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Buhari gives $1m in charity to Afghanistan while not funding education – ASUU
Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has accused the Federal Government of being insensitive to the plight of Nigerians while doing charity. ASUU in a tweet Friday evening noted that the government of Nigeria donated $1m to support humanitarian efforts in Afghanistan at a time Nigerian students are at home. ASUU has, however, vowed not to enter into any renegotiation…
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Buhari shelves UK trip, return to Abuja from Kenya
President Muhammadu Buhari shelved his plans to travel to the United Kingdom for a medical check-up as he returned to the Abuja from Kenya. Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, announced Buhari’s return to Abuja on Friday. “President Buhari departs Nairobi, Kenya and arrives Abuja on 4th Mar 2022,” Adesina wrote on Facebook. The media…
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I will always defend our national interest, Buhari tells Nigerians in Kenya
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that his administration will continue to defend the interest of Nigerians wherever they may be, even as the nation begins the evacuation of citizens stranded in the aftermath of the happenings in Ukraine. President Buhari made this assertion Thursday in Nairobi, Kenya at a Townhall Meeting with a group of Nigerians resident in the country.…
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Buhari has lost control of Nigeria – PDP
Nigeria’s main opposition party, the People’s Democratic Party said the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government has lost control of leading the control and now has it on auto-pilot. In a statement by the party’s Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, the PDP asked Nigerians to instead support each other. “The prevailing chaotic situation in the country with widespread uncertainties unabating fuel crisis piercing…
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Stop Nigerian youths from joining Ukrainian army volunteer, Olowu tells FG
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo The Olowu of Kuta, His Royal Highness, Oba Adekunle Makama, Tegbosun III, has urged the Federal Government to stop Nigerian youths from joining Ukrainian army volunteer, saying that it will be counter productive. The monarch, who stated this on Thursday in a statement he personally signed and made available to newsmen in Osogbo, noted that if…
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FG approves US request to extradite Abba Kyari
The Federal Government on Thursday approved the request by the United States of America for suspended Commander of the Police Intelligence Response Team, Abba Kyari, to be extradited.Kyari, a Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) is wanted in the US over a $1.1million wire fraud perpetrated by Abass Ramon aka Hushpuppi and 4 others.The Federal Government’s approval was made known by…
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Governors’ wives deny travelling to Dubai for Aisha Buhari’s surprise birthday
Wives of Nigeria State Governors have denied travelling to Dubai to surprise First Lady, Aisha Buhari, with a birthday visit. Wife of Ekiti State Governor and Chair, Nigeria Governors’ Wives Forum, Erelu Bisi Fayemi made this known in a statement she signed on Wednesday. According to Fayemi, the governors’wives were already in Dubai with Buhari on an official trip and…
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