PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has stated that it is difficult for Nigeria to develop when the nation’s wealth is in the hands of few individuals. The president who spoke on Monday at the National Political Summit organised by Save Democracy Group Africa in Abuja,a situation where politicians divert resources meant to provide drugs in the hospitals, […]
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PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari yesterday identified poverty, injustice and the lack of job opportunities as factors responsible for inter-communal and intra-communal conflicts in the country. The President stated this while receiving a delegation from the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, an organization active in the promotion of peace in Nigeria at the presidential villa, Abuja. Speaking, President Buhari […]
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President, Association of Ex-Local Government Chairmen in Nigeria (ASELGON), Hon. Albert Ashipa, Monday called on President Muhammadu Buhari to extend his anti-corruption campaign to Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs). Ashipa said it was necessary to end the culture of fraud in public service and reclaim all stolen funds back into government coffers. The association […]
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Members of the Senate and the House of Representatives are in a quandary over the crude oil benchmark to recommend for the 2016 budget, The Punch. The N6.07tn budget has had two days of debate on the general principles so far and will likely be referred to the committee stage on conclusion of the second […]
Read More Ijaw elders, Friday, urged President Muhammadu Buhari, to only go after persons behind the recent attacks on major oil and gas pipelines in the Niger Delta region. The leaders under the aegis of Bayelsa Elders Council (BEC) said Buhari should direct the security agencies to fish out the perpetrators and bring them to justice under […]
Read More PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday said that Nigeria would miss the wise counsels of Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Samuel Odulana. While commiserating with the people of Ibadan and the government of Oyo State on the passing away of the monarch at the age of 101 years, the President, who also expressed his condolences in a […]
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The Dangote Foundation on Thursday sealed a partnership worth $100m (N19.7bn) with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation towards ending malnutrition in Nigeria within the next five years. The agreement was sealed in Abuja by the President Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote who signed on behalf of the Dangote Foundation while Mr. Bill Gates signed on […]
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DESPITE the commotion that greeted the 2016 budget, the Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, says the budget is unprecedented in the country’s history. He said the budget was historic because for the first time in recent history, 30 per cent of the budget was dedicated to capital expenditure. The lawmaker, who said […]
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TELECOM firms operating in Nigeria should not put their desire to make profits above security concerns, President Muhammadu Buhari said on Tuesday. Nigeria has been pushing telecom companies to verify the identity of their subscribers amid fears that unregistered SIM cards were being used by criminal gangs in a country facing an insurgency from Boko […]
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NIGERIA Senate on Tuesday adopted the revised version of the 2016 budget estimates. The adoption of the corrected version of the budget followed a letter by President Muhammadu Buhari to the Senate President, Abubakar Bukola Saraki, on the revised budget proposals. Saraki read the Presidential letter in plenary on Tuesday. The letter personally signed by […]
Read More PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari said yesterday that Nigeria has made significant progress towards ending Boko Haram insurgency since his assumption of office. Speaking at a meeting with United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Mr. Ban Ki Moon on the sidelines of the World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi, Buhari said in collaboration with the Multinational Joint Task […]
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FEDERAL Government has alleged that 55 former government functionaries and top businessmen stole N1.34tn from public treasury in eight years. Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, made the allegation at a press conference to announce a National Sensitisation Campaign against Corruption in Abuja on Monday. Although Mohammed did not disclose the authority for […]
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