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Atiku Defends Buhari Over Aso Villa Meeting

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Governor Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi has absolved President Muhammadu Buhari of wrongdoing over the All Progressive Congress (APC) meeting held inside Aso Villa in Abuja. Atiku Bagudu, Chairman of the Progressives Governors Forum, told newsmen in Birnin Kebbi that the president did not violate any constitutional provision. Buhari and the APC were criticized for holding a party meeting within the precinct of...

Atiku Defends Buhari Over Aso Villa Meeting

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Governor Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi has absolved President Muhammadu Buhari of wrongdoing over the All Progressive Congress (APC) meeting held inside Aso Villa in Abuja. Atiku Bagudu, Chairman of the Progressives Governors Forum, told newsmen in Birnin Kebbi that the president did not violate any constitutional provision. Buhari and the APC were criticized for holding a party meeting within the precinct of...

COVID-19 Has Taught Us Invaluable Lessons – Buhari

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The President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday, inaugurated the $2.592bn Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano Gas pipeline project, admitting that the COVID-19 pandemic has thought his regime invaluable lessons. He said the government also learnt from some oil-rich countries that have utilised their crude to achieve economic and industrial diversification. According to a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, the President...

COVID-19 Has Taught Us Invaluable Lessons – Buhari

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The President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday, inaugurated the $2.592bn Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano Gas pipeline project, admitting that the COVID-19 pandemic has thought his regime invaluable lessons. He said the government also learnt from some oil-rich countries that have utilised their crude to achieve economic and industrial diversification. According to a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, the President...

Nigerians Were Forced To Accept COVID-19 – Yahaya Bello

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Yahaya Bello, governor of Kogi state, says Nigerians are being made to accept the reality of COVID-19 “by force”. Speaking at a prayer session for the late Nasir Ajana, Kogi chief judge, on Tuesday, Bello said COVID-19 was created to “shorten the lifestyle of the people”. Ajana died at a COVID-19 treatment centre in Gwagwalada in the federal capital territory (FCT) on Sunday. But...

Facebook User Cries Out After Account Hack, As Friends Get Duped

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An Abia based social media user Obaji Xtopher Chidiebere has decried the compromise of his Facebook account by hackers who have allegedly duped no fewer than 4 of his friends in his name. Narrating his ordeal to ABN TV on Monday, Xtopher said he woke up in the morning to check ABN TV his reliable online media channel for trending...

PHOTO: Imo Pensioners Block Govt House Entrance, Demand Payment Of Pensions

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Protesting Imo State pensioners on Tuesday barricaded the entrance of the state Government House's in Owerri, Igbere TV reports. The pensioners are demanding for their unpaid pensions owed by the state Governor, Mr Hope Uzodinma for over 5 months. The retirees who were heard chanting protest slogans accused the governor Uzodinma-led administration of insensitivity.

PHOTO: Imo Pensioners Block Govt House Entrance, Demand Payment Of Pensions

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Protesting Imo State pensioners on Tuesday barricaded the entrance of the state Government House's in Owerri, Igbere TV reports. The pensioners are demanding for their unpaid pensions owed by the state Governor, Mr Hope Uzodinma for over 5 months. The retirees who were heard chanting protest slogans accused the governor Uzodinma-led administration of insensitivity.

National Assembly Suspends Planned Hike In Electricity Tariffs

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The leadership of the National Assembly on Monday waded into the controversy on the planned hike in electricity tariffs from July 1st, 2020, and succeeded in convincing the Distribution Companies to defer the plan till the first quarter of 2021. This was contained in a statement issued late Tuesday by the Special Adviser to the Senate President on Media and...

National Assembly Suspends Planned Hike In Electricity Tariffs

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The leadership of the National Assembly on Monday waded into the controversy on the planned hike in electricity tariffs from July 1st, 2020, and succeeded in convincing the Distribution Companies to defer the plan till the first quarter of 2021. This was contained in a statement issued late Tuesday by the Special Adviser to the Senate President on Media and...

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