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The Thread: “I smell hypocrisy somewhere…” | TwitterNG flags 10 places Buhari tripped in his UN speech
When Nigerians heard President Buhari would be speaking at the 72nd United Nations General Assembly, many raised eyebrows. Curiosity deepened when people heard the President would speak on the theme…
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Opinion: President Buhari still doesn’t get it
by Ikechukwu Amaechi After listening to President Muhammadu Buhari's three minutes, fifty-six seconds national broadcast on Monday, August 21, his first since coming back to the country from a 103-day…
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“President Buhari’s Illusion versus reality” | 7 things we learned from Dr Paul’s biting article
President Buhari came back to Nigeria after spending 103 days visting the Queen- and fixing his health. The Monday following his return, the president gave a presidential address that did…
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Reno Omokri: President Buhari’s mice and Oby Ezekwesili’s Soup
by Reno Omokri The ill-thought-out remarks by Presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, to the effect that rodents had damaged the President’s office, forcing him to work from home should not come…
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Opinion: Now that President Buhari is back
by Jideofor Adibe I think I can welcome myself back to this column by borrowing from Buhari’s broadcast of Monday, August 21, 2017, where he said: “it is nice…
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Dele Momodu: The speech President Buhari failed to deliver
by Dele Momodu Fellow Nigerians, congratulations on the arrival of our dear President Muhammadu Buhari from a prolonged medical vacation. Let’s all raise our voices and thank God for performing…
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Peregrino Brimah: Grading Buhari’s speech
by Peregrino Brimah My dear citizens, 1. "I am very grateful to God and to all Nigerians for their prayers. I am pleased to be back on home soil among…
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The Thread: Does NBC’s new rules against hate speech meet these standards?
Yesterday, President Buhari took a hard line against speech that crosses "national red lines". TwitterNG did not receive his address well. However, the NBC has gone ahead to institute new…
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Opinion: Buhari’s address and the misfortune of a Nation
by Jude Ndukwe President Muhammadu Buhari’s 103 days absence from Nigeria based on medical reasons, left Nigeria drifting further apart away from what a nation should look like. There…
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Reuben Abati: Presidential broadcast and other stories
by Reuben Abati “Baba don come oh. Baba o yo yo, Baba Bubu o yo yo” “What is that?” “Eh, o yo yo” “If you are this excited…
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The ‘own-goal’ that was Ojukwu’s cameo in Buhari’s speech
by Alexander O. Onukwue President Muhammadu Buhari has only just returned from London but his first address to the nation would have taken a good number of Nigerians to events…
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The Thread: “Who wrote this speech ni tori Olorun”? | TwitterNG tears Buhari’s speech apart
Nigeria's President returned from a 103 days hiatus abroad to remind us of a conversation he had with Ojukwu in 2003, where they laid the matter of Nigeria's unity to…
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