Tag: Muhammadu Buhari
Reps have no powers to halt 774,000 jobs scheme – Keyamo
The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, has said that members of the House of Representatives have no powers to halt the Federal Government’s Public Works Programme. According to him, only the president can halt the 774,000 jobs scheme which commenced on Tuesday. “They were urging Mr. President, (look at the resolution, ...Sowore Arrives Court In Handcuffs
Omoyele Sowore has arrived at the Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Wuse Zone 2, Abuja wearing handcuffs. The court presided over by Chief Magistrate Mabel Segun-Bello is expected to hear the bail application filed on Sowore’s behalf. Sowore on Monday, January 4, was arraigned alongside four others by the Federal Government on three charges of ...FG Arraigns Sowore, Four Others Over New Year’s Eve Protest
The Federal Government has arraigned Omoyele Sowore and four others at the Magistrate Court in Wuse Zone 2, Abuja, the nation’s capital. Sowore was arrested by the police for leading a protest against bad governance on New Year’s Eve in Abuja. He is being arraigned alongside four others by the Federal Government on seven charges ...Young people are key to Nigeria’s future, I’m committed to 5 #EndSARS demands – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday said he was committed to seeing young people prosper in Nigeria and reiterated his administration’s promise to fulfill the five key requests demanded by #EndSARS protesters last October. The President voiced this position during a New Year message broadcast to Nigerians home and abroad. “In this journey to nationhood, we ...I do not begrudge Nigerians who feel we haven’t done enough – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday said he holds no grudges against Nigerians who feel his administration hasn’t made enough progress in the past five years, especially as it relates to insecurity. The President made the remark during his 2021 New Year message to Nigerians. According to the President, he’s aware that for some of “our ...We must eat what we produce, already about seven states are producing all the rice we need – President Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday said Nigeria would have been in trouble if the Federal Government did not shut the land borders. Speaking at the fifth regular meeting with the Presidential Economic Advisory Council held on Tuesday at the State House in Abuja, Buhari directed that the Central Bank of Nigeria “must not give money ...Mele Kyari, NNPC and the courage to lead
Each time you listen to Mele Kolo Kyari, the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, you get the impression of a man who wants to be different. A man determined to take the path less travelled. Like walking alone, being partially deaf to the mob. The 19th GMD of NNPC obviously ...We took over in 1984 to avert revolution, uprising – Buhari; indicts Shagari, Customs
In a letter dated January 6, 1984, and addressed to the then UK Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, Nigeria’s incumbent President, Muhammadu Buhari, then a Maj-General, listed reasons that necessitated the 1984 coup in which he emerged the Head of State. The bloodless coup which upstaged the democratic government of Alhaji Shehu Shagari was in the ...I feel pained each time a breach of peace, security occurs in any part of the nation – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has asked Nigerians to give the military more time and support to fight insecurity in the nation. The President made the appeal in his Thursday Christmas message to Nigerians. “I plead with fellow compatriots to give our military and other security agencies more time, cooperation, and support by volunteering credible intelligence/information on ...COVID-19: Nigeria cannot afford to lose the gains of the last nine months – Buhari
Following the rise in cases of COVID-19 in the country, President Muhammadu Buhari says new epicentres have been identified and Nigeria cannot afford to lose the gains of the last nine months. The President noted his on Tuesday at a meeting with members of the Presidential task force on COVID-19 at the Villa in Abuja. ...
