President Muhammadu Buhari has directed security chiefs in the country to remain vigilant and ensure the protection of lives and property in the country. The president gave the directive in Jos, Plateau, on Tuesday at an interactive session with stakeholders in the aftermath of the recent killings in some communities in the state. Buhari urged […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday commissioned the automated rice seed and seedling factory in Cross Rivers State capital, Calabar. He applauded the Cross Rivers state Governor, Ben Ayade, over his contribution to Federal Government’s Agricultural revolution. “When we assumed the reins of leadership of our dear country, this administration launched a zero oil economic roadmap […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the dissolution of the Governing Board of National Business and Technical Examination Board (NABTEB). A statement, made available to newsmen in Abuja on Monday by Mr Sonny Echono, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, said the approval was with immediate effect. Echono said the President had also directed the Minister of […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari will today, Thursday, visit Bauchi State, in order to condole with victims of the windstorm and fire disaster in the state. President Buhari had earlier sent a delegation, headed by the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, to Bauchi State following the windstorm and fire incident that occurred in the state last weekend. […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday signed the N9.12 trillion 2018 budget at the State House in Abuja after seven months of its submission to National Assembly (NASS). The President, who signed the budget on Wednesday, however, expressed concern over changes made by NASS to the budget proposal. The Federal Executive Council (FEC) had on Oct. […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has said he will not sit down with any faction to discuss any issue. The president said this in apparent reference to the new Peoples Democratic Party (nPDP), a faction of the All Progressives Congress (APC) that pulled out of the PDP. A presidential source told reporters that the president has vowed […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has appealed to Nigerians to make religion their moral compass both in their public and private lives. The President’s remark is contained in his Sallah message to mark the end of the Ramadan fasting period. Buhari regretted that “selfishness and greed have overcome people’s conscience so much that they don’t have moral inhibitions […]
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The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, has revealed that President Muhammadu Buhari will sign the 2018 budget next week. Adesina said this when he briefed State House correspondents on the outcome of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting held on Wednesday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The President’s […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday, formally conferred late MKO Abiola, the presumed winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, with the honour of Grand Commander of the Federal Republic (GCFR). Ambassador Babagana Kinginbe, who was Abiola’s running mate was also devorated with Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger. Similarly, human rights lawyer, […]
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Nigeria’s strongest selling point remains an “intellectually aggressive and economically ambitious’’ populace that always seeks self-improvement and self-actualization in any part of the world, President Muhammadu Buhari said Monday in Rabat, Morocco. In an audience with the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Morocco, Saadeddine Othmani, at the Royal Guest Palace, President Buhari said Nigeria’s […]
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