The Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, has said the President will form his cabinet faster than he did in 2015. Adesina was quoted as saying this by The Interview magazine. The President had in 2015 nominated ministers in October and inaugurated them on November 11, earning him the…
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President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Mr. Mele Kolo Kyari as the new Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, bringing to an end the tenure of Maikanti Baru, as the oil firm’s boss. NNPC’s Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Ndu Ughamadu, who disclosed this in Abuja on Thursday morning, stated that…
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Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, Prof. Itse Sagay, has commended the All Progressives Congress (APC) administration under President Muhammadu Buhari for stepping up the fight against corruption in the country in a bid to ensure good governance and development. However, he lamented that jailing corrupt people was a desperate and wasteful effort given…
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has come out to state that the “fresh revelation” in the European Union (EU) report has vindicated the PDP and millions of Nigerians, on its claims that the February 23 presidential election was rigged to favour President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress (APC). In a statement by Kola…
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Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has said President Muhammadu Buhari should be held responsible for the rash of electoral frauds witnessed in the last general election. According to him, the crisis that marred the elections would have been avoided if President Muhammadu Buhari had signed the amended Electoral Act, Sahara Reporters reports. Wike said the amended…
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Former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo has said the country is moving towards disaster under President Muhammadu Buhari. Obasanjo, who spoke in an interview with Premium Times, said the economy was unstable, added that the current administration had destroyed the war against corruption, which he said started during his administration. The former Head of State backed the candidate of…
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday at the Presidential Villa, signed the Public Holidays Act Amendment Bill into law. Sen. Ita Enang, Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate) disclosed this to State House correspondents in Abuja. Enang said that the Act declared June 12 of every year as public holiday and…
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President Muhammadu Buhari has accepted the voluntary retirement from service of Justice Walter Onnoghen as Chief Justice of Nigeria, effective from May 28, 2019 and has also appointed five new supreme court Justices. A statement by the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, confirmed this in Abuja on Sunday. The…
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Immediate past Minister of Sports, Mr Solomon Dalung, has stated that his reappointment by President Muhammadu Buhari is unstoppable by “any human being.” Speaking in an interview with The Punch on crisis in the basketball, athletics and football federations, as well as the Nigeria Football Supporters Club, during his tenure as minister, he made it…
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The Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad, has said the first citizen of the country, President Muhammadu Buhari, as the appointor of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, has the power to remove or suspend any person occupying the office. Muhammad stated this in defence of Buhari’s suspension of the erstwhile CJN, Justice Walter…
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