In commemoration of the World Teachers Day on October 5, President Muhammadu Buhari has approved a special salary scale for teachers in the country He also increased the number of years of service from 35 to 40. Mr Buhari said this in Abuja on Tuesday during the celebration of the 2020 World Teachers Day. The
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Nigerian music star and actor, Falz has slammed the Buhari-led administration for being ” insensitive to the plight of Nigerians.” Falz in his tweet, alleged that this government is always absent. He tweeted; By farrrrr the MOST insensitive government ever in our history. Unbelievable. Just always so absent.He also promised to join in the protest
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A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Mumakai Unagha, said on Saturday President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration was more corrupt than ex-President Shehu Shagari’s. The late Shagari’s administration was toppled in a military coup led by the president on December 31, 1983. Buhari, who was Nigeria’s head of state from January 1, 1984, to
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President Muhammadu Buhari has, on behalf of Nigeria, signed the Instrument of Ratification of the Doha Amendment of the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC). The president’s action in Abuja on Friday makes Nigeria the 144th country to ratify the protocol. In appending his signature to the document, he
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Fellow Nigerians, I speak to you today as your President and fellow citizen on this epoch occasion of our country’s 60th independence Anniversary. As President, I wish to renew my appreciation to Nigerians for entrusting me with your hopes and aspirations for a better and greater Nigeria. Today, it is my unique privilege to re-commit
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President Muhammadu Buhari has sworn in four newly appointed Permanent Secretaries of the Federal Civil Service. The brief swearing-in ceremony took place just before commencement of the weekly virtual Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting in the Council Chambers of the State House. The four new Permanent Secretaries, including three men and a woman, are completing
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Former Governor of Imo State and the Senator representing Imo West senatorial district in the National Assembly, Senator Rochas Okorocha, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to imbibe the spirit of “hire and fire” mechanism, saying there is no point keeping incompetent people in government. Okorocha stated this when the Integrity Group, a forum of non-National
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Former governor of Imo State, Senator Rochas Okorocha, has said that the inability of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to give President Muhammadu Buhari structural support was responsible for the non reflection of the President’s good intentions to Nigerians.Opening up on the problems bedeviling the party, Rochas urged President Buhari to adopt hire and fire
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President Muhammadu Buhari is delighted that the bond of friendship between Nigeria and The People’s Republic of China has continued to strengthen. The President, in a letter of felicitation with President Xi Jinping on the occasion of the 71st Anniversary of the proclamation of the Republic of China, and the country’s National Day, said though
Read moreSocio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has requested that the President, Muhammadu Buhari, instruct the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, to prosecute high-profile corruption cases. The organization said the high-profile cases include 103 files reportedly sent to Malami by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in 2017. The
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Gov. Abubakar Bagudu of Kebbi State says President Muhammadu Buhari’s policies have began to yield the desired results in the country. The governor made this known during a visit to a private rice mill, owned by a business mogul, Alhaji Sahabi Lolo in Kamba, Dandi Local Government Area(LGA )of the state on Sunday. The News
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President Muhammadu Buhari has described the attack on the convoy of Babagana Zulum, governor of Borno, as an attempt to sabotage the return of internally displaced persons (IDPs) to their homes. In a statement condemning the incident, Garba Shehu, the president’s spokesman, quoted him as asking Borno government officials and security agencies to remain resolute.
Read morePresident Muhammadu Buhari has renewed the appointment of Dr Bello Aliyu Gusau as the Executive Secretary of Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) and Ahmed Bobboi as the Executive Secretary/Chief Executive Officer of Petroleum Equalization Fund (PEF). Mr Femi Adesina, who confirmed the appointments in a statement in Abuja on Friday, said Simbi Wabote was also
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday received the re-elected governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki and his deputy, Phillip Shaibu in Abuja. Photos provided by Bayo Omoboriowo, Personal Photographer to President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari.
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The Anambra State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has disowned a petition to the President, Major General Mohammadu Buhari(retd.), against the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige. The petitioners had accused Ngige of high-handedness and selfishness, urging Buhari to caution him in order to save the party in Anambra. But in a
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