Tag: Presidency

“Your perception of Buhari’s administration wrong” – Presidency replies Financial Times

Aminu Imam

The Presidency has described as wrong, a Financial Times of London’s article on the state of security and the economy under President Muhammadu Buhari. It also added that the article is predictable from a correspondent who jets briefly in and out of Nigeria on the same British Airways flight he so criticises. The article, titled: ‘What is Nigeria’s Government for?’ by the Financial Times‘ African editor David Pilling, was published on January 31, 2022. In the article, Pilling said Buhari has “overseen two terms of an economic slump, rising debt…

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2023 Presidency: Arewa remains the Kingmaker with its population but… Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

As the race for 2023 heats up for who succeeds President Muhammadu Buhari, the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide says the northern Nigeria remains the kingmaker and decider with its large population, but the group is pleading with Arewa to cede the presidency to the Igbos. Secretary General of the Ohaneaeze Ndigbo Worldwide Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro made this declaration in Kaduna Monday while interfacing with the leadership of Arewa Consultative Youth Forum led by Yerima Shettima. Isiguzoro said the body came to interface with the North and meet with stakeholders as against…

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Party Direct Primaries: ‘Why Buhari refused to assent to 2021 Electoral Act (amendment) Bill’ – Presidency

Aminu Imam

President Muhammadu Buhari refused to sign the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill 2021 into law to save Nigeria’s democracy, the Presidency has said. The president’s Senior Special Assistant on Media, Garba Shehu, made this known, in an issued statement, titled: ‘In amending the Electoral Act, the nation first, always for Mr. President’. Shehu explained that the proposed amendments entail significant legal, financial, economic and security consequences for all Nigerians. He said, “The President’s decision to withhold assent from the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill 2021 has come under scrutiny from media and…

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

Aminu Imam

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 Commends Governor Inuwa Yahaya For Prioritising Human Capital Development

Aminu Imam

…As 1st batch of ARC-P Youths facilitators graduate in Gombe…To receive N30,000 Monthly Allowance…Governor Lauds President Buhari’s Social Intervention Programmes Gombe State Governor, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya, has lauded President Muhammadu Buhari over his administration’s empowerment initiative of At Risk Children Programme, (ARC-P), which he said has significantly helped in tackling crises associated with vulnerable children and youths that are potentially at risk of both physical and psychological state of well-being. The Governor made the assertion at the graduation ceremony of 500 youths facilitators trained on various skills under the said…

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

Aminu Imam

…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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‘Nigerian Air Force paid bandits N20m to avoid shooting down Buhari’s presidential jet’ - Report 

Aminu Imam

…NAF denies making any payments In a desperate deal that was brokered as President Muhammadu Buhari was planning a trip to Katsina State, the Nigerian Air Force, (NAF), allegedly coordinated ransom payments to armed bandits in exchange for an anti-aircraft gun seized from the Nigerian Army, the Wall Street Journal has reported. According to the Journal, “N20 million was delivered to the bandits in Rugu Forest by a NAF official, who leaked details of the operation under anonymity because the military realised that it would be too risky to leave the weapon…

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Tribal bullying: Presidency condemns Yoruba nation, IPOB’s alliance against Nigeria, Buhari

Aminu Imam

Barely two weeks after condemning the alliance between the Yoruba ‘nation’ proponents and the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB), the Presidency has again lampooned their romance.  Recall that at the start of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), the secessionist organisations protested against President Muhammadu Buhari and the Nigerian State. In reaction, Buhari’s spokesman, Garba Shehu, described IPOB as a designated terror group, with a 50,000 militia wing operating under the name, Eastern Security Network, (ESN). The presidential aide denounced the attempt to hold States in Nigerian hostage and…

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‘Nigeria not interested in naming, shaming alleged terrorism sponsors’ – Femi Adesina

Aminu Imam

The Federal Government is not interested in naming and shaming sponsors of terrorism, presidential spokesperson, Femi Adesina, has said. Adesina, who made the statement during an interview during a television programme on Monday, said the Buhari-led administration is more interested in ensuring that those found guilty will be brought to book. He was responding to questions on possible topics of discussion that President Muhammadu Buhari will have at the United Nations (UN) General Assembly, which began yesterday. Specifically, the presidential aide was asked if the president will address the recent…

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“55% Of Buhari’s appointments have gone to Southern Nigeria”, Says President Buhari’s SSA, Ajuri Ngelale

Aminu Imam

Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs, Ajuri Ngelale, has stated that 55 percent of President Muhammadu Buhari’s appointments have gone to the Southern region of the country. Ngelale revealed this while speaking on a television programme yesterday. According to him, some people will always paint Buhari with an ethnic brush no matter what he does, saying there’s always an attempt to “create an ethnic blackmail on developmental projects”. “Some of this has to do with the fact that you have a president that comes from the north,…

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