President Muhammadu Buhari has studied the report of the panel headed by the Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, which investigated allegations against the suspended Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr Babachir David Lawal, and the Director General, National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ambassador Ayo Oke. The President accepted the recommendation of the […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday met behind closed-door with visiting President Alassane Quattara of Cote D’Ivoire at the presidential villa, Abuja. Mr. Quattara, who arrived the presidential villa at about 12.15 p.m., was introduced to some cabinet ministers and presidential aides by President Buhari before the commencement of their meeting. The News Agency of Nigeria […]
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The comptroller-general of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS),Hameed Ali, says the All Progressives Congress (APC) government “cannot move forward” because 50 percent of those in the current administration are from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Ali said this on Friday while speaking at the official commissioning of the national headquarters of Buhari Support Organisations (BSO) […]
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At least 189 groups, which worked for the emergence of President Muhammadu Buhari in 2015, have endorsed him for the 2019 election. Abu Ibrahim, leader of the Buhari Support Group (BSG), disclosed this after meeting with Buhari at the presidential villa in Abuja on Friday. He said he led a delegation to Aso Rock to […]
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The Minister of Interior, Lt.-Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau (retd.), was conspicuously absent as of the time a meeting of the Federal Executive Council presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari started at 11am at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Wednesday. Dambazzau is one of the government officials who have been in the eye of the storm over […]
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Senior special assistant to the president on media and publicity, Garba Shehu, has described Abdulrasheed Maina, former chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms, as one of the “monsters created by the government of Goodluck Jonathan”. Jonathan had appointed Maina as head of the pension task force in 2010 but he was dismissed […]
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The family members of Abdulrasheed Maina, former chairman of Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms, say their son is not a fraudster but was invited to bring reforms into the pension scheme. At a news conference in Kaduna on Wednesday, Aliyu Maina, spokesman of the family, accused a “cabal” of being behind the travails of […]
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Biafra Veterans, represented by the president of the Association of Retired War Affected Police Officers (ARWAPO), Matthew Udeh, says the Biafran war is over and Nigeria is one forever. Speaking at an occasion on Tuesday, Udeh said the country was one and commended President Muhammadu Buhari for his “forthrightness and believing in one Nigeria”. The […]
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The Vice President’s spokesperson, Laolu Akande, has clarified the error in the publications credited to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on release of fund for construction of the Second Niger Bridge. Mr. Akande gave the clarification on Tuesday following some media quoting of Mr. Osinbajo as announcing $2 billion released for the project instead of N2 […]
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Speaking at a conference which the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) organised for media handlers, Nigeria’s minister of information and culture, Lai Mohammed, says the achievements of the current administration are there for all to see and not based on lies and propaganda. The minister said Nigerians are brilliant and discerning people who would not take in […]
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