Buhari Archives — Page 32 of 39

March 25, 2017 No Responses

Whistle-blowers: FG gets 2,251 tips, enquiries, others in three months

Between December 2016 and March 24, 2017, the Federal Government through various whistleblower channels received 2,251information including enquiries, tips, compliments and general advice from the public. According to Festus Akanbi, the media assistant to the Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun,...

March 22, 2017 No Responses

Buhari mourns General Abisoye

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday extended heartfelt condolences to the family of Major-General Emmanuel Abisoye (Rtd), former General Officer Commanding (GOC) 2nd Infantry Division and 3rd Infantry Division of the Nigerian Army, who has passed away at...

March 21, 2017 No Responses

Buhari condemns ‘wanton killings’, condoles with Benue community

President Muhammadu Buhari commiserates with the government and people of Benue State on the recent attack on a market in Zaki Biam by unknown gunmen which resulted in the loss of lives. In a statement issued on Tuesday by Special Adviser...

March 20, 2017 No Responses

Labour implores FG on N500b Paris club refund to states

The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has urged the Federal Government to tie the N500b London-Paris Club refund about to be released to state governments to projects to avoid a repeat of what happened when the first tranche of...

March 14, 2017 No Responses

Buhari to Osinbajo: Head delegation on Niger Delta crisis

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday directed Vice President Yemi Osinbajo to head a special presidential delegation charged with the task of resolving the crisis in the Niger Delta. Speaking with Journalists on Monday in Abuja, the Special Adviser to the...

March 10, 2017 No Responses

Maritime stakeholders task FG on committee to verify, fine-tune charges adopted by terminal operators

Pending the establishment of the proposed National Transport Commission (NTC), Maritime Stakeholders in Nigeria have advised the Federal Government to constitute an ad-hoc committee to verify and fine-tune Terminal Operators current cargo handling practices a...

February 28, 2017 No Responses

Presidency: Osinbajo not performing better than Buhari

The Presidency on Monday said it was wrong for anybody to be claiming that the Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, has been performing better than President Muhammadu Buhari since the President started his extended medical vacation. It said Osinbajo still co...

February 28, 2017 No Responses

FG flags off presidential initiative on fertilizer, targets 100,000 jobs

The Presidential Fertilizer Initiative of the Federal Government produced more than 4,000 metric tonnes of locally-blended fertilizer in the first week of operation. The Initiative was approved by President Muhammadu Buhari in December 2016, to achieve t...

February 21, 2017 No Responses

Unauthorised Employment: Labour faults alleged agenda to sack 3,500 workers

Organised Labour under the aegis of Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN) has flayed alleged plan by the Federal Government to sack 3,500 public servants “under the guise that their appointments were irregular and unauthorized”. In a pr...

February 7, 2017 No Responses

‘My conversation with Buhari was focused on economy, Budget’

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, has assured the nation that President Muhammadu Buhari is hale and hearty and would return home as soon as he completes the necessary tests recommended by his doctors in the United Kingdom. Prof. Osinbajo gave...

February 6, 2017 No Responses

Buhari extends vacation

President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the National Assembly, making public his desire to extend his leave in order to complete and receive the results of a series of tests recommended by his doctors. The President had planned to return to Abuja...

February 1, 2017 No Responses

FG secures $1.5b loan for Lagos-Ibadan rail project

The Federal Government has secured $1.5 billion from the China Exim Bank to begin work on the Lagos-Ibadan rail line project. Briefing the Senate Committee on Land Transport, chaired by Gbenga Ashafa, Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi explained that the...

January 26, 2017 No Responses

‘Osinbajo not under pressure to resign’

The Presidency on Wednesday denied reports in some quarters that Acting President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo was under pressured to resign. A statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President on Political Affairs, Femi Ojudu, explained that it was not tru...

January 23, 2017 No Responses

Gambia: Dogara lauds Buhari, ECOWAS leaders

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt Hon Yakubu Dogara has commended President Muhammadu Buhari and leaders of the Economic Community of West African States for the role they played in averting major political crisis in the Gambia. In a...