Godwin Emefiele, governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) met with President Muhammadu Buhari at the presidential villa in Abuja on Thursday. Speaking with state house correspondents after the meeting, Emefiele said he briefed the president on the stability in the foreign exchange market and other activities of the apex bank. He said Buhari […]
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The Federal Government on Monday in Abuja assured Nigerian workers of speedy passage of the new National Minimum Wage. President Muhammadu Buhari said this in a message to workers on the occasion marking the 2017 May Day Rally with the theme, “Labour Relations in Economic Recession: An Appraisal”. “I am happy to inform you that […]
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…Claims he is one of few honest Nigerians Nigeria’s minister for transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has stated that he does not like money, hence, he is not corrupt. Amaechi made the claims in an interview on Channels TV, where he said he is one of the “very few” honest Nigerians. Amaechi asked: “Is my honesty in […]
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Governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) say it is not compulsory for President Muhammadu Buhari to preside over the federal executive council (FEC) meeting. Nasir el- Rufai of Kaduna state made this known while addressing journalists on the outcome of the governors’ meeting with members of the national working committee […]
Continue ReadingPresident Muhammadu Buhari has hit back at ex-President Goodluck Jonathan over the latter’s claim that the current administration is harassing his family. Jonathan made this allegation in ‘Against The Run of Play’, a book authored by Segun Adeniyi, chairman of the editorial board of THISDAY. Responding to Jonathan’s allegation, Femi Adesina, special adviser to the […]
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The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed says he “never said that President Muhammadu Buhari is to work from home henceforth”. In a statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday, the minister said the reporting in a section of the media of his post- Federal Executive Council (FEC) briefing that the President is to work from […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari and over 20 ministers are not at the federal executive council (FEC) meeting that held at the council chamber of the presidential villa in Abuja. This is the second time that the president will be absent from the meeting since he returned from a medical vacation in the UK. The first being on […]
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The Presidency has denied reports of the resignation of the Chief of Staff to the President, Malam Abba Kyari and the Director-General of the Department of State Services, Alhaji Lawal Daura. Malam Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, described the purported resignation as “mere distraction and pure mischief’’. […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has replaced Akintunde Akinwande, his former nominee for the chairmanship position of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC). On Friday, Garba Shehu, senior special assistant to the president on media and publicity, announced that James Momoh, a professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; and Director of Energy Services and Controls at […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered an investigation into the allegations of violations of law and due process made against the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr David Babachir Lawal, in the award of contracts under the Presidential Initiative on the North East (PINE). The President has also directed the suspension of the […]
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