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FEC approves N853m Ajaokuta steel, Itakpe ore concession
The Federal Executive Council has approved hiring of transaction advisors for consultancy services for the concession of Ajaokuta Steel Company Limited and the National Iron Ore Mining Complex, Itakpe. The total sum of N853,266,644.4 was approved for the consultancy services. The decision was reached at the FEC meeting precided over by President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday. Minister of Information and…
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Again, Deputy Senate Minority Whip, Danbaba, defects to APC
Deputy Minority Whip of the Senate, Ibrahim Danbaba, has defected from the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The lawmaker’s decision to join the APC was conveyed in a letter read at the start of plenary by the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, on Wednesday. Danbaba, who represents Sokoto South in the upper chamber of the…
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Join me to defeat insecurity in Nigeria, Buhari charges party leaders
President Muhammadu Buhari has urged leaders of political parties to join his administration to successfully defeat insecurity in the country. Buhari was speaking on Tuesday at the iftar dinner with members of the business community and the leadership of political parties. In a statement signed by Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, the President described…
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Tinubu travels to Saudi Arabia for lesser hajj
All Progressives Congress National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu left Nigeria midnight Monday to Saudi Arabia for the lesser hajj. Tinubu arrived Medina early morning Tuesday and he is expected to get to Mecca by evening. It has become a yearly tradition for the APC presidential aspirant to perform Umrah. According to sources close to Tinubu, he will return to Nigeria…
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Buhari congratulates Macron on reelection as French president
President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated French President Emmanuel Macron on wining his reelection. President Buhari in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said Macron “continues to inspire a new generation of leaders and interest in politics and governance”. “President Buhari affirms that the iconic leadership style of the French President, who spent six…
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PHOTO NEWS: AfDB President, Adesina, pays homage to Ooni
President of Africa Development Bank, Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina has paid homage to Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi. Adesina in Abuja visited Ooni at Transcorp Hilton Hotel where the monarch praised his work on behalf of the people of the continent and how he is representing Nigeria and Yoruba race very well. Ooni particularly praise the Nigeria’s former Minister of…
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Sanwo-Olu mourns Alaafin, commiserates with Makinde, Oyo indigenes
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has mourned the passing of the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III, who passed away on Friday at the age of 83.He commiserated with the Governor ‘Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, the people of the ancient town of Oyo and the entire Yoruba both home and in the diaspora over the demise of the first class…
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Buhari mourns Alaafin of Oyo’s demise
President Muhammadu Buhari has joined other Nigerians in mourning the passing away of the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III, on Friday. In a statement by Femi Adesina, his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, President Buhari said Oba Adeyemi’s reign covered major historic transitions in the country, and witnessed transformations in his domain. “The President affirms that the…
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Oba Adeyemi was a symbol of Nigeria’s epic struggle in self-discovery, self actualisation – Obasanjo
By Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokuta Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has described the late Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi as a symbol of a Nigeria’s epic struggle in self-discovery and self actualisation. Obasanjo stated this in a condolence letter to Governor ‘Seyi Makinde of Oyo State and the people of Oyo town. The former president’s letter of condolence was made…
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Buhari orders reopening of Idi Iroko, three other borders
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the immediate reopening of Idi Iroko (Ogun State), Jibia (Katsina State), Kamba (Kebbi State) and Ikom (Cross River State) land borders. This was disclosed by the Deputy Comptroller-General of Customs, EI Edorhe, in a circular issued on Friday on behalf of the Comptroller General of Customs. The circular, which was copied to all Assistant Comptrollers-General/Zonal…
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