Tag: president buhari

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Kolapo OlapojuFebruary 14, 2016

‘Buhari deserves special praise for decimating Boko Haram’ – Borno governor

Borno state governor Kashim Shettima of Borno says the residents of his state and the North Eastern Nigeria are perpetually ...

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Op-Ed EditorFebruary 13, 2016

Chris Okotie: Why Nigerians must unconditionally support Buhari’s quest to clean the Augean stable

These, certainly are not the best of times for the grex venalium (the venal crowd) popularly known by ordinary Nigerians ...

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Op-Ed EditorFebruary 12, 2016

Gimba Kakanda: The only vacation President Buhari needs at the moment

The announcement of the President’s five-day vacation last week was interpreted vastly differently by individuals and groups across the country, ...

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Kolapo OlapojuFebruary 12, 2016

Buhari to German President: It’s a pity Boko Haram welcomed you with explosions in Dikwa

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday lamented the fact that Islamic terrorist sect, Boko Haram, welcomed German President, Joachim Gauck, into ...

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Mazi EmekaFebruary 10, 2016

Buhari returns to Nigeria after 5-day vacation (PHOTOS)

President Muhammad Buhari has returned to Nigeria from his 5-day vacation. Buhari, who had spent the short holiday in London, ...

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Mazi EmekaFebruary 10, 2016

‘What the President meant in his Telegraph interview’ – Garba Shehu

The presidency, in a statement on Tuesday, described the recent wave of backlash, over President Buhari’s interview granted to an ...

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Mazi EmekaFebruary 9, 2016

Nasco to produce biscuits for FG’s national feeding program

The Federal Government, on Monday, signed a memorandum of understanding with NASCO Foods Limited, Jos, for the production of biscuits ...

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Op-Ed EditorFebruary 9, 2016

Jude Ndukwe: Buhari, the criminalisation of Nigerians and the limits of presidential gaffes

In his recent trip to London and at an interview with The Telegraph, President Muhammadu Buhari made a sweeping criminalisation ...

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Kolapo OlapojuFebruary 7, 2016

$1m on foreign trips: Fayose can say ‘whatever he likes’ – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari says he is yet to undertake any ‘frivolous journey’ abroad while stressing that every one of his ...

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Kolapo OlapojuFebruary 7, 2016

Buhari says Nigerians have a reputation for crime… Ben Bruce replies with #IAmANigerianNotACriminal

A hashtag- #IAmANigerianNotACriminal, is currently trending on Twitter, as a result of the comments of President Muhammadu Buhari, in a ...

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Kolapo OlapojuFebruary 6, 2016

I sometimes wonder… why I came to rule ‘when they had spent all the money’ – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday, revealed that he sometimes wonders why he chose to contest for the presidency, at this ...

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Kolapo OlapojuFebruary 6, 2016

TSA: ‘We mopped up over N2.2trn in 3 months’ – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari says his administration has been able to save N2.2 trillion for the country, within three months, through ...

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Kolapo OlapojuFebruary 5, 2016

Buhari being pressured by ‘Nigerian elites’ to stop anti-corruption war – VP Osinbajo

Vice-President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo has revealed that there’s a huge amount of pressure on President Muhammadu Buhari to put the ...

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Mazi EmekaFebruary 2, 2016

I’m not used to working as hard as Obasanjo – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday, expressed his gratitude to former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, for tolerating him for 3 and half ...

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Janeth JFebruary 2, 2016

Buhari celebrates with Ogun at 40, commissions projects in Abeokuta (PHOTOS)

As part of activities to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Ogun state, President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday, inaugurated projects executed ...

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Kolapo OlapojuFebruary 2, 2016

‘Buhari spends $1m on every foreign trip’ – Fayose

Ekiti state governor, Ayo Fayose has asserted that at the rate President Muhammadu Buhari goes on foreign trips, he may end ...

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Kolapo OlapojuFebruary 1, 2016

Fayose to Buhari: ‘You’re responsible for the rot in the judiciary

Ekiti state governor, Ayo Fayose says President Muhammadu Buhari lacks the moral right to complain about the judiciary while members ...

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Kolapo OlapojuFebruary 1, 2016

Jonathan bought expired, substandard weapons and ammunition – Lai Mohammed

The Federal Government says the weapons, arms and ammunition purchased by the administration of former president, Goodluck Jonathan, to fight ...

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Kolapo OlapojuFebruary 1, 2016

President Buhari heads to France, Britain

President Muhammadu Buhari will on Tuesday, February 2, travel to France and Britain, twenty-four hours after returning from official visits to ...

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Op-Ed EditorFebruary 1, 2016

Waziri Adio: To devalue, or not to devalue the naira? – An explainer

The debate about the appropriate value of the Naira featured prominently in the public domain last week. This prominence was ...

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Kolapo OlapojuFebruary 1, 2016

Boko Haram desperate to embarrass my government – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari says the insurgents of terrorist sect, Boko Haram are determined to find their way back into society, ...

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Kolapo OlapojuJanuary 31, 2016

Buhari has bad, insensitive advisers – Governor Dickson

Re-elected governor of Bayelsa state, Seriake Dickson says President Muhammadu Buhari is surrounded by bad advisers. Dickson, who recently defeated ...

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Kolapo OlapojuJanuary 31, 2016

‘Buhari should recover diverted arms funds and pardon the looters’

The General-Evangelist of the Christ Apostolic Church Worldwide, Prophet Kayode Abiara has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to pardon the looters ...

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Kolapo OlapojuJanuary 30, 2016

‘I do not hide behind anonymity’ | Tolu Ogunlesi denies penning The Economist’s ‘ineffectual buffoon’ article

Award-winning journalist/writer, Tolu Ogunlesi has denied writing The Economist article, in which harsh chaste was meted out to former President ...

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Kolapo OlapojuJanuary 30, 2016

Anti-corruption campaign ‘is not Buhari’s war’ – Lai Mohammed

The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has said the campaign against corruption is not the battle of the ...

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Adebayo EmuleomoJanuary 29, 2016

Opinion: Dear PDP, If you must wail, do it with purpose

It seemed Twitter Nigeria was on a meltdown, I had come out of a week of strategy sessions culminating in ...

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Kolapo OlapojuJanuary 29, 2016

Why there’s militancy, criminal activities in Niger Delta – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has attributed the failure of previous governments to clean up oil spillages in the Niger Delta region ...

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Adebayo EmuleomoJanuary 27, 2016

‘Nigeria’s stolen funds are all over the world’ – European Union

Michel Arrion, the Head of the European Union Delegation to Nigeria has stated that funds stolen from Nigeria are stashed ...

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Kolapo OlapojuJanuary 27, 2016

‘PDP using bloggers, websites to destroy my reputation, relationship with Buhari’ – Tinubu

The national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu says some disgruntled elements in the Peoples Democratic Party are ...

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Kolapo OlapojuJanuary 25, 2016

APC is cash-strapped but Buhari won’t be asked for help – Oyegun

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, John Odigie-Oyegun says the ruling party is cash-strapped. Odigie-Oyegun said on Monday ...

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