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With His Refusal To Sign Electoral Act Amendment, Buhari Is Protecting Nigeria’s Democracy, Says Garba Shehu
The Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari, Garba Shehu, has given further insight into the President’s decision to withhold assent from the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill 2021. In a statement on Tuesday, Mr Shehu said the move is part of efforts to protect the democracy of the nation and the President will do whatever he can to protect it. “It...
Sen. Kalu Commends Buhari For Construction Of Over 50 Roads In Abia North
Senator representing Abia North, Sen. Orji Uzor Kalu has said that the President Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government through his constituency projects has carried out over 50 road projects across Abia North Senatorial District. Speaking on Monday during the Ezumezu festival of Igbere Clan, Bende LGA, the former Abia governor said the ongoing projects underscored the fact that the All Progressives...
After Claiming That He Has Improved The Living Standard Of Nigerians, Mike Ozekhome Disagrees With Buhari
Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, Mike Ozekhome on Tuesday, disagreed over claims by President Muhammadu Buhari that his stewardship has brought about improvement in various sectors of the economy in the past six and a half years. The President had recently stated in Paris at the Nigeria International Partnership Forum, NIPF that his administration has succeeded in revitalizing the nation’s...
Buhari Rescued Nigeria From Collapse, Says Malami
The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami SAN, has said President Muhammadu Buhari rescued Nigeria from collapse within the first year of his administration. Malami said Buhari came at a time when the economy was about to collapse, which would have led to total collapse of the nation, but he rescued the situation within a...
Obasanjo Fires Back At Edwin Clark, Insists He Never Hated Niger Delta
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said he had never shown anger or distraught to the Niger Delta region or any part of the country. Obasanjo said this and more in response to Chief Edwin Clark’s accusation that he(Obasanjo’s) disdain and insincerity for the people of Niger Delta have not in any way reduced. Clark, the leader of the Pan Niger Delta...
Rebuild Umuahia-Uzuakoli-Ohafia Road, It’s Not A Federal Road, Sen. Kalu Tells Ikpeazu
Senator representing Abia North Senatorial district, Sen. Orji Uzor Kalu has called on the governor of Abia State, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu to consider rebuilding Umuahia -Uzuakoli -Akara-Alayi-Igbere- Item-Abiriba-Ohafia road. Describing the road as important, the Senate Chief Whip said contrary to insinuations, the road is not a federal government but state road. The former Governor in a post in his verified...
We Spend N30bn Monthly On N-Power Beneficiaries, Says FG
Federal government has said it spends N30 billion monthly on N-Power beneficiaries’ stipends. This was disclosed by the minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq, during the closing ceremony of the 3,000 N-Power beneficiaries trained on hardware, software engineering under N-Tech in Abuja, yesterday. The minister who was represented by the national coordinator, National Social Investment...
Electricity Distributors Spit Fire As Soldiers Beat Up AEDC Staff In Abuja
The Association of Nigerian Electricity Distributors (ANED) has condemned the alleged beating up of staff of the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) by soldiers, saying it portends danger for the power sector. ANED in a statement on Friday, was reacting to a report in which four staff of the DisCo narrated how they were detained and handed over to soldiers...
She Took Me To A Hotel, Gave Me Drink, I Didn’t Know What I Was Doing, Port Harcourt Pepper Soup Seller Narrates As Female Fraudster Dupes Him
A middle-aged man, Innocent Udeme, has lamented the loss of three phones and money to a lady who he claimed hypnotised him at his shop in GRA, near a nightclub in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. He said the suspect, whose identity had yet to be ascertained, bought pepper soup from him, adding that she, however, did not eat...
2023: We Need N305bn To Conduct Election — INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that it requires N305 billion to conduct the 2023 elections. According to the commission, the fund would be used majorly to meet the commission’s technological needs to better serve the country. Speaking on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on Wednesday, INEC’s National Commission, Festus Okoye, disclosed that part of the money will be used...
