President Muhammadu Buhari said the demise of Dr Nuhu Sanusi, the first-class traditional ruler of Dutse, the capital city of Jigawa, had deprived the nation of a formidable agent of development. Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s spokesman in a statement, said Buhari stated this in a message to the...
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President Muhammadu Buhari has returned to Abuja after official visits to Dakar, Senegal, as well as five States of the federation where he inaugurated several developmental projects in the affected states. The benefitted states are Bauchi, Lagos, Katsina, Kano and Jigawa. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday directed the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) to enhance border surveillance and control ahead of the forthcoming general election. This is contained in a statement issued in Abuja by Mr Sola Fasure, the Media Adviser to Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola. Aregbesola conveyed the President’s...
The Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, Alhassan Ado Doguwa has expressed suspicion that the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele “misled” President Muhammadu Buhari on the redesign of the N200, N500, N1,000 bank notes. Doguwa, who is a member of the All Progressives...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday said some international groups were behind Boko Haram activities in the country. Buhari spoke during a Presidential Lunch organized for him by Kano State Government during a one day official visit. ” When we came to power in 2015, Boko Haram was in total...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari “to direct the Inspector-General of Police Usman Baba to promptly, thoroughly, and transparently investigate the reported attack on the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, after a rally in Katsina state, and other...
The Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu on Saturday in Gusau, Zamfara, dismissed insinuations making the rounds that there was friction in his relationship with President Muhammadu Buhari. Tinubu, in a statement issued by Abdul’aziz Abdulaziz of Tinubu Media in Gusau, Zamfara, said his...
The Nigeria labour Congress(NLC) has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to direct the payment of all withheld salaries of university workers in the country. Mr Ayuba Wabba, the NLC President, made the appeal in a resolution reached at the end of the National Administrative Council (NAC) of the congress...
The Federal Government says the solution to problems facing Ajaokuta Steel Company does not lie in the hands of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar who supervised its questionable and failed concession. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai said this on Thursday in Abuja at the 19th edition...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) says no attempt to create conflict between Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and President Muhammadu Buhari will succeed. Mr Bayo Onanuga, Director, Media and Publicity, APC Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) said this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. Onanuga was reacting to media report alleging...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – The Minister of Defence, Maj Gen Bashir Salihi Magashi (rtd), has appealed to the United Nations to support the overall good performance of the Nigerian Military to completely end insecurity in parts of the country. General Magashi stated this during a meeting with the...
The call, the other day, by President Muhammadu Buhari on foreign ambassadors posted to Nigeria to desist from interfering in the country’s forthcoming election is both timely and imperative. The president spoke while receiving Letters of Credence from the Ambassadors of Switzerland, Sweden, Republic of Ireland, Kingdom of Thailand,...
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the constitution of a 14-man Steering Committee on Petroleum Products Supply and Distribution management to find lasting solution to disruptions in the supply and distribution of petroleum products. The Steering Committee, which will be chaired by Buhari, has the Minister of State for Petroleum...
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Thursday in Abuja updated President Muhammadu Buhari on the activities of the bank. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the CBN governor, who briefed the president, had earlier on Thursday morning attended a meeting between the president...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, has warned party officials, chairmen of local government areas, overseers of development areas, as well as candidates of the party, against complacency but to deliver the All Progressives Congress (APC) during the February general elections. Governor Sule gave the...
Governor of Anambra State, Chukwuma Soludo, on Saturday, appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari for the release of the embattled leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. The governor also offered to act as a surety for the IPOB leader who remains in the custody of...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has allocated 30 hectares of land for the establishment of an Industrial Equipment and Machinery Development Institute (IEMDI) and a Skill Acquisition Institute, both approved by President Muhammadu Buhari, for siting in Borno State. Governor Zulum gave the directive...
President Muhammadu Buhari says Nigeria is working closely with ECOWAS to deal with insecurity in the West African region as well as implementing strategies to contain the spate of unconstitutional changes in government. The president spoke while receiving Letters of Credence from Ambassadors of Switzerland, Sweden, Republic of Ireland,...
Failure of Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) to file a counter affidavit in the N100 billion suit filed by Senator Ifeanyi Araraume against the Federal Government again stalled definite hearing on the suit at the Federal High Court Abuja on Wednesday. Araraume had instituted the suit against the FG,...
The 78 per cent revenue projection from the non-oil sector in the 2023 budget is s a milestone in the nation’s fiscal history. Making this assertion in a statement in Abuja, the Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) said that this is the first time in more than 30 years that...