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President Muhammadu Buhari says his administration will create new opportunities in agriculture, manufacturing and other long-neglected sectors to address the challenges of poverty among Nigerians in 2020. The president stated this in a letter addressed to Nigerians, released by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, in Abuja on Wednesday, to mark the beginning of 2020. He maintained that his administration in 2020 would also realize increased value from oil and gas, delivering a more competitive, attractive and profitable industry, operating on commercial principles and free from political interference. He said: “Just last week, we were able…
The All Progressives Congress(APC) in Oyo State says the people deserve optimal performance by the Seyi Makinde administration. The party said this in Ibadan on Wednesday in a statement issued by its Publicity Secretary, Dr AbdulAzeez Olatunde. The party, which felicitated with the people of the state for witnessing a new year, commended their courage, resilience, and steadfastness in the outgone year. It urged Makinde to ensure fulfillment of his campaign promises and obey the rule of law for democracy to thrive in the state. “Oyo State people do not deserve less than optimal performance in governance in the year…
Former Gov.Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has called on Nigerians to keep hope alive and support President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration and the All Progressives Congress (APC). Ajimobi made the call in his New Year message issued by his spokesman, Mr Bolaji Tunji, on Wednesday in Ibadan. The former governor urged Nigerians to continue to place their trust in the Buhari administration and his team, assuring them that they were capable of ensuring remarkable economic turn-around Nigerians as envisaged. Ajimobi noted that the administration had set the tone for the revamping of the socio-economic situation in the country through policies and…
As the curtain falls in 2019, one significant journey will for long be remembered by Nigerians, South Africans and the entire African continent: President Muhammadu Buhari’s historic three-day visit to South Africa, October 3-5th, 2019. Before the visit, fear and anxiety had engulfed the continent, and cries of xenophobic attacks ruled the airwaves. Daily figures of casualties, both real and imagined, flared tempers, and reprisals were already taking a toll on South African business interests abroad. Headlines, local and international, were metaphoric, pumping adrenaline: “Africa’s Big Brothers at War’’, “Africa’s Two Largest Economies Set for Show Down’’, “Xenophobic Attacks Record…
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai has visited the Police Training College at Limankara-Gwoza and climbed the hills as part of an operational visit to North East. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the college is one of the critical security institutions overran by the Boko Haram terrorists during the peak of their activities in Borno state in August 2014. The Limankara village where the college is located and indeed the entire Gwoza local government was under the control of the terrorists for months before the troops of the Nigerian Army retook the area in 2015. During…
To ensure positive agenda setting in the health sector in the year 2020, the Cross River State government is to register one million people under its social health insurance scheme known as Ayadecare. In the same vein, to ensure that health facilities in the state are up and ready within the first 3 months in the new year, the state government intends to make 12 millionaires amongst the poor and vulnerable. On the much-awaited Calabar Pharmaceutical Company, the state government stated that the company will commence test-run operations within 6 months, in the new year while revealing that N 100…
President Muhammadu Buhari has reiterated his intention not to contest the 2023 presidential elections but determined to help strengthen the electoral process both in Nigeria and across Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that several ECOWAS members will be going to the polls in 2020. Buhari made his feelings known in a letter to Nigerians issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, in Abuja on Wednesday to mark the commencement of 2020. He said his decision to help strengthen the electoral process, particularly in Nigeria, was informed by…
Gov. Gboyega Oyetola of Osun says his administration will enhance the welfare and standard of living of residents of the state in the New Year. The governor gave the assurance in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Ismail Omipidan, on Thursday in Osogbo. He said that his administration would continue to strive hard and diligently to lay the bricks that would take the state to the desired heights of economic consolidation in the Year 2020. Oyetola expressed gratitude to the people of the state for being supportive to the administration since its inception. He promised that better days are…
Gov. Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe state has enjoined the people of the state to look to the future with optimism in the New Year. This was contained in a statement by Mr Ismaila Misilli his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity on Wednesday in Gombe. Yahaya said the New Year offered the people a new opportunity to renew their faith in God, the state and the country. He called on them to draw on lessons learned in 2019 in all aspects of human endeavours. While commending the people of the state, he urged them to maintain the spirit and…
The University College Hospital (UCH) Ibadan, on Wednesday, recorded the delivery of the first baby of 2020 at exactly 1.08 a.m. An Assistant Chief Nursing Officer, UCH, Mrs Rosline Olufemi-Adewole told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan that the baby weighing 3.35kg was delivered at 1.08 am by Mrs Folusho Adedokun. Olufemi-Adewole said that the baby girl was delivered without any complication and the mother and baby were in good condition. She said that the baby would be discharged within three days. Also speaking, mother of the baby, Foluso, said she was very happy and thanked God for…