By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari says he received with immense sadness news of the passing of Queen Elizabeth ll of the United Kingdom. The Nigerian leader made his feelings known in a condolence message issued by his spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, on Thursday in Abuja. He...
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President Muhammadu Buhari will visit Imo on Sept. 13 to inaugurate projects completed by the Gov. Hope Uzodimma -led government. Imo Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Declan Emelumba, disclosed this on Wednesday in Owerri while speaking with newsmen after the weekly meeting of the State Executive Council. Mr....
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has said Nigeria is committed to promoting peace and harmony among ECOWAS countries. The President spoke on Wednesday at State House, Abuja, as he received updates from former Nigerian President, Dr Goodluck Jonathan, on the face-off between Mali and Cote D’Ivoire...
The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu has said the Federal Government is considering an upward review of the salary of tertiary institutions’ lecturers to 23.5 per cent. The minister said salaries of professors would also be reviewed by 35 per cent. Adamu disclosed this on Tuesday in Abuja...
President Muhammadu Buhari will address the 77th Session of the high-level General Debate of the UN General Assembly at the UN headquarters in New York on Wednesday, Sept. 21. A revised provisional list of speakers released from the Office of the General Assembly President on Tuesday showed that Buhari...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – Nigeria and Poland on Tuesday in Abuja signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Agriculture, while pledging their willingness to enlarge the fields of economic cooperation in the energy and manufacturing sectors. The signing took place during the State Visit of President Andrezej Duda...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday met behind closed doors with President Andrzej Duda of Poland at the State House, Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Polish President, who arrived the Presidential Villa at about 10.30a.m, was received by the Nigerian leader at the fore Court...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the new Prime Minister of Britain, Liz Truss, on her assumption of this trusted position of leadership. The President rejoiced with the former Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs of the United Kingdom, whose antecedents in...
The Minister of Defence, retired Maj.-Gen. Bashir Magashi, has lauded the gallant performance of the military in the onslaught against criminal elements in the six geo-political zones of the country. This is contained in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja by Mr Mohammad Abdulkadri, Special Assistant to the Minister...
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to intervene in the lingering strike by Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU) to enable students to return to school. The newly elected President of NANS, Mr Usman Barambu, made the call at a news conference...
The Federal Government has suspended the introduction of five percent excise duty in the digital economy sector, a tax which was earlier proposed by the Minister of Finance. The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami disclosed this in abuja during the inauguration of a committee that will...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday rejoiced with Prof. Godini Darah on the conferment of Doctor of Letters (Honoris Causa) on him by Michael and Cecilia Ibru University, Agbara-Otor, Delta. The conferment holds on Tuesday, Sept. 6 in recognition of Darah’s contributions to advancement of knowledge within and outside Nigeria....
Kebbi Governor Atiku Bagudu says President Muhammadu Buhari has made tremendous investments in security and welfare of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) across the country. Governor Bagudu stated this on Sunday in Ribah, Danko Wasagu Local Government, at the the distribution of relief materials to IDPs by the National Commission...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated The Secretary to Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr Boss Mustapha as he clocks 66 years on Sunday, Sept. 4. President Buhari congratulatory message was contained in a statement issued by his spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, on Saturday in...
France has launched a criminal investigation into claims by World Cup winner Paul Pogba that he is the victim of a multi-million euro blackmail plot by gangsters involving his brother, the Paris prosecutor said. Two investigating magistrates have been appointed to lead the probe, prosecutor Laure Beccuau said in...
The Presidency has challenged Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue to name those military personnel who told him that President Muhammadu Buhari had ordered security forces not to move against criminal herdsmen. Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s media aide, who challenged the governor in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja,...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has described the last leader of the former Soviet Union, Mr. Mikhail Gorbachev, as “a courageous reformer who will be remembered for years to come because of his immeasurable contributions to world peace and openness in his own once rigidly closed...
President Muhammadu Buhari says he receives regular updates on flooding, which has affected more than 500,000 Nigerians since January. In statement issued by his media aide, Malam Garba Shehu, on Tuesday in Abuja, the president extended condolences to those affected by the floods. He assured that the Federal Government...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Rev. Father Matthew Hassan Kukah, as he turns 70, Aug. 31. President Buhari joined the Catholic Church, friends and associates in celebrating with the priest on the milestone. The president’s congratulatory message was...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday in Abuja assured Nigerians that governing party, All Progressives Congress (APC), will continue to bequeath strong political institutions that reflect their choices, through non-interference in elections, citing outcome of polls in Ekiti, Anambra and Osun States as indicators. The President,...