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READ: President Buhari’s message assuring that the scarcity will be over soon (Dec 24, 2017). READ: Vice President Osinbajo has been visiting petrol stations and depots in Lagos (Dec 24 and 25, 2017) Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu (Dec 25, 2017): “This would have been a great moment to wish every […]

Dear Nigerians, the fuel scarcity being experienced nationwide is regrettable. I sympathise with all Nigerians, on having to endure needless fuel queues. I’m being regularly briefed, especially on the NNPC’s interventions to ensure that there is enough petrol available during this period and beyond. I have the NNPC’s assurance that the situation will improve significantly […]

The Buhari administration is doing everything possible to quickly resolve the fuel shortages experienced by Nigerians, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, has said. Prof. Osinbajo said this during an unexpected stopover to Oando Filling Station at Lekki area of Lagos State on Christmas Eve. He also stopped at Hayden Petrol Station on the Island. In […]

“I think a new orientation has been birthed which is that as bureaucrats, we are meant to facilitate trade and commerce and business in our environment”, says Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN. Speaking today at the State House to heads of Federal Government regulatory agencies at a meeting convened to review the implementation of the […]

President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday in Abuja said all those found culpable in the Osborne Towers scandal will be made to account and appropriately sanctioned. Receiving a report of the panel established to review the operational, technical and administrative structure of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), President Buhari described the discovery of monies in the flat […]

Nigeria’s youths will achieve more if they collaborate more on projects that will benefit them and also boost the nation’s capacity in innovation and technology, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN. Prof. Osinbajo said this when he received a delegation of young Nigerian innovators and beneficiaries of grants from the Growth and Employment (GEM) […]

President Muhammadu Buhari Friday met with the President of ECOWAS Commission and Chairperson of the African Union Commission, at State House, Abuja, during which he emphasized the need for accountability and good neighbourliness in both the sub-region, and on the African continent. Receiving first His Excellency Marcel A. de Souza, president of the ECOWAS Commission, […]

Contrary to a report by Punch Newspaper, the misrepresentation of the Energizing Education Programme (EEP) as merely a “solar-powered streetlight project” is false. Serving as a critical investment in the education sector, the EEP seeks to reinvigorate the system through electrifying 37 federal universities and 7 university teaching hospitals, with the Independent Power Plants (IPPS). […]

An update of the ongoing forensic audit of revenue accrued from revenue generating agencies and meant for the Federation Account was given today at the National Economic Council, NEC meeting presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN. The Chairman of the Ad Hoc Committee of NEC on the audit, Governor Ibrahim Dankwambo, of Gombe […]

I would like to thank His Excellency Mr. Emmanuel Macron, President of the Republic of France, the United Nations Secretary-General and the President of the World Bank Group for convening this high-level Summit on the issues of financing climate actions and aligning financial flows in order to reach the objectives of the Paris Agreement. The […]

President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday in Paris appealed to the international community to support Nigeria’s commitment to reducing the negative effects of climate change. In a submission to the One Planet Summit in the French capital attended by over 60 Heads of State and Governments, as well as representatives of non-governmental and private organisations, with the […]

I want to thank you very much for attending, and also to congratulate all of our awardees who have clearly distinguished themselves and have helped so much in getting to where we are. I want to say in particular that what this demonstrates very clearly, is that there is absolutely nothing that we cannot achieve […]