Buhari in Lagos

President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived Lagos on Monday afternoon on a two-day visit for the commissioning of iconic projects executed by the Lagos State.

The presidential aircraft NAF 001 touched ground at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport Lagos at about 3:33pm and the President was received by the Lagos State governor, Mr. Kayode Fayemi, Service Chiefs, ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftains, among others, were on ground to receive the President. Obafemi Hamzat, and members of the State Executive Council (SEC).

President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived Lagos on a two-day visit for a “Lagos Festival of Projects” commissioning. The Presidential aircraft touched landed ...

The Presidential aircraft touched landed at 3:33pm and the President was received by Lagos State Governor, Mr. Obafemi Hamzat and members of the State Executive Council. Kayode Fayemi, service chiefs, All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftains, among others also received the President.

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) has arrived Lagos State to inaugurate key projects executed by the Babajide Sanwo-Olu administration.

Also present are former Governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi, the Service Chiefs, and members of the Lagos State Executive Council. Present at the event to receive the President are the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu and his deputy, Dr Obafemi Hamzat; the Governor of Ekiti State, Biodun Oyebanji and Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun.

President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived Lagos to officially commission the $1.5 billion Lekki Deep Seaport, first in Nigeria.

The docking area is equipped with loading arms. When phase 2 is completed, the deep sea port will have three liquid berths. The terminal is able to handle 2.5 million 20-foot standard containers per year.

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday will depart Lagos for Senegal where he will attend the 2nd edition of Dakar International Conference on Agriculture.

Mohammad Mahmood Abubakar, National Security Adviser, Mohammed Babagana Monguno and Director-General, National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ambassador Ahmed Rufai Abubakar. President Buhari is expected to also commission the first phase of the iconic Blue Line on Tuesday, as well as the John Randle Centre for Yoruba Culture and History before the Dakar trip. President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday will depart Lagos for Senegal where he will attend the 2nd edition of Dakar International Conference on Agriculture.

... * Due back in Abuja Wednesday. Deji Elumoye in Abuja. President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to depart Lagos for Dakar, the Senegalese capital, ...

The president’s delegation is made up of ministers and top government officials including the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama; his Agriculture and Rural Development counterpart, Dr. high-level Dakar 2 Summit hosted by President Macky Sall of Senegal and the Chairperson of the African Union is holding under the theme ‘Feeding Africa: Food Sovereignty and Resilience’. President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to depart Lagos for Dakar, the Senegalese capital, on Tuesday to attend the 2nd edition of Dakar International Conference on Agriculture.

By Biodun Busari. President Muhammadu Buhari will leave the nation's commercial capital, Lagos for Dakar, Senegal, on Tuesday, to attend the second edition ...

“With Africa accounting for 249 million or a third of the 828 million hungry people in the world, the Summit, to be attended by African Heads of State and Government, Ministers of finance and agriculture, as well as several global development partners, is expected to make commitments on eradicating hunger in Africa by 2030. According to a statement released on Monday by the presidential media aide, Femi Adesina, the conference is convened jointly by the government of Senegal and the African Development Bank (ADB). President Muhammadu Buhari will leave the nation’s commercial capital, Lagos for Dakar, Senegal, on Tuesday, to attend the second edition of the Dakar International Conference on Agriculture.

The high-level Dakar 2 Summit hosted by President Macky Sall of Senegal and the Chairperson of the African Union is held under the theme “Feeding Africa: Food ...

Mohammad Mahmood Abubakar, National Security Adviser, Mohammed Babagana Monguno and Director-General, of National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ambassador Ahmed Rufai Abubakar. He added that with Africa accounting for 249 million or a third of the 828 million hungry people in the world, the Summit, to be attended by African Heads of State and Government, Ministers of finance and agriculture, as well as several global development partners, is expected to make commitments on eradicating hunger in Africa by 2030. The conference, which seeks to create favourable conditions for achieving food security in Africa, is convened jointly by the government of Senegal and the African Development Bank, according to Adesina.

The Lagos Rice Mill, Imota is a two x 16 metric tonnes per-hour mill standing on an area of 8.5 hectares of land.

Good journalism costs a lot of money. I am happy that such a thing is happening in Lagos,” he said. “We are happy that Lagos is the testament for that. Also speaking, Oba Lawal, the Oniru of Iru land, commended the Lagos State Government for being the first state to have a state owned mill and the host community for providing the land. “The two units rice mill will create close to 250,000 direct and indirect jobs. He said the rice mill would bring enormous economic opportunities to the community and jobs for the teeming youths in the area. He commended Governor Sanwo-Olu for initiating and seeing to the completion of the rice mill, saying that the facility would have a multiplier positive effect on the community. Meanwhile, traditional rulers in the state applauded the state government for the completion and inauguration of the mill in Imota community, Ikorodu. We thank you all for waiting patiently. Mr Shotobi, commended both the federal and state governments for siting the rice mill in Imota and promised that the project would be maintained by the community. Raphael Hunsa, the Chairman, Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria, Lagos State chapter, said the new rice mill would encourage farmers to produce more in the state. With 2.5 million bags of 50kg rice per annum, Lagos is ready to support the rice and food revolution in Nigeria.

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday commissioned the Lekki Deep Sea Port, built to handle 2.5 million twenty-foot standard containers per year.

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Nigeria's president, Muhammadu Buhari on Monday inaugurated the long-awaited 32-metric tonnes per hour Lagos Rice Mill located in Imota, Ikorodu, ...

With 2.8 million bags of 50kg rice per annum, Lagos is ready to support rice and food revolution in Nigeria. Femi Oke, Chairman, of All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), Lagos State and South-West Zone, commended the state government for the laudable initiative. Oke said that farmers would continue to support the mill by providing more paddy. The rest of the land is to be used for an industrial park. The president unveiled the rice and observed a brief display of how it is being produced and packaged. and took a brief tour of the mill in the company of Gov.