President Muhammadu Buhari has downplayed claims that he has a favoured candidate for the 2023 elections, saying he will hand over to whoever Nigerians elect. The President made the remark on Monday while answering questions from journalists after observing the Eid-el-Fitr prayers at the Mambilla Barracks parade ground in...
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The Presidency has criticized opponents of government for influencing the perception of the United States government of Nigeria which is believed to have led to delays in the supply of fighter jets to the country to boost the fight against insecurity. According to a statement issued on Sunday by...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike says the presidential pardon for persons prosecuted on corruption charges by the federal government only suggests that there is no need to have anti-corruption agencies in the country. Governor Wike wondered how to explain the embarrassment that the...
BY SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The United Nations Information Center (UNIC) in collaboration with the Office of the Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to the President on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has organized a two day training workshop on SDGs for Borno State journalist.. Declaring open the two day training...
The Presidency has frowned at the reported inhuman and discriminatory treatments of Nigerians and other citizens of African countries, who are being denied the same right of passage out of Ukraine. Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s spokesman in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, said all citizens should be...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – The Presidency on Tuesday revealed that President Muhammadu Buhari would sign the Electoral Amendment Bill into law in a matter of hours. Special Adviser, Media and Publicity to the President, Femi Adesin made the this known while speaking as a guest on the Channels...
The presidency has announced that visitors to the presidential villa in Abuja would be required to take rapid COVID tests before they would be allowed to gain entrance. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu explained to Channels Television that the new development...
There is nothing abnormal in President Muhammadu Buhari’s aides testing positive for COVID-19 because they are humans, the Presidency has said. Mr Femi Adesina, who is the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, stated this during an interview on Channels TV’s Sunday Politics. “What I like...
There are no provisions in the Finance Bill 2022 forcing Nigerians to have a Tax Identification Number(TIN) in order to operate a bank account, a top presidency source has clarified. The bill is, at present, before the National Assembly. News reports had erroneously claimed that the bill has a...