Tag: Garba Shehu

Many states asking for community policing can’t pay salaries – Garba Shehu

Ishaku Yohanna

President Muhammadu Buhari’s Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, says it took government long to approve community policing in the country so as to make sure that state governments are able to cater to the needs of those hired for the purpose. Shehu who shared this while speaking on a Channels Television programme, noted that it was necessary for steps to be taken to ensure that a proper structure that is implementable in all states is formed before the state policing is actualised in the country. ” A…

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Expect surprises from Magu’s probe, Presidency tells Nigerians

Ishaku Yohanna

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, has asked Nigerians to be prepared for surprises in the probe of Ibrahim Magu, former acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Speaking on Channels Television’s ‘Politics Today’ programme on Sunday, Shehu said the Presidency had been receiving some little updates from the Justice Ayo Salami-led panel and the findings would surprise Nigerians. Responding to a question on claims by Magu’s lawyers that the probe was a witch-hunt, Shehu said, “I guess this is…

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Malami in web of N300m mansion purchase scandal

Ishaku Yohanna

Nigeria’s Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has denied reports in the media that he bought a mansion worth N300million for his newly married son in Abuja.   An online newspaper, not Voice of Liberty, had published a report on Friday claiming that the Minister of Justice had gifted his eldest son, AbdulAziz, who wedded on Saturday, the alleged N300million Abuja mansion. The newspaper also alleged that Malami’s son, Abdul Aziz, who graduated from a university in Cyprus in 2018, is known among his circle to lead a flamboyant…

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