In his Easter message to the nation, President Muhammadu Buhari has urged all Nigerians to live together in peace and harmony, in the spirit of Easter. “I urge all Nigerians to live peacefully with one another and do their utmost to make Nigeria a beautiful place to reside”, President Buhari said in a special message […]
Continue Reading
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Chief Executives for 23 Federal Government agencies. Mr Bolaji Adebiyi, the Director of Press in the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation stated this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. He said the Chief Executives are: Mrs Julie Okah-Donli, Director-General, National Agency […]
Continue Reading
Martin Elechi, immediate past governor of Ebonyi state, has joined the All Progressive Congress (APC), recalling how President Muhammadu Buhari intervened when the then Nigerian Security Organisation (NSO) arrested him. Elechi served his eight-year tenure on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). On Sunday, he registered for the APC at his country home […]
Continue Reading
The Muhammadu Buhari administration has released N54 billion to clear part of the backlog of accrued pension rights for the years 2014, 2015 and 2016. The Director of Information, Ministry of Finance, Mr Salisu Danbatta said on Wednesday that N41.5 billion has already been released to the National Pension Commission (PENCOM). The amount released was […]
Continue Reading
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved appointments into the executive management of some government agencies and parastatals. The new chairman of the board of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) is former newspaper editor and ex-presidential spokesman, Duro Onabule. Other executive directors of NTA include: Steve Egbo, Administration and Training; Abdul Hamid Salihu Dembos, Marketing; Mohammed Labbo, […]
Continue Reading
President Muhammadu Buhari has sent names of two new ministerial nominees to the Senate for confirmation. A source close to the Senate told our correspondent that the letter arrived the Senate late Tuesday. The source revealed that the two nominees are from Kogi and Gombe state. Our correspondent gathered that the Kogi nominee will be […]
Continue Reading
Mansur Dan-Ali, minister of defence, will represent President Muhammadu Buhari at the Nigerian Army Small Arms Championship holding in Sambisa forest on Monday. Tukur Buratai, chief of army staff, disclosed this on Saturday. David Ahmad, chief of training and operations at the army headquarters, had earlier announced that Buhari would declare the ceremony open. But […]
Continue Reading
President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to declare open this year’s Nigerian Army Small Arms Championship in Sambisa forest in Borno. David Ahmadu, the Chief of Training and Operations, Nigerian Army headquarters, disclosed this at a news conference on the championship in Maiduguri on Friday. Mr. Ahmadu, a major general, said the event was slated for […]
Continue Reading
President Muhammadu Buhari has nominated 28 persons for confirmation as resident electoral commissioners (RECs) of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The request was contained in letter dated February 27 which was read by Bukola Saraki, senate president, in plenary on Thursday. Some of the RECs were renominated by Buhari following the expiration of their […]
Continue Reading
Fellow Nigerians, let me begin by welcoming our dear leader, President Muhammadu Buhari, back home from his medical vacation in London. We have every cause to be thankful to Allah, the Merciful. The Yoruba have a very apt adage for what happened to President Buhari: we should be grateful to the death that wanted to […]
Continue Reading