President MUHAMMADU BUHARI has approved the appointment of ABUBAKAR FIKPO as Acting Director-General of the National Directorate of Employment. Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, GARBA SHEHU, confirmed FIKPO’s appointment, as nominated by the Minister of State for Labour, FESTUS KEYAMO. SHEHU noted that FIKPO would the acting appointment until the appointment of…
The Presidency has risen in defence of the Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of the Roman Catholic Church, Most Reverend Father MATTHEW HASSAN KUKAH over an eviction threat against him. A group known as Muslim Solidarity Forum wants Most Reverend Father KUKAH t apologise over what it considers as malicious comments against Islam, or he quietly and…
President MUHAMMADU BUHARI has directed the Central Bank of Nigeria not to give any money for the importation of food into the country. President BUHARI said the directive is part of efforts by the Federal Government to check food inflation in the New Year. The President made the declaration in an address at the fifth regular meeting…
The latest information from Katsina State shows that abductors of students of Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State, have made contact with their families. The Director-General of the Media Office of the Katsina State Government, ABDUL LABARAN, told a private radio channel that the abductors are demanding ransoms for the students. LABARAN said the abductors also…
• Gov MASARI briefs President BUHARI • Defence Hqtrs. confirms 333 students abducted The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, GARBA SHEHU, has been criticized over his claim that terrorists who attacked the Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, in Katsina State, abducted only ten students. SHEHU had in an interview with the BBC…
The Presidency has dismissed attempts to link President MUHAMMADU BUHARI to one PMB Estate in Ogun State. The Presidency also disowned a document in circulation showing the transfer of twelve point five million naira from the Ogun State government to the so-called PMB Estate. Presidential spokesman, GARBA SHEHU, said the fake news industry is at work with…