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Buhari Has Done Well – Ohanaeze Replies Tanko Yakassai

Buhari Has Done Well – Ohanaeze Replies Tanko Yakassai

May 24, 2020 11:07 am

The apex Igbo sociopolitical organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has reacted to claims by Northern elder, Tanko Yakassai who had described President Muhammadu Buhari as an incompetent leader.

Ohanaeze’s Secretary General, Barr. Uche Okwukwu insisted that Buhari has done well since assuming power in 2015.

Yakassai, a former Presidential Adviser had said Buhari’s inability to fix some of the problems shows he is incompetent

Read Also; Buhari Is Incompetent, Can’t Fix Nigeria – Tanko Yakassai

However, Okwukwu in a chat with news men maintained that such was Yakassai’s opinion and does not reflect the general perception of Nigerians.

Okwukwu stressed that Buhari

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FG’s Palliatives Huge Scam, Give Account – PDP Dares Buhari

FG’s Palliatives Huge Scam, Give Account – PDP Dares Buhari

May 23, 2020 8:51 am

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has charged President Muhammadu Buhari-led Presidency to immediately make public detail of funds spent as palliatives to Nigerians.

PDP explained that the scheme which was aimed at cushioning the stay-home effect caused by COVID-19 pandemic had been exposed to ba a huge scam.

The opposition party made the call in a statement signed by its spokesman, Kola Ologbondiyan.

Read Also: No Palliative For Nigerians Who Recharge More Than ₦100

PDP also urged its state governors to help their counterparts in the All Progressives Congress, APC, in responding to the pandemic.

It stressed that had the

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NECO - Buhari Appoints Prof. Obioma As New Registrar

NECO: Buhari Appoints Prof. Obioma As New Registrar

May 23, 2020 7:38 am

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Professor Godswill Obioma as the new National Examinations Council (NECO) Registrar and Chief Executive Officer.

The approval was contained in a letter dated 15th May 2020 with Reference No: FME/PS/396/C1/1/134.

It was signed by the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu.

Read Also: Buhari Blasted For Giving ‘Strategic’ Appointments To Fulani

The letter noted that the appointment, for an initial tenure of five years, would take effect from 14th May 2020.

A statement by the Head of Information, Azeez Sani, said the Registrar officially took over the affairs of the Council from

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Buhari Executes Major Shake Up Of Permanent Secretaries

Buhari Sacks NECO Registrar, Prof. Uwakwe, Dismisses 4 Top Officials

May 21, 2020 3:17 am

President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked the Registrar, National Examination Council, NECO, Prof. Charles Uwakwe and outright dismissal of four top management officials of the council over series of allegations.

This was contained in a letter dated May 11, 2020 signed by the Permanent Secretary Federal Ministry of Education, Arc. Sonny Echono, on behalf of the Education Minister and made available by the Head, Information and Public Relations Division, NECO, Mr. Azeez Sani,

Their removal was as a result of recommendations by a panel investigating allegations of misconduct levelled against them while they were on suspension.

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Gambari - CUPP Raises Alarm Over Buhari’s New CoS

Gambari: CUPP Raises Alarm Over Buhari’s New CoS

May 14, 2020 6:05 am

The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) has expressed worry over the appointment of Ibrahim Gambari as the new Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari.

Gambari, a former Minister of Foreign Affairs replaces the late Abba Kyari, who died of coronavirus complications.

CUPP spokesman, Imo Ugochinyere, in a statement, said the body was aware that Gambari was a “die-hard agent of the late military dictator, Sani Abacha”.

Read Also: British Govt Reacts To Ibrahim Gambari’s Appointment

It alleged that Gambari supported “the evil execution of late Ken Saro Wiwa and annulment of June 12 election.”

CUPP said it will

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How Ibrahim Gambari Betrayed Me - Amb. Fafowora

How Ibrahim Gambari Betrayed Me – Amb. Fafowora

May 14, 2020 5:59 am

Former diplomat, Dapo Fafowora, has made damning comments circulating on social media about President Muhammadu Buhari yet-to-be-officially-named Chief of Staff, Professor Ibrahim Gambari.

79 years old Fafowora was Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative of Nigeria to the United Nations from 1981 to 1984.

The comments made as soon as speculations of Gambari’s appointment hit the public space and was confirmed by his nephew, the Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Zulu Gambari, reads

I know Ibrahim Gambari quite well.

I was the one who in 1981 brought him to the UN at his request as a member of the Nigerian delegation.…

Gambari, Buhari’s New Chief Of Staff Arrives Aso Villa

Gambari, Buhari’s New Chief Of Staff Arrives Aso Villa

May 13, 2020 10:33 am
President Muhammadu Buhari’s yet-to-be announced Chief of Staff, Professor Ibrahim Gambari, has arrived the Aso Villa in Abuja.

He is expected to be announced today.

On Tuesday, the Emir of Ilorin, Mai-Martaba, Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, had thanked Buhari for the “appointment”.

The Chairman, Kwara State Council of Chiefs, expressed gratitude in a statement by his spokesman, Abdulazeez Arowona.

But the presidency is yet to publicly confirm or deny the appointment.

Read Also: About Buhari’s New Chief Of Staff Ibrahim Gambari

The monarch described Gambari’s emergence as a great honour to the entire people of Ilorin Emirate and Kwarans.

Gambari noted that

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Deportation Of Almajiri Children Illegal – Reps

Deportation Of Almajiri Children Illegal – Reps

May 13, 2020 7:31 am
The House of Representatives has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to intervene and end the interstate movement of Almajiri immediately.

Some governors, mostly the Northern ones have been in the business repatriation of the almajiri children to their states of origin.

Also, vehicles conveying almajiri children have been intercepted in various states lately.

This formed part of the resolutions of the members of the House of Representatives during Tuesday’s plenary

The call followed a motion sponsored by a member of the House, Aishatu Dukku.

Dukku pointed out that the repatriation of almajiri children from one state to another goes against the

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What Buhari Told House Of Reps Concerning Borrowing ₦850b

What Buhari Told House Of Reps Concerning Borrowing ₦850b

May 8, 2020 7:01 am
President Muhammadu Buhari has explained that the COVID-19 pandemic and the fall of oil price in the international market has made borrowing from the international capital market unattractive.

Buhari explained this in a letter to the House of Representatives, saying he was constrained to ask the House to grant him approval to borrow ₦850 billion from the domestic capital market to finance deficits in the 2020 budget.

Buhari said that the N850 billion which was initially scheduled in the budget to be borrowed from the international capital market, was not possible now as a result of current global economic

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Abacha Loot - Buhari Opens Up On How $311m Will Be Spent

Abacha Loot: Buhari Opens Up On How $311m Will Be Spent

May 5, 2020 3:21 pm

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday opened up on projects that the repatriated $311m from the United States will be expended on Nigeria.

The amount is part of funds looted by the late Head of State, Sani Abacha and stashed away in the United States.

President Buhari indicated that the funds have been allocated for infrastructure development that is decades-overdue across Nigeria.

Read Also: Breaking: FG Gets $311.7m Abacha’s Loot From US

A statement by the President’s spokesperson, Garba Shehu said the money has been allocated for the completion of the second Niger Bridge, the Lagos-Ibadan and Abuja-Kaduna-Kano expressway.

Also, part

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Labour Charges Buhari To Reduce Fuel Price To N60 -Litre

Labour Charges Buhari To Reduce Fuel Price To ₦60/Litre

May 2, 2020 12:13 pm

Organised Labour, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to further reduce the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, otherwise known as petrol, to ₦60.

Labour said Nigerians should not pay more than N60 for a litre of petrol.

Organised labour also asked that an investment of 20 percent of the entire donations received by the government from individuals, groups and organizations to help combat the Coronavirus pandemic, should be used to fund the activities of various research institutes across the nation.

President of the United Labour Congress of Nigeria (ULC), Joe Ajaero, gave the advice when he addressed the media

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'The Person Who Leaked Buhari’s Speech Caught' - Adesina

‘The Person Who Leaked Buhari’s Speech Caught’ – Adesina

May 1, 2020 5:48 am

Femi Adesina, special adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on media and publicity, says the person who leaked the draft speech of the president hours to his last nationwide broadcast, has been caught.

Buhari had addressed the nation on Monday, extending the lockdown in Abuja, Lagos and Ogun by a week.

He also commended health workers on the frontline of the battle against COVID-19 and adopted some of the recommendations of governors about the pandemic.

Among the recommendations he listed for implementation are use of face mask in public, restriction of interstate movement and imposition of dusk to dawn curfew.…

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