the Nigeria’s national anthem.

    Details soon:

  • JUST IN: Tinubu, Akande meet Buhari in Aso Villa

    President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday met behind closed doors with the former interim national chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Bisi Akande and national leader of the party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.

    Tinubu arrived the Presidential Villa around 3:50 p.m with Chief Bisi Akande and headed to the President’s office.

    The meeting was still in progress at the time of filing this report.

    Details later…

  • Buhari meets El-Rufai, Ganduje five other Northern govs in Aso Villa

    Seven state governors from the Northern part of the country on Friday met behind closed doors with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

    All the governors were elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress.

    The governors are those from Kaduna, Yobe, Kogi, Niger, Plateau, Adamawa and Kano States.

    The motive of the meeting could not be immediately established as at the time of filing this report.

     

    Details later.

  • 2019: Ex-PDP chair, Ali Modu-Sheriff, Oyegun meet Osinbajo in Aso Villa

    Ousted Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Sen. Ali Modu Sheriff, on Thursday visited Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, Abuja.

    TheNewsGuru.com reports that Sheriff arrived at the Vice President’s office at about 3.30pm.

    Osinbajo went into the closed-door meeting with Sheriff shortly after presiding over a meeting of the National Economic Management Team.

    Moments after, the chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, joined the meeting.

    TheNewsGuru.com reports that while the PDP’s crisis lasted, there were several allegations against Sheriff being a member of the ruling APC. His accusers said he was only acting as the party’s (APC) agent to destroy the opposition (PDP), an allegation that the former Borno Governor blatantly denied.

    Details later…