President Muhammadu Buhari has hosted the founding fathers of the All Progressives Congress (APC), including former Lagos State governor Bola Tinubu, to a dinner at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Thursday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the get-together was to show Buhari’s appreciation to the critical...
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President Muhammadu Buhari has urged leaders and members of All Progressives Congress (APC) to channel their energies toward improving the fortunes of the party in the coming elections by avoiding squabbling that easily distract and create disharmony. The president made the call when he received APC National Assembly leadership...
Nasarawa State Governor, Abudulahi Sule has said the leadership of All Progressives Congress (APC), will be guided by the Electoral Act in the conduct of Saturday’s National Convention. Governor Sule, who is the Chairman of the APC Sub-Committee on Media and Publicity for the National Convention said this at...
Founding member of All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Osita Okechukwu, has expressed regrets that the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has demonstrated monumental lack of foresight even in opposition. Okechukwu said as a major opposition party PDP has continued to entertain Nigerians with tales by moonlight as if...
Former presidential aide, Reno Omokri has begged President Muhammadu Buhari not to call the Super Eagles ahead of their world cup qualifier with Ghana. Instead, Reno urged Buhari to call the Black stars. The aide to former President Goodluck Jonathan made this statement on his official Twitter page. Recalled...
Ahead of the March 26th National Convention of the All Progressives Congress (APC), the party’s governors have said they will back whoever President Muhammadu Buhari supports. The governors came up with this resolution on Wednesday after a meeting with President Buhari at the State House in Abuja. Led by...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that the Muhammadu Buhari-led presidency and the All Progressives Congress (APC) are running from their shadows and haunted by their failures in governance. PDP’s position is predicated on a statement by the Presidency on Tuesday, suggesting that the PDP is predicting a...
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved N92.1 billion for the construction of a second runway at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Council’s approval came barely 24 hours after the inauguration of the new terminal building at the Murtala...
Give it to President Muhammadu Buhari, his passion for a diversified Nigerian economy is peerless. His imprints in agriculture are both telling and compelling. Now, he has an ally in Mohammed Bello-Koko, the helmsman at the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA). Bello-Koko was on May 6, 2021 appointed the acting...
President Muhammadu Buhari says the 2.5 billion dollar Dangote Fertiliser Plant in Ibeju Lekki, Lagos, will boost Nigeria’s foreign exchange earnings and accelerate economic growth. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Buhari spoke on Tuesday while inaugurating the three million metric tonnes per annum urea production plant....
President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived in Lagos on a working visit to commission and inspect some projects in the state. His aircraft touched down at about 10am on Tuesday at the Presidential Wing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos. The President was welcomed to the state by Governor Babajide...
By BENJAMIN ORISEMEKE, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari will on Tuesday commission the newly built international terminal of the Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos. The International Airport has the capacity to process 14million passengers per annum. It is built on a land mass of approximately 56,000 square metres, and...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has described as “deeply distressing” the destruction in Imo State of the buildings and assets of the Police and the home of President General of the Ohanaeze Ndi Igbo, Prof. George Obiozor. In a statement by his media aide, Malam Garba...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – A civil society group, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has asked President Muhammadu Buhari, to investigate how over N11 trillion meant to provide regular electricity supply has been allegedly squandered by governments since 1999. SERAP made the request in a letter signed by...
Sokoto State Governor Aminu Tambuwal on Saturday said President Muhammadu Buhari lacks the capacity to govern Nigeria. He made the comment during his visit to the Kaduna State PDP Secretariat to solicit support for his presidential ambitions in 2023. Mr Tambuwal, a stalwart of the opposition PDP, has declared...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has returned from London after a routine medical check-up. The presidential aircraft carrying the president landed at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, at about 7.09 p.m. NATIONAL ACCORD has reported that President Buhari had earlier departed...
The Federal High Court sitting in Umuahia, on Friday, nullified Section 84(12) of the newly amended Electoral Act, saying it was a violation of the provisions of the Constitution. The court, in a judgment delivered by Justice Evelyn Anyadike, held that the section was unconstitutional, invalid, illegal, null, void...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has called on Governors of the All progressives Congress (APC) to stop further utterances that lead to disunity ahead of the National Convention. A statement by the President’s spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, on Wednesday in Abuja, quoted a letter personally signed...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sincere regrets for the inconvenience caused to citizens of the country following a prolonged shortage of petroleum products, something that the administration has successfully averted in its seven years in office. According to the President, “the administration knows the fuel...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the reconstitution of the Governing Board of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), following the expiration of the tenure of the former board. This is according to a statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday by The Minister of Information and...