STATEMENT BY HIS EXCELLENCY, MUHAMMADU BUHARI PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA AT THE 71ST SESSION OF THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY NEW YORK, USA 20 SEPTEMBER 2016The President of the General Assembly His Excellency Mr. Peter Thomson The Secretary General of the United Nations Mr. Ban Ki-moon Your Excellencies Heads of State and […]
Continue ReadingEconomic confidential reports that President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice-President Professor Yemi Osinbajo, Cabinet Ministers and other political appointees pocketed the sum of N2.295 billion as official salaries and allowances in the last one year.The report shows the official remunerations of the President, Vice-President, cabinet ministers, Secretary to the Government of the Federation and the Head of […]
Continue ReadingOutspoken Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has again criticized President Muhammadu Buhari over the country’s economic recession, accusing him of “de-marketing” Nigeria by depicting citizens as dishonest before the international community.“Our President, through his actions and inactions is destroying everything that makes Nigeria a country and well-meaning Nigerians must stand-up to be counted in the […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s minister of information and culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Friday, briefed newsmen on the efforts of the Muhammadu Buhari administration to secure the release of the Chibok girls. He explained that the reason why the girls have not been rescued is because Boko Haram keeps changing its demands just when the girls are about to be swapped […]
Continue ReadingThe Presidency has issued the statement below admitting that the speech read by President Muhammadu Buhari contained insertions plagiarised from a 2008 speech by U.S. President, Barack Obama.A statement by a presidency spokesperson, Garba Shehu, said an investigation had been launched into the matter and that officials so far identified to have committed the blunder […]
Continue ReadingIn an effort boost the ailing Nigerian economy, the federal government is set to release a sum of N350 billion.The minister of finance, Kemi Adeosun, while addressing journalists in Abuja on Friday, said since the 2016 budget was released in May, over N420 billion had been released for capital projects. She listed some of the measures […]
Continue ReadingPresident Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday advised local government administrators across the country to fight for an amendment to the Constitution, so as to limit the powers of state government over their activities. President Buhari offered the advise when he played host to the leadership of the Association of Local Governments in Nigeria in Abuja, stating […]
Continue ReadingSpeaking at a one-day retreat held at the presidential villa in Abuja on Thursday, President Muhammadu Buhari has urged ministers and heads of departments and agencies, to think out of the box to in order to get Nigeria out of current economic recession. BUHARI’S FULL SPEECH I am delighted to be here with you at […]
Continue ReadingThe spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) caretaker committee, Dayo Adeyeye, in a statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday, asked President Muhammadu Buhari to step down with immediate effect.Referring to the statement “recession is a word”, credited to Kemi Adeosun, minister of finance, Adeyeye said: “Is this statement as a result of ignorance, lack […]
Continue ReadingThe Abubakar Shekau faction of Boko Haram has released a new video uploaded on YouTube on Tuesday, showing its members praying during recently concluded Eid-el-Kabir ceremony with a large gathering of the sect’s adherents praying at a large mosque in an unspecified location.But Shekau, who Nigerian military authorities said was badly injured in an airstrike […]
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