Tag: President Buhari

President Buhari appoints Okadigbo’s Wife as Chairman of NNPC

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President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Senator Margret Chuba Okadigbo (South East), Chairman of the Board and Management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited. The President further appointded Mele Kolo Kyari, Chief Executive Officer, and Umar I. Ajiya, Chief Financial Officer. According to a state house press release made available to Emporium Reporters, President Buhari made the appointment in accordance with the power vested in him under Section 59(2) of the Petroleum Industry Act 2021. Other Board Members are; Dr Tajudeen Umar (North East), Mrs Lami O. Ahmed (North Central), Mallam Mohammed Lawal…

BIRTHDAY: WOSA congratulates Niger Governor, President Buhari

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The Chairman, Board of Trustees (BoT), Wushishi Old Students Association (WOSA), Prof. Muhammed Kuta Yahaya has felicitated with the Niger State Governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello, and Chairman, North Central States Governors Forum on his 54th birthday. Prof. Kuta Yahaya who was the former Secretary to the Niger State Government (SSG), in a birthday message, described Governor Sani Bello as a complete gentleman, a rare gem, and an achiever. The Chairman, Board of Trustees, Wushishi Old Students Association further eulogized the Governor of Niger State as an epitome of humility,…

President Buhari fires AEDC management over strike action

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President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked the management of Abuja Electricity Distribution Company AEDC over Monday’s strike by the staff.   A statement from the office of the Minister of State Power, Goddy Jeddy-Agba, in Abuja on Tuesday said the sack was conveyed by the presidency to the Federal Ministry of Power takes immediate effect.   The statement said that a new interim governing board had been appointed to oversee the day-to-day operations of the distribution company. It said, “Following the recent industrial action embarked on by its staff over non-payment…

Who deserves pardon: Saro-Wiwa or Buhari? By Festus Adedayo

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At No 9, Rumuibekwe Road in Port Harcourt on November 10, 1995, the devil sat in a corner, having a saturnalia. No one could see him. He wore dark goggles, donning the uniform of a five-star Army General, wrapped up in a huge celebratory mood. His arch-enemy, Kenule Beeson Saro-Wiwa and eight other Ogoni activists had just been hanged at the Port Harcourt Prison. Inside No 9, Rumuibekwe, family members sat on the hood of parked disused cars, weeping profusely, others holding their heads in anguish. By that instant the…

Nigerians competitive both Home and Abroad, President Buhari tells UAE Minister

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President Muhammadu Buhari has described his countrymen and women as “competitive both at home and abroad,” and urged them to always abide by the rules of their host countries.   President Buhari stated this while meeting with Minister of State Foreign Affairs of United Arab Emirates (UAE), His Excellency Shaikh Shakboot Alnahyan, Friday at the sidelines of the Paris Peace Forum.   President Buhari said; “Nigerians are all over the place, very competitive. And the competitiveness starts from home, where they have acquired good education, gone into businesses, and then…

Eid-ul-Maulud : FG declares October 19 public holiday

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Federal Government of Nigeria has declared Tuesday, October 19, 2021, as a public holiday to mark this year’s Eid-ul-Mawlid celebration in commemoration of the birth of the Holy Prophet Muhammad. This was revealed in a statement by minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola. He congratulated all Muslim faithfuls both at home and in the diaspora for witnessing this year’s occasion. He admonished all Nigerians to imbibe the spirit of love, patience and perseverance which are the virtues of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), adding that doing so…

Jonathan, Buhari cuckolding in time of war By Festus Adedayo

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Last Wednesday, Muhammadu Buhari and his newfound friend, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, locked each other inside the sacristy of the Nigerian presidential Villa, christened Aso Rock. When they came out afterwards, both wore the visage of 3-year old Syrian girl, Salwa and Cuckold, a 1997 book written by Indian, Kiran Nagarkar. Cuckold, a historical novel patterned after the narrative of Maharaj Kumar, may in a way explain the recent hot and adulterous romance between Jonathan and Buhari.   In the book, Kumar had attempted to win his wife, Mira’s affections in…

We’ll do everything within Law to eliminate violent crimes – Buhari

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President Muhammadu Buhari said Federal Government will do everything within ambit of the law to protect citizens from onslaught of criminals, which include insurgency, banditry, kidnapping and politically motivated killings. Speaking on Saturday in Kaduna at Passing Out Parade for Cadets of 68 Regular Course (Army, Navy and Airforce), the President assured that more equipment had been received from some friendly nations to improve security operations. He said said the government remained focused on its priority of improving security, bolstering the economy and fighting corruption. “As you are all aware,…

Buhari’s October 1 rhetoric, Mailafia and Akunyili’s murder By Festus Adedayo

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I find a symbolic similarity between the travails of Dr. Chike Akunyili and Reverend Richard Henry Stone, (1837–1915) the latter’s which I picked from his memoir that contained his missionary activities in Nigeria entitled, In Africa’s Forest And Jungles. Stone was an American missionary who came to Africa during the nineteenth century to represent the Southern Baptist Convention and who spent years among the Yoruba-speaking people of Western Nigeria. He lived in Ijaye, Abeokuta, and Lagos and traveled to “Ibadan, Lahlookpon, Ewo, Ogbomishaw, and Oyo” in his own words. For…

BREAKING: National Assembly member, others financing Kanu, Igboho — Buhari alleges •Vows to pursue and arrest them

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High-profile sponsors are behind the secessionist activities of Nnamdi Kanu and Sunday Igboho, President Muhammadu Buhari said this morning. According to him, one of those found to be financing the agitators is a federal lawmaker. The President said those sponsoring violence and making hate speeches to instigate disorder would be arrested and prosecuted. President Buhari spoke in his Independence Day broadcast aired on television and radio networks. Besides insecurity, the President spoke on the economy, food security poverty eradication and education. Nigeria marks 61 years today as an independent nation…