The House of Representatives said on Monday that lawmakers were awaiting President Muhammadu Buhari’s response to the National Assembly’s invitation to address them on the state of the economy. The country is “technically in recession,” a development that forced both chambers of the National Assembly to invite the President to explain his plans on how to […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday said his administration was open to continue talks with Boko Haram, provided the sect agreed to involve international agencies. He said this while granting audience to the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Mr. Peter Maurer, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The President commended the role played by […]
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Nigeria commenced negotiations with the government of India for the release of $15bn as advance payment for crude oil purchase. The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, disclosed this on Monday. The minister was quoted to have said in a statement signed by the Director, Press, Ministry of Petroleum Resources, Idang Alibi, that the […]
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Melania Trump in an interview granted on Monday has justified her husband lewd comment on women, in which he bragged about groping them in a leaked tape from 2005 as “boy talk.” The wife to the Republican presidential nominee, who has kept a low profile during her husband’s presidential bid, gave her first television since the […]
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The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola has said Nigeria is investing massively in road construction, public housing and other infrastructure as part of measures to take the country out of recession. He said fund had been released for the payment of debts owed contractors, noting that this had led to the return of most of […]
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Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, in this interview with KAMARUDEEN OGUNDELE, bares his mind on many issues You made some predictions about Nigeria. Have they come to pass? The predictions were published in December last year. After the publication, so many people attacked me and said I predicted doom for Nigeria. But today, I won’t […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday declared that a new bank, Development Bank of Nigeria(DBN) would soon begin operations to strengthen the government’s economic diversification programme. Addressing the German-Nigeria Business Forum in Berlin, President Buhari said the bank, when fully operational, will support small and medium enterprises in the country, by improving their access to financing. […]
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The Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN), says the Federal Government has no exact figure of Nigeria’s looted funds abroad. Malami, who made this known at a Media Roundtable on Open Government Partnership in Abuja on Friday, said Nigeria would continues to liaise with other countries on the repatriation of looted funds, but […]
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The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, on Friday said President Muhammadu Buhari was only joking with his remarks that his wife, Aisha, belongs to the kitchen and other room. Shehu gave the explanation in a message posted on his Twitter handle. While saying that Buhari laughed before making […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed optimism on the release of more of the kidnapped Chibok girls, after 21 of them were freed by Boko Haram, following more than two years of captivity. Speaking at a joint press conference with the German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday in Berlin, President Buhari said negotiations will continue until […]
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The Petroleum Corporation in Nigeria has embarked on a more rigorous exploration for oil in the Gongola and other inland basin using the latest seismic data gathering technology. The NNPC Group Managing Director, Dr Maikanti Baru, in a statement on Saturday, said that the latest technology was similar to the ones used by neighbouring countries […]
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Several reactions have trailed Aisha Buhari’s comments that she may not back her husband, President Muhammadu Buhari, at the 2019 election unless he (the President) reshuffles his cabinet, report according to Punchng shows. Aisha Buhari, had in a BBC Hausa interview, expressed her displeasure in President Buhari’s government, saying that the President does not know […]
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