Dr. William Babatunde Fowler has been appointed as the Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) by President Muhammadu Buhari. Dr. Fowler served as the Chief Executive Officer/Executive Chairman of the Lagos State Board of Internal Revenue from 2005 to 2014. His higher education was in the United States where he obtained a […]
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Chief Bode George tasked President Muhammadu Buhari to take his anti-corruption war to the next level by probing the last two governors of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN). Bode George made the statement that it would be wrong of Buhari to claim to be spearheading an anti-graft campaign and at […]
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The President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari has approved the dissipation of the Executive Management Team of the Assets Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON). He has also approved the reconstitution of the management team of the corporation as follows: · Ahmed Lawan Kuru – Managing Director · Kola Ayeye – Executive Director · Eberechukwu Uneze – Executive Director · Aminu Ismail – Executive Director […]
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The Nigerian Army has appointed a Commander for the offensive against the insurgents in the Northeast of Nigeria. Major General Yusha’u Mahmood Abubakar is to lead “Operation Lafiya Dole,” an offensive aimed at crushing Islamist insurgents. His appointment was contained in a short press release circulated on Monday, 17th August, 2015 by the army. General […]
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The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Alhaji Dikko Abdullahi, is to proceed on his voluntary retirement from today, Tuesday, August 18. The Comptroller-General had earlier written a letter dated August 3 to the President in which he notified Buhari of his desire to proceed on voluntary retirement from Tuesday. Mr. President’s approval of Abdullahi’s […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari in search of fearless and courageous judges who will be saddled with the responsibility of prosecuting persons who have been found guilty of stealing national resources. Buhari made this known as he granted audience to members of the National Peace Committee led by Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar in the Presidential Villa, Abuja. “Those […]
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As the Service Chiefs were sworn in and decorated on Wednesday, Bahari had the follow lines for them: “You need to brace up and continue to team up with other stakeholders to come up with a well coordinated joint effort which will bring a desired end to these insurgencies within three months.” The service chiefs […]
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Nigeria is widely seen as a rich country. The President of Nigeria thinks otherwise. He said on Monday, Nigeria “is not a rich country.” He said the reality was that that impression was wrong. In a statement by President Buhari’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, quoted the President as speaking while granting […]
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President Buhari has responded to claims by the 49-member Senate Caucus of the Peoples Democratic Party which on Thursday kicked against the current administration’s war against corruption, claiming it was selective and lacked transparency and fairness. In a statement Sunday night, Mr. Buhari described the claims by the Godwill Akpabio-led caucus as “false, baseless and […]
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The presidency confirmed that the visits of former President Goodluck Jonathan to President Muhammadu Buhari last Thursday followed by former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Friday were not aimed at stopping Buhari’s anti-corruption war. The presidency’s clarification followed insinuations in Abuja and some sections of the polity at the weekend that the private visits of the two […]
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