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Buhari Orders Customs Release 150 Trucks Of Rice

April 7, 2020 7:12 am

President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered distribution of 150 trucks of rice seized by Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) to the 36 states of the federation.

The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed disclosed this while fielding questions from journalists at a news conference in Abuja on Monday.

The news conference was on the fiscal stimulus measures in response to COVID-19 pandemic and oil prices fiscal shock.

Ahmed said the seized trucks of rice had been handed over to the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management for onward distributions to Nigerians.

She added that in addition …

Buhari Govt Under Fire Over Exclusion Of South-East

Buhari Govt Under Fire Over Exclusion Of South-East

April 6, 2020 1:15 pm

A South-East group, Igbo Renaissance Forum has knocked the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government over its approach to the ₦20,000 stimulus package for the ‘poorest in the society.’

The group said it was baffling that the government decided to share a total of ₦52bn to 2.6 million poor families in cash, without a clear system for accountability and transparency.

The Forum described as shocking government decision to give cash to individuals across the table, adding that by this, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management, Sadiya Umar Farouq, had flouted the government’s order on social distancing and clearly contravenes the

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Buhari Under Pressure To Reject 5G Network Immediately

Buhari Under Pressure To Reject 5G Network Immediately

April 5, 2020 6:29 am

A former lawmaker representing Kogi West senatorial district at the National Assembly, Senator Dino Melaye has told President Muhammadu Buhari to publicly reject the launch of the 5th Generation (5G) network.

Melaye claimed that the 5G is a global economic strategy introduced into the global market purely for economic gain without due regards to human lives.

Dino Melaye tweeted, “The real problem is not the coronavirus but the 5G that has been deployed which have some chemical reactions to human cells which eventually manifest as the flu. If this is the problem why is the world not speaking against it?

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FG Blasted For Begging Billionaire For Ventilators

FG Blasted For Begging Billionaire For Ventilators

April 2, 2020 1:37 pm
President Muhammadu Buhari-led government has come under attack for demanding free ventilators from Elon Musk.

The Ministry of Finance and Budget Planning through its official handle on Thursday took to Elon Musk’s twitter page requesting for 100-500 ventilators.

However, this did not go down well with some Nigerians who wondered what the billions of donations from the likes of Aliko Dangote, Femi Otedola, Adeleke were channeled to, if the government cannot procure 500 ventilators from its purse.

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Here are some comments gathered by Africa Daily News from Twitter:

@AdeyanjuAdedeji “Heartlessly

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Buhari Is Not Fit To Lick Soyinka’s Shoes – Fani-Kayode

Buhari Is Not Fit To Lick Soyinka’s Shoes – Fani-Kayode

April 2, 2020 12:34 pm

Chief Femi Fani-Kayode has lashed out at President Muhammadu Buhari for attacking Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka over his comment that the president’s declaration of total lockdown in Lagos and Ogun was illegal.

The presidency, in a statement issued by Garba Shehu, had said “Professor Soyinka is not a medical professor. His qualifications are in English literature, and his prizes are for writing books and plays for theatres. He is of course entitled to his opinions – but that is exactly all they are: semantics, not science. They cannot – and should not – therefore be judged as professional expertise

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Ajimobi Has Not Replaced Abba Kyari – FG

Ajimobi Has Not Replaced Abba Kyari – FG

April 1, 2020 6:41 am

The Presidency has reacted to the news making the rounds on social media that President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked his Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari.

A claim about Kyari’s sack went viral on social media on March 31, 2020, after a WhatsApp broadcast message which claimed that President Buhari had sacked him.

The message forwarded to many Nigerians mostly in the Northern part of the country also claimed that the President had replaced Kyari with a former Governor of Oyo State, Abiola Ajimobi.

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The circulated WhatsApp message further said that the

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HURIWA Slams Nigerian Government Over COVID-19

COVID-19: You Lack Human Empathy – HURIWA Attacks Buhari

March 31, 2020 6:36 am

A prominent civil rights group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, on Tuesday said President Muhammadu Buhari lacks “human empathy.”

HURIWA stated that the President was not prepared to strictly adhere to the law regarding the fundamental human rights of Nigerians.

It was reacting to Buhari’s nationwide broadcast wherein he ordered the total lockdown of Abuja, Lagos, and Ogun States due to the outbreak of Coronavirus.

Recall that Buhari had on Sunday ordered a total lockdown of Abuja, Lagos and Ogun State in a bid to tackle the scourge of Coronavirus.

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Soyinka To Buhari - Your Lockdown Is illegal

Soyinka To Buhari: Your Lockdown Is Illegal

March 30, 2020 12:05 pm

Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka on Monday described the total lockdown of Lagos and Ogun States by President Muhammadu Buhari over coronavirus as illegal and unconstitutional.

Soyinka, in a statement said the president did not have the power to unilaterally lockdown a state, as there was no war or emergency.

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The Nobel laureate, in the statement titled: Between COVID and Constitutional Encroachment,” said constitutional lawyers and our elected representatives should kindly step into “this and educate us, mere lay minds. The worst development I can conceive us is to have …

PDP Faults Buhari’s Address, Calls It Empty

PDP Faults Buhari’s Address, Calls It Empty

March 30, 2020 6:39 am

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has faulted President Muhammadu Buhari’s address on the COVID-19 pandemic, alleging it was empty and failed to address the salient demands of the impact of the scourge on the nation.

It also alleged that outside the social distancing and isolation, which Nigerians had already imposed on themselves, Buhari had no new solutions to offer the nation.

The party further regretted that the address did not touch on the real necessities of majority of Nigerians who reside in the states where President Buhari had ordered a lockdown.

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Pastor Giwa Attacks Buhari Over Nationwide Broadcast

Pastor Giwa Attacks Buhari Over Nationwide Broadcast

March 30, 2020 6:37 am

The presiding Pastor of Awaiting The Second Coming Of Jesus Christ Ministry, Adewale Giwa has expressed disappointment over the decision of President Muhammadu Buhari to declare curfew without providing relief packages for the people.

In a statement he personally signed, the cleric wondered how people could cope with such heartless and senseless idea.

He said,” Declaring curfew without finding ways to make the people happy is therefore heartless, and I call on President Buhari to do everything in his power to help underprivileged people.

“How do you want the people selling tomatoes and peppers in the markets to cope? When

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Ezekwesili Reacts As Buhari Orders Major Lockdown

Ezekwesili Reacts As Buhari Orders Major Lockdown

March 30, 2020 6:36 am

Former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari’s nationwide broadcast will help to bring all the separate interventions into an integrated response strategy.

Buhari had, during a nationwide broadcast on Sunday, ordered a lockdown of Abuja, Lagos, and Ogun States, respectively, in a move to curtail the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19) to other states.

The move became necessary following the rise in cases of patients with Coronavirus in Nigeria.

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Reacting to the development, Ezekwesili, in a series of tweets on her Twitter page on Sunday night, wondered

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Pray For Abba Kyari, El-Rufai – MURIC Begs Nigerians

Pray For Abba Kyari, El-Rufai – MURIC Begs Nigerians

March 29, 2020 5:58 am
The Muslim Rights Concern, MURIC, on Sunday appealed to Nigerians to pray for Abba Kyari, the Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari and the Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai.

MURIC made the call in reaction to reports that both Abba Kyari and El-Rufai tested positive to Coronavirus.

While Kyari was widely reported to have contracted the disease a few days ago, El-Rufai confirmed he’s a carrier via his Twitter handle, yesterday.

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However, the Islamic group explained that both men are an embodiment of loyalty, trust,

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