Documents on the World Bank Group’s website have shown that Northern Nigeria enjoys majority of the contracts sponsored by the bank in the country. The findings come after President of the World Bank, Jim Yong Kim, revealed that President Muhammadu Buhari had instructed them to concentrate on the North. The Punch reports that the World Bank […]
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Speaking at the presidential villa in Abuja when he hosted stakeholders from the South-East, President Muhammadu Buhari said while four south-easterners are heads of ministries, seven northerners were made junior ministers. “I gave south-east four substantive ministers — the ministries of foreign affairs, trade and investment, science and technology and labour,” he said. “Seven states […]
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The presidency says north-east has always been the priority of President Muhammadu Buhari. The statement follows reactions to the comment of Jim Yong Kim, president of the World Bank, that Buhari requested the organisation to focus development on the north. Many, especially on social media, had accused the president of promoting the interest of the […]
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Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group has accused president Muhammadu Buhari of asking his organisation to prioritise its developmental programmes across the northern parts of Nigeria. Jim Yong Kim made his assertion at a press briefing on the sidelines of the ongoing World Bank-IMF annual meetings in Washington, D.C., stating that they […]
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In a statement issued by Lere Olayinka, Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti state, accused President Muhammadu Buhari of running a double standard government, stating that “No nation can achieve greatness with such a partial leadership”. He described the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led government as the most corrupt in Nigeria’s history, having earlier tagged former president […]
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Femi Falana, human rights lawyer, says the decision of Maikanti Baru, group managing director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), to bypass Ibe Kachikwu, minister of state for petroleum resources, in award of contracts and appointments cannot be justified by law. After Kachikwu wrote a petition against him, Baru said he did not break […]
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NIGERIA – President Muhammadu Buhari in a letter sent to the senate, asked the latter to approve a loan of $5.5 billion to fund the 2017 budget. The president also said the 2017 budget had a deficit of N2.356 trillion. “Implementation of the external borrowing plan approved in the 2017 appropriation Act. External borrowing to […]
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In the midst of brewing controversy, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has made a release today breaking silence on the recent letter written by the Minister of State for Petroleum, Dr Ibe Kachikwu to President Muhammadu Buhari. In the statement signed by the General Manager Public Affairs, Ndu Ughamadu, the group stated that the […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Mr. Tunde Lemo, former Deputy Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), as Chairman of the 13- member governing board of Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA). Mr. Mohammed Nakorji, Assistant Director press in the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (OSGF) announced the […]
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has expressed shock over the silence of President Muhammadu Buhari on the petition of Ibe Kachikwu, minister of state for petroleum resources, noting that the allegations are “too grave to be swept under the carpet” Kachikwu had accused Maikanti Baru, group managing director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), […]
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