Audio promises: Buhari restates commitment to lifting 100m Nigerians out of poverty | The #YNaijaCover

On the 30th of November, the Minister of Water Resources, Alhaji Suleiman Adamu, emerged to declare that the Federal Government had plans to lift 100 million Nigerians out of poverty over the next 10 years. This promise is one that is in no way new to Nigerians. It’s a statement Nigerians have heard repeated over... Read More

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October 24, 2017

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President Buhari cautions against common currency for ECOWAS

President Muhamadu Buhari Tuesday, in Niamey, Republic of Niger, urged member countries of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to tread carefully in pushing for a single currency in the sub-region by 2020. He cited the challenges faced by the European Union in realising the same goal to buttress his position. The President made... Read More

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October 10, 2017

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North should produce next President if Buhari does not contest in 2019 – Kalu

Former governor of Abia State, Chief Orji Uzor Kalu on Monday said if President Muhammadu Buhari will not contest in 2019, the north should produce the next President. Kalu said this when he visited former Military President Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida in Minna. He however stated that after the north Presidency, the next President in 2023... Read More

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April 21, 2017

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Osinbajo-led panel interrogates Magu again

by Dolapo Adelana The committee set up by President Muhammadu Buhari to investigate the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal and the Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ambassador Ayo Oke for the second day running met with the acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu. According... Read More

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April 20, 2017

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$50m: Osinbajo’s investigative panel quizzes Magu, Daura, Idris

by Dolapo Adelana The three-man presidential committee headed by Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo investigating the discovery of $43.4m by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in a residential apartment at Osborne Towers, Ikoyi, Lagos, Thursday questioned the acting chairman of EFCC, Mr. Ibrahim Magu, Daily Trust reports. The National Intelligence Agency (NIA) has since laid... Read More

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January 6, 2017

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Buhari to attend inauguration of Ghana’s President-elect

President Muhammadu Buhari will attend the inauguration of Ghana’s President-elect, Nana Akufo-Addo in Accra on Saturday. In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity Femi Adesina on Friday, he said the President will join other leaders for the inauguration of Akufo-Addo and Vice President-elect, Mahamudu Bawumia. “President Buhari once again congratulates Ghanaians... Read More

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September 23, 2016

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BBOG endorses Buhari’s invitation to UN for Chibok girls negotiations

The Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) Group has said it supports President Muhammadu Buhari’s appeal to the United Nations on negotiations over the release of the abducted Chibok girls. BBOG’s spokesperson, Abubakar Abdullahi on Thursday said the step was a welcome development, stating that the group will support any step that will ensure the release... Read More

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September 11, 2016

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‘Send your finance team home, they are unproductive’ | PDP tells Buhari

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ekiti chapter, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to do away with members of his finance team if he feels they are unproductive rather than seeking emergency powers from the National Assembly to handle the nation’s economy. The party said the move by Buhari was an authoritarian demand that would further... Read More

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August 6, 2016

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Taraba: How truck conveying relief materials to IDPs got missing

The permanent secretary, Taraba State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), Nuvalga Dan-Habu has said a full truck of relief materials sent to Taraba state for distribution to the Internally Displaced Persons IDPs by President Muhamadu Buhari have gone missing. The permanent secretary disclosed this while taking journalists round the venue where the relief materials were stored... Read More

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