By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the murder of a number Nigerian Muslim pilgrims on their way to Kaolak, Senegal, when the buses conveying them came under gun attack in Burkina Faso. In a statement by his Senior Special Assistant (Media & Publicity), Garba Shehe...
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By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the killing of scores of vigilantes at Yargoje Forest in Jibia Local Government Area of Katsina State. The insurgents ambushed a convoy of vigilantes in the forest as they went to recover stolen cows leading. In a statement issued...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday in Lafia inaugurated the Agricultural Machinery and Equipment Development Institute (AMEDI) to boost food and agro production in the country. The president inaugurated the project during his visit to Lafia on Saturday. Prof. Mohammed Haruna, the Executive Vice Chairman of the National Agency for...
President Muhammadu Buhari has formally endorsed the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, as his successor. The president, who made his position known at the APC political rally in Lafia, Nasarawa State on Saturday, therefore, called on the electorate to massively vote for Tinubu/Shettima...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – President Muhammadu Buhari has declared that the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, will be the next President of Nigeria. President Buhari, made the declaration in Lafia, capital of Nasarawa State, on Saturday at the APC Presidential Campaign rally that had...
President Muhammadu Buhari has conferred the title of Ambassador-in Situ to one hundred and fifteen foreign officers for their contributions to the nation’s development and economy. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama presented the letters of conferment on behalf of the President to serving Officers who have attained the...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari commiserates with the family of elder statesman, Air Commodore Dan Suleiman(Rtd) who recently passed on. The President’s condolence message was contained in a statement issued by his spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu on Friday in Abuja. Recalling the life and times of...
President Muhammadu Buhari says he will interrogate the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and other government agencies involved in the printing and distribution of new Naira notes in the country. Malam Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity in a statement, said the...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday urged citizens to give him a seven-day window to resolve the currency crunch that has emanated from the implementation of the Central Bank policy to change high value Naira notes with newly designed ones. The President said this while...
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyema, says his regret as minister is the disdain with which Nigerians are being treated outside the shores of the country and upon siting their international passports. The Minister disclosed this in Abuja at the 22nd edition of the President Muhammadu Buhari Administration...
President Muhammadu Buhari has met behind closed doors with governors elected under the platform of the All Progressive Congress (APC) at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the agenda of the meeting was not officially made known to newsmen as at the time...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Muhammad Mamman Nami on his 55th birthday, praising him for making commendable efforts to raise government revenues, especially at this time of great need. The president’s congratulatory message was...
The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, says President Muhammadu Buhari is not happy over the difficulties citizens are facing in getting the new Naira notes. Ahmed fielded questions from State House correspondents while featuring in the 65th edition of State House briefing on Thursday...
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyema has given details of how President Muhammadu Buhari deployed diplomatic engagements to end activities of the Boko Haram insurgents in the North-East. The minister spoke on Thursday in Abuja at the 22nd edition of the PMB Administration Scorecard Series (2015-2023) organised to...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari is in total support of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, in the forthcoming 2023 election. Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, stated this on Thursday in Abuja at the 22nd edition of the President Mohammadu...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has charged the Ministry of Finance Incorporated (MOFI) to grow its Assets Under Management from the current value of N18 trillion, to at least N100 trillion in the next 10 years. President Buhari gave the charge on Wednesday at the State...
President Muhammadu Buhari says that the Federal Government has achieved 100 per cent broadband penetration across Nigeria. The president said this in Abuja on Tuesday at a Digital Economy Conference tagged ‘Promoting a Vibrant Digital Economy, A Catalyst for Economic Growth in Nigeria’. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
When, on Monday, January 23, 2023, counsel to the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited, second defendant in “Senator Ifeanyi Godwin Araraume Vs President Muhammadu Buhari and two others”, Professor Konyinsola Ajayi (SAN) and Etigwe Uwa (SAN) walked out on the proceedings of the Court in protest against Justice...
President Muhammadu Buhari has reassured Nigerians that his administration was committed to deliver a free, fair and credible elections in 2023. Buhari gave the assurance when he visited the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero, in Kano on Monday. He said that a level playing ground would be...
Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court Abuja has dismissed a suit by a former presidential candidate of Hope Democratic Party (HDP) Ambrose Owuru, against the election of President Muhammadu Buhari who was the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2019 election. The suit...