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September 18, 2017
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Farooq Kperogi: Our President has an obsessive compulsive disorder

by Farooq A. Kperogi President Buhari is held prisoner by what appears to be an obsessive impulse to desert Nigeria when the going gets tough. On at least two occasions, he has publicly confessed to feeling the urge to abandon his mandate in midstream. The first time he gave public expression to this runawayist emotion... Read More
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August 16, 2017
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[The Music Blog] Here is a 5-track ‘Letters From Home’ playlist from us to Buhari

As Nigerians continue to fawn over the details of President Muhammadu Buhari‘s absence, a familiar sense of nostalgia from the late President Yar’Adua’s passing in 2010 after a long time away from office washes over the country. Though President Muhammadu Buhari is said to merely be resting in the UK, the shrouded mystery around his... Read More
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August 8, 2017
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Buhari has broken no law…calls for his resignation is noise-making – Senate

The Senate has said President Muhammadu Buhari has not violated any law through his absence in the country for 90 days. The senate made this known in a statement released by its spokesperson, Aliyu Abdullahi. The upper chamber said this while reacting to protests by groups, demanding the President’s resignation. It said the protesters were... Read More
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August 5, 2017
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The Explainer: Now that Buhari has spent over 90 days in the UK, what next?

by Samuel Okike Today marks exactly 91 days since President Muhammadu Buhari flew out Nigeria on his second medical vacation in London, UK. Amidst his absence have been speculations – and outright – accusations that the ailing president might not be physically/medically fit to continue as president. Prior to this present trip, Buhari had been... Read More
Thinking Through
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July 26, 2017
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[The Presidential Blog] Bayo Omoboriowo is posting about Buhari again | You know what that means right?

We found a corollary between our President’s presence and his personal photographer’s activities. It’s proven. When President Buhari took his first medical leave in January, we only became certain he was coming back return when we found that Bayo Omoboriowo was in the same town he as scheduled to land in. And we weren’t wrong. We wrote... Read More
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July 10, 2017
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114 days after, we have the 411 on how Buhari scammed us | Many thanks to the EFCC

If you spent some of your Monday on Twitter like we did, then you must have caught some part or the other of the @officialEFCC handlers’ #Format trend. #TheEagle “hit a nerve” and thought to help by enlightening people on the various ways that Nigerian fraudsters prep their preys for the taking. One thing they... Read More
Thinking Through
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June 30, 2017
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[The Presidential Blog] We are constrained to ask Garba Shehu one question and one question only

Dear good sir, do you have any idea how much the £ is to a Naira? Having read Mr Garba Shehu’s latest gaffe of a press statement, there’s no way that question was not going to come up. Someone had warned us not to read it. That Mr Shehu’s statement, in the grand scheme of things, and more... Read More
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June 19, 2017
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YNaija Editorial: Where, in the name of all that is good, is President Buhari?

During the period President Muhammadu Buhari was on his first medical leave this year from January 19 to April 09, we were daily regaled with stories of how he was doing and treated to news reports and pictures of dignitaries in and out of government that daily trooped to London to meet with him. Although... Read More
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May 9, 2017
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[The Presidential Blog] Professor Osinbajo has the perfect answer to “why Buhari refused to hand over”

Nigerians like wahala. That’s a fact. President Buhari’s letter informing the National Assembly of his indefinite medical trip to London was read at plenary today on the floor of the Senate and some legislators had a problem with the wording of the letter. According to those Senators, the letter was not clear enough, especially as... Read More
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May 8, 2017
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The Thread: Buhari is off on another medical trip and Nigerians are divided

Sometime last year, president Buhari proceeded on his very first medical trip to London to fix an ear infection. On January 19th, he travelled abroad again for a 10 day ‘routine medical check up’, but when the deadline of February 5th passed, the presidency couldn’t quite say when he would return. Instead, we were flooded... Read More
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May 5, 2017
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The Thread: “A man of integrity”, “Selfless” | Twitter NG remembers Yar’Adua as Buhari battles mysterious illness

7 years ago today, President Umaru Yar’Adua died. His death occurred amidst rumours of cabals, 11 weeks after his return from Saudi Arabia for a medical vacation. On January 19th, President Buhari proceeded on a medical vacation that he initially passed off as a routine check up which would last only 10 days. So while... Read More
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Lauretta Onochie
May 5, 2017
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Lauretta Onochie is a disaster and the Presidency needs to get rid of her NOW

by Titilayo Ade-Ogbo “President Buhari will go on medical leave but only on his doctor’s appointment. Not by being hounded.” -Lauretta Onochie, Personal Assistant to the President on Social Media. And those were the words she chose to explain the situation of her boss, President Muhammadu Buhari who is ill and has been for months now but... Read More
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May 5, 2017
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The Big 5: These are the stories you should be monitoring today

These are the top five stories you should monitor today. ‘TROOPS KILL BOKO HARAM MEMBERS, FOIL ATTACK ON MAIDUGURI’ Troops of the Nigerian Army on Thursday clashed with some Boko Haram insurgents trying to invade Maiduguri through Aloa Dam Village. 2. BUHARI WILL FULFIL HIS CAMPAIGN PROMISES – OSINBAJO Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said... Read More
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March 19, 2017
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Buhari didn’t have a day off in his first week of resumption – Presidency

by Dolapo Adelana The Presidency on Sunday said President Muhammadu Buhari hit the ground running on his first week of resumption. Buhari returned to work last week for the first time following a prolonged medical vacation in the United Kingdom. A statement by the Senior Special Assistant on media and publicity, Garba Shehu, said the President... Read More
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March 13, 2017
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President Buhari is back and he brought his sluggishness with him

50 days without President Muhammadu Buhari in Nigeria have ostensibly given Nigerians a taste of what a smooth-running, fast-paced and confidence-boosting governance looks like under this new dispensation. For a minute (or more), it felt like we could finally see the “change”. Where it begins is still subject to a raging and often self-serving argument... Read More
Thinking Through
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March 11, 2017
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Why Osinbajo performed well – Buhari

by Dolapo Adelana President Muhammadu Buhari has hailed the performance of Acting President Yemi Osinbajo while he was away. Speaking on Friday, Buhari said Osinbajo had youthfulness and intellectual capacity going for him. The president, however, said of himself that he has age and military background going for him. Buhari handed over to Osinbajo on... Read More
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March 10, 2017
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“I am deeply grateful to all Nigerians” – Buhari

by Dolapo Adelana President Muhammadu Buhari has thanked all Nigerians for their prayers over his health while he was away. The Presidency quoted Buhari as saying, “I am deeply grateful to all Nigerians, Muslims and Christians alike who have prayed and continue to pray for my good health.” PMB returns: "I am deeply grateful to... Read More
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March 10, 2017
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President Buhari received at home by First Lady Aisha Buhari (PHOTOS)

by Dolapo Adelana President Muhammadu Buhari was welcomed by his wife, Aisha, daughter, Zahra and other family members shortly after he arrived at the State House on Friday after a medical vacation in London. Buhari arrived Kaduna early Friday and was received by Kaduna deputy governor, Bala Bantex. The president proceeded to the Aso Rock presidential... Read More
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March 10, 2017
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Just In: Buhari arrives Aso Rock

by Dolapo Adelana President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived Abuja, according to the president. The official Twitter account of the president said, “President @MBuhari has now arrived Abuja. He was received by Vice President @ProfOsinbajo and senior govt officials and Security Chiefs. President @MBuhari has now arrived Abuja. He was received by Vice President @ProfOsinbajo and... Read More
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March 10, 2017
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BREAKING: President Buhari arrives Nigeria (WATCH)

by Dolapo Adelana President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday arrived the country. He touched down at the Nigerian Air Force base Kaduna and was received by the state’s deputy governor, Bala Bantex and top military officers. In the video, the president who is dressed in a black regalia disembarking from the president jet. Buhari is later... Read More
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March 4, 2017
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“Return to Nigeria in 2 weeks, or…” | Group tells Buhari

by Dolapo Adelana An advocacy group, Concerned Nigerians, has given President Muhammadu Buhari a two-week ultimatum to return to Nigeria and resume his office as the President. In a statement signed by its convener, Prince Deji Adeyanju and made available to newsmen on Saturday, the group wondered why President Buhari still performed some Presidential functions... Read More
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March 2, 2017
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[The Presidential Blog] Let’s just admit it, Aisha Buhari is a star!

The other day, we said we were sceptical of what the wife of the President’s game plan was with the Aisha Buhari Foundation after she opened a school and orphanage in Borno State. She’d said at the ceremony that her drive was “born out of her passion to improve the living condition of victims of conflict and... Read More
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March 2, 2017
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Countdown to Buhari’s return: Have you been counting how long?

So we have been sleeping on this for a while now thinking: “he’ll be back today… he’ll be back tomorrow”. And now: BUT SAY NO MORE! We are stepping right into these empty shoes that the President’s absence has left. Because let’s face it, there’s a lot to talk about! We can start by giving... Read More
Thinking Through
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February 9, 2017
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The Thread: Dogara gets flak from Nigerians for his latest tale

We got another call from the President. Yaaay! Well, not us exactly. Dogara did, actually. And to be clear, Dogara’s call preceded Saraki’s call, even if the latter has superior standing than the former. Also, Buhari was the one who called Dogara, but with Saraki, he did not say.  So really, Dogara has more bragging... Read More
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February 9, 2017
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Opinion: Like Godot, are we waiting in vain for Buhari?

by Anthony Ademiluyi This great play by renowned Irish writer, Samuel Beckett in 1948 opens with two characters, Vladimir and Estragon who wait for the arrival of someone known as Godot that never arrives. While they were discussing, they encounter three other characters namely Pozzo, Lucky and a boy. This was a locus classicus play... Read More
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