President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the 2019 appropriation bill of N8.91 trillion into law. The national assembly had passed the budget into law after increasing the budget size from its initial N8.83 trillion. Buhari signed the budget on Monday, less than 48 hours to his inauguration for a second term as president. The budget is […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has said that his decision to retain cabinet ministers in the last three and half years in spite of pressures from some quarters was because of their unique skills, strengths and leadership qualities. The president made this known during a valedictory session of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) held at the Presidential […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari will on Thursday embark on a five-day trip to Saudi Arabia. This is as revealed on Wednesday, by Garba Shehu, presidential spokesman. Shehu said the trip is at the instance of Salman Abdulaziz, the ruler of Saudi Arabia. “President Muhammadu Buhari has accepted the invitation of King Salman Bin Abdulaziz, the ruler of […]
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Lai Mohammed, minister of information, said President Buhari and other office holders will have a low-key inauguration on May 29. Mohammed said most events for May 29 had been moved to June 12, the country’s new Democracy Day. Recall that last year, President Buhari declared June 12 as Democracy Day in honour of MKO Abiola, […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday presided over the longest meeting of the federal executive council (FEC) meeting in the history of his administration. The meeting, which started around 11am at the presidential villa, Abuja, was still in session as of 9:30pm. The meeting was scheduled to deliberate on at least than 25 memos from federal […]
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Following his 10-day private visit to the UK, President Muhammadu Buhari has returned to Abuja. He landed at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport at 6.24pm on Sunday. In a press statement titled ‘Can they now swallow their words?’ to announce the president’s arrival, Femi Adesina, his spokesman, said some “reckless” online media, “irresponsible” political opposition, and […]
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Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, a stern critic of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration has reacted to the release of Zainab Aliyu, the Nigerian student detained in Saudi Arabia for alleged drugs trafficking. In a tweet on Tuesday, the former minister commended Buhari for the timely release of the Nigerian student. Fani-Kayode said “Securing the release […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has returned to Abuja after his Wednesday working visit to inaugurate some developmental projects executed by the Lagos State Government. Buhari and his entourage arrived the airport at exactly 3 p.m. The President left the Presidential Wing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, at exactly 3:20 p.m. aboard a Nigerian Air Force […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari will make an official visit to Lagos State on Wednesday and the state government says preparations are in top gear to host the number one citizen. This was announced in a statement issued by the state ministry of information and strategy on Tuesday in Lagos. It said that during the one-day working […]
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The All Progressive Congress (APC) and the winner of the February 23, 2019 Presidential Election, has a told the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja that the candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the poll, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, is not a Nigerian and therefore not qualified to have stood for the election. The […]
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