Tag: President Muhammadu Buhari

Our national honours award, additional call to duty – Senate President

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The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan said on Tuesday that the conferment of national honours on him and his fellow awardees was an additional call to service.   Lawan who was conferred with the national honour of the Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger(GCON) spoke on behalf of the other 446 awardees at the event.   President Muhammadu Buhari presided over the investiture ceremony which held at the International Conference Center, Abuja.   The Senate President said “this award is an additional call to service. It is…

Buhari,Osinbajo to spend N3.34b on local, foreign trips

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The Presidency has proposed the sum N3.34 billion for the local and foreign travels of President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo in the 2023 appropriation bill submitted to a joint session of the National Assembly on Friday.   The breakdown of N2.49bn set aside for the president’s trips has N862,076,448 for local travel and transport, while international travel and transport is N1,633,464,208.   The breakdown of the N846,607,097 budget estimate for Osinbajo’s tour has N330,320,396 for local travel and transport, as well as N516, 286,701 for international travel…

MAULUD: Buhari urges muslims to imbibe noble virtues of Prophet Muhammad

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President Muhammadu Buhari has urged Muslims to “practice the noble and shining virtues of the Prophet Muhammad” saying that “the best way to honour him is to follow his good examples.”   In his goodwill message to Muslims on the occasion of Maulud to celebrate the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad, the President explained that “the prophet became famous for his life of humility, justice and fairness.”   According to President Buhari, “the Prophet attracted people to Islam through personal examples of honesty, trustworthiness, justice, patience and tolerance.”   He…

Eid-ul-Maulud: FG declares October 10 public holiday

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The Federal Government has declared October 10 as public holiday to mark Eid-el-Maulud celebration in commemoration of the birth of the Holy Prophet Muhammad. The Permanent secretary, Ministry of Interior, Shuaib Belgore, made this known in a statement on Thursday in Abuja.   According to him, the Minister of Interiors, Rauf Aregbesola, who made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government, congratulated all Muslims both at home and in the diaspora for witnessing the celebration.   The minister admonished all Nigerians to imbibe the spirit of love, patience, tolerance…

Buhari’s Footprints On Waterways By Femi Adesina

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It’s an oxymoron, isn’t it? You can’t physically see footprints on water, but then, that’s what President Muhammadu Buhari has done with the country’s waterways. He has planted his footprints on them, and they are some of the things that will stand him in good stead as he exits May 29, next year.   Managing Director of National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), Chief (Dr) George Moghalu, was our guest at the 52nd edition of the weekly State House Press Briefing last week, and what an eye opener it was. It’s…

APC picks date to flag-off 2023 Presidential Campaign

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The All Progressives Congress (APC) would formally flag off its 2023 Presidential Election campaign on Monday, October 10.   The development came as the ruling party’s presidential flag-bearer, Bola Tinubu, is expected back in the country from London, United Kingdom (UK), within the week.     Tinubu has been out of Nigeria for over a week amidst rumours of ill health. Late last month, the APC postponed the kick-off of its campaigns indefinitely due to an internal crisis over the composition of the council.   A statement issued by the…

Buhari to presents 2023 budget to NASS Oct. 7

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President Muhammadu Buhari will on Friday, October 7, 2022 at 10: 00 am present the 2023 budget proposals to the joint session of the National Assembly.   President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan made this known at the conmencment of Tuesday’s plenay, when he read a letter sent by the President.   Lawan said the event would hold at the temporary chamber of the House of Representatives against the background of the ongoing renovation of the permanent chambers of the National Assembly.   He said arrangements had been concluded for…

Obidients, Buhari and October 1st By Lasisi Olagunju

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I learnt yesterday that the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, will be visiting Nigeria today. The question I asked the bearer of the great tidings was: When is he going back to his rest in London? He will be arriving Nigeria two days after our urban psychedelic ‘children’ of anger shut down vital parts of Lagos and other cities in celebration of Nigeria’s Independence Day. They are called Obidients, supporters of Mr Peter Obi, urban rave of the moment. They had drums and…

Independence, whose independence? By Festus Adedayo

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Yesterday, it was 62 years since Nigeria got her independence from colonial Britain. While some countrymen say the October 1 celebration rituals are worthy of flinging the cymbals, some others say it is a day to drench ourselves in sack clothes and ashes reminiscent of mourning moments for biblical Israelites. For decades, until the October 1 saturnalia began to lose its savour, successive governments made a good job of conflating the frills of the rituals as a representation of our national joy and unity. Children looked forward to the symphony…

President Buhari to confer national honours on Okonjo-Iweala, Mohammed, Kyari, 434 others

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The Federal Government has listed 437 persons that are to receive national honors.   According to reports, five persons are expected to receive the honor of the Grand Commander Order of the Niger (GCON).   However, the Presidency is yet to make a confirmation of this.   President Muhammadu Buhari will confer the honors on the recipients at a ceremony on October 11 in the State House   The supposed five are comprised of the Director-General of the World Trade Organization, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala; Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, Amina…