by Reno Omokri The book ‘Muhammadu Buhari- The Challenges of Leadership in Nigeria’ by Professor John Paden is not only an intellectually lazy work, it is also a fallacious document hastily put together to paint the protagonist in the borrowed garb of an effective leader who is cleaning the Augean Stable of misrule and corruption... Read More

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October 19, 2016

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How Buhari ‘cheated death’ during the Biafra war

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari was almost killed during the Nigerian civil war that lasted for three years. According to the author of Buhari’s autobiography, entitled, “Muhammadu Buhari: The Challenges of Leadership in Nigeria” John Paden, the then young officer missed a sniper’s bullet by a few inches. Paden wrote, “Buhari was among the first of... Read More

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October 15, 2016

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Olusegun Adeniyi: Arrest of the untouchables

by Olusegun Adeniyi Following allegations of corruption, there was a massive arrest of Judges in Indonesia in May this year. But it was not a big public issue, essentially because the country has a history of dealing with such cases. For instance, in July 2014, Indonesia’s anti-corruption court sentenced the former head of the country’s Constitutional... Read More

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October 9, 2016

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Buhari’s biography: Who exactly is Professor John Paden?

Many have heard of the white saviour complex. The white saviour complex is when a first world person (usually white) or nation or organisation wades in unsolicited in a bid to ‘fix’ a third world (almost always African) ‘problem’. Often times, such a move will end up being a condescending and uninformed intervention. Dr. John Paden... Read More

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October 7, 2016

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Femi Fani-Kayode: John Paden’s book on President Muhammadu Buhari and his dirty little lies

by Femi Fani-Kayode Professor John Paden, President Muhammadu Buhari’s official biographer, is a man that is very comfortable with distorting the truth and telling lies. He is also a man that has been doing so for virtually all his adult life. Anyone that doubts that should read his biography on the late Sir Ahmadu Bello,... Read More

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Buhari’s biography: Who exactly is Professor John Paden?

Femi Fani-Kayode: John Paden’s book on President Muhammadu Buhari and his dirty little lies

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