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Politics
Buhari’s ex-aide urges Nigerians to lower their expectations of political leaders
Abuja, January 26, 2024 (NAN): Malam Garba Shehu, former media aide to former President Mohammadu Buhari, has called on Nigerians to lower their expectations of political leaders in the country. Shehu made the call in his remarks at the 21st Daily Trust Annual Dialogue organised by Trust Media Group on Thursday in Abuja. He said his principal no doubt had…
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Buhari seeks concrete support from Turkey-Africa Partnership Summit towards defeat of terrorism in Africa
President Muhammadu Buhari has called on the Turkey-Africa Partnership Summit to provide concrete support to help defeat terrorism and insurgency in Africa. Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, in a statement said the Nigerian leader made the call at the third edition of the Summit held in Istanbul, Turkey on Saturday. According to the…
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Buhari hails Zannah Mustapha for emerging among 10 CNN Heroes
President Muhammadu Buhari has joined the government and people of Borno in celebrating the founder of Future Prowess Islamic Foundation, Zannah Mustapha, for his recognition among top ten CNN Heroes of 2021. Mustapha’s recognition is based the humanitarian support he is providing to victims of Boko Haram terrorism. The president made his feelings known in a statement issued by his…
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Nigeria, Turkey to strengthen security, defence ties – President Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari says in furtherance of sustained efforts at keeping Nigerians safer, Nigeria will partner with the Republic of Turkey in dealing with the current security challenges facing the nation. The president’s media aide, Malam Garba Shehu, in a statement in Abuja, said the Nigerian leader stated this while speaking at a bilateral meeting with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan…
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Buhari marks 79th birthday in Turkey, looks forward to happy ‘retirement’
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday in Istanbul, Turkey, marked his 79th birthday with the cutting of a birthday cake shaped in national colours, green-white-green to start the day. The President’s spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, who confirmed this development in a statement in Abuja, said the Nigerian leader went straight to chair a planning meeting with officials in his delegation. The…
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As President Buhari clocks 79, a focus on achievements, challenges – by Garba Shehu
President Muhammadu Buhari marks the age of 79 on Friday 17, without the joy of being with the family and the country he governs, seeking to maximize bilateral benefits in critical areas of Nigeria’s safety, survival and economic development in a distant country, Turkey. As President in the last six years, he has had several achievements to his credit. But…
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Bandits’ Attacks: Buhari dispatches security chiefs to Sokoto, Katsina
President Muhammadu Buhari has dispatched a high-level security delegation to Sokoto and Katsina States in response to the recent spike in activities of bandits. Malam Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, confirmed this development in a statement on Thursday in Abuja, saying the delegation is made up of the heads of the nation’s…
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Buhari condemns Katsina Commissioner’s murder, says killers must be found
President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the reported assassination of the Katsina State Commissioner for Science and Technology, Dr Rabe Nasir, on Thursday evening. The president, in a statement by his media aide, Malam Garba Shehu, late Thursday, described the killing of the commissioner as a heinous and condemnable act, adding that ”there is no place for such violence in our…
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Buhari mourns Kano kingmaker, Mukhtar Adnan
President Muhammadu Buhari has mourned the death of Sarkin Bai Kano, Alhaji Mukhtar Adnan. This is contained in a statement issued by his Media Aide, Malam Garba Shehu, on Friday in Abuja. According to the president, the death of 95-year-old Adnan, one of the longest serving kingmakers in the history of Kano emirate, represents the fall of a colossus with…
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President Buhari mourns Buhari Daura
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sadness over the passing of well-known Kano businessman and industrialist, Alhaji Sani Buhari Daura. The news of the death of Daura was announced by his family on Sunday. In a condolence message by his spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, on Sunday in Abuja, the president described Daura’s death as “a great loss not only to Katsina…
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Defence
President Buhari deserves credit for tackling insecurity, says Garba Shehu
Mallam Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammad Buhari on Media and Publicity, says the president deserves credit over his efforts in tackling the farmers/herders crisis in the country. Shehu disclosed this on Friday while presenting a paper, tagged ‘Fake news: Challenges of information management’, at the 10th year anniversary of the Federal University Dutsin-Ma (FUDMA), in Katsina…
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I’ll miss Capt. Din, says Buhari as political ally is buried
President Muhammadu Buhari says the late Chairman of the Plateau State All Progressives Congress (APC) Elders Council, Capt. Joseph Din, will be missed by him, the family and the government and people of Plateau. Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s spokesman in a statement on Saturday in Abuja, said President Buhari sent a strong delegation to Din’s burial, which took place…
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economy
We appreciate your support to Nigeria’s economy, Buhari tells Afreximbank
President Muhammadu Buhari has assured that the Nigerian government will continue to support efforts that would broaden the economy through multilateral financing. The president, according to a statement by his media aide, Malam Garba Shehu, in Abuja on Monday, stated this when Prof. Benedict Oramah, President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), paid…
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COP26: Buhari pledges net zero emissions by 2060
President Muhammadu Buhari has pledged that Nigeria will cut its emissions to net zero by 2060. Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s spokesman in a statement, said Buhari revealed this while delivering his national statement at COP26 Leaders’ Summit in Glasgow, Scotland, on Tuesday. The president said that attaining national and global climate change goals would require adequate and sustained technical…
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Buhari departs Abuja for COP26 in Glasgow, UK
President Muhammadu Buhari has departed Abuja for Glasgow, Scotland in the United Kingdom, to attend the 26th Conference of Parties (COP26) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Chief of Staff to the President, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari; the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Malam Muhammad Bello;…
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Riyadh Summit/Lesser Hajj: President Buhari returns to Abuja
President Muhammadu Buhari has returned to Abuja after a five-day visit to Riyadh, Madinah and Makkah in Saudi Arabia. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the presidential aircraft conveying the president and some members of his entourage departed the Royal Terminal of the King Abdulaziz International Airport Jeddah for Abuja at about 15.45 p.m. local time. While in…
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Buhari vows to leave on May 29, warns tenure extension campaigners
President Muhammadu Buhari has warned that nobody should start campaigning for an unconstitutional extension of his tenure in office beyond May 29, 2023. Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, in a statement, said the president gave the warning at a meeting, on Friday, with a select group of Nigerians resident in the Kingdom of…
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