President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday received British Royals Prince Charles and his wife, Duchess Camilla at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Prince Charles and members of his entourage arrived the State House at about 2.20p.m. Buhari, who welcomed the Prince at the fore court of the presidential villa, introduced some members of his cabinet and presidential […]
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The Police have said they were not aware of the alleged invasion of the residence of the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, by some assailants on Tuesday in Abuja. The Federal Capital Territory Police spokesman, Anjuguri Manzah, said he had no information about the reported attempt on the senator’s life by gunmen, one of whom […]
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The Federal Government on Tuesday said there was no truth in the United States Department of Agriculture’s World Markets and Trade Report that claimed that Nigeria imported three million metric tonnes of rice in 2018, which is 400,000 metric tonnes more than the quantity of the product imported in 2017. The Minister of Information and […]
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Following the report that a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ondo State, Chief Olusola Oke (SAN), would dump the party, the APC has appealed to him to remain in the party. Oke and his supporters were reported to be planning to defect to another party due to alleged rejection and humiliation they […]
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The Federal Government says in an effort to fight corruption, it has saved over N17 billion from foreign trips, sitting allowances and souvenir gifts usually shared during events. Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, disclosed this at the News Agency of Nigeria forum on Tuesday in Abuja. Mohammed said that the Buhari administration introduced an efficiency […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has approved a special mobile squad for Plateau State as part of efforts aimed at putting an end to security challenges being witnessed in parts of the state. The state governor, Simon Lalong, disclosed this to State House correspondents on Tuesday shortly after joining leaders of the Church of Christ in Nations […]
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The Peoples Democratic Party’s members in the Ekiti State House of Assembly have declared their support for the Senate Minority Leader, Abiodun Olujimi, as the leader of the party in the state. The legislators also said their support for Governor Kayode Fayemi was in line with the directives of the immediate past governor of the […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday received report of the Tripartite Committee on the Review of National Minimum Wage at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The report was submitted by the committee’s chairman, Amal Pepple. The committee which recommended N30,000 as the new national minimum wage also submitted a draft bill that will be sent to the […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday said he was distressed and depressed by the killings being witnessed in parts of the country. He has therefore called on all Nigerians to learn to live in peace. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, in a statement said Buhari spoke while receiving […]
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By Biyi Adegoroye In a presidential election whose strongest contenders are in their 70s and coming from different intellectual and ideological divides, the emergence of Oby Ezekwesili as the candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria, (ACPN), represents a fresh air in the now weedy presidential race. Ezekwesile, a former World Bank Vice-President Africa Division who […]
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