By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to “direct the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, and the acting Accountant General of the Federation, Sylva Okolieaboh to immediately reverse the apparently illegal deductions from the salaries of members of...
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President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with Amb. Mohammed Rimi, the Baraden Katsina and Nigeria’s representative in the United Arab Emirates, on the passing of his mother, Hajiya Aishatu Muhammad (Indon Ankeke). Muhammad died on Oct. 30 at the age of 90 and was buried in Katsina on Oct. 31....
The Federal Government has rescinded its earlier plans to terminate the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP). The Interim Administrator, PAP, Gen. Barry Ndiomu, confirmed the government’s new position in a statement on Saturday. Ndiomu, in the statement issued by PAP’s Media Consultant, Donu Kogbara, expressed gratitude to the Federal Government...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday restated the Federal Government’s commitment towards providing durable solutions to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the country. Represented by his Chief of Staff, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, Buhari restated the commitment in Abuja in commemoration of the National Day of IDPs. The National Day of...
Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka sits with Chude Jideonwo, host of #WithChude, to discuss surviving cancer, his position on gay rights in America, the Nigerian political landscape, and his journey through life. Sharing his thoughts on the current ambience of gay and transgender rights in America, he said, “Only those who understand the full makeup of...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday called for good neighbourliness and mutual understanding between African states to enhance trade and security and to promote development of the continent. Mr Femi Adesina, his media aide, stated in Abuja that Buhari made the call at the inauguration of the Nigeria/Cameroon Joint Border...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has donated relief materials to victims of flood in Borno state. The relief items which are in two batches were donated by President Muhammadu Buhari as federal government’s support released from the National Strategic Reserve Stock, and the...
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the release of 12, 000 metric tonnes of grains as relief materials for victims of flood disaster across the country. Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouq, made this known at the weekly ministerial briefing organised by the...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the renowned businessman and philanthropist, Femi Otedola, on his 60th birthday, November 4, 2022, joining family, friends, and associates to celebrate the milestone. A statement issued on Thursday by the presidential spokesman, Mr. Femi Adesina, said the president shared...
Despite President Muhammadu Buhari’s recent signing into law, of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) on Monday August 16, 2021, after years of back and forth movement,- an Act which provides legal, governance, regulatory and fiscal framework for the Nigerian Petroleum Industry and development of host communities, my recent ‘sojourn’...
2023: Presidency not against e-transmission of results, has no plans to sack INEC Chairman – Adesina
2023: Presidency not against e-transmission of results, has no plans to sack INEC Chairman – Adesina
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Special Adviser to the President, Media and publicity, Mr Femi Adesina has disclosed that President Muhammadu Buhari is not against the introduction of technology towards free, fair and credible election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in 2023. Adesina who disclosed this...
President Muhammadu Buhari says the indices of development in the mining sector has improved as Nigeria, for the first time, has a world-class goldmine in Segiola, Osun State. Buhari disclosed this on Tuesday in his address at the 6th Edition of the Nigerian Mining Week at the International Conference...
Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed says he has no regret being a minister in the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. The minister stated this on Tuesday in Abuja when he appeared before the Senate Committee on Information and National Orientation to defend the ministry’s 2023 budget...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday in Owerri charged the Nigeria Police Force to perfect operational plans that will guarantee a credible outcome in the 2023 general elections while remaining apolitical, firm, and loyal to democratic values. Declaring open the three-day Conference and Retreat for...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has joined world leaders in congratulating Brazil’s newly elected President, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on winning a hard-fought, divisive runoff election. In a statement issued on Monday by the presidential spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, Buhari congratulated the new leader on...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has departed from Abuja to London, United Kingdom for a routine medical check-up. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina disclosed this in a statement issued on the in Abuja Mr. Adesina said the president...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed heartfelt condolences to the government and people of India following reports that at least 141 people have died after a British-era bridge in Gujarat’s Morbi collapsed on Sunday evening. NATIONAL ACCORD had reported that apart from those that died,...
President Muhammadu Buhari is currently meeting with security chiefs to further review and strengthen nation’s security network. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the president suspended some of his official engagements including the inauguration of the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) new Technology and...
Against the backdrop of recent security advisories by the United States and the United Kingdom, the National Security Adviser (NSA), Babagana Monguno has assured Nigerians that there is no cause for alarm. The NSA, who said the situation is under control, described as false and irresponsible the perception of...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari will on Monday meet with security chiefs in the nation’s capital, Abuja, to further review and strengthen security network in the country. This is according to a statement issued by the presidential spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu on Sunday in Abuja. Malam...