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Senate recommends brave tanker driver, Ejiro, for national honours
The Senate has resolved to honour Ejiro Otarigho, the brave tanker driver who drove a burning tanker from danger zone to avert a tragic fire incident in Agbarho, Delta State. It also recommended Ejiro to President Muhammadu Buhari for National Honours. This followed a motion moved by the Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege (APC, Delta Central) and…
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Information minister inaugurates 24-member UNWTO conference planning committee
Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has inaugurated a 24-member planning committee for the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Global Conference on Tourism, Culture and Creative Industries taking place in Nigeria. Tagged the ‘First UNWTO Global Conference on Linking Tourism, Culture and the Creative Industries: Pathways to Recovery and Inclusive Development’, the conference will take place at…
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PHOTO NEWS: Osinbajo represents Nigeria at Africa CEO Forum
Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo was in Abidjan, capital of Ivory Coast to represent President Muhammadu Buhari and Nigeria at this year’s Africa CEO Forum. Osinbajo participated in high level policy discussion sessions and held bilateral talks with some African leaders and top Chief Executives of companies with interest in investing in Nigeria.
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PHOTO NEWS: Jonathan in attendance as Buhari celebrates last Democracy Day as president
President Muhammadu Buhari joined by former President Goodluck Jonathan, Chief Justice of Nigeria, Ibrahim Tanko Mohammed, Senate President, Dr. Ahmed Lawan, Speaker of House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, Minister of Defence, Maj. Gen. Bashir Magashi (Rtd), SGF Boss Mustapha, APC National Chairman, Abdullahi Adamu, Special Envoy to Lake Chad, Amb. Babagana Kingibe, Deputy Speaker Ahmed Idris Wase, Chief Of Staff,…
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FULL TEXT: Democracy Day address, By President Muhammadu Buhari
ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY, MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT AND COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA ON THE OCCASION OF COMMEMORATION AND CELEBRATION OF DEMOCRACY DAY 12TH JUNE, 2022 Fellow Nigerians, Today, June The 12th, marks another Democracy Day anniversary and an occasion to celebrate freedom and unity of our Nation. From 1999, we consistently…
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PHOTO NEWS: Buhari receives Emir of Kano, Nasiru Ado Bayero
Emir of Kano, HRH Nasiru Ado Bayero presented his Senegalese highest honor “National Order of Lion” to President Buhari during his audience in State House on 10th June 2022
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President Buhari inaugurates 27-man presidential council on e-government
President Muhammadu Buhari Friday in Abuja inaugurated the Presidential Council on Digital Economy and E-government, promising that his administration will continue to take advantage of digital technologies to transform every sector of the economy. The President directed the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami to chair the Council on his behalf and give regular updates. He…
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PHOTO NEWS: Osinbajo decorates Aide De Camp with new police rank
Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo SAN, on Thursday, along with the Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali decorated his Aide De Camp, ACP Ayoola Oladunni with the rank of Assistant Commissioner of Police at the State House , Abuja. Photos by Tolani Alli
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Abiodun hails Tinubu’s emergence as APC presidential candidate
By Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokuta Ogun State governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has congratulated the National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on clinching the presidential ticket of the party. Abiodun, in a statement, issued by him in Abeokuta, said the emergence of Tinubu as the APC presidential flag-bearer for the 2023 general election is a…
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Tinubu’s emergence as APC presidential candidate victory for Southwest, democracy, says SDP chieftain
By Richard Thomas, Ibadan Chairman, Social Democratic Party (SDP), Oyo State, Yinka Folahan has described the emergence of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), as victory for the Yoruba race and Nigeria as a whole. Reacting to Wednesday’s victory of Tinubu at the presidential primary of the APC, Folahan described the former Lagos State governor…
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