Tag: Buhari
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Buhari approves special salary for teachers
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved a special salary scale for teachers across the country. The approval coincided with commemoration of the World Teachers Day on October 5. He also increased the number of years of service from 35 to 40. Buhari stated these in Abuja on Monday during celebration of the 2020 World Teachers Day.…
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Buhari approves N10 billion for census
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved release of N10 billion to the National Population Commission (NPC) for continuation of the Enumeration Area Demarcation (EAD) in the remaining 546 Local Government Area of the country. Buhari also approved an additional N4.5 billon to be included in the 2021 Budget for completion of the exercise as part of…
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Buhari Warns Agitators Says He Won’t Bow To Pressure
The Presidency has responded to the recurring threats to the corporate existence of the country. Presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, in a statement, warned those giving specific timelines for President Muhammadu Buhari to either do one thing or another or risk the nation’s breakup. The General Overseer, the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye,…
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Buhari To Submit 2021 Budget Next Week –Senate
President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to submit the 2021 budget to the Senate next week. Senate President Ahmed Lawan disclosed this while delivering his welcome address to legislators at plenary on Tuesday. With the new development, the Senate president says the government MDA’s will be given only the month of October to defend their budgets.
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Buhari seeks approval for N147bn refund to Ondo, four other states
President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the National Assembly to approve the refund of N148 billion to Ondo, Bayelsa, Cross River, Osun and Rivers States for federal road projects the five states executed. The president made this known in a letter on Tuesday sent to the speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, and read…
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Edo 2020: Tambuwal commends Buhari’s position on free and fair polls
Sokoto State Governor, Rt. Honourable Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for maintaining his stance on free and fair elections in Edo State. The Governor who is also the chairman of PDP Governors Forum, further disclosed that his members and political party are closely monitoring the situation as it unfolds in Edo State.…
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Buhari signs police 2020 bill into law
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has signed the Nigeria Police Bill 2020 into law. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, disclosed this on Thursday in a statement titled, ‘President Buhari asserts to Police Bill, 2020.” Adesina said the President had in a memo dated September 16, 2020,…
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Buhari sacks Charles Dokubo, appoints Dikio as administrator of amnesty programme
President Muhammadu Buhari has fired Charles Dokubo as coordinator of the presidential amnesty programme. Garba Shehu, presidential spokesman, broke the news in a statement on Thursday, saying Milland Dikio (pictured) has been appointed as interim administrator of the programme. “President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Col. Milland Dixion Dikio (rtd) as Interim Administrator…
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Buhari Orders nationwide mass-metering programme
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has ordered operators in the power sector to carry out mass metering of unmetered customers nationwide, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission announced on Wednesday night. In a tweet via its official Twitter handle, the NERC also declared that it had not approved any increase in electricity tariffs, as…
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Buhari lists areas of concentration for his remaining years in office
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Tuesday, listed nine areas his regime would prioritise during his remaining years in office. He listed those priority areas to include improvement of access to quality education, health care, power supply poverty reduction. According to a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina,…
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Rewane on GDP decline – Time To Start Doing Some Things Differently
Notable economist and adviser to the Federal Government, Bismarck Rewane, on Monday said the latest Nigeria Bureau of Statistics report on the economy should push the country to start “doing some things differently.” Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) decreased by six percent in real terms in the second quarter of 2020, the NBS said Monday…
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I was already rich before becoming Minister – AGF, Malami writes Buhari
The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami has written to President Muhammadu Buhari, explaining his wealth following calls for his removal over corruption allegations. The Minister in the letter informed the President that he owned lucrative businesses before becoming a minister of the federation. In the letter, Malami noted that…