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The Federal Executive Council (FEC) yesterday approved over N45 billion for various road, power and water projects. While N31.629 billion was approved as an additional cost to the initial N66.831 billion contract awarded to Julius Berger for the completion of roads B6, B12 and Circular Road in Central Area District, Abuja, N8.180 billion was endorsed for the maintenance of 10 roads in different parts of the country. The council also okayed N4.7 billion as consultancy fee for the management and ...

•FG: No fresh lockdown By Davidson Iriekpen in Lagos, Omololu Ogunmade and Onyebuchi Ezigbo in Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday charged Nigerians to brace up for the inconveniences of measures being introduced by the government to protect them in the aftermath of the resurgence of COVID-19 in the country. The president, who received a report from the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, to keep him updated on efforts by various stakeholders to combat the pandemic, said Nigeria is in...

By Omololu Ogunmade The presidency Wednesday night alleged plans by some individuals to embark on what it described as smear campaigns against President Muhammadu Buhari to portray him as a leader that is not in charge of the country’s affairs. Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, in a statement, said the alleged plans, meant to be fully implemented in the days ahead, had already been lickstarted “from a procured offshore medium.” The presidency was o...

Only God can effectively supervise Nigeria’s border with Niger Republic, President Muhammadu Buhari said Tuesday. The president painted the seemingly hopeless situation in the State House while hosting former Vice-President Namadi Sambo, who chairs ECOWAS Election Mission to Niger Republic. A statement by the president’s media adviser, Mr. Femi Adesina, said the president applauded Nigerien President Mahamadou Issoufou, for not attempting to tamper with his country’s constitution to elong...

Omololu Ogunmade in Abuja The adverse effects of border closures on the organised private sector and ordinary Nigerians compelled President Muhammadu Buhari to have a rethink and heed the recommendation for the reopening, THISDAY learnt at the weekend. A top presidential source, who did not want to be named, gave insight into recommendations of the presidential committee chaired by the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, disclosing that one of the significant i...

Omololu Ogunmade President Muhammadu Buhari Saturday congratulated the Chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee on Corruption, Professor Itsejuwa Sagay, on his 80th birthday which comes up on Sunday. The president, according to a statement by his spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, described Sagay as a foremost scholar, teacher, legal luminary, author, and an anti-corruption crusader. Adesina said the president rejoiced with the Sagay family, the academia, legal profession, and all friends and his ass...

Iyobosa Uwugiaren, Omololu Ogunmade, Kigsley Iweze and Udora Orizu in Abuja, Francis Sardauna in Katsina President Muhammadu Buhari was upbeat yesterday when he met with the returnee Kankara boys at the Government House, Katsina, and reiterated his determination to provide security for all in Nigeria. The schoolboys were abducted when gunmen stormed their school, Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State, on December 11. The president, who spoke in Hausa, was excted by the res...

•NEC worried about health facilities being overwhelmed By Omololu Ogunmade, Onyebuchi Ezigbo, Olawale Ajimotokan in Abuja, Nume Ekeghe and Dike Onwuamaeze in Lagos Members of the organised private sector (OPS) and some economic analysts yesterday warned against a fresh lockdown of the economy as part of curbs to tackle the uptick in COVID-19 cases, which heralded the onset of a second wave of the pandemic. The incidence reached a new high yesterday with data from the Nigeria Centre for Diseas...

*Masari calls for upgrade of security architecture Omololu Ogunmade in Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari Friday in Katsina advised the freed students of Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, to remain focused in the pursuit and acquisition of good education despite their ill-fated experience. The president who tasked the pupils not to be distracted by the misfortune of their kidnapping, said the reward of knowledge acquisition is non-negotiable. The president, according to a statement by...

By Omololu Ogunmade Presidential spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, Friday apologised to Nigerians for providing misleading information on the number of boys kidnapped in Government Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State last weekend. 334 schoolboys kidnapped by bandits in the school premises were freed on Thursday and were received by Governor Aminu Masari on Friday. Shehu who had, following the breaking of the news of the abduction last weekend, announced that only 10 boys were kidnapped, explai...