President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday assented to eight Bills passed by the ninth National Assembly. In a statement in Abuja, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Senator Babajide Omoworare said the President’s action was in accordance with the provisions of the Acts Authentication Act Cap. A2, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004. He …

The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to sign into law the bill to abolish BSC/HND dichotomy before he leaves office next Monday. ASUP National President, Comrade Anderson Ezeibe, who made the call in an interview with Vanguard in Abuja on Sunday, said the dichotomy had made young Nigerians not to be interested in …

President Muhammadu Buhari has inaugurated Kashimbila Multipurpose Dam, 40MW Hydropower Station and Associated 132KV Switchyard, Transmission Line, and Distribution Substation (Phase I) Project, at Kashimbila Dam site in Taraba State. A statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina said that President Buhari performed the inauguration in a virtual ceremony in Abuja. The President underscored the importance …

President Muhammadu Buhari has granted automatic employment in the Federal Civil Service to 65 former members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). At the NYSC 50th Anniversary Honours Award held at the State House Conference Centre, Abuja, on Thursday, the Nigerian leader also highlighted numerous achievements of the scheme since its establishment 50 years ago. The President said that …

A presidential spokesman, Mallam Garba Shehu has said that President Muhammadu Buhari is above scandal, noting that the President does not have any bank account stashed with corrupt money. This was disclosed on Tuesday while speaking on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily. Shehu further said that Buhari has performed well in the fight against corruption. According to him, President Buhari does …

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed the retiring Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG), Garba Umar as a Senior Security Adviser on International Police Cooperation and Counter-terrorism in the office of the Minister of Police Affairs. This is to enable Nigeria keep the important position and make way for him to complete his nationally beneficial tenure as an Executive Member of …

President Muhammadu Buhari will on 22nd May induct new warships, gunboats, and helicopters for the Nigerian Navy (NN). According to a statement on Wednesday by NN Headquarters’ Chief of Policy and Plans, Rear Admiral Seidu Garba, the President would commission two ships – NNS Kada and NNS Ibeno – a recently acquired NN helicopter. Garba added that the event, slated …

The Nigerian Hunters and Forestry Security Service Bill will empower hunters in the fight against kidnapping and boost employment, the Nigerian Hunters and Forest Security Services (NHFSS) said yesterday. NHFSS Deputy Commander General (DCG) in charge of Technical Services, John Metchie urged President Muhammadu Buhari to assent to the Bill recently passed by the National Assembly. Metchie, who commended the …

President Muhammadu Buhari will inaugurate the Dangote Refinery on May 22nd – a week to the end of his eight years in office. This was announced on Sunday by the President’s Special Assistant on Digital Communications, Bashir Ahmad on his Twitter handle. “Efforts by the Federal Government to make Nigeria self-sufficient in local refining of crude oil to save the …

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the termination of the appointment of the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP) Project Director, Dr. Ferdinand Giadom. The sack notice was sighted on Tuesday in a tweet on the official Twitter handle of the Nigerian Presidency, @NGRPresident. It also announced the appointment of Prof, Nanibarini Zabbey as Giadom’s replacement. The tweet reads: “President @MBuhari has …