The Sokoto State Governor, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal, disclosed the appointment of the new INEC chairman and other principal officers of the electoral body to newsmen after the Council of State meeting
Browsing: President Muhammadu Buhari
The President expressed the hope that the road would create a new vista of business opportunities for Cross River State and the nation at large
Though it was yet to be made official as at press time, senior directors in the civil service have been directed not to route their memos to and through Kifasi any longer
Akpabio’s return to the EFCC office was to complete the statement he started making to the Commission on Friday
In a goodwill message to mark the media organisation’s 10th year anniversary celebrations on Thursday in Lagos, President Buhari praised Red Media for its contribution to youth and national development, especially for the part the group played in actualising the CHANGE mandate of the March 28, 2015 presidential election
He said: “If nothing is done on a case as clear as that of the INEC REC, Nigerians can as well kiss President Buhari anti-corruption fight goodbye
Buhari, in the letter to the Senate requesting for the withdrawal of the nominee, named a replacement
The list was submitted to Saraki by the Chief of Staff to the President, Alhaji Abba Kyari; the Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Senator Ita Enang; and the Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (House), Alhaji Abdulrahman Kawu Sumaila, at 4.25pm
While Tinubu lambasted Saraki for being indisciplined, disloyal and a member of the Peoples Democratic Party in soul, Saraki said Tinubu was not the only one who contributed to the emergence of the APC as the ruling party at the centre
The meeting started at exactly 9.15pm when the President entered the conference room of the First Lady Wing, venue of the meeting
The Senate spokesman, Senator Dino Melaye, had disclosed that the era of “bow and go” was over for nominees in the Nigerian Senate
The names of the nominees were sent after the Senate had closed the day’s business and adjourned till Tuesday (today)
Jonathan spoke against the backdrop of the allegation by the former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory that his administration spent N64 billion in four years celebrating the independence anniversaries of the country
The present regime of President Muhammadu Buhari, however, announced a budget of N70 million for this year’s anniversary, which took place on Thursday
The President, who announced this in a broadcast in Abuja to mark Nigeria’s 55th Independence Anniversary, said subsequent lists would be forwarded to the Senate in due course
Buhari reaffirmed this in a nationwide broadcast to mark Nigeria’s 55th Independence Anniversary
Saraki made the confirmation on his Twitter handle on Wednesday evening
The meeting, which was held on Friday, was called to seek help for millions of people in the Lake Chad Basin region forced to flee the violence of Boko Haram and who are hit with repeated droughts and floods that have brought malnutrition and disease
Addressing the United Nations Plenary Summit for the Adoption of the Post-2015 Development Agenda, Buhari said his administration was taking steps to improve and streamline internal generation of revenue and to plug all loopholes that have led to illicit capital flight from Nigeria
President Buhari said he believes that the stampede at Mina, in which a notable Nigerian journalist, Hajiya Bilkisu Yusuf, Prof. Tijjani El-Miskin and others lost their lives, is a monumental tragedy, not only for citizens of the countries involved, but for the global Islamic community