President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday approved the N30,000 minimum wage recommended by the tripartite committee. He said this while receiving the report of the tripartite committee on the review of the minimum wage, at the presidential villa in Abuja. Earlier, Amma Pepple, chairman of the committee, submitted a report on the agreement with labour to […]
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Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, says the federal government has saved over N17 billion from foreign trips, sitting allowances and souvenirs. Mohammed disclosed this at a forum organised by NAN in Abuja on Tuesday. He said the present administration introduced an efficiency unit in the ministry of finance to ensure that the resources […]
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned the attestation and confirmation of result issued to President Muhammadu Buhari by the West Africa Examination Council (WAEC). The opposition party described the document as fake in a statement on Sunday, two days after WAEC Registrar, Dr Iyi Uwadiae, presented the document to the President at the Presidential […]
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The United States Institute of Peace (USIP) says it is less likely for President Muhammadu Buhari to be defeated in the 2019 election. The organaisation said this in a report it released on the forthcoming general election. USIP said the report is based on its interactions with Nigerians from different sectors. The report, which analysed […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari says he and the late Shehu Musa Yar’dua sat for the West African School Certificate (WASC) in 1961. Buhari said this on Friday after Iyi Uwadiale, registrar of the West African Examination Council (WAEC), presented him with a re-issued certificate at the presidential villa in Abuja. Femi Adesina, the special adviser to the […]
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Rotimi Amaechi, minister of transportation and director-general of the reelection campaign of President Muhammadu Buhari, says the president will accept the outcome of the 2019 elections. Speaking when he received a delegation from the European Union (EU), Amaechi said the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) would adhere strictly to the electoral laws in the forthcoming elections. […]
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The presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar says the plan of the federal government to sell national assets will cause long-term pains.
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President Muhammadu Buhari says he is disappointed in the Nigerian media for failing to highlight the progress of his administration in the agricultural sector. Buhari said this at a dinner he hosted for young political appointees at the presidential villa, Abuja, on Wednesday. The president said under him, agriculture had become so attractive that those […]
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Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has condemned the travel ban placed on 50 prominent Nigerians by President Muhammadu Buhari. In a statement issued on his behalf by his campaign organisation, Abubakar said the ban is a throwback to the notorious “evil decree two” of 1984 enacted by the military government […]
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) rejects in its entirety attempt by the Buhari Presidency to foist a full-blown fascism on our country, beginning with the placement of illegal travel restrictions on certain unnamed Nigerians. The party said this wicked and draconian step is clearly targeted at members of the opposition parties, perceived enemies of President […]
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