Tag Archives: Buhari

N40bn NDDC Probe: Buhari Vows To Get To The Root Of Crisis

•Lawmakers mull arrest warrant President Muhammadu Buhari has vowed to get to the root of the crisis rocking the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). According to a statement by Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, Buhari ordered speedy and coordinated investigation by security agencies and the National Assembly to ensure that the administration’s effort to ...

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Nigeria To Generate $500m Annually From Gold Mining –Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has said improved gold mining operations in the country would generate over $500 million annually in royalties and taxes to the Federal Government  while creating no fewer than 250,000 jobs for citizens. He disclosed this at the official presentation of locally mined gold bars by the Presidential Artisanal Gold Mining Development Initiative (PAGMDI) at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, ...

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Buhari Backs Keyamo On 774,000 Jobs For Youths

President Muhammadu Buhari has directed Minister of State for Labour and Employment Festus Keyamo to proceed with the recruitment of 774,000 youths. They are to undertake public works across the 774 local government areas from where 1,000 each are to be hired. Each participant is to be paid N20,000 monthly for the three-month duration of the programme designed to begin ...

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Oh No, North Again!

By Felix Oboagwina Who will tell the President? How do we get General Muhammadu Buhari to realise that appointing his namesake and fellow Northerner, Mr. Mohammed Umar Abba, as replacement for the disgraced Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ibrahim Magu, another Arewa son, further rubbishes his swearing-in promise to “belong to everybody and belong to ...

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APC Chieftain Lauds Okodudu’s Appointment As Ag. Vice Chancellor Of UNIPORT

Former National Publicity Secretary of the defunct New People’s Democratic Party (nPDP) and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, has expressed delight over the appointment of Prof. Stephen Okodudu, a seasoned administrator with proven competence in public service, as Ag. Vice Chancellor of the University of Port Harcourt. In a statement made available to media houses, ...

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Buhari Signs Revised 2020 Budget

President Muhammadu Buhari in order to keep strictly with the January – December budget cycle, on Friday signed into law, the revised N10.8 trillion budget for the year 2020 passed by the National Assembly in June. He said the budget had to be revised because of the effect of coronavirus on the nation’s economy. He said the ministries, departments and ...

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Despite Low Votes, Buhari Fair To Southeast In Appointments, Infrastructural Projects – Adesina

Femi Adesina, Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President Muhammadu Buhari, has said his principal has been fair to the Southeast region in political appointments and infrastructural projects. The spokesperson said the President has treated the region fair enough “despite the sparse number of votes in the South East in 2015 and 2019 elections”. Adesina stated this on ...

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Buhari Suspends Magu As EFCC Boss

President Muhammadu Buhari has suspended the acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu. Buhari had earlier set up a presidential panel headed by Justice Ayo Salami to probe the various allegations leveled against the EFCC boss. The panel grilled Magu for hours on Monday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja before he was taken into police custody. ...

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Igbo Owe Buhari Eternal Gratitude, Says Arthur Eze

Billionaire oil magnate, Prince Arthur Eze, on Sunday said Ndigbo owed President Muhammadu Buhari eternal gratitude for what he called the massive provision of economic and infrastructural facilities in the South-East geopolitical zone. He said Igbo benefitted more under his regime,   adding that Buhari had become a hero in the area for religiously executing projects like Akanu Ibiam International Airport and ...

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SERAP Gives Buhari 14 Days To Probe Over N300bn Missing Public Funds

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has given President Muhammadu Buhari 14 days to “direct the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Mr Abubakar Malami, SAN, and appropriate anti-corruption agencies to urgently investigate allegations that over N300bn of public funds are missing, mismanaged, diverted or stolen, as documented in the 2017 audited report by the Auditor General ...

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