Tosin Ajaomo, the lawyer representing the former acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, on Tuesday said the appointment of a new boss to head the anti-graft agency came as a shock. Recall that President Muhammadu Buhari had on Tuesday asked the Senate to confirm Mr Abdulrasheed Bawa as substantive […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has forwarded the names of the immediate past Service Chiefs to the Senate as non-career Ambassadors-Designate. In a letter to Senator Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan, President of the Senate, the President said: “In accordance with section 171 (1), (2) (c) & sub-section (4) of 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as […]
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NEW YEAR SPEECH BY HIS EXCELLENCY, MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA 1ST JANUARY 2021 My fellow countrymen and women, First, I would like to thank and praise the Almighty who saw us through the year 2020 and has given us the opportunity to witness the start of another new year. We […]
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Bishop Matthew Kukah of Sokoto Catholic diocese, says he only expressed his personal view about President Muhammadu Buhari’s nepotism “based on evidence” and did not call for a coup. Recall that while accusing Buhari of nepotism in his Christmas message on Friday, the Kukah said there could have been a coup if a non-northern Muslim […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed delight over the coronavirus vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech, stating that it must be equitably distributed. The vaccine according to preliminary analysis can prevent more than 90% of people from getting infected. While announcing the arrival of the vaccine, Albert Bourla, the chairman of Pfizer, said the company will […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has reappointed Mahmood Yakubu as the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Recall that Mahmood Yakubu was first appointed INEC chairman in November 2015. He succeeded Attahiru Jega, who supervised the 2015 general election. Mr Yakubu supervised the 2019 general election and off-cycle elections in states such as Kogi, Edo […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria has ordered the reduction of the cost of fertilizer from N5,500 to N5,000 naira per bag. This directive was announced by the Vice Chairman of the National Food Security Council and the Governor of Kebbi State, Atiku Bagudu. He disclosed this on Tuesday while briefing State House reporters in Abuja […]
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The President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday justified his government’s borrowing to finance infrastructure. Buhari stated that his administration take loans to solve the dire shortfall in infrastructure. The president spoke on Tuesday at a meeting with members of the Presidential Economic Advisory Council (PEAC) at the State House, in […]
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The Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, has claimed that some traditional rulers in Katsina state are collaborating with bandits to harm their own people. Shehu said this while speaking during an interview on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme, on Monday According to him, these traditional rulers […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari urged the military to strongly repel the attack on Faduma Kolomdi village in Gubio local government area of Borno state. Recall that over 70 people were gruesomely killed by Boko Haram fighters in an attack on Tuesday. In a statement Garba Shehu, his spokesman, issued on his behalf, Buhari expressed shock over the “brutal […]
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