By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to swear in Justice Olukayode Ariwoola as the next Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) after the resignation of Justice Tanko Muhammad. Justice Ariwoola who is the most senior Justice of the Supreme Court will be sworn-in by President Buhari...
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday returned to the country, fo his 4-day official visit to Rwanda where he attended the 26th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) 2022. The President while away in Kigali, the Rwandan Capital, joined other leaders to participate in discussions focused on the progress and...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against President Muhammadu Buhari “over his failure to probe allegations that over N11 trillion meant to provide regular electricity supply since 1999 may have been stolen, mismanaged or diverted into private pockets.” Nigerian cities...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Baroness Patricia Scotland, on her reappointment as Secretary-General of the Commonwealth. Leaders of the Commonwealth meeting in Kigali, Rwanda on Friday reappointed Scotland by consensus for a further two years to complete the balance of her period in office....
Some 23 million Nigerian children have received the seasonal malaria chemoprevention, aiding reduction in severe malaria in children in the country. President Muhammadu Buhari made the declaration on Friday in Kigali at the Summit on Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs). The summit is part of activities at the...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday held a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister of Great Britain where he again reiterated his resolve to respect the maximum term limit in the Nigerian Constitution. Mr Femi Adesina, the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, who confirmed this in a statement in...
President Muhammadu Buhari has commended the efforts of the present Nigeria’s civil servants for partnering with the government in driving the implementation of its programmes, in spite of difficult economic situation. Buhari gave the commendation on Thursday in Abuja, at the inauguration of Cultural Change Video and Federal Civil...
President Muhammadu Buhari has assured Nigerians that those he described as “cowards” behind recent attacks on churches in the country will be punished. The President said this on Wednesday following the recent spate of assaults on churches across the country. “As for the cowards, they will be punished for...
President Muhammadu Buhari says it’s not in his place to determine if the political ambition of Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefiele, infringes on any laws that affects his productivity. Buhari stated this on Tuesday during his interview with Bloomberg. There have been debates around the central bank’s independence following...
President of the Senate, Dr. Ahmad Lawan, on Wednesday said that the Senate would on June 29, screen for confirmation, the seven nominees of President Muhammadu Buhari for ministerial appointment. Lawan made the announcement before Senate adjourned plenary to June 28. “The ministerial nominees will be screened on Wednesday...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has departed Abuja on Wednesday, June 22, for Kigali, Rwanda, to attend the 26th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), being held from June 20 to 26, 2022. A statement issued by the president’s spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, said President Buhari...
President Muhamamdu Buhari has defended the federal government’s decision to keep paying fuel subsidies. In a response to Bloomberg, the President said the effects of removing fuel subsidies would have been too harsh on the Nigerian people. He said the government is working on boosting local capacity in order...
President Muhammadu Buhari says his administration is decentralising the nation’s national grid through renewable mini-grids to address the challenges of electricity supply across the country. The president, who revealed this in an interview he granted Bloomberg News, said the Federal Government had earmarked 550 million dollars to provide 20,000...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has again directed security agencies to intensify their efforts in ensuring that the remaining kidnapped Abuja-Kaduna train passengers are brought home alive The president gave the directive in a statement by his media aide, Malam Garba Shehu, on Tuesday in Abuja....
President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the Senate seeking the confirmation of seven ministerial nominees. The nominees are: Henry Ikechukwu – Abia State, Umana Okon Umana – Akwa-Ibom State; Ekuma Joseph – Ebonyi State; Goodluck Nana Obia – Imo State; Umar Ibrahim Yakub – Kano State; Ademola Adewole Adegorioye...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has joined Founder and Chancellor of Afe Babalola University (ABUAD), Ado-Ekiti, its management and staff in celebrating the varsity’s ranking as the best in Nigeria. The ranking institution, the Times Higher Education World Rankings also ranked ABUAD as the 400th best...
President Muhammadu Buhari has officially received Governor-elect of Ekiti, Mr Biodun Oyebanji, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Monday. The newly-elected governor was led to the event by Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Sen. Abdullahi Adamu, Governors Kayode Fayemi, Atiku Bagudu, Mohammed Badaru of Ekiti, Kebbi and Jigawa,...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Biodun Oyebanji, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), over his electoral victory in Saturday’s Ekiti State gubernatorial election. The president, in a congratulatory message issued by his spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, on Sunday in Abuja, described the...
The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu, has described President Muhammadu Buhari as a “true leader, brother and friend” who demonstrated a “sense of purpose, composure, and maturity” in the weeks leading to the Special Convention of the Party. Spokesman for the president,...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – A National Centre for the Coordination of Early Warning and Response Mechanism has been established, with the signing of Executive Order 12 by President Muhammadu Buhari. Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Office of the Vice President, disclosed...