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Buhari Congratulates Burkina Faso President on Electoral Victory

27Nov

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Burkina Faso, Elections, Nigeria

Buhari Congratulates Burkina Faso President on Electoral Victory

President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated President Roch Kabore of Burkina Faso on his re-election for a second term in office. This was disclosed in a statement on Friday by Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the president, titled “President Buhari congratulates Roch Marc Kabore of Burkina Faso on his re-election for a second term, sieges him to unite the country.” According to the statement, Buhari said: “I am pleased with the peaceful outcome of the election in which the voters of Burkina Faso renewed your mandate for another five years in office. “Winning a second term is a vote of confidence, but it also brings bigger challenges for leaders to work even harder to make life better for their citizens.” President Buhari also urged Kabore who wa...

The Essential Buhari: NNPC GMD’s testimony – Femi Adesina

27Nov

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Petroleum

The Essential Buhari: NNPC GMD’s testimony – Femi Adesina

On Friday last week, Mallam Mele Kolo Kyari, Group Managing Director of Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), held an engagement with energy editors across diverse media platforms. Yours truly was invited. I currently serve as media adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari, but I remain essentially a newspaperman. There’s nothing I love better. And when done in government, the media still beckons, by the grace of God. So I felt quite at home at the NNPC event, which was designed to update the media on current developments in the petroleum industry. When a General Officer Commanding (GOC) moves, the brigade commanders and all other brass hats move too. At that outing with the GMD were the managing directors of subsidiaries, group general managers, and Who is Who in NNPC. The inf...

See What Buhari Has Done to Nigerian Air Force – Femi Adesina

20Nov

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria

See What Buhari Has Done to Nigerian Air Force – Femi Adesina

When a bird loses its wings, it is no better than a chick running round and merely looking up longingly. It can’t soar into the azure sky, and is just doomed for a certain time to walk the night. That was the state of the Nigerian Air Force years back, until President Muhammadu Buhari came. The Force was wingless. Forlorn. Grounded. Comatose. The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, gave an idea of what was, and what now is, in Abuja February 2020, when President Buhari inaugurated two Agusta 109 Power and one MI-171 E helicopters. Said the Air Chief: “Just five years ago, the Nigerian Air Force was facing serious challenges with an abysmal 35 percent aircraft serviceability status for all operable aircraft. At the same time, terrorism, insurgency and other heinous cr...

ASUU Strike: UTAS Integrity Test to Take 8 Weeks – Ngige

18Nov

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Education, News, Nigeria

ASUU Strike: UTAS Integrity Test to Take 8 Weeks – Ngige

FG didn’t budget for purchase of UTAS hardware Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour and employment has revealed that the integrity test being done to ascertain the efficiency of the software of the University transparency and Accountability Solution being put forward by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) would take between six and eight months to be completed. The academic body has been on extended strike in protest against plans by the Federal Government for members of ASUU to enroll on Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) among other issues. ASUU has instead proposed the use of UTAS as an alternative payment system for its members. Ngige while speaking with journalists after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the presidential Villa...

13Nov

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria

We Have Not Many Fathers – Femi Adesina

Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, our own Hajia Amina Mohammed, led a team to visit President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday. Many things agitated the minds of the UN team, which said it was visiting to highlight issues dear to the heart of the global body: COVID-19 and its ravages, security, humanitarian aid for displaced persons, climate change, the EndSARS campaign, and many others. Many times have I seen the President respond to the EndSARS protest and its fallout, both privately and publicly. He responded while launching a youth empowerment scheme on October 12, speaking to the restive youths directly, that their agitation against police brutality was well meaning, and that their voices had been heard. He spoke publicly in a national broadcast again on October 22, afte...

11Nov

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria

APC Convention to Hold Soon – Buni

Chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC) caretaker committee, Mai Mala Buni has said the party’s convention will hold soon. Buni disclosed this while reacting to accusations by some party faithful that the committee was not planning to hold a convention as part of scheme to extend its tenure. Former senator from Zamfara, Kabir Marafa had issued Buni a December ultimatum to organise a convention or face opposition. Speaking with journalists after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the state house, Buni said the convention will happen soon. He said that members of the committee are not looking for jobs but are determine to unite the party. The leadership crisis that erupted in the party led to the constitution of the caretaker committee by the party’s National Ex...

CBN Clampdown: #EndSARS Campaigners Must Account for Actions – Presidency

9Nov

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Crime, Judiciary, Justice, News, Nigeria

CBN Clampdown: #EndSARS Campaigners Must Account for Actions – Presidency

The Presidency has said that those who contributed to the recent #EndSARS movement turning violent must face the law. This was disclosed by Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari, on Sunday when he appeared on Channels Television’s programme, Sunday Politics. The Central Bank of Nigeria froze the account of 20 #EndSARS promoters while it was reported that another campaigner, Modupe Odele was stopped from embarking on travel by government officials. Reacting to questions on the development, Shehu said the protesters must face the law. “This country has only one president and has only one constitution. President Muhammadu Buhari is responsible for his government. The buck stops on his table. “We are a country governed by law...

INEC Chief, Yakubu, to Hand Over to an Acting Chairman Today

9Nov

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Elections, Legislature, News, Nigeria

INEC Chief, Yakubu, to Hand Over to an Acting Chairman Today

Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu is expected to transfer control of the commission to an acting chairman on Monday (today) pending the ratification of his reappointment by the Senate. A n invitation sent to newsmen by Mr. Rotimi Oyekanmi, Yakubu’s Chief Press Secretary disclosed that the handover is billed to take place at the conference hall of the commission’s headquarters in Abuja on Monday. Yakubu was first appointed to the position of INEC chairman in October 2015 but was officially sworn in on November 9, 2015. President Muhammadu Buhari had on October 27, 2020 reappointed the INEC boss for a second term in office at the expiry of his first five years tenure, subject to confirmation by the senate. Reports suggest Yakub...

Obasanjo Scores Buhari Low on Foreign Direct Investment, Security

30Oct

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Economy, News, Nigeria, Security

Obasanjo Scores Buhari Low on Foreign Direct Investment, Security

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has once again rated the Muhammadu Buhari administration low on intervention security and foreign direct investment, saying that a lot is desired if the country were to impact reasonably on its citizenry. Obasanjo disclosed this at a virtual parley of former heads of state at the instance of President Muhammadu Buhari on 23rd October 2020, following the state broadcast to address the shooting of peaceful protesters at Lekki toll gate area of Lagos and other forms of violence that ensured. The former military and civilian leader quoted by Presidential aide on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina in a statement released on Thursday warned that the country needs heavy local and international investments to make laudable impact. He said, “Let me commend...

If You Burn Factories, Release Prisoners, it is Anti-investment – Buhari

30Oct

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria

If You Burn Factories, Release Prisoners, it is Anti-investment – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has identified the agricultural sector as an upswing in the country which could be harnessed for economic growth. Buhari who disclosed this in a meeting held last week with all former heads of state to discuss the state of the nation after the shooting of #EndSARS protesters at Lekki Toll Gate area of Lagos regretted that the protest which started as a peaceful and legitimate demand for an end to police brutality in the country was hijacked by hoodlums. The hijack sabotaged the goal of the demonstrations. According to a statement by Presidential aide on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, the President while thanking the former leaders for commending the steps taken by his administration to address the protests said he regretted that the demonstrations degen...