Redesign Naira Notes: Full Text Of President Buhari Speech

My Dear Compatriots, ​I have found it necessary to address you today, on the state of the nation and to render account on the efforts of our administration to sustain and strengthen our economy, enhance the fight against corruption and sustain our gains in the fight against terrorism and insecurity which has, undoubtedly, been impacted by several internal and external factors. 2.​ Particularly, I am addressing you, as your democratically elected President, to identify with you and express my sympathy, over the difficulties being experienced as we continue the implementation…

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NDDC BOARD: Itsekiri Youths Commences Mother Of All Protest Against Nominees

By Emma Arubi   The apex youth body of the Itsekiri Ethnic nationality known as the Itsekiri National Youths Council,  INYC, Tuesday commenced what they called mother of all protest against President Muhammadu Buhari’s nominees to the Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, submitted to the National Assembly for screening and confirmation as it contradict the Act establishing the Commission regarding persons qualify to be so appointed. Addressing newsmen at the NPA Warri entrance, the president of INYC, Comrade Weyinmi Agbateyiniro said the protest is taking place simultaneously…

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Buhari To Honour Chigbue With National Award

  President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the conferment of the National Honours on Mr Dike James Chigbue, in the rank of MON (Member of the Order of the Niger). The Minister of Special Duties and Intergovernmental Affairs, Senator George Akume, in a 2022 National Honours Award Letter to Mr Dike James Chigbue said that; “I have the honour to formally inform you that the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, His Excellency, Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, has approved the conferment of the National Honours on you, in the rank of…

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Pipeline Surveillance: Ijaw Group Hails Buhari, Sylva, NNPC Boss

  …. Says Engagement Of Tompolo Causing Oil Thieves Sleepless Nights     Members of the Ijaw Patriotic League have hailed President Muhammadu Buhari, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva and the Group General Manager (GMD) of the NNPC, Mele Kyari for the award of the Pipeline Surveillance Contract to High Chief Government Ekpemupolo aka Tompolo, describing it as a welcome development. In an open letter signed by Comrade Jasper Eritei (President) and Chief Jones Ebikinmi (Secretary) to the President, the Minister of State, Petroleum Resources and…

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NDDC: No Court Order Against Inauguration Of Substantive Board

  Niger Delta Elders Forum group has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of breaching the NDDC Act 2000 over his continued refusal to inaugurate the Board after its members have been cleared and confirmed by the senate since November, 2019.   The group in a statement signed its national president, Chief Tonye Ogbogbula described the actions of President Muhammadu Buhari as an affront on the long-deprived people of the region who have had to endure three years of the foremost agency being arbitrarily run in breach of the law – the NDDC Act…

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Groups Urge Buhari To Inaugurate NDDC Board To Avoid Hostilities

Community Development Committee of Oil and Gas Producing Areas of the Niger Delta (CDCOGPAND) and Oil Mineral Producing Communities Traditional Rulers Forum (OMPCTRF) have urged President Muhammadu Buhari to implement his “renewed promise last week to inaugurate the Board of NDDC, whose members he duly nominated, equally forwarded to the senate for screening and confirmation as the NDDC Act prescribed but who are yet to be sworn into office to do their work three years since the process of the appointments were completed.” In a statement jointly signed by its…

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NIGERIA OUT-OF-CONTROL INSECURITY: SIMPLE SOLUTION BUHARI SHIES AWAY FROM

  By Zik Gbemre   Insecurity in Nigeria has gone beyond the control of insensitive President Mohammadu Buhari. A situation where the Guards Brigade of the President is killed by hoodlums/terrorists is a cause for alarm. It is a show of force, by the bandits, that nobody is protected from them. The Guards Brigade are special troops of soldiers responsible for protecting the President of Nigeria and the Federal Capital of Abuja, his seat of government. When those responsible to guard the president are not safe then it calls for…

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