The Senate would this week meet to review the six-week ultimatum it gave President Muhammadu Buhari to end insecurity or be impeached. The upper legislative chamber billed to resume on Tuesday from the end of session recess, will sit as a whole to consider the security situation in the country since it gave the ultimatum
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Arewa Youth Assembly has given the President Muhammadu Buhari an ultimatum of Wednesday to sack the National Security Adviser, Major-General Babagana Mongonu (rtd.), or face mass action. The group said the failure of the President to sack the NSA before Wednesday, they would occupy the Presidential Villa until Monguno was sacked. The group had written
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President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the latest killing of tens of people by bandits in Zamfara State, warning that “such wanton disregard for life will be brought to an end sooner than later.” Over fifty persons were allegedly killed while several others were wounded when bandits invaded over six communities in Zamfara State. The bandits
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Eleven out of the eighteen judges elevated from high courts to the court of appeal are of northern extraction. The eighteen judges were elevated from the Federal High Court and some State High Courts. The approval was communicated to the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad by the Chief of Staff to the
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THE Indigenous People of Biafra on Thursday said the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), was wooing its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, with a huge bribe to drop the Biafra struggle. Media and Publicity Secretary of the secessionist group, Emma Powerful, disclosed this in a statement sent to our correspondent in Awka, Anambra State. He described
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Garba Shehu, presidential spokesperson, says President Muhammadu Buhari’s current trip to the United Kingdom is not for medical tourism. Speaking on Tuesday when he featured on Politics Today, a Channels Television programme, Shehu said the president has maintained a relationship with his doctors in the UK for over 30 years. On Monday, Femi Adesina, special
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President Muhammadu Buhari will be proceeding to London, the United Kingdom, on Tuesday for a routine medical check-up. The president’s spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, confirmed this development in a statement in Abuja on Monday. According to the presidential aide, the President will meet with Security Chiefs first in the morning, after which he will embark
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The Governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa, has written a protest letter to President Muhammadu Buhari over the £4.2 million repatriated from the money allegedly looted by former governor of the state, James Ibori, asking the Federal Government to return the funds to the state for infrastructure projects. Okowa who made this known while featuring
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The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has rejected the assessment of the Buhari administration by the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC). Reacting to the current rating by CISLAC on Wednesday, March 24, Mohammed described it as unfair and unacceptable. CISLAC, a non-governmental organisation, had on March 23, held a press briefing
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President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha and other prominent Nigerians will be among the first set of Nigerians to receive the COVID-19 vaccine on live television. They are expected to receive the first dose of the vaccine on Saturday, March 6. The Executive
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Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, has sacked his Special Adviser on Media, Salihu Tanko Yakasai, barely a day after the aide criticised President Muhammadu Buhari over his failure to end the security crisis rocking the country. Salihu had called on the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government to either deal with bandits in the country or resign.
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President Muhammadu Buhari ordered thorough investigations into the fatal crash of Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Beechcraft KingAir B350i aircraft in Abuja. At least seven persons were killed when the military aircraft crashed on the runway of the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja, on Sunday. Buhari, who reacted to the incident via a statement issued by
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President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Ahmed Abubakar Audi as the new Commandant-General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola announced on Thursday. He said the appointment followed the retirement from service of Abdullahi Gana Muhammadu, in January. The Minister also added that the President
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The Senate, yesterday, told President Muhammadu Buhari to declare a state of emergency on security nationwide. It said any further delay will not be good for the country.It made the call, following a point of order by Sani Musa, on the abduction of students and staff of Government Science Secondary School in Kagara, Niger State
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Members of the All Progressives Congress in Kwara South, under the aegis of APC Youth Stakeholders, on Wednesday, urged the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to sack the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, from his cabinet for non-performance. Chairman of the forum, Tiamiyu Mumini, made the request on behalf of the stakeholders
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