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Exactly 102-days today, President Muhammadu Buhari finally arrived Abuja after his stay in London, United Kingdom, where he had been receiving medical attention since May 7. The presidential aircraft that conveyed the President landed at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, at about 4.35pm. The President disembarked from the aircraft, NAF 001, at about 4.48pm. He …

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Members of Nigerian civil society under the aegis of ‘OneVOICE’ have condemned the recent rejection of a proposal to amend the Nigerian 1999 constitution. The proposal which had favoured a devolution of more powers to the federating states within the federal republic was opposed by the Nigerian Senate recently. At a media round table held at the Centre for Constitutional …

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Akwa Ibom State Governor, Udom Emmanuel, on Friday met behind closed doors with the Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The meeting came barely 48 hours after Emmanuel joined six other members of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum to visit ailing President Muhammadu Buhari in London where he has been receiving medical attention since May 7. Although he …

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Photo Caption: Cross Section of Governor Forum representative who visit President Muhammadu Buhari in London. President Muhammadu Buhari (PMB) (right); Oyo state Governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi and other Governor Forum representative who visited PMB in London

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Finacial Times of London says President Muhammadu Buhari has practically done nothing to grow Nigeria’s economy, stating that the country has let a crisis go to waste. In an article written by David Pilling, Africa editor, the newspaper said the economy will grow in 2017, just like a dead cat will bounce if thrown from a 50-storey building. “The term …

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Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari is recovering fast from an undisclosed illness and should be back in Nigeria soon, Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo said on Wednesday, after a whistlestop trip to meet the ailing head of state in London. The Vice-President  told reporters before a weekly cabinet meeting in Abuja that he had been in London on Tuesday to “check up on” …

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The Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, says President Buhari has resolved to work with Ibrahim Magu as EFCC Chairman to stamp out endemic corruption in the country. Osinbajo, who spoke at the inauguration of the Kaduna office of the anti graft agency on Thursday, said that those who think that they were winning in fighting back against the government’s war …

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The wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari, has urged African leaders to work together to facilitate private sector investment in health to ensure improved healthcare delivery among adolescent girls in the continent. Mrs Buhari said this in a statement made available to newsmen by her Director of Information, Suleiman Haruna, on Wednesday in Abuja. The statement also explained that …

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The Minister of Information and Culture on Tuesday said that the Federal Government, through its agriculture empowerment programme, had created new set of millionaires in farming. The minister stated this when he featured on a special edition of Channels TV programme, “Sunrise Daily” on the mid-term report of President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration. He said that many young farmers were empowered …

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President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday assured Nigerians that his administration would approach the nation’s economic challenges with the same commitment it had put into fighting corruption and terrorism. Buhari made the promise while launching the country’s Economic Recovery and Growth Plan 2017-2020 at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. While saying his administration inherited numerous challenges, the President recalled that his political …

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