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On Tuesday, November 7, 2023, the Senate announced that dredging of the River Niger, River Benue and other river projects had been captured in the proposed 2024 appropriation bill as part of measures to combat recurring excessive flooding from Lagdo Dam in Cameroon and its attendant challenges. The Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Professor…
Prof. Joseph Utsev, at the weekend, disclosed that the Federal Government was planning to resume the dredging of Rivers Niger and Benue.
Former Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Prof. Chidi Odinkalu, has lamented how enforcers of the sit-at-home directive given by Simon Ekpa, the Finland-based self-proclaimed disciple of Nnamdi Kanu, are killing residents of the southeast who are going about their legitimate business. Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), is being detained by the Department of State Services (DSS).
The presidency says the eight-year tenure of the Buhari administration has yielded unprecedented reforms for Nigeria.
FACT SHEET HIGHLIGHTS OF ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE BUHARI ADMINISTRATION (2015 – 2023) CONTENTS Legislative Reform Executive Orders Infrastructure: Rail, Roads, Air and Sea Ports, Power, Housing, Water Resources Ease of Doing Business Reforms Digital Economy & Digital Identity Oil and Gas Solid Minerals Agriculture Social Investment and Poverty Alleviation Education and Health Fiscal, Trade, Monetary