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Apr
13
2022
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Buhari reacts as terrorists gun down over 100 in Plateau

Buhari reacts as terrorists gun down over 100 in Plateau

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President Muhammadu Buhari has reacted to the killing of over 100 residents of Plateau State by a terrorist group, describing the incident as heinous. Reports earlier emerged that gunmen killed at least 142 persons in fresh attacks on communities in Wase and Kanam Local Government Areas of the state. The incident occurred on Sunday in Kukawa, Gyambawu, Dungur, Kyaram, Yelwa, Dadda, Wanka, Shuwaka, Gwammadaji, and Dadin Kowa communities in the local government. Reacting, the president, in a statement by his spokesman, Garba Shehu said the perpetrators should not be allowed to escape justice. “They should not be spared or forgiven,”…
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Apr
08
2022
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2022 budget deficit jumps to N7.35tn, Buhari to borrow N965bn

2022 budget deficit jumps to N7.35tn, Buhari to borrow N965bn

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• President writes Reps, seeks amendment to 2022 Fiscal Framework The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has written a letter to the House of Representatives, informing the parliament that the deficit in the 2022 Appropriation Act has risen by N965.42bn to N7.35tn. Consequently, the President said the Federal Government would borrow funds to fill the gap. Buhari, therefore, called for an amendment to the Federal Government’s budget and the fiscal framework for 2022.https://imasdk.googleapis.com/js/core/bridge3.509.0_en.html#goog_877067980 Speaker of the House, Femi Gbajabiamila, read out the cover letter on the executive bill, titled, ‘Submission of the Revised 2022 Fiscal Framework’, and dated April…
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Apr
08
2022
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Nigeria, others at high risk of debt distress, IMF warns

Nigeria, others at high risk of debt distress, IMF warns

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Nigeria and 72 other countries are at high risk of debt distress or already in debt distress, according to a new report by the International Monetary Fund, IMF The report, titled “Restructuring debt of poorer nations requires more efficient coordination,” noted that low-income countries face fewer debt challenges today than they did 25 years ago, thanks in particular to the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries initiative, which slashed unmanageable debt burdens across sub-Saharan Africa and other regions. The report noted that although debt ratios were lower than in the mid-1990s, the debts have been creeping up for the past decade and…
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Apr
04
2022
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Buhari best Nigerian president since 1914 amalgamation – Gov Masari

Buhari best Nigerian president since 1914 amalgamation – Gov Masari

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Governor Aminu Masari of Katsina State has described President Muhammadu Buhari as the best Nigerian president since the 1914 amalgamation. According to Masari: “Since the amalgamation of Nigeria in 1914, the country has never had a better government and President like Muhammad Buhari.” He spoke in Katsina at a rally organized by the beneficiaries of the Federal government’s Social Investment Programme (NSIP), NAN reports. Masari said Buhari has laid a foundation that would aid the next administration to get Nigerians out of poverty. “With this initiative which no administration has ever thought of, the President needs more commendation and support…
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Apr
04
2022
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Buhari govt overwhelmed by insecurity – Obasanjo

Buhari govt overwhelmed by insecurity – Obasanjo

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Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo says the government of President Muhammadu Buhari has been overwhelmed by insecurity. Obasanjo was reacting to the recent Kaduna train attack wherein eight persons were reported dead and many sustained injuries. He spoke while he played host to a People’s Democratic Party (PDP) presidential aspirant, Dr. Ugochukwu Williams, at his Penthouse residence within the premises of the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL), Abeokuta, Ogun State. According to Obasanjo, Nigerians traveling are no longer safe on the road, on trains, and at the airport. He called for concerted efforts to stem the tide of insecurity in Nigeria,…
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Apr
02
2022
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Embark on road tour to prove Nigeria safer under Buhari – APC stalwart to Lai Mohammed

Embark on road tour to prove Nigeria safer under Buhari – APC stalwart to Lai Mohammed

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A chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Jonathan Vatsa, has challenged the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, to tour the country by road to prove that Nigeria is safer under President Muhammad Buhari as he claimed. Vatsa, a former Commissioner for Information and Culture in Niger State, told newsmen in Minna that the security situation facing the nation has continued to deteriorate on a daily basis with no end in sight. Asking Lai Mohammed to withdraw the statement credited to him, he said, “when you sit down in Abuja and be issuing statements just to protect…
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