President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday felicitated with Dr. Christopher Kolade, a veteran broadcaster who clocks 85 on December 28, 2017.  The President in a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adeshina described Kolade as a major stakeholder in the development of the country.

The Presidency has released a statement confirming that the son of President Muhammadu Buhari, Yusuf Buhari on Tuesday was involved in an accident around Gwarimpa in the Federal Capital Territory. In a statement signed by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, the Presidency said he 'broke his limb and had an injury to the head.' It added that he is was now in stable condition after undergoing surgery.

Former President Goodluck Jonathan says Liberia is becoming a model of democracy in Africa and beyond, having attained “political stability’’.

Jonathan told newsmen in the capital, Monrovia, during Tuesday’s presidential run-off election, that democracy had been institutionalised in Liberia.

He spoke in his capacity as co-leader of the United States’ National Democratic Institute (NDI) International Elections Observation Mission to Liberia for the run-off polls.

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday felicitated with Dr. Christopher Kolade, a veteran broadcaster who clocks 85 on December 28, 2017.  The President in a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adeshina described Kolade as a major stakeholder in the development of the country.

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday said his administration would continue to strengthen existing partnership with the good people of the South-East geo-political zone. The President restated his commitment to the Ndigo in Item Amegu Ikwo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State during a special empowerment programme for widows organised by a non-governmental organisation, Chinedu Ogah Foundation.

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved an international conference in Nigeria on saving the Lake Chad and revitalize its basin’s ecosystem for sustainable livelihood, security and development.

Malam Garba Shehu, the president’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, made this known in a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday.

Shehu said that conference would be the first international forum on Lake Chad organised by the six-member countries of the basin’s region.

“The three-day conference will consist of two days of technical sessions and one day high level meetings between Feb. 26, 2018 and Feb. 28, 2018 and it will take place in Abuja,” he said.

The presidential aide said that the high level meeting would have in attendance all of the Presidents and Heads of Government of the Lake Chad Basin member-states.