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President Buhari who is presently in his homestate, Katsina, was on sunday, hosted to a lunch by the Emir of Daura HRH Alhaji Faruk Umar Faruk, at the Emir’s Palace. President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday arrived his hometown Daura in Katsina State to begin a four-day visit to the state. The President’s plane landed at the Katsina airport at about ...
May, 2016
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4 May
Buhari Returns Budget For The 3rd Time, Demands Final Copy
The nation may still have to wait a little more over the 2016 budget. This is because the National Assembly committee and the one set up by the Presidency to rework the budget could not immediately work out answers to the issues that made the President to reject the budget in the first place. But to get over the issues, ...
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2 May
FG ignores N56, 000 minimum wage proposal
The Federal Government on Sunday kept mum over the recent demand by the organised labour for a new minimum wage of N56,000. The issue of the minimum wage was not mentioned by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, who represented President Muhammadu Buhari, at the May Day rally in Abuja. Officials of the Nigeria Labour Congress expressed ...
April, 2016
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30 April
Gov Ambode visits Buhari, commends his investment drive
Governor Ambode who spoke to State House Correspondents shortly after the visit expressed high optimism that the President’s trips would in no short time begin to yield benefits in the interest of all Nigerians. The Governor specifically commended President Buhari for his purposeful leadership to restore the nation’s place in the comity of nations, saying his recent trip to China ...
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28 April
Buhari Holds Night Meeting With Enugu Gov Over Herdsmen
President Buhari yesterday night met with the governor of Enugu state, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, over the attack by suspected Fulani herdsmen in Nimbo community in Enugu state on Monday April 25th. The meeting took place at the presidential villa. Earlier ,President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday directed the Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Abayomi Olonishakin, and the Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase, ...
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28 April
Fulani herdsmen: Now or never
Abimbola Adelakun In January, President Barack Obama addressed a press conference on the epidemic of gun violence in America. The figures are as staggering as they are sobering. In 2015 alone, an estimated 13,000 people were killed as a result of this scourge. Obama, within the limits of the constitution, has made several moves to check the spate of violence ...
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27 April
President Buhari To Sign 2016 Appropraition Bill Next Week
The executive and the legislature arms of government have reached a consensus that the 2016 budget be signed not later than next week. Senate President Bukola Saraki disclosed this to State House correspondents on Tuesday night, April 26, shortly after a meeting President Muhammadu Buhari held with the leadership of the National Assembly. The Senate president said the meeting agreed ...
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26 April
Buhari Shuns Saraki , Meets Dogara On 2016 Budget Crisis
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, on Tuesday met with President Muhammadu Buhari behind closed door at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The closed door meeting may not be unconnected with moves to resolve the 2016 Budget crisis. Due to grey areas in the Buget, the President had withheld his assent since the Budget was passed by the National Assembly. ...
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25 April
Jonathan Replies Critics..,Says My Presidency Produced The Richest African
Former President, Goodluck Jonathan has replied his critics who accused him of handing over a nation at the verge of collapse to his successor, President Muhammadu Buhari. Speaking with Friends of Africa Coalition at the Mayor’s office in New Jersey, Jonathan recounted the achievements of his government to include, handing over a country that produced the richest man in Africa. ...
