President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday called on the international community to support the Human Rights Council in ending violence against women and girls in the country. Buhari’s call was contained in a statement issued by the presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, to mark the November 25 International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, Channels…
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President Muhammadu Buhari has charged Nigerians to do everything to avert a second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic as the country’s toll stood at 62,371 on Wednesday October 29. He disclosed this in a statement issued on the same day, saying that Nigeria’s economy is too fragile to bear another round of lockdown. That night, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed 147…
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday disclosed the reason for his silence on the violent military crackdown on #EndSARS protesters that occurred at the Lekki area of Lagos state on Tuesday, October 20. Anti-police brutality demonstrators had gathered at the toll booth, defying a 24-hours curfew when they were shot at by soldiers. In a statement released by his Senior Special Assistant…
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The Presidency has said the prices of food items in the country are dropping contrary to public opinions. According to him, it is as a result of the agricultural reforms of the Buhari-led administration. The President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mr Garba Shehu, disclosed this while speaking on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme on Friday. Shehu…
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The presidency has reacted to the calls made by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for President Muhammadu Buhari to resign over failure to combat increasing cases of insecurity and corruption across the Country. In a statement issued on Friday, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said his principal will…
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According to circulating reports, there was a fire incident at Aso Villa, Nigeria’s seat of power, in Abuja on Thursday June 4 2020. Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said the incident was recorded at a store near the State House Chapel in the Villa. Shehu attributed the…
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On Saturday May 16, President Muhammadu Buhari received the Madagascan native formulation against COVID-19 from Guinea Bissau’s President, Umaro Sissoco Embalo while hosting him at the State House, Abuja. Buhari while receiving the samples of the traditional medicine as shared to African nations by Madagascar, said his position on all such herbal or traditional medicine…
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President Muhammadu Buhari’s nephew, Alhaji Mutari Dauda Daura has reportedly passed away days after he lost his Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari and his in-law Alhaji Modu Sheriff, Sahara Reporters reports. Though the cause of death was not revealed in the statement released by the President’s media aide Garba Shehu on Friday May 8, it was however…
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The Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu has reacted to reports that he’s been barred for the Aso Rock presidential villa after attending the funeral of the late Chief of Staff, Mallam Abba Kyari on Saturday, April 18, 2020. Nigerians were angered by the number of dignitaries who…
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The remains of President Buhari’s late Chief of Staff, Mallam Abba Kyari has arrived in Abuja to observe the strict protocol put in place by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) and the Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH) for the burial of Coronavirus victims. Private prayers and burial will be conducted for the deceased…
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