Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari remains adamant about his position on the creation of the ECO, a sensible currency to confer monetary sovereignty. According to him, there will not be a “françafrique” version of ECO. “President Macron is forcing himself, he wants at all costs to steal, to hack the ECO …
Read More »Muhammadu Buhari mourns the soldiers dead in the plane crash
Muhammadu Buhari, the Nigerian President expressed his condolences to the families of the seven soldiers who died in a plane crash near a runway in Abuja the capital. The chief of the Air staff has ordered an immediate investigation. According to the Nigerian Air Forces, the families of all the …
Read More »Buhari nominates new Nigeria anti-corruption Agency leader
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has nominated Abdulrasheed Bawa to head the country’s anti-corruption agency. The president has forwarded Mr Bawa’s name to the senate for confirmation as chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). If confirmed, the 40 year-old will be the agency‘s youngest chief since its establishment …
Read More »Nigeria: president Buhari urges calm after ethnic clashes
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has appealed for calm after at least 10 people were killed in ethnic violence in the southern city of Ibadan. Mr Buhari called on religious and traditional leaders not to allow ethnic or religious groups to stoke up hatred and violence against other groups. “I appeal …
Read More »Former Nigerian military leaders who have resigned become ambassadors
Muhammadu Buhari, the Nigerian president has nominated four former military commanders for ambassadorial roles after their resignation last week. The president overhauled the military’s top command amid growing calls for a reshuffle due to insecurity across the country. He accepted the resignation of the chief of defence staff and the …
Read More »Nigeria: SIM cards registration pushed deadline
Nigeria, a West African country, with a population of 201 million has extended the deadline for the mandatory registration of all mobile phone SIM (subscriber identity module or subscriber identification module) cards by eight weeks. Isa Pantami, the Nigerian Communication Minister in a statement said: “the extension is meant to …
Read More »Muhammadu Buhari approves funds to curb Nigeria oxygen shortage
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the equivalent of $17m for the construction of 38 oxygen plants across the country. The West African country is grappling with a shortage of oxygen for Covid-19 patients amidst a second wave of the pandemic. The number of Covid-19 patients in need of oxygen …
Read More »Buhari receives Patrice Talon and promises to continue working with neighbours
On Tuesday January 19, Muhammadou Buhari met behind closed doors, Patrice Talon of Benin Republic at the State House, Abuja and assured him and other west African neighbours of the importance of ‘good neighborhood’. “Your neighbour’s survival is also your own”, Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari tells visiting Benin Republic President. …
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