Nigeria’s Presidency has on Sunday night described the calls by people from various quarters of the country as unwarranted and unpatriotic. This response was issued in a statement made availabel to the public by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu. The most recent of such calls was the one made by General Overseer
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President Muhammadu Buhari has given a go-ahead for a new and special salary scale for teachers in Nigeria. The approval was in commemoration of the World Teachers Day on October 5. He also increased the number of years of service from 35 to 40. Mr Buhari made this disclosure in Abuja on Monday during an event to celebrate the 2020
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President Muhammadu Buhari says Nigeria cannot afford the current “low” pump prices of petrol as revenue and foreign exchange earnings continue to shrink. President Buhari made this known while addressing the country in commemoration of the 60th Independence Anniversary on Thursday. The President added that the combined effect of the drop in oil revenue and the downturn of economic activities
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Elders of the North Easters extraction under the name ‘Coalition of North East Elders for Peace and Development’, have complained that the activities of the Boko Haram terrorism are becoming intolerable. While narrating their ordeal in the current security situation in the region and throughout the country, the coalition said none of the excuse tendered by the Service Chiefs are
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Following the official declaration of Governor Godwin Obaseki as the governor-elect of Edo State, President Muhammadu Buhari, has on Sunday, congratulated Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, on his victory at the poolls. The incumbent Governor ran on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP), defeated Osagie Ize-Iyamu of Buhari’s All Progressives Congress (APC) at the poll. The President made this
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Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday has stated that he remains committed to ensuring that the governorship election in Edo State is free and fair. He called on stakeholders in the election holding on Saturday to avoid what he called “do-or-die mentality.” His position was made public by in a statement by made available to newsmen by his Senior Special
Read moreA cleric in Kaduna, Apostle Dr Emmanuel Nuhu Kure has said that as a priest, people has begin to be asking him to buy arms for them using offerings and tithes money. Speaking at the grand finale of the prayers and indoor protest sessions by Southern Kaduna Indigenes at ECWA Goodnews Church in Kaduna, he said, the present situation, if
Read moreThe Vice President of Nigeria, Prof . Yemi Osinbajo, has revealed that the Federal Government was creating a “ payroll support” for private schoolteachers and artisans to cushion the untoward economic effect of the COVID- 19 pandemic on them. Osinbajo said this at the ongoing 60th Annual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association when he featured on the “state
Read moreThe Vice President of Nigeria, Prof . Yemi Osinbajo, has revealed that the Federal Government was creating a “ payroll support” for private schoolteachers and artisans to cushion the untoward economic effect of the COVID- 19 pandemic on them. Osinbajo said this at the ongoing 60th Annual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association when he featured on the “state
Read moreGhali Na’Abba, a former speaker of the House of Representatives, has made public the discussion he had with the Department of State Services (DSS). Mr Na’Abba was invited by the DSS over recent criticism of the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. He had last week Thursday said the country was becoming a failed state under the president. A day after
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