December 6, 2020

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Buhari Agrees With Restructuring – Gov el-Rufai

December 6, 2020 2:28 pm

Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari is not opposed to state police and true federalism.

El-Rufai, who was the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Committee on True Federalism, which submitted its report in 2018, said Buhari is not opposed to restructuring.

The Governor said that it was the National Assembly that has failed to act on the recommendations to make the laws.

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‘Nigeria is the only country in the world that is a federation that has only one police force, we have

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Lawan, Abaribe Trade Words Over Conduct Of 2019 Polls

December 6, 2020 4:58 am

Senate President, Ahmad Lawan and Minority Leader, Enyinnaya Abaribe, yesterday, traded tackles over the authenticity of votes from the North East during the conduct of the 2019 presidential election.

The duo clashed when the Senate confirmed Professor Mahmood Yakubu as chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for a second term.

Abaribe, had while making a case for a strong electoral system, questioned how INEC conducted elections in the North East in 2019 with huge turnout of voters and electoral victory for the All Progressives Congress (APC) despite the ongoing insurgency war.

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CBN Interventions In Agriculture For All Nigerians – Emefiele

Nigeria Must Discontinue Dependence On Crude Oil – Emefiele

December 6, 2020 4:56 am

Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele, has said that Nigeria must discontinue its dependence on crude oil to guarantee public revenue and foreign exchange.

Emefiele sad this on Saturday in Abuja during a ceremony to mark the end of the 2020 CBN Governor’s Golf Cup tournament.

The governor said that the country needs to utilize other economic potentials in order to move out of economic recession.

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He also stated that sports cannot be left behind while utilizing available tools to ensure the development of …

Insecurity: Government Doing Its Best – Buhari

AfCFTA: Buhari Issues Warning On January 1 Agreement

December 6, 2020 4:34 am

President Muhammadu Buhari has warned that the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) must not abuse the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Agreement.

The trade deal commences January 1, 2021.

Buhari spoke at the 13th Extra-Ordinary Summit of the African Union Assembly of Heads of State and Government held virtually on Saturday.

Represented by Foreign Affairs Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama, Buhari expressed excitement about the start of the agreement.

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The Nigerian leader said it was a fulfillment of the collective dreams of Africa’s founding fathers.

He stressed that any violation …

India Fails To Reach Agreement With Farmers

December 6, 2020 4:23 am

India’s government on Saturday failed to break a deadlock with farmers who are protesting over new agricultural reforms and will meet again on Wednesday to continue talk to end the weeklong protest, the agriculture minister and union leaders said.

Thousands of Indian farmers are demonstrating against the laws, which they say threaten their livelihoods, by camping on the outskirts of the capital New Delhi and blocking highways.

According to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government, the new laws are meant to overhaul antiquated procurement procedures and give growers more options to sell their produce.

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US Appeals Court Rejects Bid To Block Georgia Win For Biden

December 6, 2020 4:19 am

A Federal appeals court has on Saturday rejected a bid by a conservative lawyer to block President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in Georgia despite the fact that Georgia has certified the result. The court also left in place procedures that will make it easier for voters to cast absentee ballots in January when two Senate seats are up for grabs.

U.S. District Judge Steven Grimberg, a Trump nominee rejected attorney L. Lin Wood’s arguments and found in a Nov. 20 opinion that the lawyer had no standing to sue.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit in Atlanta also …

UN Chief Guterres, UK MPs, Support India Farmers’ Protest

December 6, 2020 4:15 am

The United Nation chief, Antonio Guterres and a group of 36 cross-party UK parliamentarians have come out in support of the agitating Indian farmers, saying people have a right to demonstrate peacefully and authorities should let them do so.

These reactions followed after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau reiterated his support for the protesting farmers despite India’s strong reaction to his earlier remarks that Canada will always be there to defend the rights of peaceful protests.