Major General Muhammadu Buhari

Buhari Appoints Sulaiman Ibrahim As New NAPTIP DG

December 2, 2020 3:35 am

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has sacked the director-general of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, Julie Okah-Donli and in replacement appointed Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim as the new DG of the agency.

This was contained in a statement released on Tuesday by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu. The statement was titled, ‘President Buhari Appoints Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim As Director-General, NAPTIP’.

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It read, ‘President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim as the new Director-General of the

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Buhari, Gowon, Obasanjo, Other Former Leaders Meet

October 23, 2020 7:06 am

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), is currently meeting some former Nigerian leaders.

Although the agenda of the meeting is not made public, issues bordering on the current security situation in the country are believed to top the agenda.

While Buhari is presiding from the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa, Abuja, some former Nigerian leaders are participating virtually.

Those participating virtually include General Yakubu Gowon (retd.); former President Olusegun Obasanjo; Gen Abdulsalami Abubakar (retd.); former President Goodluck Jonathan and Chief Ernest Shonekan.

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Borrowing To Subsidise Electricity Grossly Irresponsible – FG

September 7, 2020 4:45 pm

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), says it will be “grossly irresponsible” to borrow to subsidise electricity tariff amid the economic crunch caused by the lockdown occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic.

He also said no provision was made for fuel subsidy in the Revised 2020 Budget, noting that about N1.7trn has been spent on tariff shortfalls to support the electricity sector since its privatisation.

The President, who spoke on Monday during his second-term First Year Ministerial Performance Review Retreat in Abuja, noted that under the new arrangement, only customers who get electricity for 12 hours and above per day …

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Ganduje’s ₦300bn Chinese Loan Slavery – Kano Elders To Buhari

August 28, 2020 5:03 pm

Kano State Elders, under the aegis of the Kano Unity Forum, has petitioned the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), the National Assembly and the Federal Ministry of Finance, asking them to stop the ₦300bn loan the state Governor, Alhaji Abdullahi Ganduje, plans to obtain from China.

In the petition, titled, “A call for the urgent review of the proposed Chinese mono rail loan to Kano State Government,’ which was signed by its Chairman, Alhaji Bashir Tofa, the forum condemned Ganduje’s insistence on obtaining the loan from China Development Bank.

In a copy of the petition made available to …