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    REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY, MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA AT THE FINAL SIGNING OF PEACE ACCORD ON 2019 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION AT THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE CENTRE ABUJA ON WEDNESDAY 13TH FEBRUARY 2019 PROTOCOLS: Another election is upon us and not unexpectedly, there is anxiety in the air. This is typical of any form of competition and contest, no matter how well prepared all contestants and regulators are. The forthcoming elections are very special and significant for the growth of our Democracy. 2. First, they come immediately after one of the most peaceful elections in the history of our country. I am not saying this because I was blessed to emerge as the winner. I am saying there had been a lot of fears and anxieties from within and outside Nigeria about the future of the country. We are hopeful that this is evidence that we are all maturing in our disposition towards electoral outcomes. We see this as an opportunity to grow our sen

       The Appeal court sitting in Sokoto has dismissed the appeal challenging the judgment of the lower court which upheld the primaries of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara state. A three-member panel of judges unanimously dismissed the appeal following its withdrawal by the appellant, Aminu Jaji. Recall on Monday that the three judges of the Appeal Court in Sokoto withdrew from the case over bribery allegation to the tune of $3million (dollars). One of the respondents, Kabiru Marafa, alleged that there was bribery allegation against the judges which made them lose confidence in them. Counsel to Senator Marafa, Barrister Muhammad Nuhu, alleged that there was a posting on social media platform, alleging that the judges had received three million Dollars from one Kabiru Kamba to compromise. “Because of that my client is not comfortable with them and urge the president of the Court of Appeal to constitute a new panel to entertain the case,” he said. Respon

      Officials of the Ministry of Power, Works and Housing, led by Kingsley Odoh, Senior Special Consultant of the Ministry, on February 13, 2019 handed over the power infrastructure installed at the Head Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC to the management of the anti-graft agency, led by Acting Chairman of the EFCC, Ibrahim Magu. The handover ceremony was carried out in the company of the Commission’s Secretary, Ola Olukoyede, and other officials of the agency. The Ministry officials were decorated with the EFCC Lapel as Anti-Corruption Ambassador by the EFCC chairman.One more photo below.

    Heidi Klum,Mel B and Tyra Banks are not coming back as judges and host of the 2019 American Got Talent.They are being replaced by Gabrielle Union,Terry Crews and Julianne Hough.Though am yet to confirm if the removal of these judges was voluntary or they were sacked but I know Tyra Banks is planning to open her own version of Disney park but instead she called it ''Model Land''. According to another source '' America's Got Talent   is shaking up its judges' table, adding Gabrielle Union and Julianne Hough for the show's 14th season.  NBC's flagship summer series will also have a new host in Terry Crews. Union ( Bring It On , the upcoming series  L.A.'s Finest ) and singer-dancer-actress Hough ( Grease Live ,  Dancing With the Stars ) will replace Heidi Klum and Mel B on the judges' panel.  Got Talent creator and executive producer Simon Cowell and judge Howie Mandel remain.  Crews, who currently hosts the spinoff  America&

     The operatives of Rapid Response Squad (RRS), a unit of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested two suspected robbers for killing a UBER driver and stealing his Hyundai Elantra car with the registration number EPE 676 EC. The arrest of the suspects followed a directive from the new State Police boss, Zubairu Muazu to the Commander of the RRS, Olatunji Disu that the culprits should be fished out and made to face the full wrat h of the law. The two suspects: Humble Peter Robert, 33, and Gideon Achibong, 36, were arrested in Aboki Estate, Lekki, Lagos while removing the car parts for sale to a scrap metal dealer. Investigations by the police revealed that Peter Robert, an ex-convict and a bus conductor, in the company of three others, now at large, had three days before his arrest conspired to hijack a UBER car and sell it off. Subsequently, the accused persons boarded the deceased's car for a ride to Ikate and were charged N1,000 for the trip. However, before arri

        SPEECH OF THE COAS LT GEN TY BURATAI NAM GSS psc(+) ndc (BD) OMM (BR) FCMH FNHAM BA (Hons) MA MPhil ON THE COMMISSIONING OF NA SITUATION ROOM   FOR 2019 ELECTIONS MONITORING 1. It gives me great pleasure to welcome you all on this occasion of the launch of the Nigerian Army Situation Room. Recall that the NA had earlier launched OP SAFE CONDUCT which is one of the series of exercises undertaken by the NA to ensure the success of the 2019 General Elections. The NA Situation Room has been reconfigured for real-time monitoring of events during the 2019 General Elections. 2. It is pertinent to state that the post election violence which characterized previous elections clearly highlights the challenges posed by incidents of electoral violence in the country. Hence, the NA saw the need to devise new strategies of stemming such ugly tides or completely eliminating same. 3. Lessons learnt from previous election violence witnessed have categorized the nature or types of violen

     President Buhari meets with Commonwealth Secretary General Rt. Hon. Patricia Scotland QC in State House on 13th Feb 2019 Commonwealth 5: President Buhari with Commonwealth Secretary General Rt. Hon. Patricia Scotland QC and Mr Martin Kasirye as he meets with Commonwealth Secretary General in State House on 13th Feb 2019. FREE, FAIR POLLS ELICIT CONFIDENCE IN GOVERNMENT, PRESIDENT BUHARI TELLS COMMONWEALTH SCRIBE People have more confidence in a government they have elected in free and fair polls, than one that wangles its way into office through artifice and subterfuge, President Muhammadu Buhari Wednesday told Commonwealth Secretary-General, Rt. Hon. Patricia Scotland. The Commonwealth scribe had paid a courtesy visit to President Buhari at State House, Abuja, after attending the signing of  the Peace Accord at the International Conference Centre. "One Nigeria is non-negotiable," the President said. "Over two million people died in the civil war we fo