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Presidency Gives Ministers Ultimatum On #EndSARS Protests

Presidency Gives Ministers Ultimatum On #EndSARS Protests

October 29, 2020 8:50 pm

The Presidency has accused Amnesty International  (AI) of skewing report on the Lekki shootings, insisting it could not have more facts about the country than President Muhammadu Buhari’s ‘helicopter view’ of things happening in the country.

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This is even as the President has handed ministers one week ultimatum to submit reports of their relocation to their home states for the purpose of dousing the tension created by the #ENDSARS protests and the lawlessness that followed.

Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, stated this when …

Fani-Kayode Vs Daily Trust: Presidency Mocks Ex-Minister

Food Prices In Nigeria Are Coming Down – Presidency

September 11, 2020 2:58 pm

The Presidency on Friday says the prices of food items in the country are dropping as a result of the agricultural reforms of the regime of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.).

The President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, made this known while featuring on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme.

Shehu was reacting to the President’s directive Thursday that the Central Bank of Nigeria should not release money for food and fertiliser importation henceforth.

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NAN had earlier reported that the Manufacturers Association …

Should Tinubu Be Given A Chance At The Presidency?

Should Tinubu Be Given A Chance At The Presidency?

August 29, 2020 11:13 am

Ahead of the 2023 presidential elections, fingers are already pointing towards the fit, fierce and fortunate of the aspiring lot. This lot includes several notable individuals, some of which have already tried their hands at grasping the mantle, only to have it slip past greasy palms. Of all those being primed to star as lead protagonist in the show, none has experienced more traction than APC national leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.

Since the Commander-in-Chief of the Nigerian Armed Forces, President Muhammadu Buhari assumed power stakeholders and political analysts have been casting sidelong glances at Tinubu. It, apparently, seemed good to …

Accept Repentant Boko Haram Fighters Or They Go Back - Garba Shehu

Accept Repentant Boko Haram Fighters Or They Go Back – Garba Shehu

August 6, 2020 12:53 pm

The Presidency on Wednesday asked Nigerians not to reject repentant Boko Haram fighters unless they want the terrorists to take up arms and resume terrorism from which they’ve repented.

The presidency also dismissed as untrue, the insinuation that the current administration had been absorbing repentant Boko Haram terrorists into the Nigerian military.

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Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, said in a statement that none of the 601 former Boko Haram members who voluntarily laid down their arms and had recently graduated from …

Presidency Begins Search For Magu’s Replacement

Presidency Begins Search For Magu’s Replacement

July 8, 2020 9:48 am

The presidency is shopping for a possible replacement of Ibrahim Magu, the suspended chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The names of four people including a retired Deputy Inspector-General of Police (DIG), a retired Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG) and two serving police commissioners have been pencilled.

This is coming as the Presidential Panel led by Justice Ayo Salami, a former President of the Court of Appeal, continued with its interrogation of the embattled Magu at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

Credible sources said ahead of the invitation of Magu on Monday, the Salami panel had recommended for …

Nobody Can Dictate To Buhari – Presidency Speaks On NEC Meeting

Nobody Can Dictate To Buhari – Presidency Speaks On NEC Meeting

June 29, 2020 7:34 am

The Presidency on Sunday insisted that the All Progressives Congress, APC, National Executive Council, NEC, meeting held at the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa was virtual not a physical one.

President Muhammadu Buhari’s spokesman, Garba Shehu said no one can dictate to the president where to sit or hold meetings.

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Recall that APC NEC meeting, which led to the dissolution of the party’s National Working Committee, NWC led by immediate past National Chairman was held at the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

Reacting, the Peoples Democratic Party, 

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Presidency Speaks On Alleged Rift Between Buhari, Tinubu

June 28, 2020 7:57 am

The presidency has insisted that President Muhammadu Buhari and the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, are not at war.

A statement by the presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, said the relationship between Buhari and Tinubu was cordial.

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“To put the records straight: In the formation of this great party and giving it leadership, President Buhari and Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, who are reckoned as the founding fathers of the APC are both inspired by democratic norms, national interest and not at all by partisan

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Presidency Speaks On Reopening Worship Centres

Presidency Speaks On Reopening Worship Centres

April 29, 2020 3:34 pm

The Presidency has provided more clarity on President Muhammadu Buhari’s nationwide broadcast on Monday.

The Presidency cleared the confusion surrounding opening of religious worship centres

Senior Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, fielded questions on the broadcast when he appeared on TVC on Tuesday.

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President Buhari addressed Nigerians on Monday on the ravaging Coronavirus pandemic.

Speaking on the reopening of worship centres, the presidential spokesman said, “What Mr. President said yesterday was that, from Monday, May 4, there will be a gradual opening up and

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FG Attacks Senate For Asking Buhari To Address Nigerians

FG Attacks Senate For Asking Buhari To Address Nigerians

March 20, 2020 5:27 am

The presidency has reacted to Senate’s call that President Muhammadu Buhari should address Nigerians over the scourge of Coronavirus.

The lawmakers had charged the president to give an update on what his government was doing to address the issue of Coronavirus.

Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media & Publicity, on Thursday, described the calls as ‘populist advocacies’ and unnecessary.

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He maintained that the calls were cheap and sensational, adding that this is not a time for cheap politics.

“In this regard, populist advocacies such as the

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Presidency Opens Up On Booing Of Buhari In Maiduguri

February 13, 2020 9:03 am

Nigeria’s presidency has opened up on the booing of President Muhammadu Buhari by residents of Maiduguri, Borno State on Wednesday.

Buhari was in Maiduguri on Wednesday to sympathise with the people and government of Borno after Boko Haram terrorists killed 30 people at Auno village.

Residents of Maiduguri lined up the streets to boo the president as his convoy drove past.

But the presidency has accused opposition politicians of sponsoring thugs to carry out the dastard act to score cheap political gain.

Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity told the BBC Hausa service on …

Ogoni

Ogoni Clean Up On Course – Presidency

January 27, 2020 9:06 am

The Presidency, yesterday, said that significant progress has been recorded in the Ogoni Clean-Up project.

It said that since the Ogoni Cleanup commenced in January 2019, with 16 contractors moving to site, a total of 21 sites has so far been handed over to contractors by Hydrocarbon Pollution Restoration Project (HYPREP) under the Federal Ministry of Environment.

According to a statement by Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Laolu Akande, added that the Maritime University in Delta State is now on full steam with over 1,000 students spread across 13 undergraduate courses in three faculties; and …

2023 Presidency: Okupe Reveals Only Way PDP Can Defeat APC

January 20, 2020 2:25 pm
Doyin Okupe, a former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan has called on the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to change its name.

Okupe in a post on his Facebook page, said the change of name and formation of a new party is the only way PDP can defeat the All Progressives Congress, APC.

The former presidential aide said PDP in its present state cannot win 2023 presidential election.

According to him, the ‘‘formation of a new party, birthed by PDP, with new people, younger elements in society and politicians of other tendencies from various existing political parties including powerful but dissatisfied

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