Tag: President Muhammadu Buhari

BREAKING: Buhari directs Ministers, other appointees with political ambition to resign

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President Muhammadu Buhari has on Wednesday May 11, 2022 ordered Ministers and other appointees in his cabinet who are interested in becoming President to resign.   The President gave the order shortly after the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting.   He singled out the Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajiuba, for braving the odds to resign honorably to avoid conflict of interest.   A visibly angry President Buhari said he had received the resignation of Nwajiuba seeking to be President.   He said: “I expect other members of…

Insecurity: Will Elections Hold in 2023? By Yushau A. Shuaib

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“The security situation in the country may affect voter mobilisation, deployment of personnel and materials to different parts of the country.” – INEC   Mr Festus Okoye, a National Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in charge of Information and Voter Education, made the above remark in a paper he presented at a brainstorming session between the Department of State Services and the civil society/non-governmental organisations held at the DSS Headquarters in Abuja on April 6, 2022.   Participants at the meeting were drawn from various CSOs/NGOs, the…

FG declares holidays for Workers’ Day, Eid-el-Fitr celebrations

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The Federal Government has declared May 2 and 3, 2022 as public holidays to mark this year’s Workers’ Day and EId-el-Fitr celebrations.   The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, announced this on behalf of the Federal Government on Thursday.   Aregbesola congratulated workers across the country on this year’s celebration.   He said: “Labour is the very essence of humanity.   “We are alive because we work and only the dead is incapable of working.   “The end of work is productivity. It is productivity that leads to satisfactory…

Buhari Appoints Jaji Olola new CG for Federal Fire Service

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President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Jaji Olola-Abdulganiyu as the Controller-General of the Federal Fire Service, FFS.   A statement on Tuesday in Abuja by the Secretary of the Board Ministry of Interior, Aisha Rufai, said the appointment is with effect from Friday, April 22, 2022.   Until his appointment, Mr Abdulganiyu was the Deputy Comptroller General in charge of Administration and Supplies in the Federal Fire Service.   He commenced his career at the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing as Higher Technical Officer in 1991.  …

Open Latter to President on State pardon granted to ex corrupt convicts By Abba Dukawa

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The purpose of government is to enable the people of a Nation to live safely and happiness, government exist for the interest of the governed and not for the governors” (Thomas Jefferson 1743 – 1826). Dear Mr President with utmost respect to you and your office hope you are well in spite of recent backlash against your administration wrong decisions. I am sure you never forget those that died while trying to catch a glimpse of you in those years ; old men and women who call you Baba, and…

Ojukwu expresses optimism over Presidential assent to NHRC bill 2022

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The Executive Secretary National Human Rights Commission, Tony Ojukwu SAN has expressed optimism that President Muhammadu Buhari will sign the “National Human Rights Commission Bill 2022 recently passed by the Senate, as soon as it is presented for his assent.   The Human Rights Boss who stated this over the weekend said the signing of the Bill entitled “National Human Rights Commission Act 2004 (Repeal and Enactment) Bill 2022 by Mr. President will be one of the giant achievements of the present administration in the area of human rights promotion…

NYSC debunks online reports,urges Media to avoid Misrepresentation of issues

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The NYSC Management has debunked a caption” Don’t Criticize Buhari, Government Policies On Social Media”trending on the social media, purported to have been said by the Director-General, Major Gen Shuaibu Ibrahim.   NYSC management described the caption as misleading, and at variance with the admonitions of the Director-General to 2022 Batch “A” Stream Two Corps Members during an address to them at the NYSC Ondo State Orientation Camp.   NYSC said “The Director-General advised the Corps Members to use the social media responsibly; in a way that will promote national…

Ortom lauds Buhari over appointment of Mary Ada Ogbe as Federal Permanent Secretary

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The Benue state Governor, Samuel Ortom has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for the appointment of Mrs Mary Ada Ogbe as Permanent Secretary in the Federal Civil Service.   Mrs Mary Ada Ogbe hail from Benue state.   The Governor in a congratulatory message to Mrs Ogbe appreciated her steadfastness , diligence and hard work which earned her the elevation.   He urged the new Permanent Secretary to uphold the dignity and unwavering commitment to duty and the ideals of nationhood which Benue citizens are reputed for.   Ortom added :…

How defunct CPC Member Humiliated by President By Abba Dukawa

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Against all the odds All Progressive Change Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee has conducted smooth convention which has produced new National Working Committee of the party. Therefore ruling governing party Caretaker Committee led by Governor Mala Buni has made great achievements and rescued the party from an imminent collapse by charted a new course.   Despite rancour free convention, but the convention leave unforgettable painful scar in the mind of one block of legacy party CPC members for being accorded with undeserved reward for loyalty and humiliation by President. Since the…

Buhari asks Senate to confirm INEC REC-nominee, four others as NURC Commissioners

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The Senate, on Tuesday, received a formal from President Muhammadu Buhari, to confirm four nominees as Executive Commissioners of the Nigerian Upstream Regulatory Commission.       The request was contained in a letter dated March 24, 2022, and read during plenary by the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan.       The letter was entitled, “Request for confirmation of appointment of four Executive Commissioners for Nigerian Upstream Regulatory Commission”.       It read in part, “In accordance with the provision of Section 11(3) of the Petroleum Industry Act 2021,…