ABUJA (NEMA Report) – The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has alerted the state governments and communities along River Benue of possible flood following information from Cameroonian authorities to release excess water from Lagdo Dam. The Director – General of NEMA, Muhammad Sani Sidi in his statement over the issue said that the Cameroonian authorities in Garuoa have indicated that between now and November 2015, there would be routine release of water from the Lagdo Dam due to excessive amount of water presently contained in the dam. Sani Sidi also noted that the authorities have warned all those living around…
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ABUJA (State House Press Report ) – President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu (Dr) as the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). The statement from the Special Adviser to the President on Media & Publicity, Femi Adesina on Tuesday August 4, 2015 indicated that Emmanuel Kachikwu, who was the Executive Vice Chairman and General Counsel of Exxon-Mobil (Africa) is to take over from Joseph Thlama Dawha (Dr). He explained that Kachikwu, who is a First Class Graduate of Law from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka and the Nigerian Law School hails from Onicha-Ugbo in Delta…
ABUJA (State House Press Report) – President Muhammadu Buhari has lately in Abuja decried the current situation in the country in which teachers are not paid their salaries for many…
ABUJA (Conduct Tribunal Report) The Code of Conduct Tribunal sitting in Abuja has adjourned the defence in the case involving the former Counsellor of Ijemu Local Government Area in Kogi State, Musa Mubeen on refusal to declare his assets within the stipulated time to the 27th of October 2015. Speaking during the session which held on Tuesday 28th of July 2015, the Defence Counsel, Taiye Atotileto (Barrister) in his address to the court explained that he was appearing on behalf of his principal, who was engaged in another tribunal case outside Abuja. He also informed that the Counsel has applied…
ABUJA (State House Press Report) Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari has declared that his administration will do all within its power to ensure that no Nigerian child is ever infected with polio in the future. He said this while speaking at an event organised in the Presidential Villa to mark one year without report of any case of polio virus in Nigeria. President Buhari pledged that the federal government will mobilize and deploy all necessary resources to efficiently complete the task of eradicating polio from the country. “Nigeria has successfully completed one year without any case reported of the wild polio…
WASHINGTON (State House Press Report) – The World Bank has unveiled a $2.1 Billion package earmarked for the rebuilding of the badly devastated North-Eastern part of Nigeria which for the past six years has been ravaged by Boko Haram insurgency. The Representatives of the World Bank and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation as well as the World Health Organization (WHO) in a meeting in Washington lately with President Muhammadu Buhari said that apart from rebuilding the region in terms of infrastructure, priority would be given to the resettlement of internally displaced persons (IDPs), who now number over one million.…
ABUJA (OAGF Press Report) – The Accountant General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris has tasked civil societies in Nigeria to partner with the administration of Present Muhammadu Buhari in its resolve to fight corruption at all levels of governance by reporting individuals and organizations engaging in corrupt practices. Ahmed Idris made this call while receiving members of the Civil Society of Nigeria, an umbrella body representing over 25 civil societies in Nigeria, who were at the Treasury House to congratulate him on his appointment as the Accountant General of the Federation. He noted that as civil societies and not security…
The breakfast meeting hosted today by American Vice President, Joe Biden, afforded him opportunity to compare notes with his guest, President Muhammadu Buhari on the terror war.America had been beleaguered by terrorists, who launched massive attacks that killed thousands in September 2001, while Nigeria battles the Boko Haram sect causing carnage in the North-eastern part of the country. At the meeting, which held at the Naval Observatory, official residence of the American Vice President, Biden shared with his guest what the U.S had learnt from the terror war, counseling that victory cannot come from military option alone. Military option must…
Fellow Compatriots, I greet and felicitate with you all, especially our citizens of the Islamic faith on this auspicious occasion of the 2015 Eid-el-Fitr celebrations. I congratulate all those who have successfully completed the Ramadan fast in keeping with the injunction of our Creator. Although we have come to the end of this year’s month of Ramadan, I believe that a greater acceptance by Nigerians of its key lessons of self-denial and sacrifice will serve our dear country well as we strive to overcome our present challenges, undo the damage done by years of bad governance and accelerate the pace…
Report from the Presidency. President Muhammadu Buhari gave an assurance Tuesday, in Abuja that his administration will honour all international trade agreements that will directly improve the living conditions of Nigerians. While speaking at an audience with the outgoing Ambassador of Turkey to Nigeria, Mr. Mustafa Pulat, President Buhari said that under his leadership, the Federal Government will give special attention to the implementation of such agreements, especially in the provision of infrastructure, good education and job opportunities. Commending the Ambassador’s efforts to expand areas of bilateral cooperation between Nigeria and Turkey, President Buhari applauded the growth of trade between…