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  • Buhari returns to Abuja after Sallah holiday in Daura

    Buhari returns to Abuja after Sallah holiday in Daura

    President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday resumed official duties at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, after Sallah break at his country home in Daura, Katsina State, the Nation gathered.

    While in Daura, the President on Friday performed the Eid prayers along with thousands of Muslims
    at the Daura Eid ground.

    The President on Monday in Daura received associations of farmers, businessmen, youths, elders and politicians from Katsina State, where he assured them of his continuous commitment to serve the nation.

    He attributed his recent convalescence to divine act of almighty God.

    Gov. Aminu Masari of Katsina State also visited President Buhari in his home town Daura as part of the Eid-el-Kabir celebration.

    During the visit, the President restated Federal Government’s commitment to guarantee adequate protection of all citizens.

    He said “every Nigerian has a right to live, work and thrive in any part of the country, irrespective of backgrounds.”

    The President on Tuesday received Nigerien President, Mahamadou Issoufou in Daura, Katsina State, where he confirmed that Nigeria was out of recession.

    “Nigeria is finally out of economic recession,” he said.

    Buhari told newsmen after a closed door meeting with visiting Nigerien leader, Issoufou, that he was “very happy’’ to hear that the country was finally out of recession.

    National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Tuesday announced that Nigeria was out of economic recession.

    The NBS said this in a Gross Domestic Product (GPD) Report for Second Quarter 2017 released by the bureau in Abuja.

    The NBS said that the nation’s GDP grew by 0.55 per cent (year-on-year) in real terms in the quarter, indicating the exit of the economy from recession.

    The bureau said that figures indicated the economy was out of recession after five consecutive quarters of contraction since first quarter 2016.

    However, President Buhari said that the real impact of coming out of recession would be better felt when ordinary Nigerians experience changes in their living conditions. (NAN)

  • Buhari, Nigerien President meet in Daura 

    Buhari, Nigerien President meet in Daura 

    President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday met behind closed doors with the Nigerien President, Muhammadu Issoufou.

    The meeting started few minutes past 12 noon at Buhari ‘s residence in Daura, Katsina State.

    Issoufou, was received at the Umaru Musa Yar’Adua Airport in Katsina by the Katsina State Governor, Aminu Bello Masari.

    He was airlifted in a chopper to Daura before the meeting with President Buhari.

  • Buhari-Osinbajo’s joint ticket should be renewed in 2019-Group

    Buhari-Osinbajo’s joint ticket should be renewed in 2019-Group

    A Coalition of Muhammadu Buhari Support Groups in  Daura Emirate on Monday urged the All Progressives Congress (APC) to take steps to renew the joint ticket of President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo towards the 2019 Presidential Elections.

    The Groups led a rally to the entrance of President Buhari’s Daura residence in Katsina State, as the President continued to observe his Eid-el-Kabir Sallah break.

    The procession was led by the Coliation Chairman, Arc. Kabiru Ahmad, who is the Executive Secretary of Lagos State Water Regulatory Commission.

    Speaking on behalf of the coalition, the Secretary General, Alhaji Ismaila Daura, said that the Buhari administration has recorded achievements just midway into the tenure.

    According to him, the Groups embarked on the procession to appreciate and glorify Allah for enabling the President overcome his health challenges successfully and returning safely to Nigeria.

    Stressing that the rally was also to express solidarity and support to the President and his government for a job well done and to extend happy Sallah salutation to the President and his entourage.

    He said: “It is our collective resolve now as patriotic Nigerians of the APC stock to call on the APC National Leadership to take concrete and serial steps to renew the Buhari-Osinbajo ticket.

    “Surely, the APC is still the party to beat and has an extremely popular and sitting President in its kitty.

    “As such the APC has all it takes to either be successful in the many elections to come or go on a complete sabbatical.

    “However, we are confident that our patriotic party men and women shall always carry the day much to the benefit and delight of Mr. President,” he said.

    The Groups praised the administration for the various achievements in good governance, security, war against corruption, improvements in power, transport, solid minerals and the agricultural sectors.

  • Massive crowd storms Daura prayer ground for Buhari

    Massive crowd storms Daura prayer ground for Buhari

    •President hails NYSC for driving national unity

    Residents of Daura, Katsina State, trooped out in their thousands yesterday to attend the Eid-el-Kabir prayers with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Eid prayer ground in the city.

    The President is in his native town for the first time since he returned from medical vacation in London.

    He arrived Daura on Wednesday.

    The crowd, including members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in the state, lined the President’s route from his residence, waving as his convoy snaked its way to the prayerground.

    It was gathered that some of the people had already observed their owns prayers at different prayergrounds in the city.

    They concluded their prayers before 9 am and immediately headed straight to the President’s route to catch a glimpse of him.

    By the time Buhari arrived the prayerground, it was already filled to the brim.

    He joined the congregation to observe the two rakaat prayers led by the Chief Imam of Daura Emirate, Mallam Muhammadu Salisu Rabe.

    The crowd that greeted him on the road as he headed back home after the prayers seemed to have doubled with many of them struggling to record  the President and his convoy on their mobile phones.

    A similar large crowd of residents had trooped out on Wednesday to welcome him back home.

    Many of them  rushed to the helipad to receive him and his entourage.

    So massive was the crowd that he opted to walk from the helipad to his residence with the people.

    Speaking with journalists at his residence after the prayer, the President expressed happiness that many Nigerians came out to observe the prayer.

    For the umpteenth time, he asked Nigerians to continue to live peacefully together for the sake of national unity.

    He was particularly pleased to see the NYSC members, noting that the scheme has gone a long way in fostering national unity since its inception in 1973.

    ”I am always pleased to see corps members in Daura and other parts of the country. From the postings, we get to learn more about other cultures,” he said.

    He also posited that that the large number of corps members in Daura, mostly from the southern part of the country, was an indication that the dream of a unified Nigeria remains a reality.

    According to him, graduates from the North serving  in the Southern states also learn a lot from the diversity that makes Nigeria a unique country.

    He recalled his experiences working in different parts of the country as an army officer, saying that serving in southern parts of the country, including Lagos and Ibadan, gives him a lot of joy.

    Through his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, the President sent a  cow, ten bags of rice and N250,000 cash to members of the NYSC who lined the road to greet him.

    The Corpers Liaison Officer (CLO)  Nnamdi John, on behalf of the group, thanked the President for the gift.

    He expressed happiness with the President’s decision to do everything within his power to keep Nigeria united.

    Corps members, he said, would be safer under a peaceful and united Nigeria.

    Shehu later told reporters that the President’s kinsmen had the double joy of celebrating Eid-el-Kabir and seeing him after almost a year since his last visit home.

  • Photos: Buhari after Eid El Kabir prayers in Daura

    Photos: Buhari after Eid El Kabir prayers in Daura

    President Buhari after observing Eid El Kabir prayers at the Daura Eid Ground in Daura Katsina on Friday

    President Muhammadu Buhari in Daura
    President Buhari acknowledging the crowd shortly after observing Eid El Kabir prayers at the Daura Eid Ground in Daura Katsina on 1st Sep 2017
    President Muhammadu Buhari
    President Buhari in a group photo with some of his aides shortly after observing Eid El Kabir prayers at the Daura Eid Ground in Daura Katsina on 1st Sep 2017
    President Muhammadu Buhari
    Corp members in a group photo with SSA to President on Media & Publicity Mallam Garba Shehu after receiving Salah gift from the President shortly after observing Eid El Kabir prayers at the Daura Eid Ground in Daura Katsina on 1st Sep 2017
  • Massive crowd at Eid praying ground for Buhari

    Massive crowd at Eid praying ground for Buhari

    A tumultuous crowd on Friday stormed the Eid praying ground where President Muhammadu Buhari observed his Eid-el-Kabir prayer.

    The President, who returned to Nigeria on August 19 after 103 days medical vacation in the United Kingdom, landed in his home state, Katsina State on Wednesday.

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    Right from his residence to the Eid praying ground, the crowd gathered on the two sides of the street waving at the President’s convoy.

    It was gathered that most of the crowd had already observed their Eid-el-Kabir prayer in another nearby praying ground.

    They concluded their prayers before 9a.m and immediately headed straight to the route the President was scheduled to pass to observe his Eid prayer.

    Rather than go home to enjoy their Sallah ram and food, they opted to get a glimpse of the President.

    When the President got to the Eid praying ground, it was almost filled beyond capacity.

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    The President wore light brown coloured Babanringa and cap to match observed the two rakaat prayer with the crowd.

    The prayer, which started around 10 a.m, was led by the Chief Imam of Daura Emirate, Mallam Muhammadu Salisu Rabe.

    After the President had observed his Eid-el-Kabir prayers, the crowd on the two sides of the road leading to his residence appeared to have doubled more than when he was heading to the Eid praying ground.

    While some of the crowd were waving at the convoy as the President moved back to his residence, others were struggling to capture the President and the convoy on their phones.

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    Speaking with journalists at his residence after the prayer, the President expressed happiness that most Nigerians came out to observe the prayer based on the reports he got across the country.

    He also harped on the necessity for all Nigerians to live peacefully among themselves and to continue promoting the unity of the country.

    The scenerio in Daura on Friday was not different when the President landed at the helipad in Daura on Wednesday.

    Many youths in the area had rushed to the helipad to welcome the President back home.

    Due to turnout of the massive crowd comprising mainly youths, the President had on Wednesday rejected his convoy stationed to convey him from the helipad to his house.

    He walked from the helipad to his residence waving to the crowd and acknowledging their greetings.

  • Buhari walks home as crowd welcome him

    Buhari walks home as crowd welcome him

    President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday arrived his country home in Daura, Katsina State and opted to walk through the street from the helipad as an overwhelming crowd surged to welcome him.

    The President, according to a statement by the Senior Special Assistant on media and publicity, Garba Shehu, was received at the helipad by the Emir of Daura, Alhaji Faruk Umar Faruk and abandoned the motorcade as a large number of people had already gathered around the helipad, snaking all the way to his house.

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    An elated crowd cheered as the President walked home, screaming “baba ya da wo, baba oyoyo”, meaning “baba is back, welcome home”.

    Buhari was earlier received at the airport in Katsina by the Executive Governor of Katsina State, Alhaji Aminu Bello Masari, and the Emir of Katsina,  Alhaji Abdulmumini Kabir Usman, before he was airlifted with a chopper to Daura.

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    The President will be spending time with his family during the Eid-el-Kabir.

  • Emir of Daura seeks prayer for Buhari

    The Emir of Daura, Katisna State State, Alhaji Farouk Umar, has called on Nigerians to continue to pray for the unity of Nigeria and the wellbeing of President Muhammadu Buhari.

    Umar made the call in Daura in his message to mark Eid-el-Fitr.

    He urged Nigerians to ignore rumours about the president’s ill-health, saying his palace was aware of improvements on his health.

    According to the monarch, his council and the entire emirate decided to stage a two-day horse riding to celebrate the Sallah, following news that President Buhari was doing well.

  • Army move to secure nation’s borders

    Army move to secure nation’s borders

    The Nigerian Army, on Friday, inaugurated a Forward Operation Base (FOB) at Daura in Katsina State, as part of the measures to secure the nation’s borders with neighbouring countries.

    The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, who inaugurated the FOB, said the sighting of the facility in Daura followed the “Order of Battle” approved by the Army Council in 2016.

    “It is part of the re-organisation in the Nigerian Army. In 2016, the Army Council approved the new order of battle.

    “This is part of the order of battle of the Nigerian Army to have an FOB in this place – Daura.

    “So it is the overall review of the deployment and the strategic consideration of the Nigerian army and the military; in taking care of strategic locations by deploying such facility here,” Buratai.

    Asked if there was any threat at the Daura axis, the army chief said: “Well, that is the analysis”.

    “You know, this Boko Haram terrorist group has been moving all over the place, especially along the borders. So, it is part of the consideration, it is part of the threat analysis”.

    According to Buratai, there is the need to take care of the border areas right from the Lake Chad through Yobe, Jigawa, Kano, Katsina, up to Sokoto.

    He said that the establishment of the FOB was part of the strategic consideration, based on threat analysis, adding that more of such facility would be set up in the North East.

     

  • Abductors mistook Hirse for Daura, says witness

    Abductors mistook Hirse for Daura, says witness

    •Police working to free him 

    An eyewitness in the kidnap of former Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Bagudu Hirse, has said the abduction was “like a scene in a horror movie”.
    Mr. Samuel Pukat, an Abuja-based businessman, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Jos that he was with Hirse when the gunmen attacked.
    “We were in Kaduna and decided to pay a condolence visit to Alhaji Mamman Daura on the death of the former Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Ibrahim Dasuki.
    “We arrived at Daura’s house about 9 am but we were told Daura travelled, and as we made to drive out after signing the condolence register, Daura’s younger brother came out and told us to wait for him.
    “About the same time, two vehicles, on fast speed, drove into the compound and gunmen in masks jumped out and headed directly for Hirse.
    “My feeling is that they mistook him for Daura because both seem to have the same stature and wear their caps the same way,” he said.
    Pukat said the men, after instilling fear in everyone at sight, grabbed Hirse by his babariga, pushed him into one of the cars and drove off.
    “Everyone was terrified; we were all fear-stricken and by the time we recovered, Hirse was gone and we were dumbfounded,” he added.
    According to him, the Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Abba Kyari, later appeared and called for more security cover around the house.
    Pukat confirmed that the abductors contacted Hirse’s relations.
    “The first time they called me; it was Hirse’s voice I heard on the phone before the abductors took over,” he said.
    Pukat, however, refused to give details of his discussions with the abductors but said the family embarked on prayers for his release and safe return.
    The police have said they were working to track the gunmen and rescue Hirse unhurt.
    Police spokesman Aliyu Usman said: “The command will not sit and allow criminals take laws into their hands. We will ensure we arrest those criminals and they will face the law.
    “We are committed to protecting life and property of the people. We also appeal to the public for  information that will lead to arrest of the criminals.”