A cross section of Nigerians have attacked President Muhammadu Buhari over his decision to build a rail line from Nigeria to Niger Republic. The rail project which will cost about $1.9 billion was approved by Buhari during the Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting on Wednesday. They advised the President to focus on connecting states that
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The crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress, APC in Ekiti state has seriously deepened with the recent suspension of 12 party chieftains. It was reported that Presidential Adviser, Senator Babafemi Ojudu; son-in-law to Senator Bola Tinubu, Oyetunde Ojo; former governorship aspirant, Dr Wole Oluyede; Ayo Ajibade; Femi Adeleye, Chief Akin Akomolafe; Bamigboye Adegoroye; Olusoga Owoeye;
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Chief Whip of the Senate and Senator representing Abia North Senatorial zone, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for approving the construction of the section two of Ohafia to Arochukwu road in Abia North Senatorial district of Abia State. The Federal Executive Council (FEC) had on Wednesday approved N12 billion for the
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Members of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Anambra State chapter have express misgiving about Minister of Labour and Employment in the affairs of the party in the state. In a letter to President Muhammadu Buhari, signed by Jideofor Ejimofor, Emeka Kammelu, Gody Offor, Henry Obiokpala, Ugochukwu Egbobe Joseph Molokwu, Ayamelum and Paul Chuks Umenduka, the
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A Benue youth group, Tiv Youth Council Worldwide yesterday demanded that the Federal government revisits the probe of the circumstances that led to the killings of hundreds of Nigerians in Benue and Bayelsa states during the former president Olusegun Obasanjo administration. The group at a press conference in Abuja argued that it would be in
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President Muhmmadu Buhari had a closed-door meeting with President of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo, late Sunday night at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, Abuja.The meeting was made public at about 11:36pm on Sunday by Personal Assistant to the President on New Media, Bashir Ahmad, on his Twitter handle.“President @MBuhari receives Ghanian President H.E. @NAkufoAddo tonight in
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A former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has said that promising people free and fair elections was not done with by ‘mere lip service’. He said such promise should be accompanied by commitment and should be demonstrated by “way of equal access and restriction to every stakeholder.” Atiku was responding to the event in Edo ahead
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday advised political parties, candidates and security agents to behave responsibly in Saturday’s governorship election in Edo State. The president, in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, warned voters, political parties, election officials and security personnel, against “the do-or-die mentality to politics.” He said:
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President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the Nigeria Police Bill 2020 into law. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday. The president, according to the statement, communicated his signing of the Bill to the National Assembly through a memo dated September 16, 2020, and
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Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, to President Muhammadu Buhari, Mr. Femi Adesina, has said Nigeria has always been divided and that it did not start under Buhari. According to him, right from amalgamation, Nigeria has been a divided country.Speaking during a Channels TV programme , yesterday Adesina said the division in the country predates
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President Muhammadu Buhari’s praise singer, Dauda Kahutu popularly known as Rarara, has received not less than N57m to release a new song in favour of the President. Kahutu got the funds less than 48 hours after asking for money to release a song in favour of the President. The singer, who was in 2019 appointed
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A former governorship aspirant in Zamfara State, Senator Kabiru Garba Marafa, yesterday warned stalwarts of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to be wary of alleged plot to install a serving governor as President Muhammadu Buhari’s successor in 2023. He said the plot by some members of the Governors’ Forum to hijack the APC machinery to
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President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the Minister of Labour, Chris Ngige to meet with the organised labour on the state of the Nigerian economy and how the situation affects the people. The Minister disclosed this to State House Correspondents on Friday, after briefing the President on the state of his Ministry’s affairs. Ngige said that
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A former governor of Abia state has said he can bring peace to southeast by convincing Nnamdi Kanu to drop agitation for Biafra. Senate Chief Whip and a former Governor of Abia State, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, has begged the federal government to allow the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra ( IPOB), Maazi
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President Mohammadu Buhari on Monday warned of dare consequences if his administration resumes the business of fixing or subsidising Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) also known as petrol. He said a return to the old order will force the resumption of the scenario that had characterised the country but now a thing of the past. The
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