The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) on Wednesday, asked President Muhammadu Buhari to resign or be impeached over his alleged perennial failure to take decisive action on terrorists. HURIWA’s National Coordinator, Comrade Emmanuel Onwubiko, in a statement, also said the Buhari government and the military are fine...
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By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday assigned portfolios to seven newly appointed ministers, charging them to serve the nation diligently, maintain unalloyed loyalty to the country and office of the President. The President also announced the reassignment of portfolios in his cabinet, saying the new...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – A group of armed bandits have reportedly laid an ambush and attacked the convoy of President Muhammadu Buhari in Katsina State. NATIONAL ACCORD gathered that the convoy of cars was carrying the Advance Team of security guards, protocol and media officers ahead of President...
The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Farouq, says $1 billion is being earmarked annually for Social Investment Programme (NSIP) by the Federal Government. Farouq said this during the flag-off of grant for vulnerable groups and digitized cash transfer payment, on Tuesday in Osogbo....
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately recall the former Chief of Army Staff (COAS) and Ambassador to the Benin Republic, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai (rtd), to face investigations and clear his name over an alleged connection with the N1.8bn recovered in a...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed his sympathy over the death of Isa Abdullahi, the eldest son of Professor Ango Abdullahi, the chairman of the Northern Elders Forum. The president’s condolence message was contained in a statement issued by his spokesman Malam Garba Shehu on...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday evening returned to Abuja after a five-day State Visit to Lisbon, Portugal, where Nigeria and the European nation signed Memorandum of Understanding in diverse sectors. While in Lisbon, the Nigerian leader held several bilateral engagements which culminated into the signing of Agreements and Memoranda...
By DAVID IORJA – Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the Federal Ministry of Transportation and the Nigerian Ports Authority on the successful berthing of the first ship at Lekki Deep Sea port. The vessel, ZHEN HUA 28, delivered three Ship to Shores (STS) and 10 Rubber Tyre...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday met with Fernando Medina, Mayor of Lisbon and City Council Members, expressing gratitude and appreciation to them for accommodating Nigerians and those fleeing the war in Ukraine. Buhari also used the occasion to congratulate him and his party on their electoral victory and his...
Nigeria and Portugal on Friday in Lisbon signed several Memoranda of Understanding (MOU) for cooperation in different sectors. Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s spokesman in a statement, said the signing ceremony was done by cabinet level officials from the two countries as part of President Muhammadu Buhari’s State Visit...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned Thursday’s attack in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State, describing it as a direct assault on Nigeria which will not be allowed to go unpunished. President Buhari paid tributes to the gallant men of the security forces who...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has joined the sons and daughters of Idoma Kingdom, Benue State, in celebrating the investiture of the 5th Och’Idoma, Dr John Elaigwu Odogbo, whose academic, work and leadership credentials hold promise for his people. The president’s congratulatory message was contained in...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has reassured that his administration would conduct free and credible elections in 2023. President Buhari gave the assurance on Wednesday during a meeting with representatives of Nigerians living in Portugal. He added that his government will give the Independent National Electoral...
The Socio-economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) on Wednesday called on the Federal Government to enactment an audit law to fight against debt crisis and revenue issues in the county. The Executive Director of Paradigm Leaders Support Initiative (PLSI), Mr Segun Elemo gave the advice in Ikeja at an...
The Senate, on Wednesday at plenary, screened and confirmed all the seven ministerial nominees sent by President Muhammadu Buhari on June 21. Buhari had in a letter that conveyed the names of the ministerial nominees to Senate, explained that the confirmation request was in accordance with the provisions of...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has said the leadership of All Progressives Congress (APC) will sustain the hearing and healing process that it started to ensure fairness, justice and oneness before the 2023 general elections. The president gave the assurance on Tuesday in Abuja during an...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari will on Tuesday, depart Abuja on a State Visit to Portugal at the invitation of President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa. The President, who will hold official talks with his Portuguese counterpart will be conferred with the country’s National Honour and decorated...
President Muhammadu Buhari says he is constrained to accept the resignation of the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Muhammad Tanko on health grounds The president stated this while swearing in Justice Olukayode Ariwoola as acting Chief Justice of Nigeria in the State House, Abuja, on Monday. Buhari said:...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday swore in Justice Olukayode Ariwoola as the acting Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN). The swearing of Ariwoola, the next most senior in the hierarchy of the Supreme Court, as the new CJN followed the resignation of Justice Tanko Muhammed on health ground. Justice Ariwoola...
Following the resignation of Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad as the Chief Justice of Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to swear in Justice Olukayode Ariwoola as the new Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) on Monday. Recall that Muhammad resigned his appointment on health grounds and in the face of loss of...