President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday approved the renewal of tenure of Corps Marshal of Federal Road Safety Corps, Mr Boboye Oyeyemi. With the approval, Oyeyemi will be spending his second and final term of four years with effect from July 24, 2018. The approval was contained in a statement made available to journalists by Permanent Secretary (General Services Office), Office of Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr Olusegun Adekunle. According to Adekunle, the President also renewed the appointment of Chief Medical Director of National Hospital, Abuja, Mr Jafaru Momoh, for a second and final term of four years…

Chairman of defunct National Electoral Commission, Mr Humphrey Nwosu, has announced that he would not be able to attend the posthumous investiture of the presumed winner of June 12, 1993 presidential election, late Mr Moshood Abiola, as Grand Commander of the Federal Republic scheduled for Tuesday (today). The Federal Government had invited Nwosu and key stakeholders in the struggle for the revalidation of the election to the event during which late human rights activist, Mr Gani Fawehinmi, will also be honoured posthumously with Grand Commander of the Order of Niger alongside Abiola’s running mate, Mr Babagana Kingibe. But Nwosu regretted…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday said that Nigeria’s strongest selling point remained an “intellectually aggressive and economically ambitious’’ populace that always seeks self-improvement and self-actualization in any part of the world. Speaking in Rabat, Morocco during an audience with Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Morocco, Mr Saadeddine Othmani, at Royal Guest Palace, Mr Buhari said Nigeria’s “visionary and resilient population’’ works hard to always position the country for more growth, fueled by a largely youthful group that continually wants to contribute to development. In a statement by Senior Special Assistant on Media and publicity, Mr Garba Shehu, the President…

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump shook hands, smiling cautiously at the outset of their historic summit in Singapore on Tuesday, in which they will look for ways to end a nuclear standoff on the Korean peninsula. "Nice to meet you Mister President," Kim said moments later as he sat alongside Trump, against a backcloth of North Korean and U.S. flags, beaming more broadly as the U.S. president gave him a thumbs up.With cameras of the world's press trained on them, Trump and Kim built an initial atmosphere of friendship. "I feel really great. We’re…