The senate on Tuesday confirmed the nomination of the Ex-Service Chiefs as Non-Career Ambassadors. They include former Chief of Defence Staff, General Abayomi Olonisakin; the former Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai; and the former Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas. Others are former Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique…
The Presidency is once again alerting the nation of compelling reason to believe there is another orchestrated smear campaign against President Muhammadu Buhari, using some online newspapers and blogs. The Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina had in a statement last month raised similar alarm over an alleged campaign…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday told Nigerian youths who have been protesting across the country that it was in their interest to keep the peace. According to a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, the President spoke during the visit of the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, Amina Mohammed,…
President Buhari yesterday announced that the government has made funding available for DisCos to immediately roll out 1,000,000 meters to consumers for free. This according to the president is under the first phase of the presidential mass metering initiative of which deployment had already started in parts of Kano, Kaduna, Lagos and Abuja. President Bujari…
President Mohammed Buhari on Monday afternoon finally addressed Nigerians since the beginning of the nationwide #EndSARS protests. In a short video shared through the president’s official Twitter handle, the President promised that the dissolution of the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS) is only the beginning of extensive police reform in the country, adding that operatives…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday expressed full confidence in the ability of the Nigerian Army to protect the territorial integrity of the nation, particularly in the on-going war against terrorism, banditry and kidnapping. He also assured that the federal government will increase manpower and improve training to meet the changing dynamics of security in the…
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that Nigerian farmers stand to reap the benefits of his government’s reforms as he continues to accord the highest priority to agriculture. He described agriculture as the country’s largest employer of labour and engine of growth. Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, in a…
The federal government said President Muhammadu Buhari’s assumption of office in 2015 prevented Nigeria from becoming a failed state, after a long stretch of rapacious and rudderless leadership. In a statement issued by the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed in Abuja on Sunday, the Minister said President Buhari came into office at…
Ekiti State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to return the N1.5 billion belonging to the state allegedly donated to fund his election by former governor of the state, Kayode Fayemi. According to the party, “equity and justice demand that Buhari should return what he got from Ekiti State…