Cabal

August 29, 2017

“No chief of staff can create hurdles for a president and survive the next day” – Garba Shehu

The senior special assistant to the president on media and publicity, Garba Shehu says no chief of staff who creates problems for the president “will survive the next day”. He said this in response to some allegations levelled against the chief of staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Abba Kyari. He said, “A careful assessment of some these... Read More

Abba Kyari, Cabal, Garba Shehu, Muhammadu Buhari

August 28, 2017

Two questions about the conflicting cabal stories

by Alexander O. Onukwue A cabal is “a term used to refer to a group around the president which is believed to wield enormous powers”, according to a definition you can find on the Premium Times website. The existence and constitution of the presidential cabal in Nigeria is becoming popular enough to become the... Read More

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August 28, 2017

Have you heard of the 3 M-Men of the Kaduna mafia?

by Alexander O. Onukwue For as long as the Buhari presidency has existed, there has been talk of cabals and shadow show-runners that actually run the Government instead of the persons Nigerians elected. While a number of names often come up as being associated with the so-called cabal, some particular persons have featured more... Read More

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August 14, 2017

Cabal should allow Buhari go home – Protesters

The #ResumeOr Resign group protesting the continued absence of President Muhammadu Buhari has asked his aides to allow him resign and come back home to rest. According to the group on Sunday, the latest pictures and videos of the President showed he was not fit enough to continue. The movement said they would hold the... Read More

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“President Buhari is NOT better and he will NEVER return as President” -Femi Fani-Kayode

Lawyer and former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode is furious with the Acting President Yemi Osinajo for lying about the president’s condition. He has thrown a challenge to the Acting President and the rumoured cabal to put the president on television to corroborate their claims that he is “recovering fast” and would soon return. On... Read More

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Where is Babachir Lawal? | The man who they call “the Presidency”

He’s been called “the Presidency“, “the cabal” and many more names he rarely ever denies. The only thing he’s known to have denied is the knowledge of his suspension from his Secretary to the Government of the Federation role, hours after it was made public by the Presidency. Engineer Babachir David Lawal, as my colleague wrote... Read More

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The Film Blog: Please, does anybody understand what Shan George is even saying?

Please help us and watch. https://www.instagram.com/p/BV2PGgBlpI_/?taken-by=officialhiptv Meanwhile, is she still in Nollywood?

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Only 3 members of Buhari’s cabal are allowed access to him – Fayose

Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose has claimed President Muhammadu Buhari has been on life support in a West-End London Hospital. He said this on Wednesday while addressing journalists in Ado-Ekiti. Fayose stated that the audio message of President Buhari celebrating Eid-el-Fitri in Hausa language was “absolute lies.” “No doubt, the audio message was only a damage-control strategy... Read More

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Ayo Sogunro: Making power uncomfortable in Nigeria

by Ayo Sogunro The continuing mystery of President Buhari’s illness and the handling of the saga by his aides is more evidence that Nigeria’s political system works almost independently of the individual nominally in charge. If we had a responsive and functional political system in Nigeria, the independence of the system from political actors would... Read More

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‘Prima Donna President’: But who are these displeased benefactors Tunde Bakare is talking about?

by Alexander O. Onukwue Pastor Tunde Bakare is turned off by the efforts of the Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, to outdo his boss, President Muhammadu Buhari. This is one of only a few possible interpretations that could be given to the words of the Pastor of the Latter Rain Assembly. Pastor Bakare, speaking to his... Read More

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Opinion: Is Acting President Osinbajo being power shy?

by Frank Ijege Let me start with the story of a poor man who married into a rich family. He didn’t have anything as a man but was loved all the same by the lady. Even though her family objected to her choice of a partner, they caved in due to her insistence. She married... Read More

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Opinion: The barrage of bile against Tambuwal

by Saifullahi Abubakar It is normal for a public figure, a successful one for that matter, to attract occasional sneer, derision or outright envy. But it is abnormal when such a thing is turned into an organised mob of muckrakers with a mandate to smear the target personality by every available spit they could... Read More

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Osibanjo and the threat of a cabal

by Mark Amaza On Tuesday, guerilla journalism site Sahara Reporters broke the news that a group of top government officials including the Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari and the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika had formed a cabal with the aim of undermining the authority of Acting President Yemi Osibanjo so as... Read More

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Dele Momodu: President Buhari and the battle for Nigeria

by Dele Momodu Fellow Nigerians, let’s call a spade a spade, and not by any other name today. I’m seriously perturbed that while our dear President is indisposed, for now, some of his so-called friends are only interested in consolidating themselves in power. I think President Muhammadu Buhari deserves better than this. Hate him or... Read More

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Peregrino Brimah: Rumours of coups and the internal power tussle at the presidency

by Peregrino Brimah The Senate fought the Executives; DSS fought EFCC, Judiciary fought the Executives and now the Executives are fighting the Executives. There is a war in the Presidency. This is what some of us have been warning about and pleading with President Muhammadu Buhari to come clean on the cause, year of onset and... Read More

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Opinion: What if Buhari does not want to continue?

by Jideofor Adibe Secrecy, as they say, creates confusion and opens up space for wild speculation and conspiracy theories. Nigerians believe fervently in the adage that nature abhors a vacuum. So the more secretive the government becomes about President Buhari’s health status, the more some Nigerians move in to feel the void with their... Read More

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Peregrino Brimah: ‘Coordinating’ Acting President Yemi Osinbajo needs to fire Abba Kyari

by Peregrino Brimah I have consistently warned that the cabal has no good intentions for Buhari and Nigeria and is only set on fomenting chaos and calamity with the desperate hope of retaining proximity to Nigeria’s oil wealth and power. They do not care a hoot for Buhari and his health. He is held hostage to them... Read More

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Cabal taking advantage of Buhari’s health to cause mischief – Junaid Mohammed

by Azeez Adeniyi Second Republic House of Representatives member and northern leader, Junaid Mohammed has said a cabal in Aso Rock was manipulating President Muhammadu Buhari’s health situation. He was reacting to the controversy over a letter written by President Muhammadu Buhari where he purportedly named his Vice, Prof Yemi Osinbajo coordinating vice president. He... Read More

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Poem: Apparition

by Odimegwu Onwumere We heard he sent a letter to the Senate On January Nineteen Two Thousand and Seventeen. The Senate didn’t see him but saw his letter; He then left for London for a Ten-day leave, To treat himself. He stayed for over Fifty days, Showing care to us in attitude, Not... Read More

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The Thread: Oby Ezekwesili urges prayers for President Buhari and Nigerians disagree

The subject of Buhari’s health has Nigerians concerned…concerned about many things: His ability to run the country What his exact ailment is Why he refuses to disclose his diagnosis Whether he came into the presidency a sick man Why he hasn’t tendered his resignation What power the cabal has over him What will happen if... Read More

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Opinion: A dying President and the cabal’s fangs

by Ahanonu Kingsley In recent times, there has been growing concern and anxiety over the state of health of President Muhammadu Buhari. The president’s failure to chair the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting which he’s statutorily meant to chair, for the fourth time running, has pushed further the apprehension and enlarging the frightful speculation. There... Read More

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YNaija Analysis: This Buhari matter has stopped making sense

“Can anyone please tell me where is our president?” This was one of the tweets that was posted with the hashtag #WhereIsBuhari which trended for two days on Twitter. Over the past two weeks, since the hashtag started being used, about 6500 tweets were published with it, reaching approximately 25.6 million people. This is a... Read More

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YNaija Says: Buhari if you can’t do your job, do the right thing

Today marks the seventh anniversary of the death of the second president in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic, Umaru Musa Yar’Adua in the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Until his passing away that morning, Nigeria went through one of the most tense political periods in its existence with controversy after controversy surrounding his illness, the refusal of his close... Read More

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President Buhari

It may make sense for Buhari to resign, but the cabal is the problem

Editor When President Muhammadu Buhari on January 19 communicated a letter to the Senate informing them of his decision to proceed on a planned two-week medical vacation to the United Kingdom, little did we know that Nigeria will experience what would turn out to become a déjà vu. Buhari travelled same day after briefing the Service... Read More

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Nigeria now being ruled by an unknown cabal – Makarfi-led PDP

by Dolapo Adelana The National Caretaker Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party has alleged that the country is now being ruled by a cabal, The Punch reports. According to the newspaper, the Makarfi faction believes that some individuals have hijacked control of governance because of the health challenge of President Muhammadu Buhari.. The spokesman for the Senator Ahmed Makarfi-led... Read More

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The Late 5: These are the stories that drove conversations today

These are the top five stories that drove conversations today. ‘HOW CABAL IN THE PRESIDENCY IS STOPPING PRES. BUHARI FROM SEEKING FURTHER TREATMENT DESPITE DETERIORATING HEALTH’ The cabal in the presidency has been accused of stopping President Muhammadu Buhari from going to the United Kingdom to seek further treatment despite the deteriorating status of his... Read More

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The Thread: “Buhari is now a ghost worker” “Missing person alert” | Nigerians demand to know #WhereIsBuhari

#WhereIsBuhari — T. Rânkïn' (@AfroVII) April 30, 2017 This is the question on Nigerians minds as they mark Workers Day today. The president has not been seen in public in a good while, has skipped meetings – Federal Executive Council and others, has even been absent from Juma’at prayers at the Aso Rock Mosque, so... Read More

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News about President Buhari feeding from tubes untrue – Media aide

by Dolapo Adelana The personal assistant to the President on New Media, Bashir Ahmad has described as untrue reports in the media that President Muhammadu Buhari is being fed intravenously due to the deterioration of his health. Late Sunday, online news medium Sahara Reporters reported that the president’s health condition had worsened and that he had to... Read More

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The Big 5: These are the stories you should be monitoring today

by Dolapo Adelana These are the top five stories you should be monitoring today. 1. Police deny Lamido bail, to arraign former governor in court The Nigeria Police Force have refused to grant bail to a former governor of Jigawa state, Sule Lamido. 2. #BBNaija: Majority of those criticising the show are hypocrites – Bisola The first runner-up... Read More

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President Buhari

‘How cabal in the presidency is stopping Pres. Buhari from seeking further treatment despite deteriorating health’

by Dolapo Adelana The cabal in the presidency has been accused of stopping President Muhammadu Buhari from going to the United Kingdom to seek further treatment despite the deteriorating status of his health. According to online news medium, Sahara Reporters, Buhari’s health has become so bad that he has to be fed intravenously as he has had... Read More

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