By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari will depart Abuja on Tuesday for Monrovia, the Liberia capital city, to attend the 175th independence anniversary of the country. The president’s spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, disclosed this in a statement issued on Monday in Abuja Malam Shehu noted that the...
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Terrorists have released three victims of 62 hostages of the abducted Abuja-Kaduna train passengers on March 28. The victims, who consist of two males and a female, secured their freedom around 11 am on Monday. According to Channels TV reports, the victims were released by the terrorists at a...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Mr Dauda Biu, as the Acting Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), following the retirement of Mr Boboye Oyeyemi. Oyeyemi, who retired on Sunday, July 24, disclosed this when he handed over to...
Relatives of the victims of the Abuja-Kaduna train attack have picketed the headquarters of the Ministry of Transportation in Abuja, following the release of a new video by the bandits. The protesters who occupied the main entrance to the ministry on Monday asked the Federal Government to take steps...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed heartfelt congratulations to Tobi Amusan for winning the women’s 100m hurdles gold for Nigeria at the World Athletics Championship 2022 in Oregon, United States. With her victory, Amusan has set a new world record in the semifinals of the...
It was a moment of joy for stakeholders in the oil and gas industry as President Muhammadu Buhari unveiled the new Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.) on July 19. Following the unveiling, the NNPC became fully commercialised and transited into a limited liability company. There are some...
The Speaker, Northern Youths Assembly of Nigeria(NYAN), Malam Mohammed Lawal, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari and the National Assembly to eliminate the raving menace of banditry and kidnappings in the north. Lawal, in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, also emphasised the need for the northern governors to...
President Muhammadu Buhari, in the course of the week, reiterated the determination of the Federal Government towards bringing to an end strikes embarked upon by Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and other unions in nation’s tertiary institutions. The President’s position was made known in a statement issued by...
Few weeks after the convoy of President Muhammadu Buhari was attacked in Katsina State, terrorists have threatened to abduct Nigeria’s number one citizen. The convoy of an advance team of the president was attacked on its way to Buhari’s hometown of Daura ahead of Sallah. Two persons sustained injuries...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has rejoiced with frontline journalist, editor and author, Mike Awoyinfa, as he turns 70. President Buhari’s congratulatory message was contained in a statement issued by his spokesman Mr Femi Adesina on Sunday in Abuja. “The President recalls with delight the more...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Late President of Nigeria, Umaru Musa Yar’adua’s son, Shehu Yar’adua has tied the knot with Yasir Mammanoor Sheriff in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. The wedding (Fatiha) took place at the Senator Ali Modu Sheriff’s family house located along Giwa Barracks. Top dignitaries in...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has rejoiced with Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Sen. Abdullahi Adamu, on his 76th birthday. Buhari also joined the APC National Executive Committee, National Working Committee and all members to celebrate with the political leader. In a congratulatory message...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday told stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) that the unity, security and prosperity of the country will matter most to him beyond his days in office as President. The president, who made his feelings known at a meeting with the stakeholders in Abuja,...
resident Muhammadu Buhari has predicted that the presidential candidates of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and his running mate, Kashim Shettima, will win the 2023 presidential election. Malam Garba Shehu, the president’s spokesman, said Buhari made the prediction when he received Sen. Kashim Shettima, the running mate...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the gruesome murder of a Catholic priest, Rev. Fr. John Cheitnum of the Kafanchan Catholic Diocese, four days after he was abducted by gunmen. Reacting to the incident in a statement by his media aide, Malam Garba Shehu, in...
The Presidency has dismissed as false media reports quoting President Muhammadu Buhari as giving two-week ultimatum to Minister of Education to resolve the dispute between Federal Government and Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s media aide, in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja, appealed...
President Muhammadu Buhari has met behind closed doors with the All Progressives Congress Vice Presidential candidate, former Gov. Kashim Shettima, at the State House, Abuja, on Wednesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the APC vice presidential candidate was accompanied to the State House by Gov. Babagana...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – A total of 266 ecological projects have been completed across the country in the last seven years (2015-2022), President Muhammadu Buhari declared Wednesday in Abuja. Speaking at the launch of a compendium of ecological projects undertaken by this administration, the President said 332 ecological...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) says the two-week ultimatum issued by the President to resolve the concerns raised by the union is too much. For the lecturers, it will not take more than two days to address the issues that have plunged the nation’s public university system...
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) says its huge asset base will be disclosed soon in view of its current status. Malam Mele Kyari, Group Chief Executive Officer of NNPC Ltd made this known on Tuesday at a media chat after the Presidential unveiling of the New...