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According to Punch, the directive to the ministers was contained in a presidency statement released in Abuja by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Garba Shehu, The directive according to Punch is said to be part of the winding down of the first tenure of the Buhari administration. “These […]
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CBTV had reported that the Canadian PM had written to Buhari to allow at least one million Nigerians move to Canada under a new Employment and Migration Programme designed for immigrants. However, the Canadian embassy took to its official Twitter account (@CanHCNigeria) on Tuesday, April 16, to dismiss the story as false. “If you’ve seen […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) crowned President Buhari winner of the February 23 election with 15,191,847 of the total votes cast while Atiku gained 11,262,978 votes. However, in a petition filed before the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal last month, Atiku claimed that he actually won the election with 1.6 million more votes than Buhari […]
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Onnoghen is facing six charges of non and fraudulent declaration of assets relating to his failure to declare a series of bank accounts, denominated in local and foreign currencies, as required by law. CCT chairman, Justice Danladi Umar, announced the date for the judgement during the resumption of hearings on Monday, April 15 after both […]
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The president held a closed-door meeting with security chiefs at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Thursday, April 11, 2019. After the meeting, which lasted around two hours, the Chief of Defence Staff, General Gabriel Olonisakin, told State House correspondents that the president has issued a directive to put an immediate end to insecurity in […]
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The struggle for access and control of lands over which roaming herdsmen graze their cattle has led to conflict with local farmers all over the country, resulting in the death of hundreds with herders blamed for a majority of the attacks. Armed conflicts between both sides have also been coloured by ethnic and religious sentiments […]
There has been an increase in the rate of crises in states like Zamafara and Kaduna and the crises have led to the destruction of properties and lost of lives in those states. Reacting tothe killings in Zamfara and his alleged indifference to insecurity issues in the country, Buhari in a statement by Garba Shehu, […]
Onnoghen is facing six charges of non and fraudulent declaration of assets relating to his failure to declare a series of bank accounts, denominated in local and foreign currencies, as required by law. President Buharicontroversially suspended the top judge in January and inaugurated Justice Tanko Mohammed as the acting CJN based on an order of the Code […]
A statement by Deputy Director (Information), State House Media Unit, Mr Attah Esa, said the Permanent Secretary, State House, Mr Jalal Arabi, announced this on Monday in Abuja. Arabi had appeared before the Senate Committee on Federal Character and Inter-Governmental Affairs for the 2019 budget defence. The Permanent Secretary said, ‘‘without prejudice to what is […]
In a statement by his Special Adviser on Communications, Hakeem Bello on Friday, March 29, 2019, the Minister said the decision is sequel to an approval by the Federal Executive Council (FEC) to include the Villa in the Eligible Customer Policy of the Federal Government. He said the approval is aimed at achieving improvement in […]