President Muhammadu Buhari and the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, have been sued over the shooting of #EndSARS protesters at the Lekki toll gate in Lagos last Tuesday. In a N10bn suit filed before the Federal High Court in Lagos, a lawyer, Olukoya Ogungbeje said he is suing President Buhari, Buratai, and
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President Muhammadu Buhari has finally addressed the country concerning the shooting of #ENDSARS protesters in Lekki, Lagos by soldiers. In a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, Buhari explained he decided not to talk on the shooting incident until he had access to all the facts. He also promised
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Zainab Ahmed, The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, said that the Federal Government has created a N25billion youth empowerment fund in a bid to address youth turbulence in the country. The Minister of Finance, who revealed this on Saturday during a meeting with the Deputy Governor of Kaduna State, Dr. Hadiza Balarabe, in
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Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari has finally revealed on Friday that 69 persons were killed in the #EndSARS protests across the country. BBC reported that the Nigerian President disclosed this during a virtual meeting with former leaders and security chiefs on Friday October 23. He said that 51 civilians, 11 police officers, and seven soldiers were
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Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to President Buhari on Media and Publicity, has declined the belief of many Nigerians and said that Lekki shooting was not left out in President Muhammadu Buhari’s national broadcast on Thursday. Adesina, made this know to public on Friday, when he appeared as a guest on Channels Television’s Politics Today.
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Mr. Sunday Dare, the Minister of Youth and Sports Development, said on Friday night that President Muhammadu Buhari has given an order for the shooting of #EndSARS protesters in the Lekki area of Lagos, to be seriously investigated. It could be recalled that armed soldiers had on Tuesday opened fire on the youths protesting police
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President Buhari is currently in a closed door meeting with former leaders of the country. This is coming on the heels of the increasing level of insecurity in the country. According to Bashir Ahmad, the Personal Assistant to the president, the former leaders in attendance include Olusegun Obasanjo, Goodluck Jonathan, Abdulsalami Abubakar, Ernest Shonekan and
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The Peoples Democratic Party frowned at President, Major General Muhamadu Buhari (retd.) address to Nigerians, on Thursday night, says the speech is empty and lacks empathy. The party’s position was contained in a statement titled, ‘EndSARS: Buhari’s Address Disconnected, Failed Empathy Test – PDP,’ signed by the National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Kola Ologbondiyan,
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President Muhammadu Buhari will address Nigerians on Thursday, October 22, 2020 at 7pm, according to a statement by his spokesman. 14 days after the protests that have seen the death of dozens of Nigerian youths, the President is set to address the nation tonight. The President is expected to address the situation even as tension
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President Muhammadu Buhari is currently presiding over the National Security Council meeting in the presidential Villa, Abuja. The meeting, which holds quarterly, is coming amidst ongoing unrest in different parts of the country.The said meeting, is usually held quarterly, but is coming so sudden do to security challenges in different parts of the country as
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President Muhammadu Buhari has been asked by the Senate to urgently address Nigerians over the ongoing #EndSARS protest in different parts of the country. The federal lawmakers made the call on Tuesday following a motion sponsored by former Senate Minority Leader, Biodun Olujimi. While calling on all tiers of government to put in place and
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Nollywood actor, Yul Edochie has called for the resignation of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari due to bad governance. According to Yul Edochie, he was very vocal during the Goodluck Jonathan and called for his resignation.According to him, Buhari’s administration is worse than that of previous government. The thespian
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President Muhamadu Buhari has directed the removal of the Chairman, Governing Board of the Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC), Tonye Clinton Jaja from office Jaja’s sack, it was learnt was approved by President Buhari in a letter dated September 28, 2020, with reference number: 59312/V/230.The Solicitor General of the Federation nd Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of
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The wife of the President, Aisha Buhari, has called on her husband, Muhammadu Buhari, and service chiefs to “save the people”. Mrs Buhari tweeted a video of her husband Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), in a meeting with service chiefs at the Presidential Villa, accompanied with the Hausa word, #Achechijamaa, which means “save the people”.
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President Muhammadu Buhari commissioned a road, in the capital city of Bissau, named in his honour, on Guinea Bissau’s 47th Independence anniversary. President of Guinea Bissau, Umaro Embalo has named a street after President Muhammadu Buhari. He said it was a mark of honour and respect he has for the Nigerian leader due to his
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