January 10, 2020

Buhari, ASUU Meet In Aso Rock Amid IPPIS Controversy

January 10, 2020 1:16 am

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday met with the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU.

The meeting was held behind closed-doors at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.

Disclosing this in a tweet, Buhari’s Special Assistant on New Media, Tolu Ogunlesi wrote: “ASUU meeting with the President this afternoon. Ministers of Education and Finance in attendance. #AsoVillaToday.”

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The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu and his Finance counterpart, Zainab Ahmed were also part of the dignitaries in the meeting.

The meeting is believed to be centered around the Integrated …

2023 Presidency: Shittu Reveals Reasons APC Won’t Win

January 10, 2020 1:15 am

Former Minister of Communication, Adebayo Shittu, says the All Progressives Congress, APC, may find it difficult to win the 2023 presidential election without President Muhammadu Buhari.

Shittu disclosed that if the APC fails to put its house in order Nigerians won’t vote them in 2023.

The Minister, who spoke in Osogbo, Osun State capital yesterday, said if the APC is not careful about the frustration being faced now, the party may find it hard to get votes in 2023.

He said: “APC must put its house in order.

“In the last two elections, Buhari got 15million votes in each and

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Uche Nwosu Opens Up On Buhari, Ex-Imo Gov, APC In 2023

January 10, 2020 1:15 am

Former Imo Action Alliance (AA) governorship candidate, Uche Nwosu, says achievements of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration would earn the All Progressives Congress (APC) continuity in power by 2023.

Nwosu, an in-law to former Imo state governor, Rocha’s Okorocha and his Chief of Staff, recently returned to the APC along with his supporters.

“I believe him; that is him and that is leadership”, NAN quoted him as saying on Wednesday in an interview.

“The APC under President Buhari has done well in the areas of fight against corruption, insecurity and agricultural development.

“In the area of agriculture, we now have

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2023: Buhari Mocks PDP

January 10, 2020 1:08 am

President Muhammadu Buhari has mocked the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over its “terminal decline and future in national politics.”

A statement on Thursday by his spokesman, Garba Shehu, said Nigerians were surprised reading a statement issued by them assuming the role of presidential image maker.

Shehu asked the PDP their business about alleged love lost between President Buhari and the APC.

“What do they know? Who sent them?”, he queried.

“Today, the PDP represents the single biggest obstacle to good governance and change that the country needs and the people are yearning for.

“Both self-respect and sound political judgement demand

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Electricity Tariff: Nigerians Paying For Darkness – Reps

January 10, 2020 1:07 am

The Deputy Minority of the House of Representatives, Toby Okechukwu has raised the alarm on the recently announced increment in electricity tariffs.

Mr. Okechukwu while speaking to THISDAY queried the basis for the increment which resulted in the Enugu zone being charged more than Lagos. He said that the House through its committee on Power will interrogate the increment.

According to the new increment released by Nigeria, Electricity Regulation Commission (NERC) electricity consumers in Ikeja got an increment from N13.34 per kWh since under the 2015 MYTO when the last review was carried out to N21.80 per kWh, while consumers

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2019 Polls: You’ve Admitted Irregularities – PDP To Buhari

January 10, 2020 1:06 am

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has declared that President Muhammadu Buhari’s recent comments on the nation’s electoral process under the current Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, is a clear admittance that 2019 general elections were not credible.

PDP said that if President Buhari is committed to ensuring free, fair and credible electoral process, he should reintroduce the 8th National Assembly’s Electoral Act Amendment bill, which he refused to sign, and make a fresh commitment to sign it into law immediately.

The National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Mr. Kola Ologbondiyan specifically challenged President Buhari to reciprocate the benevolence of Nigerians

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