Tag: Buhari

Sunday Igboho: Oluwo Intervenes, Writes PMB

Gbemisola Bisi-Taiwo

Igboho Saga: Oluwo Intervenes, Writes Buhari I extend my cool, warmest royal greetings to the number one citizen, President Muhammed Buhari. I’ve the hope your day is as the same as mine. As a Muslim, you are not unaware of the peculiarity of Friday, being one of the days for forgiveness. Nigerians most especially ardent readers and witnesses of history will not forget in haste many suspicious circumstances that consumed many nationalists. One of the leading and still fresh was the Egba born aristocrat, Moshood Kasimawo Olawale Abiola who died…

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President Buhari Declares 1st Of November For Nigerian Youth

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The President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari has approved the November 1st of every year as the National Youth Day in Nigeria. The was revealed via the Twitter handle of the Minister of Youths and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, on Wednesday. The President made this known during the Federal Executive Council meeting which was held Wednesday morning, the Minister stated. The tweet reads as follows; “Today, President Buhari in Council approved November 1st every year as the National Youth Day to celebrate, draw attention to and find…

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Nigeria @ 60: Plots and Mishaps, A Recurring Decimal

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OPN: Plots and mishaps, a recurring decimal. Adetunji Omotola, Founder, 12 Disciple Leaders. How can one forget this day 35 years ago? I was in Ijebu-ode with my family for the Eid celebrations when the shocking announcement came on the news that General Ibrahim Badamosi who was then Army Chief of Staff had taken power from Gen.Muhammadu Buhari. The coup was announced by Brigadier Joshua Dogonyaro. I was a year one student at the University of Maiduguri. Babangida in his speech said something I will never forget. He went thus…

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Unilag Appoints First Female Acting VC Amid Crisis

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The Senate of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Akoka, has elected the deputy vice-chancellor in charge of development services, Folasade Ogunsola, as the institution’s acting vice-chancellor. She is the first female to be so appointed in the history of the 58-year-old ivory institution. Mrs Ogunsola, a professor of medical microbiology and first child of Nigeria’s first professor of Geography, Akin Mabogunje, was also the first female provost of the university’s college of medicine, Idi-Araba. She defeated her opponent and a deputy vice-chancellor in charge of management services, Ben Oghojafor, with…

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Breaking: International Flights Resume In Nigeria

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The Federal Government of Nigeria has announced that international flights will resume on August 29. The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, made this announcement for resumption of flights at the bi-weekly Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 briefing on Monday. He said the airports will open in batches beginning with Lagos and Abuja. President Muhammad Buhari had in March ordered the suspension of international flights to curb the influx of imported cases of the virus in the country. While local flights were also suspended, they have resumed for about a month…

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President Buhari Loses Another Ally, Mallam Ismail Isa Funtua Is Dead

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The Founding Managing Director of Democrat Newspaper and former President of the Newspaper Proprietors Association of Nigeria (NPAN), Mallam Ismaila Isa Funtua, is dead. He was life patron of Newspaper’s Proprietors Association of Nigeria (NPAN), Chairman of Bulet Construcion company, a prominent and influential media leader. He was a top ally of President Buhari. He died of cardiac arrest in Abuja while undergoing routine medical check-up on Monday. He was 78 years old. He will be buried according to Islamic rites Tuesday.

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Breaking news: Buhari Suspends Magu, Formally Approves A Replacement

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Peculiar Ajibola President Buhari has approved the suspension of Acting chairman of EFFC Ibrahim Magu. The Attroney – General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN) said the President, Muhammad Buhari has approved the suspension of the acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission Ibrahami Magu Malami said this in a statement by his Spokesmen, Umar Gwandu on Friday. He had immediately appointed the EFCC head of Operations Mohammed Umar as the acting chairman. The discussion was said to be that President Muhammad Buhari has approved the urgent suspension…

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See Full List Of Non-Career Ambassador Nominees Forwarded To The Senate by President Buhari

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A s earlier reported, the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria has forwarded names of nominees for ambassadorial appointments to the Senate. Below are the names of the Career Ambassador Designate forwarded to the Senate, seeking confirmation of their appointments “in accordance to section 171(2)(1c) and Subsection 4 of the 1999 Constitution. President Muhammadu Buhari also nominated Suleiman Sani (FCT) as a career ambassador-designate. Full list of the nominees are as follows: Umar Suleiman (Adamawa) Kevin Peter (Adamawa) Oboro Efliong Akpablo (Akwa Ibom) Elejah Onyeagba (Anambra) Abubakar Siyi (Bauchi)…

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N13B Approved For Pest Control In Northern Nigeria

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The Federal Government has approved N13 billion fund for pest control in 12 northern states, to reduce the effects of COVID-19 on the nation’s food sector. The 12 states to benefit from the fund are Sokoto, Kebbi, Zamfara, Katsina, Kano, Jigawa, Bauchi, Gombe, Adamawa, Taraba, Yobe and Borno States. The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development disclosed this in a statement issued on Saturday. The Minister of Agriculture, Muhammad Nanono stated that, the intervention fund was to ensure uninterrupted agricultural activities during the 2020 farming season in the states. He said…

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Buhari Sacks NECO Registrar And 4 Others Over Misconduct

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Mr. Charles Uwakwe has been sacked as Registrar/Chief Executive of the National Examinations Council.   The Registrar as well as 4 other management staffs of the council were sacked for various offences.   While Mr. Uwakwe and two of the dismissed staffs were on 10th May, 2018 placed on suspension, when an investigative panel was constituted to probe the allegations of unsatisfactory conduct levelled against them.   The sacked NECO boss was alleged to have awarded a N25bn contract without the knowledge of either the Federal Ministry of Education or…

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