The Federal Executive Council has approved about N2billion for the procurement of surveillance equipment for some airports and inland waterways in the country. Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, disclosed this to State House correspondents at the end of the Council meeting, presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Council Chamber, Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Wednesday. He said N1.2 billion of the amount was approved for the purchase of surveillance equipment for the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja and the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos. Muhammed said: The Minister…
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Full list of approved 20 private universities by President Buhari
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the establishment of additional 20 private universities across Nigeria. The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents on the outcome of FEC meeting, presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja on Wednesday. Adamu said the approved universities will get their provisional licenses from the National Universities Commission (NUC), to be used for the next three years while monitoring and evaluation goes on. The approved universities are: Topfaith University, Mkpatak, Akwa Ibom, Thomas Adewumi University, Oko-Irese, Kwara, Maranathan…
Read MoreWhat Went Down Inside Buhari First Meeting With Service Chiefs Femi Adesina
Whenever you see them file in, it is always in this order: Chief of Defence Staff first, followed by Chief of Army Staff, then Chief of Naval Staff, and finally, Chief of Air Staff. It is an institution that scrupulously respects hierarchy, and that is how the Service Chiefs turn out. It was not different on Wednesday afternoon when the new leadership of the military visited the State House to have their first meeting with the President/ Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Muhammadu Buhari, himself a retired Major General of the…
Read MorePresident Buhari passes law to check spread of COVID-19
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday signed a law to check the spread of COVID-19 pandemic. The chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 and the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, disclosed this while handing over five ambulances donated by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to the Federal Ministry of Health on Wednesday in Abuja. Mustapha said that the bill, titled COVID-19 Health Protection Regulations 2021, is an exercise of the powers as conferred on the president by Section 4 of the Quarantine Act. The regulations enforce…
Read MoreBuhari meets new Service Chiefs in Aso Rock
By; Hassan Umar Farouk, Abuja. President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday met with the newly appointed Service Chiefs at the presidential villa, Abuja. Present at the meeting held behind closed doors were Major-General Lucky Leo Irabor, Chief of Defence Staff; Major-General Ibrahim Attahiru, Chief of Army Staff; Rear Admiral Awwal Zubairu Gambo, Chief of Naval Staff; and Air-Vice Marshal Isiaka Oladayo Amao, Chief of Air Staff. Speaking to State House correspondents after the meeting, General Irabor said they would work to protect security of lives and property. We have just seen…
Read MoreBuhari appeals to Nigerian elite to criticize him fairly
President Muhammadu Buhari has called on Nigerians especially the elite to be fair in their criticism of his administration. Femi Adesina, the presidents spokesman said Buhari made the appeal when he received in audience Rev. Yakubu Pam, the Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Christian Pilgrims Commission, at the State House, Abuja, on Thursday The president said: Those criticising the administration should be fair in terms of reflecting on where we were before we came, where we are now and what resources are available to us and what we have done…
Read MoreKankara abduction: Masari receives students, assures of upping security
By; Abdullahi Garba Jani, Katsina Katsina State Government has received the 344 rescued student of Kankara Government Science Secondary School who were abducted by bandits a week ago. Governor Aminu Bello Masari who received the rescued students at the Government House Katsina, assured that, his administration would continue to give ultimate attention to security of lives and property of the citizenry. Addressing the media in government House, Katsina MAsari said today is historic, not only for Katsina state and Nigeria, but also for the Children that were rudely abducted from…
Read MoreThe Presidency has failed Nigerians – Council of Imams and Ulama
The Council of Imams and Ulama Kaduna State says it is highly disturbed and regrettable registers its disappointment with the manner the President Muhammad Buhari led Government handles the security of lives and property of Nigerians. In a statement signed by the Secretary of the Council, Yusuf Yakubu Arrigasiyyu, the religious body said the actions and inactions of the Buhari administration has proven to have no any other progressive solutions to solving the current negative plight Nigerians are experiencing, particularly on the security challenges. The Council called for the immediate restructuring of the security architecture of the country without any further delay with the view to protecting the lives and…
Read MoreEzekwesili demands probe of Buharis mental health
Says Things have become critical Former minister of education, Oby Ezekwesili, has called for an independent mental and physical assessment of President Muhammadu Buhari to determine his ability to govern the country in the face of rising insecurity. In a tweet, Ezekwesili said Nigerians need to know the capability of the president to carry on his duties, adding that the current state of the country has become too grave to be overlooked. I think that at this stage and depth of fragility of the Nigeria-State, Privacy has to yield…
Read MoreBorno massacre: Northern group says it is time for citizen action
The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) has reacted to the massacre of innocent farmers in Zabarmari of Borno State by Boko Haram, saying time has come for citizens to rise and protect themselves. Reacting to the killing of about 43 people in Zabarmari, Spokesperson of the Coalition, Abdul-Azeez Suleiman said government and federal troops can no longer be relied upon to protect northern communities. The statement said “the President and federal troops keep telling us that they are doing something about the mounting insecurity, but by now all northerners must…
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