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January 2019

ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY, MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA, ON SUSPENSION OF HONOURABLE JUSTICE WALTER NKANU SAMUEL ONNOGHEN AS CHIEF JUSTICE OF NIGERIA AND SWEARING IN OF ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE, 25TH JANUARY 2019

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Fellow Nigerians, A short while ago, I was served with an Order of the Code of Conduct Tribunal issued on Wednesday 23rd January 2019, directing the suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Honourable Justice Walter Nkanu Samuel Onnoghen from office pending final determination of the cases against him at the Code of Conduct Tribunal…

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Breaking: Buhari suspends Onnoghen, swears in Mohammed as acting CJN

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President Muhammadu Buhari has suspended the Chief Justice of Nigeira (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen, pending the completion of his trial at the Code of Condcut Tribunal. President Buhari announced  the suspension at the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa, Abuja today. He said the suspension followed the order of the CCT directing him to suspend…

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France summons Italian envoy after Di Maio’s comments on Africa

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France’s foreign ministry on Monday summoned Italy’s ambassador after Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio accused Paris of creating poverty in Africa and fueling mass migration to Europe. It’s not the first time the Italian authorities have made unacceptable and aggressive comments,” a French diplomatic source said. Speaking on Saturday in central Italy, Di Maio…

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APC chides Gov Dickson for claiming NDDC road project

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The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa state has chided Governor Seriake Dickson for claiming the credit for construction of Ekeremor road done by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Governor Dickson had last week made what the state government termed as “Historic motor ride to Ekeremor Local Government” an area which was not access…

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APC Governorship candidate in Akwa Ibom state, promises to banish poverty.

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The All Progressives Congress (APC) gubernatorial candidate in Akwa Ibom State, and Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Mr Nsima Ekere has promised economic reforms in the state, saying he will banish poverty when he becomes governor. Speaking today in Uyo during the flag-off of his campaigns in the state, Ekere said…

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Buhari Commission multi billion Naira Baro Port in Niger state

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President Muhammadu Buhari recently commissioned the multi billion Naira  Baro Port in Niger State. At the commissioning The President said if successive governments at the federal level had implemented the comprehensive master plan for the development of the Nigerian Inland Waterways across 28 states of the country initiated by the Petroleum Trust Fund (PTF), under…

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2019 elections: Don’t intimidate judiciary, US tells FG

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AHEAD of next month’s general elections, a delegation of the European Union on Wednesday visited the national headquarter of the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) to seek for the update on the forthcoming exercise from the electoral umpire. Leading the delegation was the EU Ambassador in Nigeria, Mr. Ketil Karlsen. Other members of the delegation…

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BREAKING: Obasanjo blast Buhari , Osinbajo again, likens his govt to Abacha era …says We’ll be fools to play into Buhari’s hand second time

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Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo on Sunday said President Muhammadu Buhari has succeeded in deceiving Nigerians for the first time and the countrymen would be fools to play into his hand for the second time. He likened Buhari’s government to “Abacha era”, saying the security institutions are being misused to fight all critics and opponents…

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