The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) caucus in the House of Representatives has said it must regain the presidency it lost in 2015, as the seat of power had “become our party’s birth right”. Rep. Chinda Kingsley, the leader of the minority caucus in the House, said this while...
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A Fact Check conducted by PRNigeria has faulted the Presidency’s statement claiming that Mrs Zubaida was the first female Director General of the National Emergency Management Agency. In a press statement announcing Mrs Zubaida Umar’s appointment as DG NEMA, the Presidential Spokesperson, Chief Ajuri Ngelale, claimed that she is...
The Presidency has described as false, the claim by Sen. Abdul Ningi (PDP-Bauchi Central) over the padding of the 2024 budget. This is contained in a statement by Mr Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, in Abuja. Onanuga said that President Bola Tinubu...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has debunked media reports alleging that the Guards Brigade has been put on high alert following unusual movements, leading to suspicion of a coup plot in Nigeria. The acting Director, Defence Information, Brigadier General, Tukur Gusau, who disclosed this...
The Federal Government is committed to addressing the concerns of Nurses and Midwives to keep them happy and boost service delivery. The Presidential Adviser on Health, Dr Salma Anas-Kolo, who affirmed this while speaking on efforts to improve healthcare, maternal and child health, promised that government...
The Senate has passed a Vote of Confidence on Security Chiefs for their efforts in fighting the security challenges bedeviling the country. President of Senate Godswill Akpabio, said this shortly after a closed door meeting with the Security Chiefs and the National Security Adviser in Abuja on Tuesday....
The Presidency has requested the Interpol National Central Bureau to place a Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) staff and two others on its Red Notice. The request was in connection with their alleged conspiracy and forging of documents in the name of ex-president Muhammadu Buhari to steal the...
The presidency has urged Atiku Abubakar, the PDP presidential candidate in the 2023 elections, to provide better alternatives to challenges of the country. It said these alternatives solutions will be a better option to the current position of merely mouthing the problems and attributing it to President Bola...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Mr Bayo Onanuga, said the administration of President Bola Tinubu is not planning to relocate the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) from Abuja to Lagos State. Recalled that the federal government had announced the...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – The Presidency on Monday called on the Labour Party (LP) Presidential candidate, Peter Obi, to “prove his belief in Nigeria.” Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Mr Bayo Onanuga stated this in a statement issued on Monday in Abuja....
Ahead of the Wednesday’s judgment to be delivered by the Presidential Election Petition Court, the Presidency says that President Bola Tinubu is not worried about the outcome of the court. “He (Tinubu) is not worried simply because he knows he won the election,” said presidential spokesman, Ajuri...
The Southeast must embrace other geopolitical zones in politics to get its fair share of Nigeria, Sen. Onyekachi Nwebonyi (APC- Ebonyi North) said in Abakaliki on Monday. Nwebonyi, vice-chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriation and Water Resources told a news conference that the zone must play politics...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has not approved any salary increase purportedly emanating from the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Responsibility Commission (RMAFC) of 114 per cent for certain officers.timubu The Special Adviser, Special Duties, Communications & Strategy to the president, Mr Dele Alake made the...
President Muhammadu Buhari is fulfilled leaving as Nigeria’s leader after serving for eight years. This is according to presidential aide Garba Shehu who featured on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics. He noted that his principal has done his best for the country. “The President feels fulfilled. He has done exceptionally...
The Presidency says the high inflation in the country is a world-wide problem which no nation is immune to following the global economic downturn and the COVID-19 pandemic. Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s spokesman stated this while reacting to a Guardian newspaper write-up, tying the rise in inflation to...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari will be in London for an additional one week, at the behest of his Dentist, who has started attending to him. the President’s spokesman Mr Femi Adesina, stated this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. ”The Specialist requires to see...
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Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, has asserted that Nigerians should not hold the President Muhammadu Buhari administration responsible for not rescuing all the kidnapped Chibok Girls. It is like a self-accounting when you are exiting a position of public office to be humble...
In a series of apparently syndicated editorials, this country’s newspapers – the Daily Trust and ThisDay – have attempted to lay the blame of the dire security situation in Benue State entirely at the feet of the outgoing president. As for the man who has actually presided over Benue...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – The Presidency says the recently conducted presidential election scheduled for February 25, 2023, was an improvement on past elections and due credit should be given to the government and people of this country. The Senior Special Assistant to the President, (Media & Publicity), Malam...