President MUHAMMADU BUHARI has approved the release of thirty thousand tonnes of maize from the national reserves. The release is meant for the production of animal feed in order to reduce the high cost of poultry products in Nigeria. According to a message shared on the President’s Twitter handle, @Mbuhari, he said the government was mindful of…
The Visitation Panel for the University of Lagos has started its investigation of the leadership crisis that rocked the institution. One of the first persons to appear before the Panel is the suspended Governing Council Chairman, WALE BABALAKIN, who refused to speak with newsmen after his meeting with the members Thursday afternoon, September 3, 2020. Professor OLAWATOYIN…
President MUHAMMADU BUHARI has extended the mandate of the Presidential Task Force on Covid-19 till December this year. President BUHARI also approved the third phase of the ease-of-lockdown in the national response to the COvid-19 pandemic, which is to last four weeks. These latest developments were announced by the Chairman of the PTF and Secretary to the…
President MUHAMMADU BUHARI has praised Nigerian-born KAYCEE MADU on his appointment as Minister of Justice and Solicitor General for the Government of Alberta, in Canada. MADU is also the Provincial Secretary and Keeper of the Great Seal of the Province of Alberta, and the first African-born provincial Minister in the history of Canada. President BUHARI described the…
President MUHAMMADU BUHARI has appointment of retired Colonel MILLAND DIXION DIKIO as Interim Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme for the Niger Delta. DIKIO takes over from Professor CHARLES QUARKER DOKUBO as the Coordinator of the Amnesty Programme with effect from August 21, 2020. Presidential spokesman, GARBA SHEHU, confirmed the removal of Professor DOKUBO and the appointment…
The President of the African Development Bank, AKINWUMI ADESINA, has thanked the bank’s Board of Governors for his elected for a second term of five years. Speaking during the closing session of the ADB’s 55th Annual Meetings, ADESINA described his re-election by one hundred percent votes as historic. Meanwhile; President MUHAMMADU BUHARI has congratulated ADESINA on his…