Chairman of the Northern Governors Forum and Governor of Plateau State, Simon Bako Lalong has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for his determination to transform the economy of the country through the entrenchment of rail transportation as a major means of moving people and goods. Governor Lalong was speaking on behalf of his colleagues in Kano, […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the composition of a new board for the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, subject to Senate confirmation. The President nominated a renowned tax consultant, Muhammad M. Nami as the new chairman. The board is composed of a member representing each of the six geographical zones and statutory representatives from a […]

PRESIDENT BUHARI NOMINATES DALUNG, 10 OTHERS AS FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DELEGATION TO 2019 AFCON President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed the immediate past Minister of Youth and Sports Barrister Solomon Selcap Dalung as a member of an 11- man delegation to Egypt to support and cheer the Super Eagles at the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations. In […]

PRESIDENT BUHARI NOMINATES DONGBAN-MENSEM AS PRESIDENT COURT OF APPEAL President Muhammadu Buhari, in-line with his constitutional responsibility has sent the nomination of Her Lordship, Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem, Acting President, Court of Appeal to the Senate for confirmation as President, Court of Appeal. Justice Dongban-Mensem is a serving Justice of the Court of Appeal and was […]

President Muhammad Buhari has granted presidential pardon to 2,600 inmates of Correctional Centres nationwide, according to the Minister of Interior, Mr Rauf Aregbeshola. Aregbesola, who made this known while addressing a news conference on Thursday in Abuja, said that 70 of the inmates would be released from Kuje maximum custodial centre “After the release of […]

President Buhari has sent names of Ministerial Nominees to the Senate for confirmation. Dame Pallen Tallen from Plateau State made the list. *Full list of Buhari’s ministerial nominees* 1. Dr. Ikechukwu Ogah 2. Mohammed Musa Bello 3. Godswill Akpabio 4. Chris Ngige 5. Sharon Ikeazor 6. Adamu Adamu 7. […]

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari Wednesday renamed Abuja National Stadium after the late Chief MKO Abiola. “Today, I propose the renaming of the Abuja National Stadium,” Buhari said this during his Democracy Day speech at the Eagle’s Square, Abuja. “Henceforth it will be called the Moshood Abiola National Stadium.” count | 42

•••The appointment will take effect from 1 April 2020. President Muhamadu Buhari has approved the renewal of the appointments of Nigerian TV Authority executive directors. President Buhari renewed their appointments as executive directors of the NTA for a second and final term of three years in a letter signed by the Secretary to the […]