Barely 24 hours to his 8years expiration, the outgoing president, Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday conferred the national honour of the Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger on Emeka Anyaoku, the former Secretary-General of the Commonwealth. The President also conferred the honour of the Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic on former…
Barely 24 hours to the expiration of his 8years tenure President Muhammadu on Sunday, in Abuja, said his administration is leaving Nigeria much better than it met it in 2015, while expressing fulfilment in his performance so far as he retires home to Daura, Katsina State, after handing over to President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahned Tinubu,…
The outgoing president, Muhammadu Buhari has boasted of leaving a credible, fair and transparent electoral process as he concludes his 8years tenure in office on Monday. Buhari, while addressing Nigerians on Sunday in his farewell message, said that his legacy is evidenced by the victory Tinubu over his opponents who counted on God-Fathers. Buhari said,…
My fellow Nigerian brothers, sisters and friends of Nigeria. I address you today, in my last assignment as a democratically elected President of our great and well-endowed nation, with a deep sense of gratitude to God, a great deal of appreciation to the Nigerian people and a modest sense of fulfilment. Today we mark and…
Mr Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, has announced that Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari will make a farewell broadcast on May 28. In a statement on Saturday in Abuja, Adesina said that the broadcast would be at 7.00 a.m. ”Television, radio stations and other electronic media outlets are enjoined…
The chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Bode George, has described 8 years tenure of President Muhammadu Buhari as a failure, saying Buhari did not live up to the expectations of Nigerians in the last eight years. George, while addressing the newsmen in Lagos on Saturday, said that history will judge Buhari’s government because…
Samuel Ortom, the Benue State Governor has described President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration as the worst in the history of Nigeria, saying the president “must be told that he failed woefully and Nigerians are feeling the impact of that failure because we are all suffering.” Ortom, while speaking at the commissioning of the headquarters of the…
In spite of the challenges confronting the nation, President Muhammadu Buhari has urged parents and children to hold onto the ancient truths of integrity, honesty, knowledge and hard work as the country celebrates this year’s children’s day, saying these landmarks remain the pillars of destiny. This was contained in a statement released on Saturday, by…
Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, the Kano State Governor on Friday, said that President Muhammadu Buhari was leaving Nigeria much better than he met it on assumption. Ganduje made this known in a statement at the inauguration of 3,000 capacity Ultra-Modern Custodial Centre at Janguza in Kano Ganduje, who was represented by Alhaji Usman Alhaji, Secretary to…
As the nation prepares for the inauguration of a new administration, Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday, took the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu on a familiarisation tour of the Presidential Villa in Abuja. Buhari alongside Tinubu arrived at the Press Gallery at about 1:18 pm shortly after observing the Jummah Prayers at the Aso…
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the new Chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq while charging him to give his best in leading the group. Buhari, in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, described AbdulRazaq’s emergence as a good one, saying it will strengthen inter-state bonding…
As President Muhammadu Buhari’s tenure draws near, the Chief of Staff to the President, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari has revealed that President Muhammadu Buhari is leaving behind a legacy of free and fair election amongst all his achievements in the last eight years. Gambari made this known on Thursday in Abuja, at the launch of a…
Adamu Adamu, Minister of Education, has declared that he had no knowledge of the sector when he was appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari, saying he only had a “superficial” knowledge about the secor before he became Minister. Adamu, the longest-serving education Minister, who was appointed by Buhari in 2015 and served as minister of education…
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has kicked against the naming of the Second Niger Bridge after President Muhammadu Buhari, saying the bridge should rather be named after an illustrious Igbo person and not Buhari. The Informant247 recalls that the Southeast governors had agreed to name the Second Niger Bridge after President Buhari following the…
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has sworn in seven Federal Commissioners of the Revenue Mobilisation, Fiscal and Allocation Commission (RMFC) This was done before the valedictory session of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) which is currently ongoing at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. Among those sworn in by the President ahead of the valedictory session currently…
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has sought Senate approval for a request to pay the sum of $566,754,584.31, £98,526,012.00, and N226 billion, judgment debts. The Informant247 gathered that the Federal Government through the issuance of promissory notes, owed money. Buhari’s letter of request was read at plenary by Senate President Ahmad Lawan on Wednesday. Details later…
Barely a week to his expiration, Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has claimed that the neighbouring country Niger Republic will defend him when he leaves office. Buhari, who will be handing over to President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Monday, May 29, 2023, boasted about his cordial relationship with Niger Republic. Buhari said if Nigerians make…
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has named a federal government building after his predecessor, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan. President on Tuesday, through virtual means, commissioned three bridges, three secretariats and one road project undertaken by his government. The Federal Government explained that the secretariats, which were built in Anambra, Bayelsa and Zamfara states, cut expenditures on rent…
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday, at the inauguration of a new Customs Headquarters, in Abuja, claimed that policies taken by his administration were deliberately made for the development of the country. Buhari, while speaking at the inauguration, built at the cost of N19.6bn, said that such policies became legacy programmes because they later became…
The South-East Governors have agreed to rename Second Niger Bridge after President Muhammadu Buhari. Bashir Ahmad, the president’s Special Assistant on Digital Communications, while confirming this development in a tweet on Tuesday, added that the bridge would be commissioned today. His tweet read, “The Second Niger Bridge is to officially be called/known as Buhari Second…
