Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed, Maj Gen Farouk Yahaya, as the new Chief of Army Staff following the death of Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru. Yahaya, a former General Officer Commanding 1 Division of the Nigerian Army and the incumbent Theatre Commander of the Counter Terrorism Counter Insurgency military outfit in the North East, codenamed […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria is said to be hosting Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, the Prime Minister of the Libyan government of National Unity at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Buhari received Dbeibeh alongside the minister of foreign affairs, Geoffrey Onyeam at the villa on Wednesday, May 26, The Nation reports. Both leaders are expected to discuss […]
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The Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Social Media, Lauretta Onochie has revealed why the President was absent at Saturday’s burial of late Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru and other military officers killed in a plane crash. According to her the president must be given a 48-hour notice before any funeral […]
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Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari says the death of Army Chief, Lt.-Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, and 10 other military officers in an air crash had increased the country’s problem. The President had on Monday spoke when the Chairman, Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Kayode Fayemi, and his colleagues visited him at the Presidential Villa to console him. Fayemi was […]
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Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday expressed a strong resolve to address the conflicts of herders and farmers for a permanent solution. The President also ordered that the associated problem of the gun-wielding “killer herdsmen” be tackled. Garba Shehu, presidential spokesman, in a statement recalled Buhari approved measures to bring an end to the skirmishes […]
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An ex-Presidential aide, Reno Omokri has requested that President Buhari consider an Igbo military officer to replace the former Chief of Army Staff. Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, who was killed in the air crash last Friday, May 21. According to Reno, this move will help cease the fight of secessionists. He wrote; ”The best way […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari was absent at the burial of the late Chief of Army Staff, General Ibrahim Attahiru, on Saturday. Attahiru died in a plane crash close to the Kaduna Airport on Friday evening. 10 other officers also lost their lives when the Beachcraft 350 aircraft came down due to bad weather. Their remains were […]
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Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has reacted to the death of Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru and other military personnel on Friday in an air crash. Buhari in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, expressed sadness over the incident, describing the victims of the crash as […]
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Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has approved four airports in Nigeria as Special Economic Zones. The approved airports are Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos; Port Harcourt International Airport, Rivers; Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano and Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. This was on Thursday disclosed by the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika. “I am very […]
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Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has seeked the approval of the Senate to borrow $6.18 billion external loan to finance this year’s N5.6 trillion budget deficit. The president’s request is contained in a letter addressed to the President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, and read by Lawan at Tuesday’s plenary. President Buhari said the proposed loan, […]
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