Tag: Garba Shehu

How PDP politicians raided NNPC, carted away $20bn – Presidency

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…Says under PDP, we had army of phantom soldiers whose pay went to politicians’ pockets The Presidency yesterday slammed the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), alleging that its politicians robbed the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, (NNPC), and stole $20 billion during their last year in power. The Presidency was reacting to the PDP governors’ criticism of the All Progressives Congress (APC) administration yesterday, in which the party branded the administration as a failure. Recall that the PDP governors had met in Abia State on March 24, after which they declared that…

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Alleged Corruption: ‘Adamu others have repented’ – Garba Shehu replies PDP

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The Presidency has slammed the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for its latest statement on the emergence of former Nasarawa State governor, Abdullahi Adamu as the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, (APC). Adamu was later charged to court in 2010 by the EFCC, alongside 19 other Nasarawa State officials, with 149 counts of corruption. He was accused of embezzling N15 billion public funds. While his corruption case with the EFCC was still on, Adamu and ten other PDP senators dumped the PDP and joined the APC on January…

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Buhari returns to Abuja, reschedules London medical trip to tomorrow

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Many Nigerians expressed surprise after President Buhari returned to the country yesterday, instead of heading for London as initially announced. Recall that the President, who attended the 50th Anniversary of the UN Environmental Programme (UNEP) in Nairobi, Kenya, was expected to proceed to the United Kingdom for a two-week medical check. Buhari’s spokesman, Femi Adesina, had announced the medical trip, in a statement issued earlier in the week. “From Kenya, President Buhari will proceed to London for routine medical checks that will last for a maximum of two weeks”, Adesina…

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Electoral Act: Buhari, NASS to agree on disputed clause soon – Presidency

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President Muhammadu Buhari and National Assembly will reach an agreement on the amendment of Section 84 (12) in the recently signed Electoral Act which bars appointed political officeholders from participating in their parties’ primaries, the presidency has said. The Presidency’s position was made known in a statement signed on Monday by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, titled: ‘Assent into law of the electoral act 2022: Landmark moment for the nation’. Recall that the section of the Electoral Act requires political appointees, including…

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‘President Buhari deserves credit for tackling insecurity’ – Garba Shehu

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The Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammad Buhari on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, says the president deserves credit for his efforts in tackling the farmers/herders crisis in the country. Shehu disclosed this yesterday, while presenting a paper, tagged: ‘Fake news: Challenges of information management‘, at the 10th year anniversary of the Federal University Dutsin-Ma, (FUDMA), in Katsina State. According to Shehu, “It is a fact that the Buhari administration is the only government of Nigeria that has put forward a workable solution to the herder-farmer challenge in all the…

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‘IPOB paid millions of dollars to put Nigeria on religious watchlist’ – Garba Shehu

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The Senior Special Assistant to the President (Media and Publicity), Garba Shehu, has said Nigeria was listed as a religious violator by the United States after falsehood and misinformation by extremist groups and the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB), in a well-funded international media campaign. Shehu said this in a statement titled, ‘What Biden’s removal of Nigeria from religious violation watchlist means,’ issued on Friday following the visit to Nigeria by the US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken. The presidential spokesman said right-wing American lobbyists were funded millions of…

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Presidency replies Economist on threats to Nigeria’s stability, insists President Buhari is strengthening Africa’s democracy

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…Says previous leaders lacked courage to tackle threats The Presidency, yesterday responded to what it described as “TheEconomist’s flawed anti-Nigeria cover”, saying that President Muhammadu Buhari is strengthening Africa’s democracy. These were contained in a statement issued by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, in Abuja. The Presidency also said that the resilience and fortitude of patriotic Nigerians will see the nation through its difficult times. The statement reads: “TheEconomist is correct: Nigeria faces four key threats to the stability and prosperity of the nation…

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“What Buhari has done to AK-47 wielding bandits worse than declaring them as terrorists” – Garba Shehu

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Presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, says what the Federal Government has done to AK-47-wielding bandits is worse than designating them as terrorists. Shehu, who spoke in an interview with BBC News Pidgin Service yesterday, was responding to a question on why the regime of his principal, President Muhammadu Buhari, has not outlawed blood-sucking bandits just as the current government proscribed the Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB) and moved to do the same to Yoruba nation secessionist group. “What the Buhari administration has done to the arms-wielding bandits is worse than being…

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FG has disbursed N24bn to 3 States, FCT for ranching – Garba Shehu

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Presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, has disclosed that the Federal Government has disbursed N24billion to three States, namely: Katsina, Yobe and Ebonyi including the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT), for cattle ranching. This was disclosed by Garba Shehu on Wednesday night, while speaking on a television programme. Shehu said some of the states given these funds for ranching got theirs before Katsina, Buhari’s State. His statements were made in response to the Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom,who said President Muhammadu Buhari’s decision to review grazing routes is “unconstitutional”. However, he said more…

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“Nigeria will not break; nobody should go anywhere” – Garba Shehu

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The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, has said that Nigeria will continue to exist as one indivisible country despite its present challenges. Shehu made the assertion at the ‘Kwararafa Reporters Lecture and Awards’ ceremony, which was held on Thursday, in Abuja. Sharing opinions on the issue of whether Nigeria should disintegrate or continue to remain as one nation, the Presidential Spokesperson said that nobody should go anywhere and that Nigeria will not break. Shehu, who commended Kwararafa Reporters on the positive impact they…

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