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Climate Financing: Emulate Nigeria Green Bonds, President Buhari Tells LDCs
President Muhammadu Buhari has called on Least Development Countries (LDCs) to emulate Nigeria’s issuance of two Sovereign Green Bonds that raised over N30 billion for the purpose of financing sustainable environmental projects. Speaking at a roundtable on addressing climate change and supporting the environment at the UN Conference on LDCs in Doha, Qatar, Tuesday, the […]
President Buhari Calls For Duty-Free Market Access For Least Developed Countries, Criticises ‘Unsustainable External Debt Burden’
EXPLAINS NIGERIA’S PARTICIPATION AT UN CONFERENCE, DESPITE NOT BEING IN CATEGORY OF LDCs President Muhammadu Buhari has called on developed and developing nations to grant duty-free and quota-free market access for products originating from the world’s 46 least-developed countries to ensure their integration in regional and global value chains. Speaking in Doha, the capital of […]
High Positions Are A Call To Service, Says Osinbajo At Enthronement Of Methodist Archbishop
*Archbishop to VP: “You serve well, we are proud of you.” Appointment to an important position is not just one to be celebrated with pomp and pageantry, but a high call of service and responsibility to God and the people, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN. Prof. Osinbajo stated this today in Abuja as […]
President Buhari Attends UN Conference On Least Developed Countries In Qatar
President Muhammadu Buhari will, on Saturday, March 4, leave for the 5th United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LCDs) in Doha, the capital city of Qatar. This follows an invitation by the Emir of Qatar, His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. The conference which is from 5th to 9th March, 2023 […]
President Buhari Commends Security Agencies For Maintaining Law, Order During Elections, Assures Of Better Days Ahead
President Muhammadu Buhari Friday in Daura, Katsina State, said sacrifices of the Armed Forces remain appreciated by Nigerians, commending the patriotic role they played in maintaining law and order at the just concluded Presidential and National Assembly elections. President Buhari, who virtually commissioned 700 Ashok Leyland Troop Carrying Vehicles assembled in Lagos, from his country […]
Respect Choice of Voters; Accept Outcome of 2023 Elections, President Buhari to Candidates
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday urged candidates contesting elections at all levels to respect the choice of voters and accept the result of the elections as announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The President, who witnessed the signing of the Second Peace Accord for the 2023 Presidential elections at the International Conference […]
Why Nutrition Should be Top Priority for Government, By Osinbajo
Aside from other key development indices, the lives of young people and the future of the country depend largely on the collective efforts by public and private sectors towards improving human nutrition outcomes across the country, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN. Prof. Osinbajo stated this today when he presided over a virtual meeting […]
President Buhari to Brief Successor on Nigeria-Comoros Ties as He Gets AU Praise on respect of Term Limit
President Muhammadu Buhari says he takes the existing good neighborly relations between Nigeria and the Union of Comoro Islands to be very important, for which reason he will be briefing his incoming successor on the need to keep them. Speaking to Azali Assoumani, the President of the Union of Comoros who just took over as […]
Nigeria to Host Sahel Climate Fund Secretariat
Nigeria has been chosen by the Heads of State and Government of the Sahel Region Climate Commission (SRCC) to host the Secretariat of the Sahel Climate Fund. A communiqué issued at the end of the second conference of Heads of State and Government of SRCC, held on the margins of 36th AU Summit, also approved the […]
In Addis Ababa, President Buhari Meets Board Chairman of Ethiopian Airlines, Speaks on Nigeria Air
President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday in Addis Ababa met with Girma Wake, Ethiopian Airlines Board Chairman, during which they exchanged views on the operationalization of Nigeria Air. Wake had requested a resolution of the legal obstacle halting Nigeria Air, which Ethiopian Airlines has 49% stake, from commencing operations. He also requested the repatriation of the airline funds trapped […]
Stop The Joke About Interim Government, Elections Will Hold
Joseph Goebbels, the propaganda Chief of Adolf Hitler said ‘‘Repeat a lie often enough and it becomes the truth’’. This was in the 1930s, before the internet was birthed. Let us clearly, specifically and emphatically state that there is absolutely no truth to the claim that President Muhammadu Buhari is working towards an interim government […]
Security, Corruption at a Stake With New Cash Policy, Says President Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari insists that the cashless policy and Naira swap by the Central Bank have short and long term benefits for the country in dealing with insecurity and corruption, but agrees that the apex bank should take the recommendation of a parliamentary Committee to rectify identified problems. His comments came as the Central Bank […]