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  President Muhammadu Buhari has requested the Senate's approval for a substantial amount of money to pay off judgement debts. The request was made in a letter that was read out by Senate President Ahmad Lawan, which contained details of the requested amount: $566.8 million, £98.5 million and N226.81 billion. The purpose of the funds is to settle outstanding debts, and the President has stressed the importance of this in his request to the Senate. The government has received approval to pay off the judgment debts owed by the Federal Government through the issuance of promissory notes. These debts are to be settled through the issuance of promissory notes, which will then be redeemed over time through provisions in the budgets of the Federal Government of Nigeria. The government has issued debt securities for the settlement of the judgment debts, and approval of the National Assembly is required for this purpose. The Senate has been requested to consider and approve the settlement o

  A former presidential candidate, Chief Ambrose Owuru, has filed a new suit at the Court of Appeal in Abuja against the May 29 inauguration of the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Owuru, who participated in the 2019 presidential election under the platform of Hope Democratic Party (HDP), in the suit, is explicitly asking for an order prohibiting President Muhammadu Buhari, the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from swearing in Tinubu as president come May 29. In the new suit marked CA/CV/259/2023, the plaintiff also wants the court to stop Buhari, AGF and INEC from taking further steps on the 2023 presidential election that produced Tinubu as the winner. Owuru predicated his case against the swearing-in of Tinubu or anybody else as successor to Buhari because he is the constitutionally adjudged winner of the 2019 election and has yet to spend his tenure as required by law. Among others, Owuru insisted that Pres

  PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari, the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu; Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate Peter Obi; Speaker, House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, amongst many others, have congratulated Muslims across the country on the occasion of this year's Eid-el-Fitr, marking the end of Ramadan.  Buhari, in his Sallah message by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, congratulated Muslims on successfully completing this demanding spiritual obligation. . He said: "We shouldn't forget the essential lessons of Ramadan, which include improving our bond with the underprivileged and poor members of society. The goodwill messages came as Muhammad Abubakar Sahad, president of the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, NSIA, said the crescent to mark the end of Ramadan fasting had been sighted. In a broadcast, Sahad, the Sultan of Sokoto, said his office received information on the moon's sighting to end the fasting, announcin