Tag: Presidency
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Aisha Buhari: I can’t be stopped from talking (Audio)
– Lambasts presidency for keeping quiet over Buhari’s purported 2nd marriage Aisha Buhari, Nigeria’s First Lady spoke from London on Thursday and declared that she cannot be stopped from voicing out her opinion on issues in the country because she has the constitutional right to free expression. She was speaking as a guest caller on…
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Igbos cannot make presidency alone in 2023 – Okorocha
Rochas Okorocha, the Imo West Senator has declared that the South East alone can’t make themselves President in 2023. The Senator disclosed this while addressing newsmen. on Wednesday, in Abuja. Okorocha reiterated that the southeast needs the support of the North and other geopolitical regions to achieve its aim of producing Nigeria’s president in 2023.…
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Violent restructuring comment: Presidency replies former Chief of Defence Staff
The Presidency on Sunday reacted to the statement credited to a former Chief of Defence Staff, retired Gen. Alexander Ogomudia, who submitted that ‘Nigeria may be restructured violently.’ Reacting to the statement, President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, said the greatest threat facing Nigeria as a geo-political entity comes from…
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Presidency threatens to relocate federal projects in trouble states
States or communities creating unnecessary impediments in the allocation of land for, or access to such lands for federal projects risk forfeiting such projects, henceforth, the presidency warned yesterday. It said such projects would be moved to communities where the projects are needed. “The idea of chasing away contractors on site or making undue demands…
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2020 Budget: Presidency shifts extraordinary FEC meeting till Monday
The Presidency says the extraordinary Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting, originally scheduled to hold on Saturday, has been shifted to 12 noon on Monday, Oct. 7. Mr. Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, confirmed this development in a statement in Abuja, Friday night. According to him, the meeting is…
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Rotation and South-East quest for presidency, By Ehichioya Ezomon
By Ehichioya Ezomon Game on for 2023 presidential race. The fever is in the air. You can feel it, and you can see individuals talking about it. Groups are harping on it. Zones are scheming for it. Ethnic nationalities are strategising for it. While commentators are weighing in on it; and stargazers are predicting its…
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Presidency ‘disappointed’ at UN rapporteur report on violence in Nigeria
The Presidency on Friday faulted the United Nations rapporteur report on violence in Nigeria. A statement by the Senior Special Assistant on Media and publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, described the report as disappointing. He said: “We have read press reports of the UN rapporteur on violence in Nigeria. “While we agree that the violence in…
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Presidency reacts to report of sidelining Osinbajo
The Presidency has denied claims that Vice President Yemi Osinbajo had been sidelined after President Muhammadu Buhari constituted an Economic Advisory Council to replace the Economic Management Team. TheNewsGuru, TNG reports that while the Management Team was headed by Osinbajo, the newly constituted Advisory Council will report directly to President Buhari. Dismissing the claims, the…
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Tribunal Ruling: Presidency condemns media report, says Buhari retracted nothing
The Presidency has condemned what it described as ”a twisted story with malicious intent” which was published in Saturday Punch of Sept. 14, with the headline; “Tribunal: Buhari retracts, confesses he was under tension.” The news story was derived from what the President said when he received All Progressives Congress (APC) governors, who had come…
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Presidency announces death of SA Special Duties
The Presidency has announced the passing of Alhaji Tijani Yusuf on Wednesday morning after a brief illness. Aged 63, Alhaji Yusuf, popularly called TJ, was until his transition, the Special Assistant (Special Duties) to Jalal Arabi, Permanent Secretary, State House, Abuja. A very likeable and unassuming gentleman, Yusuf was known for his excellent administrative skills,…