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Fulani herdsmen attacks will soon be over – Buhari

After ceaseless calls for him to weigh-in on the menace of Fulani herdsmen, President Muhammadu Buhari has assured Nigerians that the hostile tension between the pastorals and local farmers will soon be over. Speaking at the opening of the National Agricultural Show in Keffi, Nasarawa State, the President said several plans have been put in... Read More

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Buhari sends 2016 budget back to Ministries for another review

President Muhammadu Buhari has sent the 2016 Appropriation Bill estimate back to the federal ministries for critical review of the alterations made by the National Assembly. The 2016 budget was passed into law by the National Assembly last week after the document had been debated, modified and reduced from its original figure of N6.08 trillion... Read More

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‘Buhari is planning to borrow N1.84 trillion from China’ – Fayose

The Ekiti state governor, Ayodele Fayose, on Friday raised an alarm over the proposed trip of President Muhammadu Buhari to China. According to the governor, President Buhari was travelling to China so he can obtain a loan of N1.84 trillion that he will use to finance the 2016 budget. Speaking through his Special Assistant on... Read More

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‘Buhari is a man of intergrity, his name cannot be found in Panama papers’ – El-Rufai

The Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, on Thursday, stated that he was persuaded to contest for the 2015 governorship election by President Muhammadu Buhari. While noting that President Buhari is an honest man whose name cannot be linked to the international Panama Paper scandal, El-rufai stated that he wouldn’t have contested the election if... Read More

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2016 Budget: Presidency unveils 6 strategic, 30 priority plans [DETAILS]

Following the receipt of the 2016 budget details from the National Assembly, the Federal Government has laid down six strategic plans and 30 priority plans of the President Buhari administration. Presented by Vice President Yemi Osibanjo, the strategic implementation plan – which includes diversification of the economy and national security – is expected to cover... Read More

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I never signed budget without details – Obasanjo

Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo on Thursday, said he never signed budgets into law without seeing the details and full breakdown, during his tenure. Speaking after a private meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the presidential villa, Obasanjo said as opposed to what was affirmed at the National Assembly, he always studied the nation’s budget before... Read More

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President Buhari summons Kachikwu over fuel crisis

President Muhammadu Buhari has reportedly requested the presence of his Minister of State for Petroleum, Ibe Kachikwu to get a brief on the distribution of fuel across the country. Before the invitation, Kachikwu was billed to have an interactive session with the media, a session which he has since shelved. According to Channels Television, Kachikwu... Read More

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NASS finally sends details of 2016 budget to Buhari

The Appropriation Committees of the Senate and House of Representatives have forwarded to the Clerk of the National Assembly for submission to the Presidency the 2016 Appropriation Bill. The Chairmen of the committees, Danjuma Goje and Abdulmumin Jibrin released a joint statement to the effect of the submission of the budget document on Wednesday. The... Read More

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Ayo Sogunro: How to criticise President Buhari and get away with it

Times are hard in Nigeria. A lot of us are physically, mentally, emotionally, and financially frustrated. Sadly, the only person anyone can kick in the shin right now is President Muhammadu Buhari. But kicking President Buhari comes with great damage to one’s feet. President Buhari is a saint. You have to contend with fanatical Buharideens... Read More

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Opinion: The denial of the wailing wailers

Denial, the disbelief in the existence or reality of a thing, the refusal to satisfy a claim, request, desire or refusal of a person making it. It is also the refusal to recognize or acknowledge a disowning or disavowal. In law, it is the refusal to acknowledge the validity of a claim, suit, or the... Read More

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‘We are working diligently to correct our mistakes’ – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has said his government is working very hard to correct the mistakes made by the nation and its leaders. Speaking in Washington DC to a group of Nigerians on Saturday, the President reiterated his administration’s resolve to move the country forward as quickly as possible. A statement was issued to this effect... Read More

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Opinion: Jonathan’s bad governance and the suffering of Nigerians

The Nigerian situation today is that which call for concern, knowing how difficult things have become for the populace; sparing no one. Things have gone so bad that earnings can not anymore satisfy basic needs recently. It does not matter where you work or who you work for, neither does it matter where you resides... Read More

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‘Apart from Buhari, Tinubu, every other person in APC is from PDP’ |10 things we learnt from Ahmed Gulak

Ahmed Gulak, who was a former Political Adviser to ex-president Goodluck Jonathan, recently granted an interview to Premium Times, wherein he spoke on several topics including the possibility of Jonathan being indicted in the ongoing anti-corruption war, the crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party and why they lost the 2015 election. Gulak also spoke on... Read More

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YNaija Special: Obasanjo, Buhari, Tinubu, Saraki among 100 most influential people in Nigerian politics

After careful analysis and a thorough scouring of the nation’s political landscape, YNaija has painstakingly compiled the list of 100 persons who are a force to reckon with -in Nigerian politics. They are the movers and shakers of the political space in Nigeria… nary a conversation on politics without these names popping up. Asides politics,... Read More

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‘Nigerians should be patient, things will not change overnight’ – Bishop Okonkwo

Popular pastor and Presiding Bishop of The Redeemed Evangelical Mission (TREM), Mike Okonkwo, has faith in President Muhammadu Buhari to fix Nigeria, saying that “it will be foolhardy to say things will change overnight”. Okonkwo, who was a vocal supporter of President Buhari during the 2015 election, also said Nigerians are ‘naturally impatient’ and ‘once... Read More

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Fani-Kayode: Buhari, Biafra and the double standard of a government in denial (PART II)

Thankfully under President Goodluck Jonathan the Igbo managed to do better than at any other time in our history. As a matter of fact this was so much the case that Nigerians from other parts of the country, particularly the Yoruba and the Hausa-Fulani, often sulked about it and openly complained. Jonathan had a soft... Read More

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Buhari has travelled out of Nigeria ‘only 20%’ of the time he’s been President

President Muhammadu Buhari arrived at the United States of America on Wednesday, March 30 for the Nuclear Security Summit -making it his 26th journey out of the country since he assumed power in May 2015. Despite the frequency of his travels, according to statistics provided by BudgIT Nigeria, a civic tech organisation, the President has... Read More

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‘Send corrupt officials to Kirikiri, Ijebu Ode Prisons, not EFCC cells’ – Falana

“Since victims of grand corruption including armed robbery and kidnap suspects are not usually admitted to bail, those who are charged with looting the treasury should no longer be granted bail,” says popular human right lawyer, Femi Falana. Falana, who spoke at two different events on Thursday, stated this while giving a keynote address at... Read More

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‘APC is divided… there’s crisis in the party’ – Timi Frank

The Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Timi Frank, on Thursday, disclosed that the APC has developed serious internal crisis and that the crisis was festering fast. This is coming on the heels of the vacuum created in the party by Lai Mohammed’s ascension to the Ministry of Information and Culture... Read More

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I have to study the 2016 budget before assenting – Buhari

In line with the aim of his journey to the United States of America, President Muhammadu Buhari has began talks with United States Secretary of State, John Kerry. President Buhari travelled to the USA on Wednesday, March 30, to attend the Nuclear Security Summit, which also has in attendance about 60 different world leaders. John... Read More

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‘Wike’s destination is destruction’ – APC

The Rivers state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to act decisively in the crisis and political violence currently prevalent in Rivers state. In a statement signed by the chairman of the APC Rivers state, Davies Ibiamu Ikanya, the party asked the president to look into the violence... Read More

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‘You bought your ministerial position, resign now’ – Bayelsa APC tells Minister

It would appear that the Bayelsa State chapter of the All Progressive Congress are finally tired of fighting the Peoples Democratic Party governor of the state, Seriake Dickson and have turned on themselves instead. The state chairman of APC, Timipa Tiwei on Wednesday, March 30 asked the Minister of State for Agriculture, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri,... Read More

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Buhari can withhold assent of 2016 budget but we have the power to veto – NASS

The lawmakers of the National Assembly have said Nigerians should not blame them for the decision of President Muhammadu Buhari to delay in assenting the 2016 budget till he gets the details. Abdulmumin Jibrin, Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation released a statement on Wednesday, stressing that while the president has the... Read More

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Buhari is the ‘godfather and guardian angel’ of Fulani herdsmen – IPOB

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has given President Muhammadu Buhari yet another 72-hour ultimatum -this time around, for the release of the 76 boys arrested by soldiers at Umuneshi, Awgu in Enugu State. According to IPOB, the arrested boys were protesting against the abduction of two women by Fulani herdsmen in their community when... Read More

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Why President Buhari can’t sign 2016 budget just yet

The 2016 Appropriation Bill will not be signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari, pending the time when the National Assembly would make the details of the document available to the president. After series of controversies and alterations, the Nigerian National Assembly had last week Wednesday, passed a budget of N6.06 trillion. The document was... Read More

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Buhari heads to the US for Nuclear Summit

President Muhammadu Buhari would leave Nigeria for Washington DC, United states of America, on Wednesday, March 30 for the fourth Nuclear Security Summit. Buhari is expected to join 60 other world leaders alongside President Obama Barack and the heads of international organisations at the summit. A statement released by the president’s media team revealed that... Read More

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Republic of Biafra is a dead dream – Garba Shehu gives verdict

Senior Special Assistant to the president on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, has revealed why President Muhammadu Buhari would not throw his weight behind the secession of the Republic of Biafra even though he did the same for the Saharawi people in Morocco. Speaking to New Telegraph, Garba said that those making a comparison between... Read More

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Magician Kachikwu promises fuel scarcity will end by April 7

Either the heavy backlash Minister of State for Petroleum, Ibe Kachikwu received from the public for declaring that he cannot perform magic to end the fuel scarcity in the country or his appearance before the Senate committee on Petroleum (Downstream), has suddenly turned him into a magician. Regardless of which it is, Nigerians would be... Read More

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FG, DSS commissioned ‘killer squad’ to eliminate Nnamdi Kanu – IPOB

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) is set to resume protests in the South East and South South over the continued detention of director of Radio Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. In a statement released by IPOB’s head of media and publicity, Emma Powerful, the group expressed frustration over the detention of Kanu since October 14, 2015.... Read More

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Tinubu is ‘forthright, diligent and dogged’ – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday, sent a warm birthday message to the National leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, as he turns 64 on Tuesday, March 29. The message was contained in a statement signed by the Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President on Media & Publicity. The President, in his... Read More

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