Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, yesterday alleged that a cartel colluded with some staff of the Nigerian Postal Service, NIPOST, to embezzle money realized from Stamp Duty. The presidential spokesman stated this…
Buhari orders security agents to shoot anyone with AK47
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered security agents to shoot anyone with illegal possession of sophisticated weapons such as AK-47, his spokesman, Mallam Garba Shehu, has said. Shehu told the BBC in an interview yesterday that the president also directed a…
Buhari condemns attack on UN aid helicopter
President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned what he called “the dastardly attack on UN aid helicopter in the Northeast on Saturday by the Boko Haram terrorists.” Mallam Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President (Media & Publicity), said in a statement that in…
Presidency says $311m Abacha loot will be used for vital infrastructure development
Mallam Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President (Media & Publicity), said in a statement Tuesday that the $311 million US Dollars – stolen from the citizens of Nigeria during the Abacha regime – and safely returned to the…
Buhari Mourns UNIPORT students, directs more intense police action
President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with the families of three University of Port Harcourt students reportedly murdered by their kidnappers and their bodies buried in a shallow grave in April. Mallam Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President (Media…
*Scores wounded, shops looted as armed thugs, tanker drivers clash in Lagos (Guardian) *Lagos yellow taxi drivers association gets mobile App (DailyTrust)
Scores wounded, shops looted as armed thugs, tanker drivers clash in Lagos (Guardian) About 50 people, including truck drivers were fatally injured yesterday, while many shops and trucks were looted and torched after heavily armed thugs invaded Vinager and Abule-Ado…