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1. Fellow Nigerians, 2. From the first signs that Coronavirus, or COVID-19 was turning into an epidemic and was officially declared a world-wide emergency, the Federal Government started planning preventive, containment and curative measures in the event the disease hits Nigeria. 3. The whole instruments of government are now mobilized to confront what has now
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Over the last few days I have received extensive briefings on the state of the nation as it relates to the Covid-19 pandemic, from the relevant Federal Government agencies as well as the Lagos State Government. Accordingly, I approved the following: The immediate release of a 10 billion Naira grant to Lagos
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Justice Sidi Bage (Rtd.), Emir of Lafia, has appointed Alhaji Abubakar Muhammad as the first ‘Zanna Sunoma’, a traditional title for the Lafia Emirate Council. Bage appointed Muhammad at a ceremony held in Lafia on Monday. The traditional ruler said the appointment was done in line with the administrative charge of
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The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, on Monday mediated in the crisis rocking the Ekiti State Council of Traditional Rulers as he met with Gov. Kayode Fayemi and some of the Obas in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital. The meeting, which was held behind closed doors at the Governor’s
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The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, has said that he was not in any way connected with the dethronement of the former Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II and his subsequent banishment to Nassarawa State.Malami made this known in a statement issued in Abuja on
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Dethroned Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammad Sanusi, has arrived Loko, a town in Nasarawa State, to which he was banished, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports. A NAN correspondent reports that the dethroned monarch arrived his new abode around 3 a.m. Tuesday morning. Alhaji Abubakar Ahmed Sabo, the traditional ruler
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Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano state has approved the appointment of Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero, as the 15th Emir of Kano. Until his new appointment, Bayero was the Emir of Bichi. The Secretary to the state government, Alhaji Usman Alhaji made the announcement at a news conference in Kano on Monday. “I
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By Mathew Dadiya, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari, on Sunday sent a hearty congratulatory message to his Vice, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, as he celebrated his 63rd birthday Anniversary. Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, said that President Buhari had in a telephone call Sunday afternoon
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The Northern Elders Forum (NEF), has described as condemnable President Muhammadu Buhari’s refusal to reconcile Governor Abdullahi Ganduje and Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi. The elders say Buhari’s refusal to reconcile the differences between Ganduje and Emir Sanusi was “unfortunate.” Ganduje and Emir Sanusi had been involved in a face-off, following
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The Emir of Anka and Chairman, Council of Chiefs in Zamfara, Alhaji Attahiru Ahmad, has advised the Federal Government to reconsider its decision to ban illegal mining in the north-western state. The monarch gave the advice yesterday while receiving the Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC),
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