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Dayo Emmanuel Christian leaders in Nigeria have been urged to encourage and stop criticizing Christians in government. Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, made the call at the Breakfast meeting organised by a Christian media group, Christian Press Association Nigeria (CPAN) in Lagos Friday. The event held at the Faith Revival Apostolic Church …

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President Muhammadu Buhari has approved that the tenure of the heads of its key revenue generating Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), would be performance based in line with revenue targets set out for them. Mr. Ahmed Idris, Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF), said this in a statement issued by Mr. Oise Johnson, Head, Press and Public Relations, Office of the …

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President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday inaugurated the Calabar automated rice seed and seedling factory. The factory was one of the projects inaugurated by the president during his visit to Cross River. During the inauguration, Buhari said he was in Calabar for the second time in three years “to inaugurate another visionary and trail blazing project which was very welcomed and satisfying to him.” He …

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President Muhammadu Buhari has approved an amendment to the excise duty rates for alcoholic beverages and tobacco with effect from Monday, June 4th, 2018. The President has also granted a grace period of 90 days (three months) to all manufacturers before the commencement of the new excise duty regime. There is however no increase in excise duty of other locally …

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Governor Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi and the Chairman, Presidential Taskforce on Rice and Wheat Production, has assured Nigerians of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration’s determination to ensure rice availability and affordability. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Bagudu gave the assurance when he spoke to newsmen after meeting with the Rice Distributors Association of Nigeria and the Rice Millers Association of Nigeria …

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Photo Caption:  The President, National Council of The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), Mr Abimbola Ogunbanjo during a courtesy visit to President , Muhammadu Buhari, in Abuja.

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 Delivered by:   His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari President, Federal Republic of Nigeria At the Joint Session of the National Assembly, Abuja Tuesday, 7TH of November 2017 PROTOCOLS I am here to present 2018 Budget Proposals. Before presenting the Budget, let me thank all of you Distinguished and Honourable Members of the National Assembly, and indeed all Nigerians, for your …

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Alarmed by the scandal surrounding the reinstatement of the dismissed former Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms, Abdulrasheed Maina, into the Federal Civil Service, Organised Labour under the auspices of Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to reshuffle his ‘kitchen cabinet’.   In a press statement issued in Lagos, the …

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‘GMD’s response full of  distortions’ David-West: minister’s claims wild Loyalists find gaps in NNPC’s position The crisis of confidence in the oil sector raged on yesterday, with some associates of the Minister of State, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, taking on the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr. Maikanti Baru. Kachikwu wrote to President Muhammadu Buhari, alleging …

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President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the attack on traders at a market in Zaki Biam, Benue state, by unknown gunmen, lamenting that it appears Nigerians have lost value for human life. Many people were feared killed in the attack which took place on Monday. The president also commiserated with the people of the state and directed security agencies to immediately …

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