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President Muhammadu Buhari and members of the Nigerian delegation at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport on their departure to the US. President Muhammadu Buhari will not extend his corruption probe beyond the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan, the presidency has said.

The street of the Nigerian Embassy in Washington, D.C., burst at the seams with highly enthusiastic and passionate young Nigerians who thronged out in their numbers to attend the EbonyLife TV Meet & Greet interactive session with President Muhammadu Buhari (GCFR) in commemoration of the President’s historic visit to the United States of America?.

Embattled former National Security Adviser, Colonel Sambo Dasuki (rtd), has cleared the air on his involvement in the 1985 coup that led to the ouster of incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari, then a military Head of State. “General Buhari should know who he should blame,” he told blogger Yushau Shuaib in an interview. Recalling events that led to the coup, Dasuki disclosed how he and two young military officers (still alive) travelled to Jos to brief Major General Buhari who was then the GOC of 3rd Armoured

Excitement over the visit is high in Kenya Barack Obama may not get quite the rapturous welcome he did when he visited Kenya as a senator back in 2006, but his presence in his ancestral home is something of a coup for the Kenyan leadership, and he is expected to be warmly received. The country has never had a sitting US president visit before, and understandably there's a sense of enormous pride.

Bill Cosby, who denies the sexual assault allegations against him, could now face civil litigation following the California Supreme Court's decision Comedian Bill Cosby has failed to block a civil case accusing him of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl at the Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles in 1974. The California Supreme Court rejected his petition to review the case brought by Judy Huth - meaning her lawyers can now question Mr Cosby under oath.

Super Eagles coach, Sunday Oliseh, has warned players and their agents, not to think about bribing him in order to be selected. In the past, many national team handlers have been accused of picking players after receiving cash and other gifts. Oliseh has now made it clear that he will not tolerate mediocrity and will only choose on merit.

The US is "aiding and abetting" the Boko Haram Islamist militant group by refusing to provide weapons to Nigeria, its president says. A US law prevents the government from selling arms to countries which fail to tackle human rights. Nigeria's Muhammadu Buhari met President Barack Obama on Monday to seek further assistance.

The DG of NYSC has said all corps members who graduated with First Class honours Degrees and Diplomas will be posted to tertiary institutions for effective utilisation of their manpower. Jigawa state NYSC corps members at parade (NYSC) National Youth Service Corps Yobe to hold corps members orientation, 5 yrs after suspension Innovation A Youth corper has made a great step in easing NYSC problems The Rude Awakening 5 Post-NYSC realities that hit you in the gut Lagos NYSC Corps member donates N1m modern library to school

New findings bordering on crisis now brewing over who become the Senate minority leader seem to be taking shape as the immediate past governor of Akwa Ibom state, Godswill Akpabio, might have decided to drop his ambition as more pressures mount. This even as a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday July 22, refused to grant an interim order to restrain him from emerging the minority leader of the 8th Senate.

The acting chairperson of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Hajiya Amina Bala Zakari, has assured that The commission would improve electoral processes with the forthcoming Kogi and Bayelsa governorship elections.

Wading into the Twitter spat between Swift and Minaj over Video Music award nominations, Perry all but confirms that Swift’s hit single Bad Blood is about her  Katy Perry performing at this year’s Super Bowl. Photograph: Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic Now they’ve really got problems: Katy Perry has waded into the Twitter spat between Taylor Swift and Nicki Minaj – and brought Rihanna along with her, too.

Bukola Saraki, president of the Nigerian senate, says he has not met with former President Goodluck Jonathan since he left the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Denying reports that Jonathan bribed him to tamper with ongoing investigations into funds which were not remitted into the federation account, Saraki alleged that some individuals were sponsoring a campaign of falsehood against him.