By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday in Lagos described Chief Bisi Akande, a former interim Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) party, as a ‘‘perfect public officer,” and the type of person he could go into the jungle with. Speaking at the public presentation of ‘‘My...
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By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Buhari has expressed sadness over the recent gruesome attack on innocent travellers in Sokoto State. Reacting to the incident on Wednesday, President Buhari said, “I am very distressed at the manner of death visited on these hapless citizens who were undertaking a legitimate...
Introduction On 2nd November 2021, President Muhammadu Buhari took to the podium at the UN Climate Change Conference Glasgow 2021 tagged COP26 (26th meeting of the Conference of Parties). In what I consider to be President Buhari’s best speech ever, he said: “Without extra and stable power, we cannot...
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sadness over the death of former Minister of Agriculture and Water Resources, Dr Abba Sayyadi Ruma. In a condolence message issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, on Tuesday in Abuja, the president described Ruma as “one of...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari says 1.5 trillion dollars (about N615.6trillion) is the cumulative estimated amount needed by Nigeria over a ten-year period, to achieve an appreciable level of the National Infrastructure Stock. President Buhari gave the figure on Tuesday in Glasgow at a COP 26...
President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday in Glasgow, Scotland pledged that Nigeria would cut its emissions to net zero by 2060. Delivering his national statement at COP26 Leaders’ Summit, the President said that attaining national and global climate change goals will require adequate and sustained technical and financial support to developing...