Press Releases

President Muhammadu Buhari warmly felicitates with the Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Muhammad Mamman Nami on his 55th birthday, praising him for making commendable efforts to raise government revenues, especially at this time of great need. President Buhari notes that the leadership and guidance of Nami has repositioned operations and staff […]

By Garba Shehu *CITY SEEKS TO TRANSFORM INTO NATION’S SOLAR STATE. For an electricity distribution area, Kano Electricity Distribution Company (KEDCO) that gets between 250-360 Megawatts, on a day by day basis, many will dismiss the commissioning of the 10MW, Challawa Kano Solar Power Project as inconsequential. Yet, in terms of both significance and consequential […]

President Muhammadu Buhari, Saturday assured that government will ensure that citizens are unharmed in their businesses and no disruption is caused to the entire supply chain arising from the currency swap due to end shortly. Reacting to reports of long queues of people waiting for hours for their turn to deposit old notes and get […]

*COMMISSIONS LEGACY PROJECTS *COMMENDS GOVERNOR AMINU MASARI President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday in Kastina says he believes history will be kind to his administration, going by the situation inherited on security and economy, and the difference that has been made.    President Buhari, who inspected and commissioned, developmental projects in health, education, and road infrastructure, extoled […]

WELCOMES PROVISION OF $538.05 MILLION TO NIGERIA BY ADB, OTHER PARTNERS FOR SPECIAL AGRO-INDUSTRIAL PROCESSING ZONES President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday in Dakar urged African leaders to demonstrate political will and re-commit themselves to transformation of agriculture in the continent.  In his goodwill message to the Feed Africa Summit of Heads of State and Government, the President called […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday inaugurated the first phase of the Lagos Blue Rail Line, taking a ride from the Marina Station to National Theatre Station. The President was aboard the trip with Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Deputy Governor of the State, Dr Obafemi Hamzat, members of the Federal and State Executive Councils, members […]

INAUGURATES RICE MILL; BESTAF LUBRICANT PLANT FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND IN WEST AFRICA CHINESE AMBASSADOR: LEKKI DEEP SEA PROOF INVESTMENT CLIMATE IN NIGERIA CAN BE TRUSTED President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday officially inaugurated the Lekki Deep Sea Port located in Itoke village, Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos, observing the offloading from CMA CGM Mozart at the Quay. This project with an investment in […]

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN says some of the goals of the Federal Government in pursuing a just Energy Transition agenda is seeking among other issues, adequate Climate Finance especially through the African Carbon Market Initiative, ACMI. He spoke today while receiving a delegation from the US-based Rocky Mountain Institute, an international think-tank involved with […]

President Muhammadu Buhari, Monday in Bauchi restated that he has served Nigeria and Nigerians to the best of his ability, declaring that he had not disappointed anyone. President Buhari, who was in Bauchi in continuation of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential and Gubernatorial Campaign rallies, spoke during his courtesy call on the Emir of […]

President Muhammadu Buhari shares the pain of loss with Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), family members and friends of Emeritus Professor of Medicine, Theophilus Oladipo Ogunlesi, 99, who made history in 1965 as Nigeria’s first Professor of Medicine.  President Buhari sends condolences to the academia, and professional colleagues of the medical doctor and scholar, who started […]

President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday in Nouakchott, Islamic Republic of Mauritania, urged leaders to place a premium on youth development, with more seriousness and actionable ideas in promoting skills acquisitions, while discouraging idleness. Speaking at the African Conference for Peace, 2023, the President said idleness of youths and non-inclusion in discussing issues that shape their lives […]

President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday met with President of the Abu Dhabi Peace Forum, Shaykh Abdullah Bin Bayyah, at the sidelines of the African Conference for Peace, held in Nouakchott, Mauritania. The President, who had earlier been invested with the African Award for Strengthening the Peace, was described by the Shaykh as “a symbol and icon […]