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VP Osinbajo Headlines Fayemi’s (APC) Campaign Rally in Ekiti
*Earlier in Abuja, VP receives German business delegation *Nigeria an investor’s delight, says delegation Thousands of cheering supporters welcomed Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, today to Ekiti State where he attended, as the special guest of honour, the flag-off of the Governorship campaign of the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, and erstwhile Minister of Mines […]
Let’s Salvage Our Country Together, President Buhari Urges Nigerians
President Muhammadu Buhari Friday in Abuja called on all Nigerians to work towards salvaging the nation from the shackles of past wrongs by sharing in the collective vision for a greater Nigeria and contributing individually to realise the goal. President Buhari, who received FCT residents at the Presidential Villa for the Eid-al-fitr celebration, urged all […]
President Buhari’s Statement at the Hosting of Members of the Diplomatic Corps for Ramadan Iftar
Protocol It is my pleasure to welcome Your Excellencies, members of the Diplomatic Corp to this year’s Iftar as we mark this Holy Ramadan. As Your Excellencies are aware, the month of Ramadan is a month which brings the spirit of not only closeness with our creator, but it is also a period of reflection […]
President Buhari’s Remarks at the Investiture Honouring the Heroes of June 12, 1993
Today, I am very happy to be present and to preside over the Commemoration and Investiture, marking the formal official Federal Government recognition of June 12 as National Democracy Day. The decision and this event is not meant to be and is not an attempt to open old wounds but to put right a national […]
Nigerians are Intellectually Aggressive, Economically Ambitious – President Buhari tells Moroccan Prime Minister
Nigeria’s strongest selling point remains an “intellectually aggressive and economically ambitious’’ populace that always seeks self-improvement and self-actualization in any part of the world, President Muhammadu Buhari said Monday in Rabat, Morocco. In an audience with the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Morocco, Saadeddine Othmani, at the Royal Guest Palace, President Buhari said Nigeria’s […]
Joint Communique Following the Visit to Morocco by President Buhari on June 10-11, 2018
At the invitation of His Majesty King Mohammed VI, His Excellency Muhammadu Buhari, President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, undertook the first visit by a Nigerian Head of State to the Kingdom of Morocco, on 10 and 11 June 2018. The visit reinforces the positive bilateral relationship between Morocco and Nigeria since the Royal […]
Nigeria, Morocco Sign Agreements on Regional Gas Pipeline, Chemical Plant, Agricultural Training
The Federal Republic of Nigeria and the Kingdom of Morocco on Monday in Rabat, Morocco, signed three agreements, which includes a regional gas pipeline that will see Nigeria providing gas to countries in West Africa sub-region that extend to Morocco and Europe. The signing of the agreements, witnessed by President Muhammadu Buhari and King of […]
Factsheet: Currency Swap Agreement Between Nigeria and China | April 2018
Background In 2011 the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) decided to convert a portion of its external reserves into the Chinese currency, Renminbi (RMB). At that time Nigeria was one of the first countries in the world to do this. This policy decision was appropriate because: • The RMB was becoming more of an international […]
Buhari Directs Immediate Gazetting of Presidential Order
Following his declaration on Wednesday that henceforth, June 12 be observed as Democracy Day in Nigeria and that some heroes of democracy be given national honours, President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mallam Abubakar Malami to take immediate steps to publish the Presidential Order in the Federal […]
President Buhari Declares June 12 the new Democracy Day
For the past 18 years, Nigerians have been celebrating May 29th, as Democracy Day. That was the date when for the second time in our history, an elected civilian administration took over from a military government. The first time this happened was on October 21st, 1979. But in the view of Nigerians, as shared by […]
VP Osinbajo’s Remarks at the Launching of the North-East Innovation Hub in Yola, Adamawa State
*Adds: Nigeria’s future is in innovation & technology *FG ready to support innovation hubs nationwide “I want to say that l am totally convinced, and so l believe, that the way forward for our country is innovation and technology. And the young people who we see every day, who were able to do all these […]
Nigeria is Safe, Secure for Tourism – President Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday in Abuja declared that Nigeria is safe and secure for tourism, citing improved security and country’s burgeoning economy. Receiving Mr Zurab Pololikashvili, the Secretary-General of United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) at the Presidential Villa, the President said it would have been inconceivable to host an international tourism conference in Abuja […]
