{"id":70605,"date":"2025-07-14T21:14:57","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T21:14:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=70605"},"modified":"2025-07-14T21:14:57","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T21:14:57","slug":"fg-declares-tuesday-public-holiday-to-honour-late-president-buhari","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/07\/14\/fg-declares-tuesday-public-holiday-to-honour-late-president-buhari\/","title":{"rendered":"FG Declares Tuesday Public Holiday to Honour Late President Buhari"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Samuel Adeola<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Federal Government has declared Tuesday, July 15, 2025, a public holiday in honour of former President Muhammadu Buhari, who passed away on Sunday, July 13, in London at the age of 82.<\/p>\n<p>Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, announced the holiday on behalf of the government following President Bola Tinubu\u2019s approval.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement signed by the Ministry\u2019s Permanent Secretary, Dr. Magdalene Ajani, the government said the holiday is a tribute to Buhari\u2019s selfless service, enduring contributions to national development, and efforts in strengthening Nigeria\u2019s democracy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Muhammadu Buhari served Nigeria with dedication, integrity, and an unwavering commitment to the unity and progress of our great nation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This public holiday provides an opportunity for all Nigerians to reflect on his life, leadership, and the values he upheld,\u201d Tunji-Ojo stated.<\/p>\n<p>He urged citizens to commemorate the day by promoting peace, unity, and patriotism in line with Buhari\u2019s vision for the country.<\/p>\n<p>The government also reminded the public that national flags are to be flown at half-mast throughout the seven-day national mourning period, which commenced on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Condolences were extended to the Buhari family, the people of Katsina State, and all Nigerians, with prayers for the peaceful repose of the late president\u2019s soul.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Samuel Adeola &nbsp; The Federal Government has declared Tuesday, July 15, 2025, a public holiday in honour of former President Muhammadu Buhari, who passed away on Sunday, July 13, in London at the age of 82. Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, announced the holiday on behalf of the government following President Bola Tinubu\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":70578,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172,186],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-politics"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70605"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70605\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70606,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70605\/revisions\/70606"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}