The Senate on Tuesday finally passed a bill to make the Nigerian Peace Corps a para-military agency. The Senate adopted the conference report on the bill to establish the Nigerian Peace Corps, after it was so advised by its committee on judiciary, human rights and legal matters. Both the Senate …
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Acting President Yemi Osinbajo is currently meeting with service chiefs at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa in Abuja. The closed-door meeting is taking place at the Vice President’s wing of the Presidential Villa. Daily Trust reports that the attendees include the Chief of Defence Staff, General Gabriel Abayomi Olonishakin, the …
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The federal government has directed the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) to remit to the Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) 5 percent of revenue accruing from passenger service charge (PSC). The pronouncement has been a subject of controversy, pitting pressure groups in the aviation sector against the Minister of State …
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Ailing Nigerian Preisdent Muhamadu Buhari met with some All Progressives Congress party governors and leaders today in London ina n elaborately designed setting to portray Buhari as in improved health condition. However, no video of Mr. Buhari was provided, only a still photo from Presidental photographers. Pres Buhari in meeting …
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The Jigawa Government has declared Friday, July 7, as a public holiday to enable public servants to offer special prayers for President Muhammadu Buhari ’s quick recovery. Alhaji Isma’il Ibrahim, the Public Relations Officer, Office of the state’s Head of Civil Service, announced this in a statement in Dutse on …
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The endorsement by Acting President Yemi Osinbajo of the continuous stay of Ibrahim Magu as EFCC chairman was not a collective decision, the Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, said on Wednesday. Addressing journalists after a meeting of the Federal Executive Council, FEC, on Wednesday, Mr. Malami said the Federal Executive Council …
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SaharaReporters has learned from presidency sources that Senate President Bukola Saraki has formed an alliance with a cabal within the Aso Rock Villa determined on confusion and disorder rather than witness Acting President Yemi Osinbajo assume full presidential powers. The new balance of forces emerges as the cabal has found …
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The Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo has said that as long as he remains the Acting President and President Muhammadu Buhari’s mandate as president subsists, Ibrahim Magu will continue in office as the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. He made the declaration in Kaduna at the commissioning of …
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The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has said that the executive branch has a ” robust mechanism” to resolve any differences between it and the legislative arm of government. Mr. Mohammed stated this on Wednesday while addressing State House correspondents after the meeting of the Federal Executive Council, …
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The National Association of Nigerian Traditional Medicine Practitioners has said its members can cure the ailing President Muhammadu Buhari of any ailment if consulted. The Patron of the NANTMP, Dr. Adesunmiboye Fawawo, said this in an interview with our correspondent in Osogbo on Tuesday on the sidelines of the inauguration of …
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