Addressing world leaders at the 72nd session of the UN General Assembly in New York on Tuesday, President Muhammadu Buhari says the frontiers of democracy, good governance is expanding in Africa. He urged the international community to come up with strategies and mobilise effort to stop the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq (ISIS) from […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has left Nigeria for New York in the US, where he will join other world leaders at the 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly. Presidential Spokesman, Femi Adesina, had disclosed that the president’s travel plans on Friday, saying “President Buhari will transit through London on his way back to the […]
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Former President of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to meet and dialogue with the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, as a measure to curb the secessionist agitations in the South-East. Obasanjo made his opinion known in an interview with the Newsweek Magazine. He said, “I don’t see […]
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Former President of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo in an interview with Christiane Amanpour, CNN’s chief international correspondent, says President Muhammadu Buhari is actually fighting corruption and insurgency and has not disappointed him. Obasanjo on Thursday said Buhari should be given credit and encouraged to do more. “President Buhari has not disappointed me. Yes, he is […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has appealed to state governors to pay salaries and pensions, as workers depend on it to pay their rents and care for their families. The President made the appeal when he met with traditional rulers at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Monday. Workers and pensioners in many states in the country […]
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Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun state, says Aisha Alhassan, minister for women affairs, should have resigned her position after referring to ex-vice president Atiku Abubakar as Nigeria’s next president. Speaking to journalists in Abeokuta on Saturday, Amosun said it had become obvious that “no contribution to the development” of the Muhammadu Buhari-administration can be expected from […]
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NIGERIA – minister of women affairs, Aisha Alhassan, has said President Buhari did not inform them he will run in 2019, stating that she will support Atiku Abubakar, former vice-president, if he decides to run for office in 2019. In a video which went viral on Wednesday, the minister declared support for the former vice-president. […]
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The Presidency on Tuesday has reacted to the news of Nigeria’s exit from recession. In a statement distributed by Laolu Akande, spokesperson to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, the Buhari administration welcomes news of Nigeria’s exit from recession with “cautious optimism and will continue to drive Nigeria’s economic growth by vigorously implementing the Economic Recovery & […]
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NIGERIA – Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, says the news being circulated via a parody Twitter account and an old NTA news video that President Muhammadu Buhari is travelling or has travelled to the US is fake. In a statement issued in Lagos on Sunday, the minister urged Nigerians to disregard the news. […]
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President Recep Erdogan of Turkey has congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari on his recovery. A press statement signed by Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President, said the Turkish leader also congratulated Mr. Buhari on the Sallah celebrations. “President Muhammadu Buhari continues to receive felicitations from prominent personalities and leaders across the world following his […]
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