Tag: President Muhammadu Buhari
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#EndSARS: Buhari receives Lagos destruction report
The Lagos State governor. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has presented a report on properties destroyed by hoodlums in Lagos to President Muhammadu Buhari. The presentation was done in the President’s office in the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Friday, The Nation reports. A tweet on the Presidency’s verified Twitter handle, @NGRPresident, revealed the reason for Governor…
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Buhari seeks traditional rulers’ support in youth empowerment
President Muhammadu Buhari has emphasised the administration’s need for the support of traditional institutions inadequately attending to the demands by the youths of the nation. The President requested the support of traditional rulers in regard to Thursday when he received a delegation of the National Council of Traditional Rulers of Nigeria led by the Sultan…
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Senate wants Buhari to end overseas medical trips
The Senate on Thursday urged the State House officials to stop President Muhammadu Buhari from embarking on foreign medical trips by ensuring that the State House clinic becomes fully functional this year. The Nation reports that the Senate Committee on Federal Character and Intergovernmental Affairs, gave the charge when the Permanent Secretary of the State…
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President Buhari condemns attacks, looting of public property
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, on Sunday qouted President Muhammadu Buhari as condemning the looting of public and private property in parts of the country. He qouted the President as saying that the development was inimical to public good and stood condemned. Shehu disclosed these in a…
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Buhari meets Gowon, Obasanjo, other former leaders
President Muhammadu Buhari is currently meeting some former Nigerian leaders. Although the agenda of the meeting is not made public, issues bothering on the current security situation in the country are believed to top the agenda. While Buhari is presiding from the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa, Abuja, some former Nigerian leaders are participating…
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#EndSARS: Again, Presidency bows, grants protesters’ demands
Few days after IGP Mohammed Adamu announced the disbandment of Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) the Presidency on Tuesday said the Presidential Panel on the Reform of SARS has approved the five-point demands put forward by youths that have been protesting across the country, PUNCH report says. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and…
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WTO: Okonjo-Iweala meets Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday met behind closed door with the former Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Okonjo-Iweala is running to become the Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and has already emerged as one…
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President Muhammadu Buhari’s full speech during 2021 budget presentation on Thursday
Delivered By: His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari President, Federal Republic of Nigeria At the Joint Session of the National Assembly, Abuja Thursday, 8th October 2020 PROTOCOLS 1. It is with pleasure that I present the 2021 Federal Budget Proposals to this Joint Session of the National Assembly. 2. Distinguished and Honourable Leaders, and Members of…
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Buhari approves new salary scale for teachers, raises retirement age
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved a special salary scale and new retirement age for teachers. The President increased the number of service years for the teachers from 35 to 40. The gesture was announced in Abuja on Monday by the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, in commemoration of the 2020 World Teachers Day. Over…
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Presidency makes U-turn, Buhari to address nation 7am Thursday
The Presidency has reversed itself from an announcement earlier that President Muhammadu Buhari will not be addressing the nation in a nationwide broadcast. Under the new development, President Muhammadu Buhari will broadcast to the nation on Thursday, October 1, 2020 at 7am as part of activities marking the country’s Independence anniversary The Presidency had in…