As General Buhari celebrates his one year in office as president of Nigeria, I have been searching frantically like many of his supporters including the conscienceless social media influencers for achievements of the APC led federal government. Here is what the scorecard looks like after 365 days: 1. KILLING OF UNARMED CITIZENS This perhaps...
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By Babatunde Oladosu In Spring 2009, I completed a two-week internship at the London office of Goldman Sachs. I was one of 8 Nigerian undergraduates who joined students from top universities in Europe on Goldman’s Spring Internship programme. Towards the end of the programme, some interns got together for lunch. During a discussion about graduation plans,...
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The beauty of a democratically elected government is the freedom of speech that comes with the package. In a democracy, any one with a mouth can mouth off and drop ceaseless soundbites on the government of the day. While this freedom is not to be abused, it is imperative – for the polity of any country –...
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President Muhammadu Buhari’s one year in office has been a year of untold hardship, deception and problems, says the Ekiti state Governor, Ayodele Fayose. According to a statement signed by the Governor’s Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, Nigeria’s economy has been ruined under the All Progressives Congress (APC) government. Fayose...
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Soldiers at a military checkpoint along Bauchi-Jos road, on Saturday, shot at a bus carrying police officers from Taraba to Kaduna. Confirming the unfortunate incident, Maj. Joseph Afolasade, Assistant Director, Army Public Relations, 33 Artillery Brigade, said the soldiers erroneously shot at the vehicle because the driver refused to stop at the check point for...
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In a bid to end the activities of militants in the Niger Delta area, the Nigerian Army has launched an offensive in the region with the single aim of stopping further vandalism of oil installations. According to a statement signed by the Acting Director Army Public Relations, Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman, the Army successfully engaged...
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Former President Goodluck Jonathan – on this day, one year ago – ceremoniously handed over the mantle of Nigeria’s leadership to President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress. Despite having spent only one of his 4 year tenure, the administration of Muhammadu Buhari has been largely eventful and has consistently remained in the news- both...
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Quite a number of concerned Nigerians are still befuddled at how the Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina has managed to still keep his job after a year full of inciting, careless and seemingly unguarded statements on social media. The presidential aide has at different times been at the...
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If there’s one recurring theme since President Muhammadu Buhari assumed office, it’s his ability to make controversial statements that are often times misinterpreted, taken out of context or too literally. In the last year, President Buhari has kept away from the press preferring instead to speak through his spokespersons and other government officials. The few...
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President Muhammadu Buhari has once again pushed forward a promise he made to Nigerians. On May 14, during the Anti-Corruption Summit which held in London, President Buhari promised to reveal details of assets recovered by the government from looters of the Nigerian treasury today, May 29. “So far, what has come out, what has been recovered...
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One year after President Muhammadu Buhari’s inauguration, YNaija keeps its focus on moments, pronouncements, and activities that define his administration and individuals who made these happen. One of such individuals is Bayo Omoboriowo, the multi-talented documentary photographer who brought President Buhari’s activities into our homes and social media platforms with iconic images that never fails...
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By Nwagwu Everest Chimankpam and Oke Umurhohwo Sometime in mid June 2015, as patriotic Nigerians who wanted to hold the new government accountable, we asked what president Buhari was doing, but his supporters were quick to remind us that we should give him time. Fair enough, time we have given him. The braggadocios also mentioned that Buhari’s...
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The Nigerian Army, on Sunday, revealed that an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) explosion in Biu, Borno state killed four persons, including a woman and her child, and two other men. According to a statement signed by Army spokesperson, Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman, the IED which was most likely buried a long time ago, exploded after a tricycle...
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Today, May 29, 2016 marks President Muhammadu Buhari’s first year in office. It has indeed been an all-round exhilarating year, not only for the government but also for the generality of Nigerians. There is nobody in Nigeria today who does not agree that the current challenges that the government face stems from deep seated rot...
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A year ago, Muhammadu Buhari was inaugurated as the President of Nigeria in Abuja, following what had been a rather tough election. The event was filled with dignitaries from all over the world including the U.S. Secretary of state, John Kerry. As we celebrate Democracy Day today, here are our best photos from the glorious...
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The administration of President Muhammadu Buhari is officially a year old today – May 29, 2016. 365 days ago, Buhari took over from Goodluck Jonathan as President, on a dawn when every Nigerian clung to the hope of change. Riding on this crest of change, the government in the past year, has made relative stride...
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Over the last year, the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari has been marked by dramas – like any other major presidency. And as the administration marks its one year in office, we highlight the 12 (hum) highlights of a Presidency that close one today. 1) Appointment of Ministers On the first week of October, after...
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Subsequent to President Muhammadu Buhari’s Democracy Day speech, several Nigerians have taken to Twitter to air their grievances and give their assessment of the APC government through the hashtag – #PMBWasted365Days. Here is what they are saying; #PMBWasted365Days I am Uninspired wahlahi.. nothing to be Glad about!This has got to be the most boring democracy day...
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Bën Nwosu, counsel to Olisa Metuh, former Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has raised some issues regarding a petition prompting the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to investigate and interrogate former President Goodluck Jonathan. The counsel says the bearer of the petition, Barrister Osuagwu Ugochukwu – who claims to be representing a former lawmaker – is...
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Among his close friends, Banky W is the ‘last man standing’. On Saturday night, he posted on his Instagram, a photo of his married friends – Tunde Demuren, Ebuka Obi-Uchendu and Olamide Adedeji all wearing their wedding bands and wrote, ‘Last Man Standing? #TSquared2016 #GodWillProvide’ https://www.instagram.com/p/BF9IUd1D_eT/?taken-by=bankywellington The single singer has been the best man at...
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Toward the end of his inaugural address, President Muhammadu Buhari referenced Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. He said: “Our situation somehow reminds one of a passage in Shakespeare’s Julius Ceasar: There is a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; Omitted, all the voyage of their life, Is bound in shallows...
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Former Super Eagles captain, Joseph Yobo and his wife, Adaeze were honoured with a Chieftaincy title at a ceremony in Rivers state on Saturday. The couple was bestowed with the titles- Mene Aborlo 1 and Waamene Aborlo 1 of Ogoni, Rivers. Yobo on Friday, bowed out of the sport in a testimonial game graced by...
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On Saturday night, Real Madrid secured their 11th UEFA Champions league title after beating city rivals, Atletico Madrid in an epic final played at the San Siro stadium, Milan. Cristiano Ronaldo‘s decisive penalty saw Los Blancos earn the La Un-Decima However, the 2016 edition of the world’s most lucrative continental club competition was much more...
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President Muhammadu Buhari has delivered his Democracy Day address to Nigerians today in commemoration of his first year in office. He was sworn in May 29, 2015 after winning the April general elections deposing Goodluck Jonathan as President of the nation. Read the full text of his address below My compatriots, It is one year...
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Nigeria celebrates Democracy Day today Sunday, May 29th. President Muhammadu Buhari is curretnly giving the State of the Nation address on NTA. Watch below. https://youtu.be/nUHWaPByhNU
The Office of the Vice President, on Saturday, announced that Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will be representing President Muhammadu Buhari at the 8th Summit of Head of states of African, Caribbean and Pacific Group (ACP) of States. According to a statement signed by Laolu Akande, the Senior Special Assistant, (Media and Publicity), Osinbajo will leave...
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The Minister of State for Niger Delta Affairs, Professor Cladius Daramola and the Ondo State All Progressives Congress (APC) chairman, Isaac Kekemeke, over the weekend, had a physical faceoff, The Leadership reports. The brawl is said to have occurred at the Akure residence of Senator Tayo Alasoadura, who recently lost his wife. The Minister was reported to...
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Following the crisis generated by the removal of Ali Modu-Sheriff as the chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Governors of the party, on Saturday, disclosed their support for the caretaker committee headed by Senator Ahmed Mohammed Makarfi. According to The Leadership, this was disclosed by the Bayelsa State governor, Seriake Dickson, when he paid...
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Nine members of the recently sacked National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have distanced themselves from the law suit instituted by the former National Chairman of the party, Ali Modu Sheriff, against the PDP’s National Caretaker Chairman, Sen. Ahmed Makarfi. According to a former Deputy National Chairman of the party, Uche Secondus,...
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Embattled Managing Director of Fidelity Bank, Nnamdi Okonkwo, has been released from the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). It would be recalled that Okonkwo was arrested last Wednesday for his alleged role in laundering $153 million for former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke. According to Punch, who spoke to a...
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