The Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Sen. Ita Enang, on Friday confirmed receipt of the 2018 Budget passed by the National Assembly (NASS). The NASS had on May 16 passed the 2018 Appropriation Bill of N9.12 trillion. The budget was increased by the legislature by N508 billion from the […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday said some female lawmakers who visited him at the presidential villa in Abuja, were a threat to Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo’s position. The president said this while reacting to a request by the women who asked for the slot of vice- president in subsequent elections in the country. The women under […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari will on Friday receive the 2018 budget a week after its passage by the National Assembly, Senate President Bukola Saraki disclosed. Saraki made this known to State House correspondents after the breaking of (Ramadan) fast with Buhari at the President Villa, Abuja on Thursday. Saraki explained that the delay in transmission of […]
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Femi Adesina, presidential spokesman, said that those who oppose the current administration are those that have remained wilfully blind. Listing what he considered as the achievements of President Muhammadu Buhari, Adesina said the positive growth cannot be denied even by “naysayers.” He quoted figures from the National Bureau of Statistics, saying since Nigeria recovered from recession, the […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday hosted leaders of the National Assembly to a breaking of (Ramadan) fast at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that those at the event were principal officers of the Assembly, including the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki; Senate leader, Ahmad Lawan; while Speaker of the […]
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The spokesman of the house of representatives, Abdulrazak Namdas, has replied President Muhammadu Buhari on the comment he made while hosting some of his supporters at Aso Rock on Tuesday. Buhari is reported to have asked and said: “What have they (federal lawmakers) been doing? Some of them have been there for 10 years. What […]
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The comptroller-general of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Hameed Ali, says Nigerians who claim to be hungry are lazy, noting that manna does not fall from heaven. He made the remark on Wednesday when he led the Buhari Support Organisation (BSO) on a visit to President Muhammadu Buhari at the presidential villa, Abuja. Lauding the […]
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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has responded to an allegation made by President Muhammadu Buhari that $16 billion was wasted on power project without anything to show for it. Mr. Buhari had while receiving a delegation of Buhari Support Organisation (BSO) said “one of the former Heads of State between that time was bragging that he […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari is meeting with 10-man senate delegation raised to address the ongoing impasse between the Senate President Bukola Saraki and the Inspector-General of Police over a criminal case involving some suspected cultists. Members of the senate delegation included former governors of Nasarawa (Abdullahi Adamu), Gombe (Danjuma Goje) and Akwa Ibom, Mr Godswill Akpabio. […]
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The National Democracy Stakeholders Group (NSDG), a pro-democracy and non-profit organisation, says President Muhammadu Buhari will lead the 2018 edition of Democracy Solidarity Walk. NSDG’s Convener, Mr Kletsaint Akor, told newsmen on Sunday in Abuja that Buhari would lead the walk scheduled for May 29 at the Eagles Square, Abuja. He said that the walk, […]
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