Press Releases

*Adds: Despite busy schedules, I spend time with my wife & children *My role includes helping young people achieve great things For Nigeria to be great, children and youths must shun corrupt practices, and instead work hard and be honest citizens so that they too can make Nigeria great, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, […]

*Visiting Vice President commends FG’s sustained support Nigeria will continue to extend a full range of diplomatic and other forms of assistance to Liberia as the country progresses with a new administration, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, while receiving his Liberian counterpart, Dr. Jewel Howard Taylor at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, earlier today. […]

*Says preparation and competence, not age to run for public office, should matter more *Many young people working in Presidency Young Nigerians should be allowed to run for elective positions in the country, especially as they have demonstrated capacity and competence in the fields of technology, education and other sectors of the economy, according to […]

At the Commonwealth Business Forum in London on Wednesday, April 18, 2018, President Muhammadu Buhari gave a keynote address on Making Business Easier Between Commonwealth Countries. The presentation was followed by a discussion, and question and answer session. Responding to a question, President Buhari had cause to talk about some Nigerian youths, and he said: […]

“We will do our best to justify your trust in us, and that confidence won’t be abused,” President Muhammadu Buhari has assured Nigerians. The President spoke in London Sunday while receiving the Buhari Diaspora Support Organization, led by Mr Charles Efe Sylvester. “I am happy that people like you are here, on your own, defending […]

*University take-off fulfilment of Buhari administration’s promise to develop the region In fulfilment of the Buhari administration’s commitment to develop the Niger Delta in line with its New Vision for the region, the Maritime University, Okerenkoko, Delta State, has today commenced lectures for the 2017/2018 academic year. A total of 196 students have so far […]

On behalf of the government and people of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari commiserates with President Abdelaziz Bouteflika and the people of Algeria on Wednesday’s military plane crash near the Boufarik military airport in Algiers which claimed many lives. The President also extends deepest condolences to the families and friends of bereaved […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the extension of the Voluntary Assets and Income Declaration Scheme (VAIDS) to June 30, 2018. The short extension after the original March 31 date is based on the appeals of professional bodies and individual taxpayers. However, no further extension of time will be approved after June 30. The President added […]

*Achieves 68% success rate In furtherance of Buhari administration’s reform agenda to improve the business climate in the country through its ease of doing business initiative, the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC) presented the National Action Plan 3.0 (NAP 3.0) scorecard, indicating an improvement on reforms aimed at making Nigeria a progressively easier place […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday in Abuja declared his intention to seek re-election in 2019. President Buhari made the declaration at a closed-door meeting of the National Executive Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The President said he was responding to the clamour by Nigerians to recontest in 2019, adding that he wanted to […]

*President asks for survey to determine extent of destruction *Local people in the affected areas will play role in reconstruction President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) to commence an assessment of the extent of damage in communities affected by violence caused by herdsmen-farmers clashes in some parts of the country. […]

*SIPs: 7 million pupils being fed a meal daily in 22 states, 300,000 Nigerians benefit from CCT – VP Osinbajo *Says 200,000 unemployed graduates now employed under N-power *Success of Buhari administration’s SIPs, agriculture has created millions of jobs for Nigerians Despite the fall in the price of crude oil, the main stay of Nigeria’s […]