FG directs banks to give ATM cards that double as national identity cards

The Federal Government has directed commercial banks and other financial institutions to issue new cards to customers, that will serve as Automatic Teller Machines, ATM, and National Identification Numbers, NIN, card. This was made known by announced, Isa Pantami, Minister of Communications…

South-East Governors name Second Niger Bridge after Buhari

Governors of the South-East region of Nigeria, have named the Second Niger Bridge after President Muhammadu Buhari. The south eastern states Governors, took the decision ahead of the project inauguration held on Tuesday, 23rd, May, 2023, to appreciate him for completing the…

President Buhari, appoints Toyin Madein, as new Accountant General

President Muhammadu Buhari, has approved the appointment of Dr Oluwatoyin Madein, as the substantive Accountant-General of the Federation. This is made known a statement, dated 19th May, 2023, signed by the Director, Communications, Office of the Head of Civil Service of the…

Buhari inaugurates 50 megawatts energy in Maiduguri

President Muhammadu Buhari, has inaugurated the first phase of fifty Megawatts Emergency Power Plant, MEPP, project in Maiduguri, Borno state, as part of the federal government’s resolve to implement programmes that wiil tackle power sector problems and guarantee uninterrupted power supply to…

‘Why I retained Mohammed Bello as FCT Minister’ – President Buhari

President, Muhammadu Buhari, has praised the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Mohammed Bello, for exhibiting the virtues of transparency, honesty and integrity while managing the affairs of the FCT. Buhari said this when he received the FCT minister and representatives…

“Calling me Jubril from Sudan wasn’t a funny joke” – President Buhari 

President Mohammad Buhari has described the claim that he had ‘died’ and replaced, by Jubril from Sudan, as a joke that was not funny. President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari The president gave this reaction in a documentary show at a dinner organized…

Court stops NBC from revoking 53 broadcast licenses of stations

The Federal High Court in Lagos, on Monday, 29th August, 2022, has restrained the National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, from  revocation of the licenses of 53 broadcast stations and consequently shutting down the stations across the country for allegedly failing to renew their…