Tag: Presidency
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Presidency speaks on absence of FG’s delegation at South-South stakeholders’ summit
The Presidency on Wednesday said it regretted the absence of federal government representatives from a meeting of South-South stakeholders which held on Tuesday in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. While attributing the development to an emergency meeting of the National Security Council held at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on the same day, it said a new…
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US Poll: Trump’s refusal to concede poises no threats to presidency take over – Biden
United States President-elect Joe Biden said Tuesday that he doesn’t need President Donald Trump’s help to prepare to take over as president. Trump has refused to concede to Biden, despite Biden having won the Electoral College votes needed to win the presidency last week. Trump has instead disputed the election results, promoting baseless claims about…
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Why Buhari didn’t speak on Lekki shootings in nationwide broadcast – Presidency
President Muhammadu Buhari didn’t mention anything about the shooting of #ENDSARS protesters in Lekki on Tuesday night during a nationwide broadcast on Thursday because it would be “premature and presumptuous.” Many Nigerians have carpeted Buhari for not mentioning about the shootings or empathising with the victims during the much-awaited presidential broadcast, describing the ommission as…
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Onyibe releases book On Isa Funtua and the Jostle for Nigeria’s Presidency, 2023
A couple of months after the charismatic political activist , construction entrepreneur and media investor, mallam Isma’ila lsa Funtua passed away on July 2020, Magnus onyibe has released a book titled “Ismaila Isa Funtua. A Bridge Builder. Chronicles of a Political Activist, And The Jostle For The Presidency Of Nigeria In 2023” Although , the…
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Restructuring: DAWN slams Presidency, says govt must listen
The Development Agenda for Western Nigeria has warned the Senior Special Assistant, Media and Publicity to the President, Garba Shehu, against insensitive utterances in reaction to calls for the restructuring of the country. The Director-General, DAWN Commission, Seye Oyeleye, who described Shehu’s comments as unfortunate and unwelcoming, said the President Muhammadu Buhari should carefully consider…
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Presidency defends fuel hike: ‘How many Nigerians have cars, generators?’
The Nigerian presidency has continued to justify the rise in petrol price, that moved from N145 to N161 and may even go higher, going by the hints in President Buhari’s October 1 speech. Senior Special Assistant to President Buhari on media, Malam Garba Shehu told Channels TV Politics today that it is unfair for poor…
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Nigeria @60: Presidency reveals where Buhari will address Nigerians from on Independence Day
Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity has revealed where the President will address Nigerians from on the 60th Independence anniversary of the country. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Adesina, who made this known on Wednesday, as saying the President will address the nation from the Eagle Square, Abuja, on Thursday. “As…
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Obasanjo envious of Buhari – Presidency
The Presidency has debunked assertions that the President Muhmmadu Buhari-led administration has divided Nigeria along fault lines of ethnicity and religion. Buhari’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity Femi Adesina debunked the claims on Wednesday on a Channels Television political and current affairs programme, “Politics Today”. The Presidential spokesman was responding to issues surrounding recent…
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BREAKING: You’re destabilising Nigeria, pretending to be messiah – Presidency attacks Obasanjo
The presidency has accused former President Olusegun Obasanjo of dividing Nigeria. An article signed by the Presidents’ Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity Garba Shehu and made available to newsmen alleged that a recent statement by the former President was an attempt to divide the nation. Garba Shehu, on Sunday, claimed that President Muhammadu…
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Food prices coming down, not going up – Presidency declaress
Contrary to public opinion, the Presidency on Friday said prices of food items in the country are dropping and not going up. The President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mr Garba Shehu, made this known while featuring on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme. According to Shehu, the drop in food prices is due…