Tag: Presidency
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Southern Governors Friendly Rebellion and the Perils of Indifference By the Presidency, By Magnus Onyibe
Magnus Onyibe Insecurity in Nigeria and the inevitability of falling back on ethnic faultlines have become a reoccurring phenomenon in Nigeria. That is what on Monday, the 11th day of the month of May compelled the governors of the 17 southern states to meet in Asaba, Delta state capital. The mission was to deliberate on…
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Open grazing ban: You will be wasting precious time if you think presidency will act on your resolutions, Falana tells Southern Governors
Human rights lawyer and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana, has commended the southern governors for banning open grazing in the 17 southern states of the country. Falana, who spoke during a monitored Channels Television interview on Wednesday asked the governors to back their ban on open grazing with a legal instrument to…
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Nigeria engaging Microsoft to preserve local languages – Presidency
The presidency says Nigeria is engaging with tech giant, Microsoft Corporation, in order to use machine learning and artificial intelligence to preserve local languages. Mr Ife Adebayo, the Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Innovations, in a statement on Friday in Abuja, said that democratising access to digital tools and digital skills was a…
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2023: Nobody will give you presidency by abusing, threatening secession, El-Rufai tells South East politicians
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has advised South East politicians to actively engage other sections of the country if they are really serious to produce Nigeria’s next president. El-Rufai said that it was the same approach adopted by previous presidents and wondered why any section of the country would expect that it would be…
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Mbaka: Presidency’s claim – A monumental distraction – Carl Umegboro
By Carl Umegboro President Muhammadu Buhari’s government retorted recklessly to the Spiritual Director of Adoration Ministry, Rev Fr. Ejike Mbaka through a press statement issued by Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President (Media and Publicity) a moment ago. Such a rejoinder when the nation is under a siege with bloods of innocent citizens…
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There’ll be further turmoil in Nigeria if… – Presidency
The presidency has said there will be turmoil in Nigeria if a vote of no confidence is passed on President Muhammadu Buhari. This is contained in a statement released on Tuesday by Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to Buhari on Media and Publicity, in reaction to an alert by the Department of State Services (DSS). TheNewsGuru.com…
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JUST IN: Religious leaders, former political leaders in alliance with foreign elements to ‘overthrow’ Buhari – Presidency
The Presidency has alert of an alleged plot by some Nigerians, working with foreign elements, to overthrow the current administration. In a statement by Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, the Presidency attributed its allegation to a recent alert by the Department of State Services (DSS). However, while vowing to…
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Mbaka tackles presidency over contract rejection saga
The Spiritual Director of Adoration Ministry Enugu Nigeria, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, has reacted to the accusation by the Presidency that he fell out with President Muhammadu Buhari because of the refusal of the President to award contracts to three of his favoured contractors. Mbaka reacted to the development on Sunday at the AMEN ground…
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Killings: Presidency responds to Ortom’s ‘Buhari is only president of Fulani’ comments
The presidency on Thursday night responded accusations levelled against President Muhammadu Buhari by the Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom over the insecurity in the country. TheNewsGuru.com, TNG reports that Governor Ortom had on Tuesday accused President Buhari working for the Fulani ethnic stock to take over Nigeria. While reacting to the recent killing of residents…
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Why Pantami can’t get the Kemi Adeosun treatment – Presidency
The Presidency on Friday insisted that the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari is standing firmly behind the embattled Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami. Appearing as a guest on monitored Channels Television programme, Presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu compared the case of Pantami with that of Mrs Kemi Adeosun, a former minister of…