Tag: Muhammadu Buhari
Amended Electoral Bill: If Buhari refuses to sign this again Nigerians will suspect there’s more to his action – Fayose
Jan. 20, 2022 Former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to swiftly assent to the Electoral Act Amendment Bill to avoid suspicions from Nigerians. He made the call during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Wednesday night. “Now that the National Assembly has done the right thing, ...Insecurity: There’s an int’l conspiracy against the country, particularly the north – Gov. Ayade
Jan. 19, 2022 Governor Ben Ayade of Cross Rivers State has alleged that there was an international conspiracy against the country, particularly the northern regions. The governor said this on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on Wednesday, while speaking on the security situation in the country. Ayade who commended President Muhammadu Buhari’s efforts at addressing insecurity ...Senate rescinds decision on Direct Primaries, to allow direct, indirect, consensus options
Jan. 19, 2022 The Nigerian Senate has now amended Clause 84 to allow for direct, indirect, and consensus options of nominating party candidates for party elections. The direct primary clause had earlier hindered the assent to the bill. Recall that on Tuesday, the Speaker, House of Representatives, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila said that the leadership of ...Buhari has not authorised anybody to remove fuel subsidy, but we need to find out the truth – Senate President
Jan. 19, 2022 Senate President Ahmed Lawan has assured Nigerians that subsidy on Petroleum Motor Spirit (PMS) will not be removed for now as being reported by some social and conventional media. Lawan stated this when he fielded questions from State House correspondents after a closed door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in ...Buhari inaugurates 1m bags of rice pyramid, reiterates commitment to food security
Jan. 18, 2022 …Nigeria’s rice production increase to over 7.5 Million Metric tons annually President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja inaugurated 13 sky-high pyramids consisting of one million bags of paddy rice. Unveiling the FCT Mega Rice Pyramids at the Abuja International Trade Fair Complex, Buhari said the event showed that the country was ...Reps to reintroduce Electoral Act Amendment Bill for consideration
Jan.18, 2022 The Speaker, House of Representatives, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila says that the leadership of the House plans to reintroduce the Electoral Amendment Act Bill on Jan. 19 for consideration. Gbajabiamila said this at the resumption of plenary for the 2022 legislative year on Tuesday in Abuja. He added that the House would work quickly ...Gunmen Kill More Than 50 in Kebbi – Residents
Jan. 16, 2022 Dozens of gunmen on motorbikes ransacked a village and killed more than 50 people in the latest violence in Kebbi, northwest Nigeria, residents said on Sunday. Gangs have been terrorising areas of the northwest in recent years, forcing thousands to flee and gaining global notoriety through mass kidnappings at schools for ransom. ...President Buhari directs military to respond robustly to the cases of killings, kidnappings in Niger State
Jan. 16, 2022 The Presidency says President Muhammadu Buhari has set the ball rolling for a major military operation in Niger State and remnants of Boko Haram terrorists fleeing theaters of war in the Northwestern and Northeastern parts of the country. In a statement by a presidential spokesperson, Garba Shehu on Sunday, the President in ...The next Nigerian president and the bumpy road to 2023
January 16, 2022 Nigeria needs a manager-leader; not a pretentious moral purist. The Nigerian Presidency is not a church, a mosque or a shrine. It is a place for a truly secular-minded person. It is not a house of prayer where the leader appeals to the moral suasion of the followers or persons of his ...Insecurity: “I hope God will listen to our prayers” – Buhari; as Grand Khalifa prays
January 15, 2022 President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed confidence that the nation will overcome the prevailing insecurity situation in parts of the country. The president gave the assurance during a visit on Friday to the State House, Abuja, by the Grand Khalifa (overall head) of the Tijjaniyya Islamic Movement World-Wide, Tidjani Ali Bin Arabi Arabi ...
