President Muhammadu Buhari

Kachikwu’s letter to Buhari on NNPC chief Baru

Published on 5 Ottobre 2017 in AFRICA/PRESS RELEASE/REGIONS by pressrelease

The Minister of State for Petroleum, Ibe Kachikwu, has reported the Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Maikanti Baru, to President Muhammadu Buhari, urging him to take urgent actions on matters ranging from alleged illegal practices to insubordination. Mr. Kachikwu said he found it pertinent to call the attention of the president to his misgivings because they’re capable of hindering progress in the country’s petroleum sector or even reverse recorded strides. Mr. Kachikwu said he wrote the August 30 letter to Mr. Buhari after concerted efforts to have a one-on-one appointment with the president at the State House fell through. The letter, which emerged on the Internet Tuesday, was widely circulated on Twitter. It is not immediately clear how it made it to the public domain. The minister said he suffered “disrespectful and humiliating conducts” from Mr. Baru.

Buhari arrives Borno, celebrates indipendence nigerian troops fighting Boko Haram

Published on 3 Ottobre 2017 in AFRICA/PRESS RELEASE/REGIONS by pressrelease

President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday travelled to Borno to celebrate the Independence Anniversary with soldiers fighting Boko Haram. The president was received at an Air Force base by service chiefs and the Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima. While addressing the frontline personnel, the president expressed the nation’s gratitude for the sacrifices being made by members of the Armed Forces. He added that without their efforts, the relative peace being enjoyed by Nigerians would not have been possible. The trip is believed to have been made after the televised Independence Day broadcast by the president wherein he highlighted the achievements of his administration and the challenges being faced. He asked members of the three arms of the military to return the gesture by being steadfast and loyal.

ISIS must be stopped, says Buhari UNGA

Published on 21 Settembre 2017 in AFRICA/PRESS RELEASE/REGIONS by pressrelease

Delivering Nigeria’s national statement during the General Debate of the 72nd Session of United Nations General Assembly, UNGA 72, in New York, yesterday, President Buhari assured the international community of Nigeria’s firm and commitment to democracy in the country and Africa. Buhari has said that inequalities within societies and the gap between the rich and the poor nations were the root causes of instability. The President also lamented that the pressing threat to international peace was due to the accelerated nuclear weapons development. This is even as the President called for collaboration from the international community in the efforts to combat corruption and recovery of looted funds. On the need for the sustenance of international collaborative efforts in fighting international terrorism we must collectively devise strategies and mobilise the required responses to stop fleeing ISIS fighters. This will require strong UN cooperation with regional organisations, such as the African Union, The UN should continue to take primary leadership of the maintenance of international peace and security by providing to regional initiatives and peacekeeping operations authorized by the Security Council.

Policemen cry out against suspended promotion exam

Published on 14 Settembre 2017 in AFRICA/PRESS RELEASE/REGIONS by pressrelease

The rank and file in the Nigeria Police have enjoined President Muhammadu Buhari to right what they see as an act of injustice against them after their promotion examination to the rank of Assistant Superintendent of Police they wrote in 2015 was suddenly abandoned. They said they wrote to National Assembly and police high command on the issue in February this year, nothing concrete had been done, pleading that President Buhari should intervene. The frustrated Police men said they were shocked when suddenly the Police command abandoned the entire process to commence fresh recruitment of civilians for the ASP cadet, pleading that the Federal Government should revisit the abandoned exercise that had almost been completed.

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