President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed his disgust over the inability of some state governors to pay salaries of their workers. Buhari, speaking at a meeting with State House workers at the Presidential Villa on Wednesday, said the situation was shameful to him. He promised to do everything to rid Nigeria of fraud and corruption. “Twenty-seven…
The Nigeria Police now has a new boss. President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Ibrahim Kpotun Idris as the new Inspector General of Police. He is to replace the outgoing IG, Solomon Arase, who turns 60 on Tuesday, June 21, 2016 and has spent 35 years in service. Arase was given a send-off ceremony on Monday,…
The Nigerian Senate has disclosed that it plans to strip President Muhammadu Buhari of powers to assent the ongoing constitution amendment. This was made known by the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu at the ongoing retreat by the Senate Committee on Constitution Review, in which he is the Chairman of. Speaking at the programme held…
President Muhammadu Buhari has appealed the ruling of Justice Adeniyi Ademola of the Federal High Court in Abuja who on May 26, 2016 dismissed his preliminary objection in a suit filed by an Abuja-based legal practitioner, Nnamdi Nwokocha-Ahaaiwe. Nwokocha-Ahaaiwe had alleged that Buhari was unqualified to aspire to the Office of the President of the…
The list containing nominees for ambassadorial positions has been forwarded to the Senate by President Muhammadu Buhari. This was contained in a letter sent to the Senate on Thursday and read before the lawmakers by the Senate President, Bukola Saraki. According to the letter, the nominees are career diplomats who will oversee Nigeria’s mission outside…
On Monday afternoon, Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, left the shores of the country to begin his 10-day vacation in England. Buhari, during the rest, is expected to visit an ENT (Ear, Nose and Throat) specialist in London. Before leaving, the President spoke with some newsmen at the airport in Abuja. He will return to Nigeria…
buhari plane President Muhammadu Buhari will be travelling to London on Monday, June 6, 2016, to treat an ear infection, Aproko247 has learnt. He is also expected to leave the country to embark on a 10-day vacation in the Queensland. A statement issued on Sunday night by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi…
President Muhammadu Buhari has described as sad and regrettable the developments that led to the killing of Mrs Bridget Agbahime, an Igbo market woman in Kano by some Muslim extremists for alleged blasphemy against Prophet Mohammed. Buhari, in a statement issued by one of his spokesmen, Femi Adesina, condoled with the husband of the deceased,…
According to Premium Times, President Muhammadu Buhari has fallen ill and this is why he has not been able to make his local trips lately. The President was supposed to be in Lagos some days ago, but he cancelled it at the late hour. Last Thursday, he was also scheduled to flag off the Ogoni…
Immediate past President, Goodluck Jonathan, on Thursday night had a closed-door with President Muhammadu Buhari. The meeting took place at the Presidential Villa, but details of it were not disclosed at anxious State House Correspondents. However, there are speculations that both men discussed the renewed attacks in the Niger Delta region by the Niger Delta…