Don’t take bribe, Aisha Buhari tells President’s men

The wife of President Muhammadu Buhari, Aisha has warned those around the President not to use their position to curry favours, but to key into his agenda of fighting corruption and insecurity.

Speaking while she hosted women and youths to a ‘thank you’ dinner, Mrs. Buhari said the success of the administration would depend on how the people around the President conduct themselves.

According to her, there should be a better representation of women in all arms of government in order to ensure that their concerns are better articulated.

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Buhari to African leaders: My efforts to stop Boko Haram

President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, briefed African leaders on his efforts towards combating the Boko Haram insurgency in the country’s North-East even as he challenged them to collectively stop the sordid stories of migrants dying across the Mediterranean Sea.

In an address presented at the opening ceremony of the 25th ordinary session of the African Union, AU, Buhari also paid respect to former President Goodluck Jonathan for helping to avert a crisis in the country by facilitating a smooth transition in power.

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SHOCKING!! EFCC slams 50 fresh money laundering charges on Sylva

Apparently angered and disappointed by the dismissal of the money laundering charges it preferred against former Bayelsa governor, Timipre Sylva, by Justice A. R. Mohammed of the Abuja Federal High Court, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, yesterday, released 50 fresh charges against the All Progressives Congress, APC, chieftain.

The charges were increased from the initial 42 to 50 by the anti-graft agency, thereby giving Sylva a tougher task to defend himself in the matter, which has already been filed and likely to be assigned to a new judge.

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NASS battle shifts to c’ttee chairmanship

With the dust over the leadership of the National Assembly, NASS, gradually settling, the battle for the control of the soul of the national legislature has shifted to who controls each of the 90 powerful standing committees.

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Group Urges Tinubu to Recognise Saraki as Senate President

Group Urges Tinubu to Publicly Recognise Saraki’s Emergence as Senate President

 A group, Nigeria Needs Positive Change Group (NNPCG), at the weekend urged the national leader of   the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Bola Tinubu, to forget the past and   follow the exemplary conduct of the party’s National Chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun by publicly recognising the emergence of Senator Bukola Saraki as the Senate President.

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Buhari Speaks Out - Why he made no hurry to appoint ministers and also spoke on the emergence of Senator Saraki

Buhari Speaks to ARISE TV  - Why he made no hurry to appoint ministers and  also spoke on the emergence of Senator Saraki

President Buhari has in an exclusive interview with ARISE News, a THISDAY sister television network, said that he was in no hurry to appoint ministers to his cabinet, wondering why there was so much anxiety over the make up of his cabinet.

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