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Following its inability to get the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to adjust the 2023 general election time-table, the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, has reviewed its own primary election timetable, saying there is no truth in the assertion it had zoned its presidential ticket to any part of the …
Read More »83m poor Nigerians to benefit from new health insurance scheme ―Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari said yesterday that 83 million poor Nigerians will benefit from the National Health Insurance Authority Bill 2022 he signed into law. The National Health Insurance Authority Act 2022 replaced the repealed National Health Insurance Scheme Act Cap N42, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004. While signing …
Read More »Buhari arrives in Ebonyi for 2-day working visit
President Muhammadu Buhari arrived in Ebonyi on Thursday for a two-day official visit to the state. The president, who was accompanied by Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi among other top government officials arrived in the state at about 11. 15 am. The helicopter conveying the president with registration number: 5N–FG1 …
Read More »Buhari’s visit: Withdraw your sit-at-home order, Mbazulike begs armed groups
Elder statesman, Chief Mbazulike Amechi, has appealed to armed groups to withdraw the sit-at-home purportedly ordered on May 5 and 6 in the South-East over the planned two-day visit of President Muhammadu Buhari to Ebonyi state. Recall that Governor David Umahi on Tuesday announced that President Buhari would be in …
Read More »FG declares May 2, 3 Public Holidays for Workers’ Day, Sallah
The Federal Government has declared Monday 2nd and Tuesday 3rd May 2022 as Public Holidays to mark this year’s Workers Day and EIdul-Fitr Celebrations. Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dr Shuaib Belgore disclosed this in a statement issued Thursday night in Abuja. He said the Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf …
Read More »2023: what Buhari told me before I joined the presidential race
Cross River State Governor Ben Ayade has formally joined the race for the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential nomination. Ayade, who met with President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday, he said he had no intention of joining the race until asked to do so by the president. He revealed it to …
Read More »Boko Haram: You can’t kill innocent people, shout Allah Akba —Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, said Boko Haram insurgency has neither religious nor ethnic underpinning. According to him, with adequate education, majority of Nigerians now know the truth. Receiving the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, ICC, Karin Ahmad Khan, at State House in Abuja, Buhari noted that with concerted …
Read More »Pardon: Disband EFCC, ICPC now, Wike tells Buhari
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, also a presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to disband the two anti-graft agencies in the country, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC and the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission, ICPC. He stated …
Read More »Buhari mourns death of Sherif Musa
President Muhammadu Buhari has reacted to the death of former Minister of Mines, Power and Steel, Alhaji Bunu Sheriff Musa. The President commiserated with the Borno State Government and the people over the passing of the former Minister. Sherif served as the Minister of Industries in 1985, Mines, Power and …
Read More »FG to raise power tariff in December
Power consumers nationwide may start to pay more for electricity, following plans by the Federal Government to carry out a review of power tariff. This came as the Federal Government said on Wednesday it had commenced the procurement of four million meters meant to be distributed free of charge to …
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