Buhari's govt has fulfilled all promises to Nigerians – Lai Mohammed

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimsmQFI0dhM2o2Wnh3rZxt4RlCR4ZIiIJ2_WyWjIgk4xcFo43PmIcVLT6lq0bzdJN07Gk2OC7ax5vLGZLj8kJkgKQKr3cfAx5Lk8p9HTEmXIQamB0WF1yZo7WywBBC12CN_vEFyV0WFWV-/s1600/Lai-Mohammed.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimsmQFI0dhM2o2Wnh3rZxt4RlCR4ZIiIJ2_WyWjIgk4xcFo43PmIcVLT6lq0bzdJN07Gk2OC7ax5vLGZLj8kJkgKQKr3cfAx5Lk8p9HTEmXIQamB0WF1yZo7WywBBC12CN_vEFyV0WFWV-/s320/Lai-Mohammed.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, says the All Progressives Congress, APC-led government has fulfilled all the promises made to Nigerians.<br /> <br /> The minister made this claim while answering questions from journalists in the State House on Saturday.<br /> <br /> He added that the President Muhammadu Buhari government has met all its obligations to Nigerians, promising that the government is determined to do more in the New Year.<br /> <br /> “I wish everybody Merry Christmas and as a government, we are happy that we have been able to meet all our promises, all our obligations to Nigerians since we came into power.<br /> <a id="more" name="more"></a><br /> <br /> “And as the year rolls out, we are more determined to even deliver more to Nigerians.<br /> <br /> “I wish to use this opportunity to wish everybody merry Christmas and a happy new year,” he said.<br /> <br /></div>

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"Why Obasanjo, Babangida, TY Danjuma are against Buhari"

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj1NAooQQ2TxftmVjShRFVs-U5mtJ-UkgQlnbJPcakKXSgyt6aydzZBm2v6I-Ta56oA-qTN6K9mpNk3-l5AFJ_Rqiqevx9ieccPOOpagCw5wDTVRu0ObX8YPMonhnA4h-iFOtUwt-6ewlK/s1600/President+Muhammadu+Buhari.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj1NAooQQ2TxftmVjShRFVs-U5mtJ-UkgQlnbJPcakKXSgyt6aydzZBm2v6I-Ta56oA-qTN6K9mpNk3-l5AFJ_Rqiqevx9ieccPOOpagCw5wDTVRu0ObX8YPMonhnA4h-iFOtUwt-6ewlK/s320/President+Muhammadu+Buhari.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> A former Nigerian Ambassador to Ukraine, Ibrahim Kasai, has revealed why retired military Generals like former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Ibrahim Babangida, IBB, and T. Y. Danjuma are against the re-election of President Muhammadu Buhari.<br /> <br /> Kassai claimed that the former generals are against Buhari because they fear he may not renew their oil licences.<br /> <br /> He said: “I have said it, most of them are into oil business and Buhari is likely not going to renew their licenses, he is taking on policies that will better the masses in the country and those in oil business are just few; they are mostly retired Generals. So, if you are trying to spread the resources to a particularly group, they will fight it.<br /> <br /> “In politics, there is class and class struggle, if you observe very well you will see that people in a particularly class fight to remain in that class and always fight to move up to the upper class, and this is what is playing out ahead of the 2019 election.<br /> <a id="more" name="more"></a><br /> <br /> “If they notice that you intend to take what they have, they will fight it.<br /> <br /> “He is not saying they are doing illegal business, he is simply suggesting that this resources belong to all of us and it should go round, he is not saying that they have done anything wrong.”<br /> <br /> On the outcome of the 2019 presidential election, the former Ambassador insisted that Buhari will defeat the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar in the North-East.<br /> <br /> “Let me tell you that General Buhari is more popular in the Northeast than Atiku. Go to Adamawa State today, you will discover that he is more popular than Atiku and if you go to the Northwest, you will see that Buhari is still very popular and command strong followership,” he said.</div>

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Buses branded ‘Buhari/Osibanjo campaign,’ APC office set ablaze in Enugu

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcSv7f1ZXyys3l4yOWJ4TMsBdyFWjBzZg9dTlDRx9nM4l94LOSyWx41yVfi199MSDdQCBAy9Ka8iBSYe5FcRcMo084Rzo2z-uvDGJqLv4gRmv9Di1auVPpDsoktyiqymFY9kZuV-tX8q_w/s1600/buhari+osinbajo.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcSv7f1ZXyys3l4yOWJ4TMsBdyFWjBzZg9dTlDRx9nM4l94LOSyWx41yVfi199MSDdQCBAy9Ka8iBSYe5FcRcMo084Rzo2z-uvDGJqLv4gRmv9Di1auVPpDsoktyiqymFY9kZuV-tX8q_w/s320/buhari+osinbajo.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> Two buses branded ‘Buhari/Osibanjo campaign’ and the campaign office of one of the All Progressives Congress, APC, party factional governorship candidate in Enugu state, Mr. George Tagbo Ogara,  were on Saturday, set ablaze by hoodlums still at large.<br /> <br /> Both the buses and the office were alleged to be burnt by some improvised explosive device, IEDs, a Premium Times report claims.<br /> <br /> According to the report, Mr. Ogara claimed the Improvised Explosive Devices were used to destroy his buses and campaign office by hoodlums he said he does not know where they came from or who sent them.<br /> <br /> According to him, “Improvised Explosive Device, IED, bomb is not a matter a civilian like me can intervene. The police and DSS will investigate that matter.”<br /> <a id="more" name="more"></a><br /> <br /> Mr. Ogara is currently embroiled in a legal battle with his party, APC, for publishing the name of a former senator in the state, Ayogu Eze, as its candidate for the 2019 election.<br /> <br /> Mr. Ogara who took his party to court is claiming right to the governorship ticket. The case will be up for hearing at a Abuja Federal High Court in Abuja on January 10.</div>

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Buhari’s reelection, sure ticket for Yoruba in 2023, says Osinbajo

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_2yjcWtgpe3eE6R-GN1YReXmIKBOmeTOSWnfqWQndbsUUyHEtsuxfUPU0tNmQadSe2cDdq8Sm0CXZZHINDj8OwtOT3GduZ-fQB25SPxdmjSqA_7Th7cFHJo03wEkjxK6MYr84eJ7ucUim/s1600/buhari+osinbajo.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_2yjcWtgpe3eE6R-GN1YReXmIKBOmeTOSWnfqWQndbsUUyHEtsuxfUPU0tNmQadSe2cDdq8Sm0CXZZHINDj8OwtOT3GduZ-fQB25SPxdmjSqA_7Th7cFHJo03wEkjxK6MYr84eJ7ucUim/s320/buhari+osinbajo.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has called on the people of Yorubaland to ensure they vote for President Muhammadu Buhari for reelection assuring them that the victory of Buhari would guarantee a sure ticket for Yoruba presidency come 2023.<br /> <br /> Osinbajo said this yesterday when he visited the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi in his palace.<br /> <br /> He said, “Yoruba have a crucial role to play in the 2019 elections so ensure that APC wins. We are looking at 2023. If we don’t do well in 2019, the opportunity might evade us. We should be forward-looking and not spoil our future by allowing those who had plundered our nation to come back to government. They have been coalescing again to continue the plunder but God shall not allow them. If one is building a house, he has to construct a very solid foundation. The foundation might not be easily noticed but when it is built on, the house will emerge.<br /> <br /> “What I know about President Buhari is that he is an honest person and he is trustworthy. Whatever he says he will do, he always strive to do it. If we look at the level of corruption that had taken place, it was humongous. We should not allow it to continue again”, Osinbajo appealed.<br /> <a id="more" name="more"></a><br /> <br /> When he met with traders in the town, he dismissed a rumour on alleged collection of PVC of eligible voters.<br /> <br /> “Some people are saying that APC is collecting traders’ PVC and BVN. It is all lies. The money we give is transferred through phone without collecting any such details from anybody. Don’t fall for their antics”, Osinbajo cautions.<br /> <br /> Governor Abiola Ajimobi said that Oyo State is peaceful and enjoying better security compared to the era of past governments because Alaafin is on ground. He is unarguably the most intellectual and intelligent Kabiyesi in the whole of Yorubaland. Baba is a friend of APC. Once he is behind one, all the elements both spiritual and physical are in one’s support. This coming 2019 elections is between Hausa and Yoruba on one hand and Hausa and Ibo on the other side. It is only a bastard in Yorubaland that will not support APC. The glutton on the opposite side has wasted our resources yet they want to come back. Don’t allow them”, Ajimobi pleaded.<br /> <br /> The monarch, described Osinbajo as a true son of Yorubaland and a true representative of the Yorubaland.<br /> <br /> Alaafin said, “God will do for us what we are expecting in the nearest future. He also lauded Ajimobi for entrenching the culture of peace and security in Oyo State against what had been experienced before the inception of the present administration.<br /> <br /> In attendance were the gubernatorial candidate of the APC Chief Adebayo Adelabu, Senator Teslim Folarin, Olufemi Ojudu, Retired Arch Bishop Ayo Ladigbolu, Chief Imam of Oyo Town Sheik Abdulganiy Ajokidero, Hon. Akeem Adeyemi and many other candidates of the party ahead of the 2019 elections.</div>

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"President Buhari inherited 116 abandoned, ongoing water projects"

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIqkSilAE24AzveHcQQsFnP-tb6xIIPS6JmwFVgzy6gNRZHpaqCLJz_fs5cfM6jP6vAKJt3YWJGPvpbRoQTJb1RsjYlgU9AEbmtWSXuJxc6OhZQ98T4qDWYj9z0Se59eeO_Uw8VKTrEBtO/s1600/President+Muhammadu+Buhari.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIqkSilAE24AzveHcQQsFnP-tb6xIIPS6JmwFVgzy6gNRZHpaqCLJz_fs5cfM6jP6vAKJt3YWJGPvpbRoQTJb1RsjYlgU9AEbmtWSXuJxc6OhZQ98T4qDWYj9z0Se59eeO_Uw8VKTrEBtO/s320/President+Muhammadu+Buhari.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> The Minister of Water Resources, Suleiman Adamu, on Sunday said the federal government inherited 116 ongoing and abandoned irrigation and water projects from the immediate past government in 2015.<br /> <br /> Mr Adamu told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum in Abuja that President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration also inherited a liability of N89 billion.<br /> <br /> “In the ministry itself, when we came in, we inherited 116 ongoing and abandoned projects and we had a liability of N89 billion that is what we had inherited.<br /> <br /> “That was a serious problem, 38 done irrigation projects and over 40 water supply projects. Obviously, in four years there is no way we can finish them.<br /> <a id="more" name="more"></a><br /> <br /> “Some projects have been started as way back in 1987. Some projects were abandoned in 2000 and we have only been able to revive them,’’ the minister said.<br /> <br /> “When this administration came into office and from opinions that we got from stakeholders in the water sector, it is a sector that has been in crisis.<br /> <br /> “Recent survey indicated that according to the indices or parameter of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), we have attained 69 per cent coverage in terms of water supply,’’ he said.<br /> <br /> Mr Adamu described the figure as dismal because over 50 million of Nigerian population under the MDGs were still not covered and the target for MDGs was 75 per cent “we only achieved 69 per cent’’.<br /> <br /> “If we applied those indices to the parameter set by new Sustainable Development Goals we are actually nowhere, the statistics is so dismal.<br /> <br /> “One of the diagnostic reports we got last year indicated that in 1992, 30 per cent Nigerian population enjoyed pipe borehole water but it declined to seven per cent in 2015.<br /> <br /> “This was what led us to series of discussions, retreats and consultations leading to the federal government under the leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari declaring the state of emergency on water and sanitation,’’ he said.<br /> <br /> Mr Adamu said that the ministry prioritised projects into four categories to enable it execute some projects to attain 80 or 90 completion.<br /> <br /> “We have to do a quick audit and decided on which one we can prioritise.<br /> <br /> “We gave them different categories and we categorised them into four – high priority, medium priority, low priority and projects that are not viable and we just decided to drop them.<br /> <br /> “Of course, we establish criteria for that those projects that they may attain 80 or 90 per cent completion, we say there should be no hanging we decide to finish them,’’ he said.<br /> <br /> According to him, the ministry looks at projects that have a high impact on the communities.<br /> <br /> “So far, I am glad to say that probably as much as 20 of these projects in terms of irrigation and water supply have been completed and other top priority projects are still going on,’’ he said.<br /> <br /> The minister, who said that he had been inaugurating some projects in the past two weeks, added that other projects would be inaugurated in 2019.<br /> <br /> He said that the ministry had developed new irrigation and drainage policy as well as new water resources policy which had been passed by the Federal Executive Council.</div>

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New army uniform sends signal when you are in danger - Buratai

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEils0WEI7dGkQ-zZOtABFylv900_sBlHj7vebiwFMVgmKl7kM8vvRzdn7e6EK_0tNwyOc1Ny0PvN4-RIPAsSflgiIZV76jAxufAHHkFYV6_PUzv1Mh93dDur0Jz5HkL6fbdXEylUwmERHwc/s1600/Chief-of-Army-Staff-Lt.-Gen.-Tukur-Buratai.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="363" data-original-width="510" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEils0WEI7dGkQ-zZOtABFylv900_sBlHj7vebiwFMVgmKl7kM8vvRzdn7e6EK_0tNwyOc1Ny0PvN4-RIPAsSflgiIZV76jAxufAHHkFYV6_PUzv1Mh93dDur0Jz5HkL6fbdXEylUwmERHwc/s400/Chief-of-Army-Staff-Lt.-Gen.-Tukur-Buratai.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> The Nigerian army on Saturday said it has adopted new technologies and application of drones in the campaign against Boko Haram insurgents in the north-east.<br /> <br /> Tukur Buratai, chief of army staff (COAS), disclosed this while fielding questions at a dinner and media interactive session organised for editors and defence correspondents in Maiduguri, Borno state capital.<br /> <br /> Buratai said the applications of drones and new technologies were critical in modern warfare to ensure successful implementation of the counter-insurgency campaign.<br /> <br /> He said the army had utilised drones in surveillance and research, adding that the process was effective in the execution of its operations against the dreaded Boko Haram insurgents.<br /> <br /> Buratai said: “Now, even the uniform is technology-based, it will be tagged wherever you are; it sends signal when you are in danger, and these issues are very important.<br /> <br /> <a id="more" name="more"></a><br /> <br /> “Technology is playing important role in warfare and we are not left out; we have in place a transformation and innovation department.<br /> <br /> “The department is working on research and developments not only on basic equipment but equally more scientific and technological facilities to enable us to carry out our operations.<br /> <br /> “We are also working on deployment of drones, the Nigerian air force has been deploying drones in our operations in the northeast and they are deploying more, it has been very effective in this operation.<br /> <br /> “For surveillance, local drones are deployed and when new ones are also deployed, it will be effective and useful in the operation.”<br /> <br /> According to him, the military has also deployed modern military hardware, rehabilitated office and house accommodation, clinics and executed viable projects for the improvement of personnel welfare and boost their morale.<br /> <br /> Buratai added that the military would equally deploy modern scanning machines to check vehicular movements and enhance security on high ways.

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PDP, APC trade words over looting

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgctb_4voLxkFpt5hfIwQ9O2ZMRC-YwY49SfAG8y0i-V1dGZrflDqW4bUjr1QsLUhM4Ys6XHupPfrLPl-r3WbudiVFZcZuaSqu-QaerbTfawlk30RFKCGzaX3an-FiHBlP0AwXlWD3-eqaw/s1600/pdp+apc+vs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="159" data-original-width="318" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgctb_4voLxkFpt5hfIwQ9O2ZMRC-YwY49SfAG8y0i-V1dGZrflDqW4bUjr1QsLUhM4Ys6XHupPfrLPl-r3WbudiVFZcZuaSqu-QaerbTfawlk30RFKCGzaX3an-FiHBlP0AwXlWD3-eqaw/s400/pdp+apc+vs.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> The Peoples Democratic Party has alleged that over N14tn has been looted under the Muhammadu Buhari administration by All Progressives Congress leaders.<br /> <br /> In a statement on Saturday, the PDP National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, said the Federal Government should recover the money allegedly looted by the APC chiefs.<br /> <br /> Ologbondiyan said, “It is disheartening that instead of President Buhari to seek ways to recover the over N14tn looted by APC leaders and the cabal in the Presidency, Mr President is seeking to inflict more pain on distraught Nigerians by imposing new taxes on them in the coming year.<br /> <br /> <a id="more" name="more"></a><br /> <br /> “The PDP Presidential Campaign Organisation condemns as punitive, the plans by President Buhari to impose new taxes on Nigerians who are already overburdened, impoverished and pauperised by his incompetent, insensitive, uncaring, vindictive and corrupt administration.”<br /> <br /> But the National Chairman of the APC, Adams Oshiomhole, said the party’s three year in power had remedied the 16 wasteful years of the PDP.<br /> <br /> Oshiomhole said this in Lafia, Nasarawa State, while presenting the party’s flag to the APC governorship candidate in the state Audu Sule and his deputy Emmanuel.<br /> <br /> He urged Nigerians to vote for President Buhari in order to continue the development of the country.

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