About 82 Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) under the aegis of “Civil Society Coalition for Economic Development (CED) have hailed President Muhammadu Buhari over plans to end subsidy regime in Nigeria. The coalition gave the commendation in a seven-point communique issued at the end of a conference of the Coalition...
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By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – Amid the global surge in cases of COVID-19, President Muhammadu Buhari Friday in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, stressed the need for world leaders to work together and reinforce partnerships to limit the catastrophic consequences of the pandemic. Speaking at Nigeria Day during EXPO DUBAI 2020, the...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – A National Summit on protecting Nigeria’s Critical Infrastructure, Monuments and Business Assets earlier put together by Presidential Think-Tank on defence to hold in Abuja from 6th-7th of December, 2021 has been postponed. The summit will now hold on Monday, 28th February and Tuesday, 1st...
President Muhammadu Buhari has called on countries, businesses, and individuals to work together to overcome challenges and make the world a better place. The President made the call on Friday during Nigeria’s National Day ceremony at the Expo 2020 Dubai. “There is no better time to work together for...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has departed Abuja for Dubai where he is expected to attend the Expo 2020 in the United Arab Emirates. The Expo 2020 Dubai is aimed at creating an environment for Nigerians to join over 190 countries to forge true and meaningful...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has vowed to sanction those who bring in personnel into the public workforce by illegal recruitment, pad their payroll and retain ghost workers. President Buhari stated this on Tuesday in Abuja while declaring open the 3rd National Summit on Diminishing Corruption...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday expressed solidarity with Nigerian women as they observe 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence Against Women & Girls from November 25 to December 10, 2021. The President spoke when he received in audience the Minister of Women Affairs, Dame...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to sign the 2021 Electoral Act Amendment Bill into law. The NLC President, Mr Ayuba Wabba, said this in a statement titled: ”Time to Strengthen Democracy in Nigeria” on Monday in Abuja. Wabba recalled that on Nov. 9, the...
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited started its activities for the week at the World Bank Nigeria Development Update in Abuja, with a fresh commitment to the ongoing reform in the oil and gas sector in Nigeria. The event which held at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel in Abuja...
Brigadier-General Zirkushu Dzarma and four other soldiers were buried in Yola, Adamawa state on November 26, 2021. The burial service of Brigadier-General Zirkushu Dzarma and four other soldiers who died fighting against Boko Haram terrorists was held on Friday at the Saint Stephen’s Protestant Church in Yola, Adamawa State....
By HARUNA AHMED, Gasau – Zamfara State Government has called on the Federal Government to resolve the alleged irregularities in the Conditional Cash Transfer programme in the state. The Commissioner for Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Fa’ika Ahmad made the call on Thursday during a news...
DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari says the late Chairman of the Plateau State All Progressives Congress (APC) Elders Council, Capt. Joseph Din, will be missed by him, the family and the government and people of Plateau. Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s spokesman in a statement on Saturday...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – The National Assembly has transmitted the Electoral Bill 2021 to President Muhammadu Buhari for assent. The Senior Special Adviser to the President on the National Assembly Senator, Babajide Omoworare, disclosed this in a statement on Friday. He said this is in pursuance of Section...
The Chief Whip of the Senate, Sen. Orji Kalu has renewed the call for Igbos to work with President Muhammadu Buhari and appreciate him for the infrastructure in the South-East. Kalu in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Abuja, said that supporting Buhari...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – Federal Government will allow the system to exhaust itself, and will, therefore, wait for pronouncements from state governments which set up panels to probe police brutality in the country, President Muhammadu Buhari has said. The President spoke Thursday at State House, Abuja, while receiving...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has signed into law two important bills passed by the National Assembly thereby making them to become part of the Laws of the Federation. The Climate Change Act owes its origin to a bill sponsored by a member of the House...
The Federal Executive Council (FEC), presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday, approved establishment of a Federal University of Sciences in Oturkpo, Benue. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Council also approved N27.4billion for execution of various projects by the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the latest killing of 15 people by armed bandits in Goronyo and Illela Local Government Areas of Sokoto State. President Buhari, through a statement signed by his spokesperson Garba Shehu, said the military was deploying advanced technology to crush...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sadness over the demise of Brig.-Gen. Dzarma Zirkusu and three soldiers who paid ”the supreme sacrifice while fighting terrorists in the Northeast zone of the country”. The president, who expressed his feelings in a statement issued by his media...
By JACOB KUBEKA, Abuja – The Federal Government of Nigerian may have finally resolved the issues it has had with American microblogging and social networking platform, Twitter since May 2021. A source very knowledgeable about the development intimated NATIONAL ACCORD at the weekend that the resolution of the misunderstanding...