The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says only N200 old notes are to be reissued and circulated concurrently with the new notes in line with the directives of President Muhammadu Buhari. The bank restated this in a statement jointly signed…
President Muhammadu Buhari has vowed to place more emphasis on the existing good neighbourly relations between Nigeria and the Union of Comoro Islands. To this end, Buhari promised to brief his successor on the need to ensure a good relationship…
Bashir Ahmad, the Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Digital Communication, has dared Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano State to take his old naira notes to the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, if they are legitimate. On Friday,…
President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the ‘Establishment Bill’ of the National Institute for Hospitality and Tourism (NIHOTOUR) into law. This is contained in a statement by Mr Joesef Karim, Special Assistant (Technical) to the Director General of NIHOTOUR, Alhaji Sani Kangiwa,…
Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouq, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development has commiserated with the Turkish Government over the recent earthquake in that country. Umar Farouq, who paid a condolence visit to Turkish Ambassador to Nigeria, Hidayet…
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday signed an executive order setting up a council to facilitate transition to a new president who will emerge after a Feb. 25 election. Buhari, 80, who is constitutionally barred from contesting the election, is…
President Muhammadu Buhari is currently presiding over the Council of State meeting to find a lasting solution to the cash crunch occasioned by the cash swap policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria. The meeting will mainly discuss some issues…
Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, (HURIWA) on Tuesday, lambasted President Muhammadu Buhari over his persistent failure to secure the lives and property of citizens nearly eight years of his administration. HURIWA, in a statement by its National Coordinator, Emmanuel…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday received the tragic news of the murder of some Nigerian Muslim pilgrims on their way to Kaolack, Senegal, when the buses conveying them came under gun attack in Burkina Faso. Buhari expressed his condolences and…
President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with the family of prominent businesswoman and committed All Progressives Congress (APC) stalwart, Mrs. Bewaji Kuku who passed on recently. The president, in a condolence message issued by his spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, on Sunday…
