A former Minister under President Muhammadu Buhari has criticized the federal government over the lingering insecurity in the north. Former Sports Minister, Solomon Dalung, has criticized President Muhammadu Buhari-led government while lamenting over the persistent killings in Nigeria’s Northern region. He described Buhari-led government as the worst in the country’s history. Dalung, in a trending
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President Muhammadu Buhari is currently in a closed-door meeting with governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress. President Muhammadu Buhari is meeting with the leadership of the Progressives Governors Forum at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. PGF Chairman and Kebbi Governor, Atiku Bagudu, was accompanied by Governors Simon Lalong of Plateau State and
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President Muhammadu Buhari and Senate President Ahmad Lawan held a closed-door meeting on Sunday, the PUNCH reports. The meeting held inside the Aso Rock Villa. Though details of the meeting are yet to be made public as of the time of filing this report, the Senate had recently lamented the state of insecurity in Nigeria.
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President Muhammadu Buhari is unhappy with the current state of security in the country, The Nation reports. Disclosing this to State House Correspondents on Thursday, after a security briefing with the President, the National Security Adviser (NSA), Maj. Gen. Babagana Monguno (Rtd.), said the President had charged managers of the nation’s security to redouble their
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President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of 12 new permanent secretaries in the federal civil service. A statement issued by the spokesperson of the Federal Civil Service Commission, Olawunmi Ogunmosule, states that the new permanent secretaries are from the six geo-political zones. Those appointed are, Akinlade Oluwatoyin ( North Central), Alkali Bashir Nura (North
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The President of Nigeria Muhammad Buhari has been asked to declare a state of emergency in his own Katsina State. The call is made by the ndigenous people of Katsina based in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja . In a statement made available to The DAILY VENDOR News on Monday in Abuja, the group under
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President Muhammad Buhari Spokesman Garba Shehu said some traditional rulers are aiding bandits in Katsina, the state the home state of the President. Speaking on Sunrise Daily, a Channels Television programme, on Monday, Shehu said these traditional rulers help gunmen escape when security agencies are planning attacks. Katsina has come under attacks by gunmen in
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The Prominent Civil Rights Advocacy group HUMAN RIGHTS WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (HURIWA) has offered reasons why it has dragged to the Federal High Court of Justice, President Muhammadu Buhari over violations of the Federal Character Principle as provided for in the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. In a statement by the National
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The Coalition of Northern Groups has keenly assessed the unfolding of events happening in Nigeria in the past 12 months as they particularly relate to northern Nigeria, noticing the deterioration in all aspects of social, security and political issues that are not being decisively addressed by the government. The group after its meeting in Kaduna
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The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has lamented over the high rate of insecurity in the north, accusing President Muhammadu Buhari of failing to tackle the situation. In a statement on Sunday, Ango Abdullahi, convener of the forum, said the situation is getting worse by the day. He said the constant attacks by bandits and Boko
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Vice Presidential Candidate of People’s Democratic Party, PDP, in the last elections, Mr Peter Obi, has urged Nigerians to hold on to every democratic ideal that would push the country forward in spite of so many challenges facing the nation. Obi, in a release made available to the press as the country celebrates her Democracy
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There is no iota of truth in the report purported to have been published in the Guardian to the effect that Nigeria may lose 24 Local government Area councils to new UN STATE on the basis of “OBASANJO, BIYA CEDED TERRITORIES IN 2003” Former Director -General of the National Boundary Commission of Nigeria 1999 to
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By: Albert Peter If the news of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon Femi Gbajabiamila, on Wednesday 3rd June 2020, denying ever writing any letter for an extension of the tenure of the Clerk of the National Assembly, Sani Ataba Omolori and other Staff is anything to go by, then one wonders
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Nigeria sit of power, Aso Rock experienced fire outbreak on Thursday morning, sending fears to the jitters off the spine of the workers . The Senior Special Assistant on Media to the President Garba Shehu said it is a minor incident and has been brought under control. He attributed it to an electric spark that
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The budget office says the allocation for the renovation of the National Assembly (NASS) Complex in the 2020 budget is N9.25 billion and not N27billion as being quoted by so many reports. Ben Akabueze, budget office director-general, cleared the air on Thursday while reacting to reports on the planned renovation, The DAILY VENDOR reports. He
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