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FG, Cement Manufacturers Agree on Discount Charge for ESP 300,000 Social Housing Units
*Osinbajo commends contribution of major cement producers *Adds: It is possible to deliver decent, affordable housing for Nigerians As part of its determination to ensure the success of the Social Housing scheme where the Buhari administration will construct 300,000 houses under the Economic Sustainability Plan (ESP), for low income earning Nigerians, cement manufacturers have agreed […]
New Year Speech by President Muhammadu Buhari
1ST JANUARY 2021 My fellow countrymen and women, First, I would like to thank and praise the Almighty who saw us through the year 2020 and has given us the opportunity to witness the start of another new year. We especially thank God because the year 2020 was one of the most trying years […]
MSMEs Survival Fund: We Must Find Ways of Doing More – VP Osinbajo
*FG Covid-19 Stimulus package impacts about a million already *VP also meets automotive manufacturers on new tariffs With the kind of impact and interest already generated among Nigerians by the ongoing implementation of the Survival Fund under the Economic Sustainability Plan, there is now a need to expand the scope and reach of the […]
President Buhari Cancels Christmas Homage
In line with the prevailing protocol put in place by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, restricting large gatherings, President Muhammadu Buhari will not be hosting the usual Christmas homage by religious and community leaders in the Federal Capital Territory. The President urges all citizens to, in line with the prescribed protocol, observe social distancing, […]
Speech by President Buhari at the Presentation of End-of-Year Report of the PTF on COVID-19
Protocols: The year 2020 has been most challenging for the whole of humanity as a result of the havoc wreaked by the COVID-19 on lives, livelihoods, global and national economies, governance structures, health, social welfare and other systems. It has consumed an inordinate amount of resources deployed to address it by countries of the world, […]
President Buhari Pledges Support for Polls In Republic of Niger
Nigeria will give robust support to Republic of Niger, which holds presidential and national assembly elections later this month, President Muhammadu Buhari has assured. The President spoke Tuesday at State House, Abuja, while receiving in audience former Vice President Namadi Sambo, who heads ECOWAS Election Mission to the West African country. He applauded President Mahamadou […]
National Council on Nutrition Approves 5-Year Plan to Reduce Hunger, Malnutrition & Breastfeeding in Nigeria
*PEBEC adopts new plan to invigorate business reforms In an effort to further improve the wellbeing of citizens, a 5-year nutrition action plan that will guide the implementation of interventions and programmes to address the problems of hunger and malnutrition across all sectors in Nigeria has been approved by National Council on Nutrition. […]
Osinbajo Discuses Nigeria-UK Post Brexit Relations With Johnson’s Trade Envoy
Discussions around improving relations between Nigeria and the United Kingdom (UK) across different sectors especially in the post Brexit era is not only exciting but will make a difference for both countries, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN. Prof. Osinbajo stated this Monday when he received on a courtesy visit to the Presidential Villa, […]
President Buhari Nominates New MD, Executive Director NDIC and Renominates MD, Executive Directors of Amcon.
President Muhammadu Buhari has renominated Mr Ahmed Kuru as Managing Director and Mr Eberechukwu Uneze and Mr Aminu Ismail as Executive Directors of the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria for the final term of five years. This was contained in a letter to the President of the Senate seeking confirmation of the nominees by the […]
Terrorist Attack on Farming Community in Borno: We Will Do All it Takes to Secure Nigeria-Osinbajo Says
Adds: Our hearts go to families, loved ones of those killed The Buhari administration will not relent but will do all it takes, including putting news ideas on the table in order to secure the country according to Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, SAN. The Vice President is on a one-day official visit to Nasarawa State […]
President Buhari Appoints Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim as Director-General, NAPTIP
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim as the new Director-General of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP). A holder of BSc (Sociology), Masters of Arts (Management) and Masters of Business Administration (MBA) degrees, Mrs Sulaiman-Ibrahim, hails from Nasarawa State. Until her new appointment, she was a […]
President Muhammadu Buhari’s Address on The Virtual Commissioning of The 5,000BPD Waltersmith Modular Refinery(at Ibigwe, Imo State)
Protocols: I am delighted to join you virtually and formally commission the First Phase Development of the 5,000 barrels per day Waltersmith Modular Refinery. The deployment of Modular Refineries represents one of the four key elements of our Refinery Roadmap rolled out in 2018 aimed at addressing the challenges in the downstream sector to meet […]
