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Buhari writes Senate, seeks legal framework for social investment programme
President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the Senate seeking the legalisation and institutionalisation of the National Social Investment Programme (NSIP). In the letter to Senate President Ahmad Lawan, Mr Buhari requested the Senate to consider and approve an executive bill forwarded to it to that effect. “Pursuant to Section 8(2) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria…
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Nigerians most litigious people on earth – CJN
The Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola says Nigerians, especially the political class are the most litigious people on earth putting the judiciary under a lot of pressure. Justice Ariwoola made the assertion on Monday in Abuja at the special session of the Supreme Court held to mark the beginning of the 2022/2023 legal year and the swearing-in…
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Buhari implores ECOWAS to keep faith with vision of founding fathers
President Muhammadu Buhari, Monday in Abuja, reminded legislators of the ECOWAS parliament on the need to align their programmes with those of the founding fathers of the sub-regional body. The President, who stated this at the opening of the 2022 Second Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Parliament, said: “The vision of the founding fathers of ECOWAS was to have a…
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Beware of money, passport thieves in UK, US, others, FG warns citizens
The Federal Government has warned Nigerians travelling to the United Kingdom, the United States and other European countries to take more care of their possessions. Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed gave the advice at the 5th edition of PMB Administration Scorecard (2015-2023)Series in Abuja. He said there had been a more reported cases thefts of possessions of Nigerian…
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Nigeria to experience dust haze, NiMet warns
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted dust haze and sunshine from Monday to Wednesday across the country. NiMet’s weather outlook on Monday in Abuja predicted slight dust haze across the North with prospects of moderate dust haze in Borno, Yobe, Jigawa, Kano, Katsina and Kaduna. “Sunny skies with patches of clouds are envisaged over the inland of the south…
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Buhari will leave Nigeria safer than he met it, says Adesina
Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity Femi Adesina says President Muhammadu Buhari will leave Nigeria a safer country than he met it when he took over in 2015. Adesina was speaking while appearing on Channels TV Programme Sunday Politics. Adesina who listed the president’s achievements, said the country was approaching collapse before Buhari came into power. “No…
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Tinubu charges Nigerians not to allow PDP near nation’s commonwealth again
…Urges Lagosians to vote Sanwo-Olu/Hamzat for second term All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has called on Nigerians not to allow the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) anywhere near Nigeria’s commonwealth again because of the destruction the party wrought on the country. Tinubu made the call on Saturday in Lagos at the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere venue of…
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Drug war: NDLEA, French police commend partnership as Marwa seeks more support
Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Brig. Gen. Mohamed Marwa (Retd), has commended the support from the Police Nationale (RAID) of France especially in the areas of training and equipment. The NDLEA boss spoke in his office in Abuja on Friday when the Police Attaché at the French Embassy in Nigeria, Emmanuel Verin, led a…
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Buhari in Niamey, commissions road project, unveils French version of biography
President Muhammadu Buhari has called for greater cooperation among neighbouring countries with Nigeria to better combat escalating volatilities and multiplicity of threats across West Africa and the Sahel. The President was speaking on Thursday in Niamey, the capital of Niger Republic, at the launch of the French version of his biography, Muhammadu Buhari: the Challenges of Leadership in Nigeria, after…
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BREAKING: Buhari nominates Lauretta Onochie as NDDC Chairman
President Muhammadu Buhari has nominated Lauretta Onochie as the substantive chairman of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The president forwarded Onochie’s name to the Senate for confirmation on Wednesday. Senate President Ahmed Lawan read Onochie’s name and that of 14 other nominated members of the board at plenary on Wednesday. Onochie, who is currently the Special Adviser to the…
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