Tag Archives: President Muhammadu Buhari

The problems of insecurity and killings in Southern Kaduna State of Nigeria, is more complicated than many people are willing to admit, the Presidency said on Tuesday. According to a statement signed by the Senior Special Assistant to the President, Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, noted that the problem in …

A foremost Nigerian media entrepreneur, Mallam Ismaila Isa Funtua (picture), is dead of cardiac arrest on Monday night. He was the Founding Managing Director of Democrat Newspaper and former President of the Newspaper Proprietors Association of Nigeria (NPAN). An influential Kitchen Cabinet member of President Muhammadu Buhari, Mallam Funtua was life …

President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday in Abuja said improved gold mining operations in the country will generate no fewer than 250,000 jobs and over $500m annually in royalties and taxes to the Federal Government. President Buhari disclosed this at the official presentation of locally mined gold bars by the Presidential Artisanal …

By Mustapha Sanah As time ticks slowly towards 31st August, the end of tenure of office for the beleaguered President of the Africa Development Bank, Dr Adesina Akinwumi, the rumpus at our continent’s apex bank on who becomes its next President from August 31st, 2020, has generated deep sentiments among …

President Muhammadu Buhari has urged African leaders to ensure the immediate actualisation of the Common African Position on Assets Recovery (CAPAR). Buhari made the call as the continent celebrates this year’s Anti-Corruption Day on July 11. According to a statement by Malam Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the …

Nigeri’s presidency Saturday said series of documented allegations were made against the Ag. Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu. According a statement signed by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, following a preliminary review of the allegations leveled …

President Muhammadu Buhari sends warm greetings and commendation to a Nigerian doctorate student in University of Tsukuba, Japan, Mr Ikenna Nweke, who returned a missing wallet with huge sums of money to the police, and also turned down offer of a percentage by the authorities. President Buhari salutes Nweke for …

President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday expressed dissatisfaction over Nigeria’s slow pace of economic prosperity, describing the current situation as “our very terrible state of development.” Speaking during a virtual audience with members of the Presidential Economic Advisory Council (PEAC) which he described as a “tutorial,” the President said: “We are a …

By Yushau A. Shuaib It was a tactful foresight, the decision of President Muhammadu Buhari in appointing people from Borno State into strategic positions in government, especially in sensitive areas that could address the challenges of terrorism in the country. Nigerians expected that the Boko Haram insurgency would be history …