Buhari

November 4, 2017

How will Ekwueme’s absence affect Anambra’s elections?

by Alexander O. Onukwue Dr Alex Ekwueme is, as a matter of fact, the most valuable living political personality of South Eastern Nigeria. His place in history as the first elected Vice President is assured, even if that tenure was cut short by a coup led by the man who has now approved his medical... Read More

Anambra elections, Buhari, Ekwueme, nigeria, Story of the day

November 4, 2017

The Thread: “It’s an insult to all Igbos” “There should be limits to propaganda” | TwitterNG is furious with Buhari

President Buhari has mananged to annoy Nigerians again. It would appear his administration is infamous for making political missteps, the latest being Buhari’s announcement on social media approving mediacle treatment abroad for the former Vice President Alex Ekwueme. President @MBuhari has approved the immediate medical treatment of former Vice-President, Dr Alex Ekwueme, outside Nigeria. 1/... Read More

Alex Ekwueme, Buhari, nigeria, Politics, The Thread, TwitterNG

November 4, 2017

Opinion: Buhari and his government of “Fugithieves”

By Jude Ndukwe The frequency of scandals bedevilling the Buhari administration in recent times would require an app to keep track of them. It certainly is beyond human capacity to do so. While Nigerians were yet to grapple with the dirty details coming from the $25bn NNPC saga and the obvious crass lack of corporate... Read More

Buhari, corruption, maina, nigeria, opinion, Politics

November 4, 2017

Ekweume Abroad: There was a Hospital in Ibom

by Alexander O. Onukwue If only there was a hospital in Nigeria which was built at a cost of N41 billion just two years ago, stuffed with many state-of-the-art medical equipments and staffed by many consultants, perhaps former Vice President, Alex Ekwueme, would not need to be flown abroad for medical treatment. But there is... Read More

Story of the day

Buhari, Ekwueme, Ibom Specialist Hospital, nigeria, Politics

November 4, 2017

Why the attention over flying former Vice President Ekwueme abroad is noisy

by Alexander O. Onukwue President Buhari, on Friday evening, approved the overseas treatment for currently ailing former Vice President, Dr Alex Ekwueme. Immediately the announcement was made, the knights and ladies of social media socio-political nightwatch let out their weapons with different assortments of accusation towards the President for his latest “disgraceful” and “embarrassing” act.... Read More

Story of the day

Buhari, medical tourism, nigeria, South-East politics, Story of the day, VP Ekwueme

November 4, 2017

Dele Momodu: Who says President Buhari isn’t a politician?

by Dele Momodu Fellow Nigerians, I had another privilege of meeting President Muhammadu Buhari two nights ago in Abuja. I had accompanied the former President of Ghana, John Dramani Mahama to the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, one of the most expansive and incredibly fortified State Houses on planet Earth. I had not seen the President... Read More

2019 Elections, Buhari, nigeria, opinion, Politics

November 2, 2017

The Thread: “Very soon Nigerians will go to hospitals and not find a doctor” | TwitterNG sounds the alarm

According to this thread, a third wave of doctors’ exodus will soon occur. And it doesn’t appear the Federal Government is at all concerned about this issue, not to mention setting in place structures to stop it from happening. This is how bad it is: From a doctor's forum I've been screaming about this for... Read More

Buhari, Doctors, education, medical tourism, nigeria, The Thread

November 2, 2017

House of Scraps: How Buhari could get his house back in order

by Alexander O. Onukwue A source in the Presidency has described President Buhari’s reaction to the pre-FEC face-off between Winifred Oyo-Ita and Abba Kyari as one of being “embarrassed”, according to Sahara Reporters. The presence of very senior members of Government, including Vice President Osinbajo and Senate President Bukola Saraki, did not deter Mrs Oyo-Ita... Read More

Story of the day

Buhari, nigeria, Politics, Story of the day

November 2, 2017

Will Buhari also demonstrate against Abba Kyari?

by Alexander O. Onukwue In this week alone, there have been three public demonstrations about the Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari. The first two took place around the premises of Unity Fountain, Abuja, between praise singers of the Chief of Staff showing their solidarity, and another other group who expressed disenchantment with... Read More

Story of the day

Abba Kyari, Buhari, maina, Pension scam scandal, Story of the day, The hread

November 2, 2017

FEC Report: Oyo-Ita made a strong case for her innocence

by Alexander O. Onukwue News reports from the Aso Villa council chambers on Tuesday paid much focus on a heated moment between the Head of Service of the Federation, Winifred Oyo-Ita and the Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari. Mrs Oyo-Ita, as wells as prominent members of President Buhari’s cabinet, has been at... Read More

Story of the day

Abba Kyari, Buhari, fec, maina, nigeria, Politics, Story of the day

November 2, 2017

Moses Ochonu: Buhari’s deception is worse than corruption

by Moses Ochonu Here’s what’s on my mind this morning. Buharists are always asking us to applaud the president for every little tokenist and symbolic gesture even when such a gesture is late, ineffectual, and compelled by public pressure. It’s a form of emotional blackmail of course, but no matter. Because of its track record... Read More

Buhari, corruption, moses ochonu, nigeria, opinion

Olusegun Adeniyi YNaija

November 2, 2017

Olusegun Adeniyi: Buhari, 2019 and the talking drum

by Olusegun Adeniyi One of the most astounding works of Art from Africa is the Yoruba talking drum. It is an hourglass-shaped wood with an inner cavity, covered on both ends by goat skin, and beaten by a curved stick called ‘gongo’. The fact that its pitch can be regulated makes it exceptional as messages... Read More

2019 Elections, Buhari, nigeria, Olusegun Adeniyi, opinion, Politics

November 1, 2017

The very faulty line in Buhari’s cabinet expansion plan

by Alexander O. Onukwue Nigeria’s economy is at a better place than it was at this time last year. The exit from recession achieved in the last quarter has increased the motivation of the Government to do more in terms of stimulating the economy to make more available in the treasury. “Nigeria’s prestige has... Read More

Story of the day

Buhari, cabinet, Expansion plan

October 31, 2017

Opinion: Do not be deceived, Corruption is winning. Here is why

by Umar Hassan ‘Corruption is fighting back’. That phrase has long assumed cliché status. As a lot of us have learnt, it is the easiest way to justify a hypocritical war on corruption.Corruption isn’t fighting back when Buhari sits on the SGF probe or refuses to look into how some states are still owing workers... Read More

Aisha buhari, Buhari, corruption, nigeria, opinion

October 30, 2017

Fisayo Soyombo: The men who shouldn’t be in Buhari’s government

by ‘Fisayo Soyombo This piece is laden with unsolicited advice. It ordinarily should not have been written, but for recent evidence that the quality of advice available to President Muhammadu Buhari is questionable. Friends of people in power often speak in hushed tones about how the President never listens, about how difficult it is... Read More

anti-corruption, Buhari, Fisayo Soyombo, maina, Malami, nigeria, opinion, Politics

October 30, 2017

Simon Kolawole: Can Maina be Buhari’s turning point?

by Simon Kolawole To cut a long story short, Alhaji Abdulrasheed Abdullahi Maina came into national limelight in 2013 when, as chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Pension Reform, he was accused of perpetrating a fraud running into over N100 billion. The Senate committee probing the matter invited him to testify but he refused... Read More

Abdulrasheed Maina, anti-corruption war, Buhari, nigeria, opinion, Politics, simon kolawole

October 28, 2017

Reno Omokri: Ali Bubu and the forty thieves

by Reno Omokri With the recent revelations that Abdulrasheed Maina (a man that former President Jonathan fired from the civil service and declared wanted for allegedly pilfering 100 billion Naira from the Pension funds) was secretly recalled, reinstated and given a juicy position within the Buhari administration, not even the most hardcore Buharist can still... Read More

anti-corruption war, Buhari, maina, nigeria, opinion

October 28, 2017

Farooq Kperogi: How about the Other “Mainas” in Buhari’s Government?

by Farooq Kperogi President Muhammadu Buhari is infamously impervious to, and even contemptuous of, public opinion. That’s why his order to fire Abdulrasheed Maina who was surreptitiously reinstated into the civil service and promoted to the next level in spite of weighty allegations of corruption against him was both refreshing and pleasantly surprising. Of course,... Read More

Abdulrasheed Maina, Buhari, Civil service, corruption, Farooq Kperogi, nigeria

October 27, 2017

Opinion: How the FG can save our education system

by Adisa Kabiru FCA Since the 70s, the educational system of the Yorubaland has been gradually deteriorating. Standards have been falling with buildings, infrastructure poorly maintained, and teachers poorly remunerated. However, the pace of the deterioration picked up in the 90s because of the military government poor policies and the corruption that had taken... Read More

Buhari, education, nigeria, opinion, restructuring

October 27, 2017

Opinion: Mr President, you need to fire somebody

by Alexander O. Onukwue For what it’s worth, Mr President, it is very likely that you were really not aware of the reinstatement of Maina. 2017 has not exactly been your best year of health. You have needed to leave the country twice for treatments and spent over 150 days in total. In your absence,... Read More

Abdulrasheed Maina, Buhari, nigeria, opinion, Politics

October 25, 2017

Opinion: Aso Rock has fallen

by Adekoya Boladale As it stands now, there is only one thing holding the government of President Muhammadu Buhari together: the Nigerian Constitution which stipulates a term of four years. Otherwise, we would have been picking the debris of this administration in several parks, bus stops and market square across the country. To many... Read More

Buhari, corruption, Governance, nigeria, opinion

Election

October 24, 2017

Reuben Abati: Baba, Maina, Idris and other stories

by Reuben Abati “I hear say our Sai Baba don return from Turkey” “Did you hope that he would stay there permanently? He went for the D-8 meeting, and he is bound to return.” “D-8 meeting. I have been thinking about it. We are supposed to be a secular country but internationally, we have continued... Read More

Buhari, maina, Malami, opinion, pension scam, reuben abati

Mainagate

October 23, 2017

The Thread: “Maina isn’t the first person fired by GEJ for corruption that Buhari brought back” | ‘Wailers’ react

It’s confusion galore in Nigeria today. First, Ex-Pension boss, Abdulrasheed Maina, who was declared wanted by the EFCC for absconding with over 2 billion naira was in a strange turn of events re-instated into the civil service and promoted. When news broke of his reinstatement yesterday, Buhari’s Special Assistant on Prosecution, Okoi Obono-Obla, defended the... Read More

Buhari, corruption, maina, nigeria, pensions, The Thread, TwitterNG

October 23, 2017

The Big 5: Buhari returns to Nigeria, IPOB threatens to take up arms, and other top stories

Good morning. Here are the top 5 stories you need to be monitoring today: President Muhammadu Buhari and his wife Mrs Aisha Buhari have returned from Turkey where they attended the D-8 Summit. The couple touched down Nigeria yesterday, Sunday. While in Turkey, President Buhari held meetings with host President Tayyip Erdogan, President Conde of... Read More

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Buhari, IPOB, katsina, Kogi, Nnamdi Kanu, Turkey

October 22, 2017

Opinion: The 7 deadly sins a Nigerian President should avoid

by Tony Ogunlowo The race to be President of Nigeria in 2019 has already started – well, behind the scenes. Will it be the incumbent ( if he decides to run again!) or somebody else? The Bible lists Gluttony, Greed, Pride, Envy, Lust, Sloth and Wrath as the 7 Deadly Sins to avoid during... Read More

Buhari, nigeria, opinion, Politics, Tony Ogunlowo

October 21, 2017

Reno Omokri: Buharism — The definition of cluelessness

by Reno Omokri As you read this, the news has just filtered in that herdsmen just killed another 27 Nigerian citizens in Plateau State. But do not worry, the Nigerian government is dealing with the terrorist Indigenous People of Biafra AKA IPOB! I am sorry if I seem to be trivializing the deaths in Plateau... Read More

Buhari, Governance, Herdsmen killings, opinion, Politics, Reno Omokri

October 21, 2017

Femi Fani-Kayode: Buhari is a cancer that keeps growing; he must be cut out

by Femi Fani-Kayode The greatest crime that man has inflicted on his fellow man in the last 50 years is the evil concept of unrestrained globalisation coupled with the incremental evolution, unacceptable espousal and wholehearted acceptance of the artificial, man-made, mongrel nation-state which is made up of ethnic and religious incompatibles. Yet thankfully there has... Read More

Buhari, Femi Fani-Kayode, Leadership, nigeria, opinion, Politics

October 20, 2017

“Which spirit is manifesting in you?” “You should not be near Nigeria’s destiny” | Femi Adesina tweets foolishness again; TwitterNG rips him apart

It’s official, this administration’s media team trades in alternative facts. Looks like they got a copy of Donald Trump’s playbook…. Or couldebee that Kellyanne Conway schooled them? Valid questions, really, when you listen to what makes its way out of Femi Adesina’s mouth — a whole Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to a President.... Read More

Buhari, Femi Adesina, The Thread, TwitterNG

October 20, 2017

“Why should Buhari overlook such immense revenue drain simply because of Atiku? | 7 things we learned from Ashton Dagana’s no-nonsense article

Shortly after Mama Taraba openly declared her support for Atiku come 2019, the business mogul and former Vice President confessed that he was hurt because Buhari sidelined him after using him to gain votes. Atiku has been quite outspoken about restructuring and other issues that Buhari’s administration refuse to consider. Suddenly, the Nigerian Ports Authority... Read More

Ashton Dagana, Atiku, Buhari, economy, Intels, Nigerian Ports Authority, opinion

October 20, 2017

Opinion: Against the architecture of foreign aid

by James Inedu George The architecture of AID, from foreign NGOs and a host of international donors, was intended to serve as a catalyst to boost life in Africa. This aid was designed to fill in the gaps where the then short arms of the government could not reach. Like subsidy to products, it was... Read More

Buhari, Foreign Ai, Jim Ung Kim, Nigeria's debt profile, opinion, World Bank

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