The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has written the presidency for further action on six of its former personnel involved in alleged N23 billion election bribe. They include one of its retired National Commissioner, and five Resident Electoral Commissioners. Malam Mohammed Haruna, INEC’s National Commissioner disclosed this on Tuesday in Abuja, while addressing […]
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The Muhammadu Buhari administration has released N54 billion to clear part of the backlog of accrued pension rights for the years 2014, 2015 and 2016. The Director of Information, Ministry of Finance, Mr Salisu Danbatta said on Wednesday that N41.5 billion has already been released to the National Pension Commission (PENCOM). The amount released was […]
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Tony Anenih, a former board of trustees’ chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has told the former ruling party to forget about the presidency until the tenure of President Muhammadu Buhari is over. Speaking when the leadership of the Jerry Gana strategy review and inter-party affairs committee visited him in Abuja, Anenih said it […]
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Speaking on Sunday Politics, a programme on Channels Television, Femi Adesina, President Buhari’s spokesman said that President Muhammadu Buhari will continue to consult doctors in London hospital for his medical needs because his medical history is known to them. “You have what is called medical history where you consult people who are used to you, […]
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Details are emerging on how the Federal Government determined the beneficiaries of the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) who are now receiving the N5,000 monthly stipends across the 9 pilot states. According to the Senior Special Assistant on Media & Publicity in the Office of the Vice President, Laolu Akande, the nine states are Bauchi, Borno, […]
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Following the case of accidental discharge reported at the Presidential Presidential Villa, Abuja, the Presidency has reassured that the seat of Power, is safe and well secured to all citizens and foreigners alike.Malam Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the President, gave the reassurance in a statement he issued in […]
Continue ReadingPresident Muhammadu Buhari’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, has offered reasons why leaders of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, and those in the president’s cabinet are not being prosecuted for corruption. The presidential spokesman, who made this known while featuring as a guest on a radio programme, Sweet F.M’s Podium in […]
Continue ReadingThe Presidency has issued the statement below admitting that the speech read by President Muhammadu Buhari contained insertions plagiarised from a 2008 speech by U.S. President, Barack Obama.A statement by a presidency spokesperson, Garba Shehu, said an investigation had been launched into the matter and that officials so far identified to have committed the blunder […]
Continue ReadingThe Federal Government has decried the inability of the previous administration to settle outstanding N65 billion debt owed to fertiliser suppliers.This is contained in a statement issued on Monday by Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the President. Mr. Shehu said it was wrong for the Goodluck Jonathan administration to […]
Continue ReadingInformation from Kogi reports, emphatically states that security operatives believed to be taking orders from the Presidency last week, blocked Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello from boarding a Turkish airline flight for a planned trip to Saudi Arabia for lesser hajj.It was reported that when Bello went to the office of the Vice President, […]
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