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President Buhari signs banks and other financial institutions act 2020
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday, November 12, 2020 assented to the Banks and Other Financial Institutions Act 2020. A statement signed by the Senior Special Assistant to the President Media & Publicity Garba Shehu revealed. According to the statement, the act repeals the extant Banks and Other Financial Institutions Act 1991 as amended. This […]
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President Buhari Says Nigerian Youths Keeps The Peace In Their Own Interest.
Nigerian youths would do well to keep the peace, as it is in their own interest ultimately, President Muhammadu Buhari has said. The President spoke on Monday at State House, Abuja, while receiving in audience the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, Amina Mohammed, Nigeria’s former Minister of Environment. “Our own generation is on the […]
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2014 National Conference Report: PDP accuses APC of Frustrating Genuine Restructuring
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) rejects the attempt by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to manipulate the system and frustrate the widespread clamour and efforts by majority of Nigerians for a genuine restructuring. A statement Signed by the National Publicity Secretary of the party Kola Ologbondiyan revealed. The PDP also describes the plans by […]
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Power Reform: FG launches distribution of Free Meters to households
The Federal Government under the National Mass Metering Programme (NMMP) has commenced the distribution of free electricity meters to Nigerians across the country. The distribution which was launched yesterday in Kano, Kaduna, Eko, and Ikeja DISCO franchise areas, will target all households in the country. The programme was initiated by President Muhammadu Buhari to […]
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WTO LEADERSHIP: President Buhari assures Okonojo-Iweala total support
President Muhammadu Buhari Monday in Abuja assured Nigeria’s former Minister of Finance and Economy, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, that the country will explore every opportunity and deploy its entire energy to ensure that she becomes the Director-General of World Trade Organisation (WTO). In a statement signed by the Senior Special Assistant to the President, Media […]
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End SARS: Northern Youth Assembly cautions FG against scrap, calls for reform
By Jibrin Hussain Kundum Following the recent dissolution of the special anti robbery squad SARS by the inspector general of police Mohammed Adamu, the Northern youth Assembly of Nigeria NYAN has call on the Nigeria police to reform and reinstate the SARS operatives in order to protect lives and property of the citizenry. The Speaker […]
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UN SUMMIT: President Buhari warns against trafficking in nuclear materials, says it’s a threat to international peace and security
President Muhammadu Buhari Friday called for the total elimination of nuclear weapons, warning that trafficking in nuclear materials remains a potential threat to international peace and security. In his video-message to the UN High-level meeting to commemorate and promote the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, President Buhari restated Nigeria’s commitment to […]
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MALI: ECOWAS to deliberate again on grey areas
Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), at the behest of their Chairman, President Nana Akufo-Addo of Ghana, may confer again to discuss outstanding grey areas in the Mali political situation, President Muhammadu Buhari has indicated. The President spoke after receiving briefing at State House, Abuja, Monday, from […]
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Labour calls off strike as FG suspends electricity tariff hike for 2 weeks.
Organized labour, in the early hours of Monday, suspended the proposed strike over increase in prices of petrol and electricity tariff. The suspension was contained in a communique jointly signed by labour leaders and the Federal Government representatives, and read by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, at the end of the […]
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LOKOJA TANKER EXPLOSION: President Buhari mourns victims
President Muhammadu Buhari has stated that the death of 23 people, as confirmed by the Federal Road Safety Commission, “represents another disturbing and saddening incident in the litany of tragedies that have befallen the country. Reacting to the petroleum tanker explosion earlier this Wednesday in Lokoja, the Kogi State Capital which claimed the lives of […]
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