Mr Garba Shehu has said that the move by President Muhammadu Buhari to suspend the giving of foreign exchange for food and fertilizer imports, is an action borne out of patriotism. The presidential spokesman who was a guest on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily, said the President’s motive stems purely from devotion in the best interest of the ...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday ordered the Central Bank of Nigeria “not to issue a kobo” of the country’s reserves for the importation of food items and fertilizer. Malam Garba Shehu, one of the President’s spokesmen, in a statement in Abuja on Thursday, said the president gave the order at a meeting of the National ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has called on leaders from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), to resist the temptation of elongating their tenure in office beyond what their constitutions allow.A statement by Buhari’s media aide, Garba Shehu, quoted his principal to have said this on Monday during the 57th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS ...

The Presidency has refuted claims that the former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, and the Chief of Staff to the President, Ibrahim Gambari have hatched plans to arrest opposition members ahead of the Edo Governorship poll.  The main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had alleged that a video of Oshiomhole ...

The presidency has described as “a publicity stunt”, the widely circulated reports alleging that former Speaker Umar Ghali Na’Abba has been invited by the Department of State Service over his alleged comments on President Muhammadu Buhari. Malam Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, who stated this in a ...

President Muhammadu Buhari Monday gave strong assurances that security will be restored to Borno State, the Northeast and the nation at large, following the recent adoption of new strategies, and the acquisition of modern military equipment. The President’s assurance, according to a statement by his spokesman, Garba Shehu, follows the recent adoption of new strategies ...

The Presidency on Tuesday said Nigeria exports power to neighbouring countries in order to prevent the damming of water that feeds the nation’s major power plants. This is in response to a Nigerian newspaper report of how Nigeria has continued to export electricity to other countries on credit while blackouts persist within its borders. The ...

The Senior Special Assistant to the President, Malam Garba Shehu, has advised the publisher of SahareReporters, Omoyele Sowore, to desist from attacking the late Isma’ila Isa Funtua over his encounters with security officials. Shehu, who was reacting to comments by Sowore on late Isa Funtua in Abuja on Tuesday, condemned the way and manner Sowore ...

The Presidency says there is more to be heard and seen in the case of suspended acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Ibrahim Magu. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu disclosed this while speaking on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics programme. According to him, ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered a speedy and coordinated investigation into the corruption scandal in the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday. He explained that the President gave the directive for better coordination among security and ...