Former Aviation Minister, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode has lambasted elder statesman, Paul Unongo for advising President Muhammadu Buhari to deploy soldiers to the South-West zone to “protect Northerners”. Fani-Kayode in a Twitter thread on Sunday described Unongo’s advice as “reckless, irresponsible and dangerous”. Unongo, who is the Convener of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), made the
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A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mike Ozekhome, on Thursday described as unconstitutional and questionable the decision of President Muhammadu Buhari to extend the tenure of the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu. Adamu, who joined the Nigeria Police Force on February 1, 1986, attained the mandatory 35 years in service on Monday. But the Minister of
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President Muhamamdu Buhari has extended the tenure of the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu for another three months Indication to this effect was made known during a briefing with State House correspondents at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Thursday, by the Minister of Police Affairs, Maigari Dingyadi. He said Buhari’s decision to extend
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President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the establishment of a Federal Polytechnic in Shendam, Plateau State. The Personal Assistant on New Media to the President, Bashir Ahmad, disclosed this on his Twitter handle – @BashirAhmaad – on Monday evening. He said the Ministry of Education confirmed the development in a letter to the Plateau State Governor,
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President Mohammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Lt. Col. Yusuf Dodo as his Aid-de-camp (ADC). The new ADC replaces Lt. Col. Mohammed Abubakar, who is expected to proceed on a refresher course in Chile next month. Abubakar has been President Buhari’s ADC since 2015. Until his appointment, Dodo was the Academy Adjutant at the
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The Presidency on Friday said that there was a compelling reason to alert the nation of another alleged orchestrated smear campaign against President Muhammadu Buhari. Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, claimed the plot was to use some online newspapers and blogs to carry out the smear campaign. “The
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A Civil Rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has lamented that President Muhammadu Buhari made changes to the offices of Service Chiefs without accommodating the interest of the South East “even after five years of his systematic marginalization of the zone in the scheme of top security architectures.” In a statement
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Former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, says President Muhammadu Buhari is Nigeria’s highest risk factor at the moment and that his leadership style is quite detestable. Ezekwesili who attempted to contest for the 2019 presidential election before dropping out, took to her Twitter handle on Monday to post about Buhari’s leadership style, saying the President
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President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the re-appointment of Hadiza Bala Usman as Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) for another five years. The Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President, Femi Adesina, who disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, said Buhari also approved the reconstitution of the Non-Executive Board of the
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President Muhammadu Buhari has sworn in three members of the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) and a member of Police Service Commission (PSC). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the event took place at the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Wednesday, shortly before the commencement of the 30th virtual meeting
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President Muhammadu Buhari has formally approved the appointment of Mallam Abubakar Nuhu Fikpo as the Acting Director-General of the National Directorate of Employment, NDE. This was contained in a letter to the Minister of State, Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, SAN, dated Monday 18, 2021. A statement issued by the Senior Special Assistant to the
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The Senate has frowned at the Ministry of Petroleum Resources for spending, without due process, N98.4 million to supposedly print leaflets. The leaflets were said to have been printed as part of an awareness campaign programme for the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB). President Muhamamdu Buhari is the sudstantive minister of Petroleum Resources ministry, a portfolio
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President Muhammadu Buhari has finally approved the postings of ambassador-designates to Nigerian Missions abroad. The Nigerian Senate had six months ago confirmed nomination of the envoys. While 43 of them are career ambassadors, 52 are non-career ambassadors. However, in a statement on Tuesday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Permanent Secretary, Amb. Gabriel Aduda, announced that
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The All Progressives Congress (APC) has condemned the invasion of the United States of America Congress, by persons they described hoodlums, adding that America used to be a baseline for measuring democracy in other countries. The party further stated that the events in the US have shown how the integrity of a president can complement
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President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Justice Salisu Garba as Acting Chief Judge of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The appointment followed the retirement of Justice Ishaq Bello on Tuesday. According a statement issued by the Director of Information of the National Judicial Council, the new acting Chief Judge will be sworn-in on
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