By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The new Acting MD/CEO and Board Members of North East Development Commission (NEDC) on Friday assumed office in Maiduguri on acting capacity pending Senate confirmation. The development followed a directive by President Muhammadu Buhari for the immediate resumption of the management, in order to...
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By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Dr Oluwatoyin Madein as a substantive Accountant-General of the Federation. Her appointment followed the successful conduct of a selection process to fill the existing vacancy. The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (HOCSF), Dr...
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Friday inaugurated the new State House Medical Centre to cater for medical needs of the presidential family. The Permanent Secretary, State House, Mr Tijjani Umar, said the medical centre would provide services to the President and Vice-President, their families and other special guests. “ The...
The Bank of Industry (BoI) recorded N2.3 trillion profit before tax under President Muhammadu Buhari, Chairman Board of Directors of the bank, Alhaji Aliyu Dikko has said. Dikko, made this known on the sidelines of the 63rd Annual General Meeting of the bank in Abuja. “It has been excellent. ...
With a few days to the May 29 inauguration of the new administration in the country, it is glaringly evident that President Muhammadu Buhari led Federal Government of Nigeria has successfully completed its constitutional two terms of eight years. Though there exists no codified, metered or iron cast way...
President Muhammadu Buhari has granted automatic employments in the Federal Civil Service to 65 former members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). Speaking at the NYSC 50th Anniversary Honours Award held at the State House Conference Centre, Abuja, on Thursday, the Nigerian leader also highlighted numerous achievements of...
President Muhammadu Buhari has called on Nigerians to walk on the path of duty ”if we really want to see the country achieve new heights.” The president made the call at a farewell meeting with his media support group, the Buhari Media Organization (BMO), on Thursday in Abuja. The...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari approved the dissolution of the board of the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA) on Thursday in Abuja. Buhari’s media aide, Mr Femi Adesina, stated that the president approved the appointment of Mr James Akintola as the new board chairman to succeed...
The Coalition of Anti-Corruption Organisations (COACOs) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to commission an enquiry into the activities of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The group said the enquires should include the commission’s present engagements and happenings throughout the tenure of its Chairman, Mr Rasheed Bawa. The...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Abuja advised the High Commissioner of the United Kingdom, Richard Hugh Montgomery, to always uphold the noble standards of diplomacy, like his predecessors, by respecting the traditional institutions in Nigeria. The President, who received Letters of Credence from...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari haa commiserated with all Methodists in Nigeria and the Diaspora, on the passing of His Eminence, Prelate Emeritus, Methodist Church Nigeria, Dr. Sunday Coffie Mbang. The President also extended his heartfelt condolences to the Mbang family in particular, the government and...
……..Condemns tragic killings in Benue, Plateau By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday expressed condolences on the loss of lives of two United States embassy officials and two Nigerian policemen accompanying them in an attack by gunmen in Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra State. “I...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Dr Baba Haruna as the Rector, Federal Polytechnic, Bida. This is contained in a letter signed by the Minister of Education, Alhaji Adamu Adamu and made available to newsmen in Bida on Wednesday. The appointment which...
President Muhammadu Buhari has returned to Abuja after joining other world leaders to attend the coronation of His Majesty, King Charles III as King of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Commonwealth. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Nigerian leader, who returned to Abuja on...
The Presidency says the high inflation in the country is a world-wide problem which no nation is immune to following the global economic downturn and the COVID-19 pandemic. Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s spokesman stated this while reacting to a Guardian newspaper write-up, tying the rise in inflation to...
The Senate has directed the Clerk to the National Assembly (CNA) to transmit Constitution alteration bill No. 58 to President Muhammadu Buhari for assent, in line with the provisions of the Authentication Act. The bill sought to provide for Independent Candidacy in presidential, governorship, national and states Houses of...
President Muhammadu Buhari has called on newly-elected governors in the country to deliver on their campaign promises to the people when they assume office. Buhari gave the advice in his remarks, delivered by the Chief of Staff to the President, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, in Abuja on Monday at the...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated 27-year-old Gourmet Chef, Hilda Bassey Effiong, aka Hilda Baci, as she makes history by breaking the world record of longest hours of cooking. President Buhari in a congratulatory message by his spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina on Monday in Abuja,...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), on his 60th birthday, May 15. The President, in a congratulatory message by his spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, on Sunday in Abuja joined family members,...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), has urged the World Bank President, Mr David Malpass, to use his “good offices to suspend any disbursement of the $800m loan to the Federal Government and to request the incoming administration to provide satisfactory explanations for the...