Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari will on Tuesday, embark on an eight-day state visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia where he is expected to perform Umrah, the Lesser Pilgrimage. In a statement signed by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, read on Monday evening.“Buhari will travel to Saudi Arabia on an…
The apex Igbo sociopolitical organization, Ohanaeze has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to release the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu from detention. The group appealed to the president to release Kanu as his parting gift to the citizens of Nigeria, as he (Buhari) would be handing over power to the…
The Kwara North Development Council (KWANDCO) has praised President Muhammadu Buhari over the approval of the rehabilitation of four major roads in Kwara State. The Informant247 recalls that the Federal Executive Council FEC had last Wednesday endorsed the rehabilitation of four roads totaling 284km in Kwara north senatorial district. The roads which got the approval…
Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah, the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, in his easter message, has prayed to God to guide President Muhammadu Buhari in retirement. Kukah also told the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, that the most urgent task facing Nigeria is not infrastructure or the “usual cheap talk” about the dividends of Democracy. His…
President Muhammadu Buhari has reacted to the passing of the former minister of justice and attorney general of the federation, Bola Ajibola, SAN. This was revealed in a statement released by a presidential media aide, Femi Adesina. The Nigerian leader sympathized with the family of the respected legal luminary and legal community in the country and…
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi on Sunday April 9 told the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government to take ”extraordinary measures” to address insecurity bedeviling the country. The former Governor of Anambra State in a post through his Twitter handle charged the government to address the issue of insecurity in the country….
Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari, on Friday, said it is the right of those who feel dissatisfied with the outcome of the 2023 elections to seek redress in court. The President, who stated this in his Easter message, also said that he expected the aggrieved ones to wait patiently and allow the legal system run its…
President Muhammadu Buhari, has sent message to Nigerians and the political actors who took part in the just concluded general elections. In commemoration of the death and the resurrection of Jesus Christ, the president told the people of the country and candidates who took part in the just concluded elections to be patient and allow…
Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday, in Abuja, stated that the outcome of the February 25 and March 18 elections was proof that voters had awoken to their power, hence, politics would no longer be business as usual. Buhari, who told a delegation he received at the State House, Abuja, led by the newly-installed Emir…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday April 6, 2023 dismissed the Executive Secretary/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Investment Promotion Commission, Hajiya Saratu Umar with immediate effect. This was confirmed in a statement released by the presidential media aide, Femi Adesina on Thursday titled ‘President Buhari terminates appointment of Saratu Umar as NIPC boss.’ This came…
The National Council on Digital Innovation Entrepreneurship (NCDIE) has been inaugurated by President Muhammadu Buhari. The establishment of the council is based on the Nigeria Startup Act, 2022 (NSA, 2022), which got legal backing in December 2022. Buhari is the chairman of the NCDIE while 13 other members include the Vice President; Ministers of Finance,…
President Muhammadu Buhari has celebrated the former National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole on his 71st birthday. The congratulatory wishes were revealed in a statement released by presidential media aide, Mr. Femi Adesina on Tuesday April 4. Buhari hailed the former Governor of Edo State for his courage in standing…
President Muhammadu Buhari has honoured the leader of Jordan, King Abdullah bin Al-Hussein by naming the newly commissioned National Counter Terrorism Center after him (Al-Hussein). This was announced in a statement released by the presidential media aide, Garba Shehu on Tuesday April 4, 2023. Shehu added that the Nigerian leader also had telephone communication with…
The minister of information and culture, Lai Mohammed has said that President Muhammadu Buhari has fulfilled his promise to achieve free, fair and acceptable elections. The Informant247 recalls that the president in September 2022 while speaking at the United Nations general assembly (UNGA77) in September 2022 promised to promote the “sanctity of constitutional term limits” by achieving “a process…
The resignation of the Minister of State Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva has been confirmed by the presidency ahead of the All Progressive Congress, APC, governorship primaries in Bayelsa State in April. Bashir Ahmad, a media aide to President Muhammadu Buhari made this confirmation in a post through his Twitter account. Ahmad wrote “Minister of…
The Presidential Transition Council (PTC) has given a reassurance of the May 29, 2023 handover, reaffirming that all necessary arrangements have been put in place for a successful exercise. The PTC reaffirmed the sanctity of the handover for next administration. It stated that the refurbishment of offices of the President elect Senator Bola Tinubu and…
Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday swore in the former Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase (retd) as the new chairman of Police Service Commission (PSC) Arase, who was confirmed by the senate in January, took his oath of office at the council chamber of the Presidential Villa, Abuja, in the presence of Buhari, Vice President…
President Muhammadu Buhari has felicitated the President-elect, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu on his 71st birth anniversary. The congratulatory message was revealed in a statement released by the presidential media aide, Femi Adesina. The president acknowledged the achievements and experience of the successor to-be, affirming that he has contributed to the progress of the country in…
The presidency has revealed that the people of Nigeria would yearn for President Muhammadu Buhari when he leaves office, May 29. The presidency was confident that like the immediate past president Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, the people of the country would be longing to have Buhari around again, when he leaves power. This was revealed by…
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed condolences over the death of Lt. General Oladipo Diya, the Chief of General Staff 1993-1997. The president’s condolence message was conveyed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina in a statement released on Sunday March 26. Adesina said the president paid tribute to the Vice Chairman of…
