Politics

Support for Buhari, best way to actualise Igbo presidency -Ubani

Ihesiulo Grace 26 December 2017 0

Igbos across Nigeria have been advised to support the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari as such was the shortest and best way of actualising the Igbo presidency in 2023. This is the view of the vice president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Monday Ubani, in an interview with

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Group urges Buhari to sack Baru

Ihesiulo Grace 26 December 2017 0

…Says Nigerians have lost confidence in him Piqued by the worsening scarcity of petrol across the country, a concerned group has demanded the sacking of the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, (NNPC), Dr. Maikanti Baru. The group, a civil rights organisation, Stand Up for Nigeria Coalition (SUN-CO), on Monday said it […]

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Tinubu Calls for Support for Buhari

Ihesiulo Grace 25 December 2017 0

All Progressives Congress National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has called for support for President Muhammadu Buhari so that the country can overcome its current challenges. He urged Nigerians to learn from the example of Jesus Christ “who faced and overcame the greatest evil” by uniting to overcome our challenges. Asiwaju Tinubu’s message on the […]

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OIC meeting: Presidency tackles Shari’ah Council over Buhari’s absence

Ihesiulo Grace 25 December 2017 0

THE Presidency has taken to task the Supreme Council for Sharia, which had accused President Muhammadu Buhari of letting down Muslims by his alleged failure to attend the emergency summit of Organization of Islamic States (OIC) called by Turkey to discuss the US declaration of Jerusalem as the official Capital of Israel. In a statement […]

Politics

2019: Opposition should start thinking of 2023; Buhari has already won 2019 –Marwa

Ihesiulo Grace 24 December 2017 0

Former Military Administrator of Lagos State, Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa has said that nobody can defeat President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2019 presidential election. Marwa, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), said from political calculations, no formidable candidate can withstand Buhari during the upcoming election. Speaking with another newspaper, the APC

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Buhari orders end to Fuel hoarding, price hike

Ihesiulo Grace 24 December 2017 0

President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday broke his silence on the lingering fuel scarcity in the country, saying he had directed regulators to end hoarding and price hike. He said he had also been assured by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation that the situation will improve significantly in the next few days. Buhari disclosed this in […]

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Xmas: Buhari celebrates with Nigerians, promises better days

Ihesiulo Grace 23 December 2017 0

President Muhammadu Buhari celebrate with Nigerians on Christmas, and has given the assurance of better days ahead. In his 2017 Christmas message on Saturday, he said: “I am deeply convinced that better days lie ahead for us as a nation as we make progress on all the major fronts where we have set our energies […]

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We must avert collapse of public confidence in Judiciary, Buhari tells NBA

Ihesiulo Grace 22 December 2017 0

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday charged the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) to work with the government to avert the collapse of public confidence in the justice system of the country. The President stated this while receiving the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the NBA at the State House in Abuja. He warned that a collapse […]

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Buhari assures better investment in health sector

Ihesiulo Grace 22 December 2017 0

President Muhammadu Buhari has pledged that the Federal Government will increase investment in the health sector, so that the country can halt the loss of well trained professionals to other lands. Receiving the executive members of Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria (MDCAN) at State House, Abuja on Thursday, the President appreciated the concern […]

Business

Economic growth, job creation‘ll ease crises in ECOWAS – Buhari

Ihesiulo Grace 18 December 2017 0

President Muhammadu Buhari has stated that only sustainable economic growth and job creation within the ECOWAS region will guarantee peace and quench incessant migration. Buhari stated this on Saturday in Abuja, while addressing 15 ECOWAS leaders during the 52nd Ordinary summit of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of States and Government. The Nigerian President noted […]

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Abia communities petition Buhari over missing monarch, wife

Ihesiulo Grace 16 December 2017 0

….Demand compensation Three Communities in Umuahia North Local Government, Abia state have called on President Muhammadu Buhari to ask the security agencies to help them in locating the whereabouts of their monarch, his wife as well as the leader of the proscribed indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), who were alleged to have been missing since […]

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Buhari tasks ECOWAS, AU on accountability, co-existence

Ihesiulo Grace 16 December 2017 0

President Muhammadu Buhari Friday tasked the President of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission and Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission on the need for accountability and good neighbourliness in both the sub-region, and on the African continent. Buhari stated this on Friday at the State House, Abuja, with the two […]

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Anxiety, as manufacturers anticipate single-digit interest rate in 2018

Ihesiulo Grace 15 December 2017 0

Following the announcement by the Federal Government of Nigeria that it will soon unveil a single digit interest rate for manufacturers, local producers in the country can’t wait till 2018 to see the move actualized, as it has been long overdue. The low interest rate according to government was to further promote private sector investments […]

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Over 12m Farmers join rice, wheat revolution – Buhari

Ihesiulo Grace 15 December 2017 0

…Says Anchor Borrowers Programme succeeding President Muhammadu Buhari has declared the Administration’s Anchors Borrowers’ Programme a huge success, saying, 12.2 million farmers have joined the rice and wheat revolution while the country is moving close to self- sufficiency in major grains. The President, who was represented by the Minister of

Politics

Your government lacks focus, anti graft war uncoordinated, CACOL tells Buhari

Ihesiulo Grace 14 December 2017 0

An anti corruption pressure group, Centre for Anti Corruption and Open Leadership (CACOL) has said that the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari was lacking direction and slow, especially in taking key decisions that affect his administration’s policy implementation and overall governance in the country. The group lamented the slow pace of success recorded in the

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Buhari not giving us special attention in Kastina – Masari

Ihesiulo Grace 14 December 2017 0

….Says North not afraid of restructuring The Kastina State governor, Bello Masari has said that the state was not enjoying any special privileges from President Muhammadu Buhari as expected being that Katsina is the President’s home state. Lamenting the President’s refusal to give his home state a special attention, Masari said the state was not […]

Opinion

Buratai: That PMB’s “wiz-man” on counter insurgency

Ihesiulo Grace 14 December 2017 0

President Muhammadu Buhari knows the appealing burden of leadership. Anywhere a leader finds him, there are huge responsibilities and enormous expectations, no matter how infinitesimal the position entrusted to him. Buhari knows a leader who sets his eyes on honest and dedicated leadership finds the burden of leading less cumbersome. Such leaders take the right […]

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Defence: Buhari gets CSO accolades

Ihesiulo Grace 8 December 2017 0

….hails Buratai’s sportsmanship President Muhammadu Buhari has earned accolades from a critical segment of the Nigerian society, over the administration’s conquest of Boko Haram and other rising insurgencies threatening the stability of peace and unity of the country in recent times as it also hailed the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Yusufu Buratai

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Oyegun’s comment on Atiku uncharitable- APC Chieftain

Ihesiulo Grace 6 December 2017 0

Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Comrade Timi Frank, has described as uncharitable media reports credited to the national chairman of his party Chief John Oyegun, over the recent defection of the former vice president Atiku Abubakar. Frank said the national chairman should have known that he lacked moral right to […]

Education

Justify FG’s investment in you, Buhari urges varsities

Ihesiulo Grace 6 December 2017 0

President Muhammadu Buhari has urged universities in the country to justify Federal Government’s investment in them by striving to raise standards. Buhari made the call on Saturday in Nsukka during the 47th Convocation of the University of Nigeria, for the conferment of postgraduate diplomas, higher degrees and award of honorary degrees to three distinguished Nigerians.