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President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to depart Abuja, today, to attend the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP@50), scheduled for 3rd 4th March, 2022 in Nairobi, Kenya. According to a statement by the presidency, Buhari is expected to deliver the National Statement of the country and participate in High Level Dialogue Sessions on the Environment at the event. He will be accompanied by the […]
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) says it will not back down on the current industrial action, accusing the Federal Government of not keeping to its promises. President of the union, Emmanuel Osodeke, stated this today, more than two weeks after ASUU declared a one-month warning strike over the Federal Governments inability to honour its agreement with the body. Osodeke stressed that the members were tired of the federal […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the maltreatment of Nigerians and Africans at the Ukraine-Poland border. Video making the rounds on social media showed Africans being relegated to the back of the queue and prevented from entering the train to Poland from Ukraine, including a mother with her baby, who were forced to give up their seats for Ukraine citizens. The President, in a statement signed by his Senior Special Assistant […]
Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo has promised repentant Boko Haram members that the Federal Government would support them with a legitimate means of income, which would help them start a new life. Osinbajo who spoke yesterday at the Hajj Camp in Maiduguri, during his working visit to the state to launch the MSME Clinic and inaugurate various projects executed by the Borno State government, also promised the repentant insurgents that the […]
Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma has cautioned Nigerians against forcing and blackmailing President Muhammadu Buhari into signing the Electoral Act Amendment Bill into law. Uzodinma who spoke with journalists in Owerri, Imo State, said Buhari had the constitutional backing to study the bill and address areas he is not comfortable with and urged Nigerians to allow the President to do his job. Reports had emerged yesterday that Buhari will sign […]
The House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs has summoned the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyema for failing to appear before it to defend a proposed amendment to the 2022 Appropriation Act. The Chairman of the committee, Buba Yakubu, noted that the minister was invited before the committee to explain why the ministry was asking for an amendment of its 2022 budget. Yakubu said the committee had discovered in […]
The reconciliatory meeting between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities yesterday ended inconclusively. Both parties failed to reach an agreement at the meeting held yesterday in Abuja, where the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, who convened the meeting, led the government delegation while Asuu President, Emmanuel Osodoke, attended alongside other leaders of the union. Ngige, during the meeting, said the government was surprised that […]
President Muhammadu Buhari will now sign the re-worked Electoral Act Amendment Bill on Friday, February 25. A source close to the Presidency, who had earlier indicated that the President would assent to the bill today, confirmed the new date to newsmen, which he said will be honoured by the President. This comes at a time when President Buhari is presiding over the Federal Executive Council meeting at the State House […]
As 2023 elections draw closer, former President, Olusegun Obasanjo has urged the older generation to step down for the younger ones. The former President, who spoke yesterday said the older generation should support the younger generation with the needed knowledge and experience to transform Nigeria. He faulted old politicians still contesting for the Presidency in 2023, stressing that they should give room for the younger ones who are still vibrant […]
