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Date was Friday, May 13, 2022, time 10 am, and venue was the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa. The event was valedictory session for appointees leaving the cabinet to pursue political ambitions at different levels. Some were…

For the second time in the life of this administration, President Muhammadu Buhari visited Ebonyi State last week, commissioned landmark projects, and equally passed the night. Rare, very rare on visits to States. The President has 36…

The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina has said claims that President Muhammadu Buhari divided Nigeria along sectional lines were untrue. Instead, he said, critics of the president were responsible for…

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has received a reprimand from the presidency over his alleged plot to mobilize fellow former Nigerian leaders to pass a vote of no confidence in the Muhammadu Buhari administration. The Special Adviser…

Haters of God and humanity struck on Monday, bombing the Abuja-Kaduna train. They then proceeded to open fire on passengers of the immobilized coaches. It was premeditated murder from the very bottom of hell. See the toll of the carnage.…

This year, the long wait for Godot will come to an end. The second bridge over the River Niger will be commissioned and put to use. And what a dream come true it would be. Last December, a friend had traveled from Lagos to the South East…

Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, has again frowned at those he said were attempting to cause disunity or dismemberment of the country, saying such people are struggling in vain. Adesina stated this…

Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina has said that Boko Haram terrorists were close to overrunning the country when President Muhammadu Buhari came to power in 2015. Adesina said this in an article…

The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) is an interventionist agency created for the development of the oil-producing region of the country. Well, it is meant to be an interventionist agency, but one thing is crystal clear. Despite…

Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina says those blaming President Muhammadu Buhari for the Super Eagles' loss to Tunisia in the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) were being "silly, idiotic and…

The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina says it is not true that the Federal Government suspended the planned removal of subsidy on petrol for 18 months because of the 2023 general election. Adesina…

The Board of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited was inaugurated by President Muhammadu Buhari last week. Two names were very prominent in the assemblage: Margery Chuba Okadigbo, the Chairman, and Constance Harry Marshall.…

Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina says many of the 2022 prophecies flying around were released by so-called prophets that "decided to call themselves, and they go about, running riot all over the place…

There’s a City of David, not in Jerusalem, but in Uburu, Ohaozara Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. If the biblical City of David was magnificent, this one is no less so. If the earlier was a sight for sore eyes, the latter equally…

When he popped out of his mother’s womb 79 years ago in rustic Daura, now in Katsina State, nobody could have predicted that he would bestride the country, nay the world, like a colossus. Who could have predicted that a honest man, Mai…

You have probably seen something on social media, which I consider a parody of lie merchants against our country. We will talk about it in a minute. But let me take an early digression to recall the story of a teacher we didn’t…

There’s no institution that cannot atrophy or degenerate, if like a fish, it begins to rot from the head. And that was the story of the Nigerian Army at a point in time, when there was a deliberate policy to emasculate and debilitate it,…

He rarely speaks on things that do not have to do with the work of the Kingdom, which he is completely sold out to, and has been engrossed in for over 50 years. In fact, he exemplifies the words of the prophet that “he shall not strive, nor…

There are millions of us around the country who follow Muhammadu Buhari passionately. Some got enlisted in 1984 when the man was military head of state. Others joined along the line as the principal was Chairman of the Petroleum Trust Fund…

Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina says bandits terrorising Zamfara and other states in the North-West are now getting killed like flies. The presidential spokesman stated this in the latest installment…

Naysayers, like former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, were not happy that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) made profit under Presdient Muhammadu Buhari, presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina, has said. The Special…

Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina has said that reactions to the bandit attack on the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), Kaduna further showed that Nigeria is "filled with haters of government". Adesina…

Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina has said that by signing the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA), President Muhammadu Buhari surpassed his predecessors, Olusegun Obasanjo, Umaru Yar'Adua, and Goodluck…

Special Adviser to President Buhari on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina has said that his principal's visit to Asiwaju Bola Tinubu in London was a show of goodwill and not to endorse his rumoured presidential ambition. He stated this as…

Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina has mocked 2019 Vice-Presidential candidate of PDP, Peter Obi over his controversial comment that President Muhammadu Buhari could not stimulate economic growth by…

Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina has said that those who accuse President Muhammadu Buhari of double standards in handling the security challenges in the country do so out of either "deliberate…

The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, has said that the three Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) administrations since 1999 paid lip service to constructing the Second Niger Bridge. He said this in the…

Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, says the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will continue to wallow in confusion ahead of the 2023 general election. He spoke Tuesday on a Channels Television…

Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, has urged Nigerians to pray for the military so that troops can continue to deal with the "bad guys" - including secessionists. The presidential aide stated this…