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The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajia Sadiya Farouq, has said the Federal Government expended over $5bn since 2016 to fight poverty in the country. The minister said the President, since 2016 has backed his pledge to pull out 100 million Nigerians out of poverty by committing $1bn through the National Social Investment Programme to reduce poverty and inequality. She also described as factual the data referenced in the President’s Democracy Day address, which said 7.5million people had…

• President Muhammadu Buhari approved and funded the construction of 10,000 resettlement homes for IDPs and refugees. First phase of the housing project was commissioned with 4,000 completed homes in June 2021.
• Federal government through NNPC announced the establishment of a gas power plant to address electricity problems in Maiduguri and environs in April 2021. The power plant is expected to be ready in four months.
• President Muhammadu Buhari approved the establishment of a Federal Polytechnic in Monguno, Borno state in Jan. 2021 after 45 years of the creation of the state (1976)
• President Muhammadu Buhari directed the constant release of…

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Nigeria is gearing up for the resumption of vaccination of people for COVID-19 as it expects another shipment of 3.92 million AstraZeneca vaccine to arrive in the country between July and August. The Executive Director of the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr. Faisal Shuaib said, “We now have information that Nigeria will get 3.92 million doses of Oxford/AstraZeneca by end of July or early August. As we receive additional information on the exact dates in August, we will provide an update regarding…

ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY MUHAMMADU BUHARI PRESIDENT AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA DURING HIS OFFICIAL VISIT TO PERSONNEL OF THE ARMED FORCES AND OTHER SECURITY AGENCIES IN OPERATION HADIN KAI, 17 JUNE 2021

I am delighted to be with you this afternoon, to address you on this special occasion of my official visit to Borno State. I want to seize this opportunity to put it on record that our nation will forever be indebted to you, for your patriotic commitment to the defence of our fatherland against insurgency and criminality.

I therefore commend…

• To harness the over 600 trillion cubic feet of proven gas reserves Nigeria endowed with.

• To play key role as revenue earner, fuel for industries and necessary feed for petrochemicals and fertiliser plants.

New Infectious Disease Treatment Center by NCDC commissioned today at the Federal Medical Center, Katsina. New Infectious Disease Centers of this kind are under construction in 16 States across the country.

KEYNOTE ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY, MUHAMMADU BUHARI PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA AT THE GROUND-BREAKING CEREMONY OF NLNG TRAIN 7 PROJECT, 15th JUNE 2021.

Today represents yet another very important milestone in the history of Nigeria’s oil and gas industry. The story of Nigeria LNG is one I have been passionately associated with during the formative years of the LNG project.

As minister of Petroleum Resources, I kicked off our first foray in LNG Business in 1978. At the time it was already apparent that Nigeria was mainly a Gas-Rich country with a little oil!

It therefore gives…

REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY, MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA, AT THE HANDING OVER OF SECURITY EQUIPMENT BY THE GOVERNOR OF LAGOS STATE TO THE LAGOS STATE POLICE COMMAND, THURSDAY JUNE 10, 2021

I am very pleased to be here today to witness the handing over of newly-acquired security equipment and assets to the Lagos State Police Command, by His Excellency the Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on behalf of the Lagos State Security Trust Fund.