Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has confirmed that his tenure as the head of Nigeria’s electoral body will come to an end later this year. Yakubu made the announcement while addressing his colleagues at the Extraordinary General Assembly of the ECOWAS Network of...
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By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – As a demonstration of his commitment to advancing healthcare management in the country, President Muhammadu Buhari will on Friday, May 19, inaugurate the state-of-the-art Presidential/VIP Wing of State House Medical Centre, Abuja. This is contained in a statement issued on Wednesday by The State...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday dismissed a suit seeking to stop President Muhammadu Buhari from delegating powers to control the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to the minister, Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs. Justice James Omotosho, in a judgment, dismissed the suit for lacking in merit. Justice...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has called on the international community to impose a visa ban on President Muhammadu Buhari and his family for allegedly rigging the 2023 presidential elections. Recalled that President Buhari through his spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, said the opposition parties...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the establishment of a Presidential Transition Council, for facilitating and managing the 2023 transition programme. the President also signed the Executive Order No. 14 of 2023 on the Facilitation and Management of the Presidential Transitions. This is contained in...
Hours after advising President Muhammadu Buhari against going ahead with his scheduled visit to Kano State on Monday, Governor Umar Ganduje of Kano State has reneged, stating that the state is now prepared to receive him. The governor made the disclosure to correspondents after he led a delegation of...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday inaugurated the first phase of the Lagos Mass Transit Blue Line Rail Project. The first phase is a 13 kilometres stretch from Marina to Mile 2 and has five stations — the Marina Iconic station; National Theatre; Orile-Iganmu; Suru-Alaba and Mile 2. The Blue...
By HARUNA AHMED, Damaturu – Yobe State Government says its arrangements to host President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday have been perfected. Alhaji Muhammed Lamin, the state Commissioner for Home Affairs, Information and Culture, made this known in a statement on Saturday in Damaturu. “We are fully prepared to receive...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja signed the 2023 Budget of N21.83 trillion and the 2022 Supplementary Appropriation Bill into law. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the 2023 budget is the last to be prepared by the present administration as it winds up. While signing...
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday urged the military and other security agencies to remain apolitical in their involvement in the provision security during the nation’s 2023 General Elections. President Buhari made the call at the inauguration of the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) Estate at Idu-Karmo in Abuja. He said...
Nigerian envoys serving in the U.S. missions of Washington D.C, New York and Atlanta have congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari on the occasion of his 80th birthday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the diplomats seized the opportunity of the town hall meeting between Buhari and Nigerians in...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday assured U.S. potential investors of massive investment opportunities in Nigeria, especially in the non-oil sector of the economy. Buhari gave the assurance at a dialogue session with some U.S. Investors, Nigerian officials, diplomats and as well as experts from the private sector in Washington...
President Muhammadu Buhari says Nigeria remains the best destination for American investors to put their money. He said aside the population advantage in size and demography, various incentives and policies emplaced by the Nigerian Government make it a destination of choice for investment. Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s media...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has assured the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), that Nigeria will continue to make significant investments in the provision of aviation infrastructure for safe, secure, environmentally friendly and sustainable economic development of international civil aviation. President Buhari made the commitment on...
The Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) has challenged the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar to point at any meaningful legacy project initiated and completed by his party in 16 years in office. The group said this in response to claims by the former Vice President...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari, Monday in Abuja, reminded legislators of the ECOWAS parliament on the need to align their programmes to those of the founding fathers of the sub-regional body. The President, who stated this at the opening session of 2022 Second Ordinary Session of...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with Senator Aliyu Wamakko over the death of his wife, Hajiya Atika. The president’s condolence message is contained in a statement by his media aide, Malam Garba Shehu, on Monday in Abuja. Buhari said: “It’s with a heavy heart...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated his Chief of Staff, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, on his 78th birthday, November 24, 2022. The President in a statement issued by his spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, rejoiced with the former Minister of External Affairs, whose congeniality, brilliance and rectitude, continue...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed grief over the devastation caused by flood in Bayelsa, urging all emergency bodies to provide all necessary assistance to the state. About 700,000 persons have been displaced by floods in 300 communities and villages in 5 LGAs of the...