Tag: Presidency
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Postponement: Presidency speaks on alleged plans by Buhari to remove INEC chairman
The Presidency on Sunday deny reports making the rounds that President Muhammadu Buhari is planning the removal of the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu over the abrupt postponement of the general elections. Recall that a leading politician has alleged that President Muhammadu Buhari was planning to give Yakubu the…
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Osinbajo: Presidency orders probe of crashed helicopter
…says all 12 on board the crashed helicopter safe The presidency on Sunday hinted that a procedural investigation by the aviation authorities will be carried out on Vice President’s Yemi Osinbajo’s helicopter that crash-landed at Kabba, Kogi State on Saturday. This was revealed by the Vice President’s spokesman, Laolu Akande. According to Akande, a total…
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Presidency transmits Minimum Wage Bill to National Assembly
The Presidency on Wednesday evening confirmed the transmission of the National Minimum Wage Bill to the National Assembly for necessary legislative actions. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Senator Ita Enang, disclosed this on Wednesday in Abuja. Recall that the Minister of Labour and Productivity, Dr Chris Ngige, had…
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Letter: Buhari, not Obasanjo needs to ‘get well soon’ – PDP replies Presidency
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has replied to a statement credited to the presidency in a response to former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s letter to President Muhammadu Buhari. Recalll that Obasanjo in a letter on Sunday titled ‘For the record: Points of concern and action,’ dissipated the Buhari government; a government he vigorously campaigned for to…
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Presidency, APC react to Obasanjo’s letter to Buhari
The presidency and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) on Sunday simultaneously reacted to former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s letter to President Muhammadu Buhari. Obasanjo in the letter titled ‘For the record: Points of concern and action,’ dissipated the Buhari government; a government he vigorously supported to oust former President Goodluck Jonathan in 2015. Obasanjo accused…
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Presidency speaks on alleged plans to arrest CJN Onnoghen
The Presidency has denied any plans to arrest the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen, and other Justices of the Supreme Court, according to a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina. “This false story is being peddled by the Coalition of United Political Parties apparently to…
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Gaffes: Presidency cabals putting Buhari under pressure despite ‘incompetence’ – PDP
Major opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday accused some cabals within the presidency of unnecessarily subjecting President Muhammadu Buhari to pressure for their selfish gains. The party insisted that despite the fact that the president had at different times displayed that he was not capable of leading the country, the cabals keep pushing…
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Buhari not behind Onnoghen’s trial at CCT – Presidency
…says Buhari still in shock over CJN’s planned trial The Special Adviser to the President on Politics, Senator Babafemi Ojudu, said last night that President Muhammadu Buhari did not ask the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, to resign. Ojudu made the clarification in a comment posted on CACOL WhatsApp group. It was the…
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2019: Presidency reacts to controversies trailing Amina Zakari’s appointment
The presidency on Friday defended the appointment of Amina Zakari as head of the collation centre for the general elections by the electoral commission, INEC. Recall that Zakari was appointed chairperson of the Election Collation Centre Committee on Thursday by the Chairman of commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu. The main opposition party, PDP, and a coalition…
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2019: Presidency clears air on Dangote’s membership of APC Campaign Council
The Presidency says Alhaji Aliko Dangote, who is not a card-carrying member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), cannot, and is not member of the party’s Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) as erroneously announced on Friday. Mr Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, made the clarification in a statement on…