Thursday is President Muhammadu Buhari’s departure from Abuja to attend the 36th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union (AU) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. “Acceleration of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Implementation” is the AU Summit’s theme. Three “high-level meetings on peace and security, climate change, and the political situation in … Read more
Dumebi Kachikwu, the Action Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential candidate for the 2023 elections, asserts that by delegating the elimination of the fuel subsidy to his successor, President Bola Tinubu, former President Muhammadu Buhari handed his successor a banana peel. This was said by Kachikwu on Monday while he was a guest on Politics Today on … Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari will on May 22 commission the Dangote Refinery in Lagos State. This was disclosed by Buhari’s Special Assistant on Digital Communications, Bashir Ahmad. Ahmad said the 650,000 barrels per day refinery would boost the Federal Government’s effort to make Nigeria self-sufficient. Tweeting, Ahmad wrote: “Efforts by the Federal Government to make Nigeria … Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari, went philosophical on Thursday, while reflecting on the outcome of the just-concluded general elections. The President who indirectly mocked a number of governors serving out their final terms, preparatory to upgrade to the Senate in the next dispensation, said the 2023 elections proved that there was no more easy route to power. … Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday mourned the passing of Aremo Professor Mosobalaje Oyawoye, Nigeria’s first Professor of Geology. Buhari in a statement issued by his spokesman, Mr Garba Shehu, described the deceased as a prolific scholar and thinker who stood for national aspiration and progress. “He was steadfastly committed to the progress of the nation,” … Read more
In Daura, Katsina State, on Monday, President Muhammadu Buhari addressed the problem of the protracted strike that has kept students at home for months, urging Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) leaders that enough is enough. The president urged ASUU to reevaluate its stance on the ongoing strike, expressing concern that it will have long-term … Read more
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID) have filed a lawsuit against President Muhammadu Buhari, asking the court to “declare arbitrary, illegal and unconstitutional the N5million fine imposed on Channels Television over a recent interview with the Labour Party vice-presidential candidate, Datti Baba-Ahmed.” Joined in the suit as … Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari, in his farewell broadcast to Nigeria ahead of Monday’s inauguration, said he is leaving Nigeria better than in 2015. During the live broadcast at 7 am on Sunday, Buhari stressed that he felt fulfilled that he had placed Nigeria on the path of transformation and development. He appreciated Nigerians’ support for him … Read more
Chief whip of the Senate and Senator representing Abia North, Orji Uzor Kalu, on Tuesday, met with President Muhammadu Buhari, at the Presidential Villa, where he intimated him of his ambition to become Senate President in the 10th Assembly. He, however, revealed that the President didn’t give him an automatic endorsement but exhibited a favourable … Read more
As the death toll from the earthquake that struck parts of Syria and Turkey nears 1,800, Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari stated on Monday that the country is willing to assist those countries “in any way possible.” He did this while offering his sympathies to the governments and people of Turkey and Syria, as well as … Read more