Tag: Presidency
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Buhari not silent on killer herdsmen, Presidency tells Ortom
The Presidency on Tuesday said President Muhammadu Buhari’s position on the issue of killer herdsmen is that anyone caught with illegal arms should be arrested and tried, spokesman Femi Adesina said on Tuesday. Presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina revealed this during an interview on a monitored Channels Television programme. He was reacting to recent comments made…
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Presidency attacks PDP for condemning Buhari’s nomination of ex-service chiefs as ambassadors
The Presidency on Saturday condemned main opposition, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for faulting President Muhammadu Buhari’s recent nomination of former service chiefs as non-career ambassadors. In a statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, the Presidency said contrary to the PDP’s attack on the matter, the “transition…
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No known date yet for appointment of new IGP – Presidency
The Presidency on Monday said there was no date set, yet, for the announcement of a new Inspector-General of Police. TheNewsGuru.com, TNG reports that the current IGP Mohammed Adamu who took over from former IGP Ibrahim Idris in January 2019 is expected to leave office today, Monday, as he attains the retirement age. But, speaking…
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Plans by power hungry politicians to paint Buhari religious, ethnic bigot on the way – Presidency
The Presidency on Friday said a smear campaign intended to paint President Muhammadu Buhari as an ethnic bigot is set to be launched. In a statement titled ‘Unrelenting Plot to Wage Smear Campaign Against President Buhari’, spokesman Femi Adesina said the allegations being readied against the President are “by no means supported with reasonable facts…
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Presidency reacts to latest TI corruption index ranking for Nigeria
The Presidency on Thursday responded to Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index which placed Nigeria 149 out of the 180 countries surveyed. The TI data suggested that Nigeria’s corruption situation had worsened. However, in a statement, presidential spokesman Garba Shehu said the Muhammadu Buhari administration deserves credit for reducing corruption in the country. According to Shehu,…
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Why Buhari sacked, replaced Service Chiefs – Presidency
The Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari, Femi Adesina, says the President felt it was the best time to rejig the security system in the country with the appointment of new service chiefs. Adesina who was a guest on a monitored programmed on Channels Television on Tuesday, said this in reaction…
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Presidency, Akeredolu trade words over order seeking herders to vacate Ondo’s forests
The Presidency on Tuesday cautioned Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu on his plans to eject herdsmen from the state government forest reserves. Recall that Governor Rotimi Akeredolu gave a seven days ultimatum to herders to comply with an order seeking that vacate Ondo’s frests and also banned under-aged grazing, night grazing, movement of cattle within…
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Quit notice: Catholic reacts to presidency’s stand on threats against Kukah
The Order of The Knights of Saint Mulumba Nigeria (KSM) has condemned the stance of the Federal Government on the ‘Apologize or quit Sokoto’ threat issued to the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Hassan Kukah, by the Muslim Solidarity Forum. KSM argued that the statement issued by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on…
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Insecurity: You can’t use one, two, three events to conclude that Buhari has failed – Presidency
The Presidency has insisted that the security situation in the country is better than what the Muhammadu Buhari administration met in 2015. This comes in spite of the increasing rate of attacks and killings in parts of the country, especially in the North by insurgents and bandits among other criminals terrorising harmless residents in the…
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2023 presidency: Afenifere reveals stand on Tinubu, Fayemi, Bakare’s ambition
The pan Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere on Wednesday bared its mind on the 2023 presidential ambition of the National leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu; Governor Kayode Fayemi and Pastor Tunde Bakare. National Publicity Secretary, Afenifere, Yinka Odumakin, said the group was aware that Tinubu, Fayemi and Bakare were scheming to…