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#Nigeria > Group Urges President Buhari To Cancel Centenary City Project

Wale Adebayo — Fri, 04 Sep 2015 07:30:10 +0000

A group, Empowerment for Unemployed Youths Initiative, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to review the Federal Government’s commitments to the Abuja Centenary City project which it described as a fraud conceived to undermine the national economy. According to the group, among the abuses was the relocation of a military base at the cost of N2 [...]

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President Buhari Lauds Centenary City Initiative, Welcomes Compensation For Displaced Inhabitants | #News

Wale Adebayo — Sat, 29 Aug 2015 11:31:16 +0000

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday said he welcomed an assurance from the management of the Centenary City Plc that all the original inhabitants of the site in Abuja have been fully compensated. The president was quoted in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, as speaking after being briefed [...]

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Nigeria’s Jonathan calls for unity at ‘centenary’

Adewale A. — Tue, 31 Dec 2013 20:32:10 +0000

Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday called for greater national unity in 2014, urging compatriots to build on the work of their predecessors as the country marked its effective centenary. The amalgamation of the separate protectorates of…

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Nigeria marks 100 years of amalgamation

Adewale A. — Mon, 16 Dec 2013 08:46:20 +0000

January 1, 2014 marks the centenary of the amalgamation of southern and northern Nigeria but the anniversary looks set to be muted, amid lingering questions about whether the union can hold. In the run-up to the landmark, opinion is split between those…

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