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‘Buhari Is Nigeria’s Worst President, His Govt Deaf And Dumb’ – Asari Dokubo Blows Out Leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force, Mujahid Dokubo-Asari, has described President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration as the worst Nigeria has ever had and called it “deaf and dumb”, PUNCH reports. In his words, “This is the most hostile government. This is the most insensitive government in the life of this country. All our (bank) accounts were put on surveillance, till today, but they found that this man did not steal any money and he is not involved in any criminal activities. We just thank God. A lot of people think I must be corrupt but they have looked everywhere and they found nothing. This government wrote to us that it was going to pay what they were owing us for contracts we concluded and they certified that the contracts were excellently concluded but they refused to pay,” Dokubo said. When asked how Buhari could turn the current economic recession around, he r...

‘Buhari Is Determined To Root Out Corruption Despite Strong  Opposition’ – Presidency Despite strong resistance to the war against corruption currently championed by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration, the presidency has assured that the anti-corruption fight won’t stop. “Let me say one thing. Those whose illicit ways of accumulating money have been stopped will criticize this government but all that will not derail the unfaltering commitment of the President, Muhammadu Buhari’s administration to the war against corruption,” a presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu said in a radio program Hannu Da Yawa on FRCN Kaduna at the weekend. He argued that the President declared rooting out corruption as one of the cardinal policies of his election campaign. “He is aware that this was one of the main reasons why Nigerians in their millions put their trust in him; the main reason they voted him into power in 2015. “To keep that trust of ordinary Nigerians wh...

Saraki Reacts To Reports DSS, Army Officers Stole N310m From His House Following media reports that security operatives attached to Senate President Bukola Saraki stole N310m from the Miatama home of the Kwara State Governor, his media office Sunday, March 2 dissociated itself from such reports. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Senate President, Mr. Sanni Onogu, said no military officer was attached to Saraki. The statement read in part, “The attention of the Media Office of the Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has been drawn to a rehash of mischievous and concocted allegations aimed at misleading the public with spurious claims that the Senate President allegedly owned the sum of N310m said to have been stolen from a bureau de change operator in November 2015 by suspected operatives of the Department of State Services and some Nigerian Army personnel. “This office wants to reiterate that the Senate President had nothing to do with the said s...

Trump Appoints Daughter, Ivanka As Special Assistant Ivanka Trump is officially joining her father’s administration as an unpaid employee, the White House announced on Wednesday. U.S. President Donald Trump’s eldest daughter, Ivanka Trump, has announced that she would take up an appointment in her father’s administration. Ivanka, in a statement on Wednesday, said she will be a Special Assistant to the President but will not take a salary. Ivanka, whose husband Jared Kushner also works as a senior aide to the president, will not receive a salary for her work as a federal employee. Kushner, a real estate developer, is also unpaid. “We are pleased that Ivanka Trump has chosen to take this step in her unprecedented role as first daughter and in support of the president,” a White House statement said. “Ivanka’s service as an unpaid employee furthers our commitment to ethics, transparency, and   compliance   and affords her increased   opportuni...

Buhari deploys four of 45 newly confirmed ambassadors President Muhammadu Buhari has deployed four of the 45 ambassadors recently approved by the Senate to some foreign missions. The deployment was announced this Friday on the president’s twitter handle. The names of the ambassadors deployed were Tijjani Bande from Kebbi State; Itegboje Samson, Edo State; Kadiri Audu, Kwara State and Bankole Adeoye, Ogun State. Bande was deployed as Ambassador/Representative to the Permanent Mission of Nigeria to the United Nations Headquarters in New York, USA, while Samson will serve as Ambassador/Deputy Representative, at the Permanent Mission of Nigeria to the UN Headquarters in New York. Audu will sever as Ambassador/Representative to the Permanent Mission of Nigeria to the UN Office in Geneva, Switzerland and the last of the four, Adeoye was deployed as Ambassador/Representative to the Embassy of Nigeria /Permanent Mission to Africa Union in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Recall that ...

Senate ready to cooperate with Buhari’s peace committee to end rift. Nigerian Senate has expressed readiness to embrace President Muhammadu Buhari’s committee, whose mandate is   to ensure that peace and cohesion return between the executive and legislative arms of government. The chairman, Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Sabi Abdullahi, stated this on Thursday in a chat with newsmen, adding that the Senate welcomes with open arms the move targeted at bringing an end to the clash presently rocking the executive and the legislature. During the weekly meeting of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday, Buhari had set up a cabinet committee to be headed by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, with the mandate to ensure peace and unity return between the two arms of government. The rift between the executive and the legislature worsened after the Senate refused to approve the appointment of Resident Electoral Commissioners (REC)...

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