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Buhari Overrules Power Minister, Mamman Again

January 10, 2020 2:18 am

President Muhammadu Buhari has cancelled the dismissal of Marilyn Amobi as the Managing Director of the Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading Company Limited (NBET).

Sale Mamman, Minister of Power, had asked Amobi to step down with immediate effect. He also ordered her probe.

Buhari’s decision was contained in a memo by the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF).

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The agency has also been moved from the Ministry of Power to the Ministry of Finance.

Nnaemeka Ewelukwa, who had assumed office as the Acting Managing Director

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Buhari, Tinubu Celebrate Mamman Daura At 80

November 10, 2019 1:45 am

President Muhammadu Buhari and one of the national leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, yesterday, joined family and friends to celebrate a veteran journalist, renowned entrepreneur and nephew of the President, Mamman Daura, who turned 80 years.

Buhari, in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, assured Daura that his footprint on the development of the country, and attention to family values, would always be remembered and appreciated, even as he extolled him for the visionary role he played in the banking sector and management of companies, and development institutions.…

Garlands For Mamman Daura

November 9, 2019 4:12 pm

When I look back now, I think the struggle against former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s Third Term Agenda, cemented my relationship with Malam Mamman Daura. As Editor of Daily Trust, I had been one of the earliest people, who got to read an outline of that agenda. We held very robust debates in our weekly Editorial Board meetings, which I also chaired, and we knew, that it was a moment that called for the most definitive struggle, against what was designed to jeopardize Nigeria’s democratic consolidation. I was very convinced at the personal level, that Nigeria deserved better, than what Obasanjo …