Tag: President Muhammadu Buhari
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FG approves N4.3bn road projects for N/East
The Federal Government (FG) has approved the sum of N4.3 billion for construction of new road projects in Borno, Yobe, Adamawa, Gombe and Bauchi States, North – Eastern Nigeria. The Federal Executive Council (FEC) gav the approval on Wednesday. Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq, revealed this when she…
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Buhari directs harmonisation, digitisation of e-government initiatives
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday ordered the Presidential Council on Digital Economy and e-Government to develop a framework for the harmonisation of digitisation, e-government initiatives at both federal and state levels. Buhari, who is the Chairman of the council, gave the order at the inaugural meeting of the council in Abuja. Buhari was represented by…
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Buhari attributes success of BUA group to good economic policies
The President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Friday, attributed the success of BUA Group to the Federal Government’s economic policies in the last seven years. He made the statement on Friday, during a visit by Nigerian businessman, philanthropist and Chairman, Bua Group, Mr Abdul Rabiu, in Abuja, who thanked him for creating an enabling environment for business…
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Buhari threatens to deal with killers of Nigeriens in S/East
President Muhammadu Buhari has threatened to deal with those behind the beheading of six Nigerien citizens and the brutal killing of some policemen at their duty posts in the South-East Nigeria. The President stated this on Saturday in a statement signed by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu. He also condemned…
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President Buhari mourns ex-IGP, Mustapha Balogun
President Muhammadu Buhari has joined family, friends and associates in mourning the death of former Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mustapha Balogun. In a condolence message by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina on Friday in Abuja, the president also mourned with the Nigeria Police Force, an institution Balogun spent the better…
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Buhari approves Lekki Deep Seaport for commercial operations
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the designation of Lekki Deep Seaport as a Customs Port and Approved Wharf. This was disclosed through the official Twitter handle of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) on Friday. It stated that the Managing Director, Mr Mohammed Bello-Kokoin, in a letter through the Ministry of Transportation, secured the approval for…
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Buhari condoles with Court of Appeal President Dongban-Mensem over son’s death
President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem, over the loss of her son, Prince Paeke Dongban. The president’s condolence message to Justice Dongban-Mensem is contained in a statement by Malam Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity on Monday in…
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Tinubu missing in APC critical stakeholders meeting in Aso Villa
President Muhammadu Buhari is hosting a delegation of chieftains of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) led by the party’s National Chairman Senator Adamu Abdullahi at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, but visibly missing is the party’s presidential candidate, Senator Bola Tinubu. Those in the party’s delegation are vice presidential candidate, Senator Kashim Shettima; Senate President…
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Be grateful you don’t suffer like other Africans – Buhari tells Nigerians
Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari has urged Nigerians to be grateful that they don’t suffer like their fellow Africans in other countries on the continent. He made the statement on Saturday in Katsina, Katsina State. Buhari noted that Nigerians would be more “grateful to God” if they “knew what other countries in Africa are passing through.”…