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February 14, 2016

‘Buhari deserves special praise for decimating Boko Haram’ – Borno governor

Borno state governor Kashim Shettima of Borno says the residents of his state and the North Eastern Nigeria are perpetually grateful to President Muhammadu Buhari for restoring sanity to the region. While speaking with journalists in Maiduguri at the weekend, Shettima also commended the Nigerian Armed Forces for restoring peace to the North East. “The... Read More

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Chris Okotie

February 13, 2016

Chris Okotie: Why Nigerians must unconditionally support Buhari’s quest to clean the Augean stable

These, certainly are not the best of times for the grex venalium (the venal crowd) popularly known by ordinary Nigerians as treasury looters. The ongoing battle by President Muhammadu Buhari against this corrupt cabal who have held this nation hostage for years leaves no one in doubt that it is no longer business as usual... Read More

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February 12, 2016

Gimba Kakanda: The only vacation President Buhari needs at the moment

The announcement of the President’s five-day vacation last week was interpreted vastly differently by individuals and groups across the country, generating both commentary and debate. This was because it happened less than a year into office. The good old man has also spent so much time thousands of meters above many big seas, crisscrossing from... Read More

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February 12, 2016

Buhari to German President: It’s a pity Boko Haram welcomed you with explosions in Dikwa

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday lamented the fact that Islamic terrorist sect, Boko Haram, welcomed German President, Joachim Gauck, into the country with the bomb attacks at the Dikwa Internally Displaced Persons camp, in Borno, on Wednesday. 58 people were reported to have been killed from that attack while 78 others sustained serious injuries. Buhari... Read More

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February 10, 2016

Buhari returns to Nigeria after 5-day vacation (PHOTOS)

President Muhammad Buhari has returned to Nigeria from his 5-day vacation. Buhari, who had spent the short holiday in London, returned to Nigeria on Wednesday evening. See below, photos of his arrival.

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February 10, 2016

‘What the President meant in his Telegraph interview’ – Garba Shehu

The presidency, in a statement on Tuesday, described the recent wave of backlash, over President Buhari’s interview granted to an international media out fit, as a huge misunderstanding. This was contained in a release signed by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu. He said that the untoward... Read More

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February 9, 2016

Nasco to produce biscuits for FG’s national feeding program

The Federal Government, on Monday, signed a memorandum of understanding with NASCO Foods Limited, Jos, for the production of biscuits with high nutrient density for the national feeding program. This is in keeping with the Buhari administration’s campaign promise of providing quality education in the country. Vice President Yemi Osibanjo, had last year informed the... Read More

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February 9, 2016

Jude Ndukwe: Buhari, the criminalisation of Nigerians and the limits of presidential gaffes

In his recent trip to London and at an interview with The Telegraph, President Muhammadu Buhari made a sweeping criminalisation of Nigerians when he declared thus: “Some Nigerians claim is that life is too difficult back home, but they have also made it difficult for Europeans and Americans to accept them because of the number... Read More

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February 7, 2016

$1m on foreign trips: Fayose can say ‘whatever he likes’ – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari says he is yet to undertake any ‘frivolous journey’ abroad while stressing that every one of his trips were absolutely necessary, whether politically or economically. . The President had been recently criticised by Ekiti state governor, Ayo Fayose, who urged him to stay at home and govern, rather than embark on incessant... Read More

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February 7, 2016

Buhari says Nigerians have a reputation for crime… Ben Bruce replies with #IAmANigerianNotACriminal

A hashtag- #IAmANigerianNotACriminal, is currently trending on Twitter, as a result of the comments of President Muhammadu Buhari, in a recent interview with the Telegraph UK. The President was quoted to have advised Nigerians against seeking asylum in the United Kingdom, noting that the country’s reputation for criminality ‘has made it hard for them to... Read More

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February 6, 2016

I sometimes wonder… why I came to rule ‘when they had spent all the money’ – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday, revealed that he sometimes wonders why he chose to contest for the presidency, at this point in time when- the treasury had been looted dry, the economy is in shambles and the price of crude oil continues to nosedive. Speaking on Friday, while addressing members of the Nigerian community in... Read More

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February 6, 2016

TSA: ‘We mopped up over N2.2trn in 3 months’ – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari says his administration has been able to save N2.2 trillion for the country, within three months, through the enforcement of the Treasury Single Account, TSA. Buhari revealed this on Thursday night, in London during a meeting with Nigerians resident in the city. President Buhari said that when he took over, the Nigerian... Read More

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February 5, 2016

Buhari being pressured by ‘Nigerian elites’ to stop anti-corruption war – VP Osinbajo

Vice-President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo has revealed that there’s a huge amount of pressure on President Muhammadu Buhari to put the brakes on the ongoing anti-corruption war. Prof. Osinbajo on Thursday, disclosed that the pressure to ‘cool down’ on the campaign was mostly coming from the Nigerian elite. Speaking through his Senior Special Assistant on Media... Read More

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February 2, 2016

I’m not used to working as hard as Obasanjo – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday, expressed his gratitude to former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, for tolerating him for 3 and half years as Minister of Petroleum under his regime as Head of State. Buhari said Obasanjo was aware that he couldn’t work as hard as him, yet he allowed ‘last that long and work’ The president... Read More

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February 2, 2016

Buhari celebrates with Ogun at 40, commissions projects in Abeokuta (PHOTOS)

As part of activities to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Ogun state, President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday, inaugurated projects executed by the administration of Senator Ibikunle Amosun in the capital city- Abeokuta. The projects inaugurated by President Buhari are- Itoku-Sapon flyover named Olufunmilayo Ransome-Kuti Flyover, Ultra-modern market at Sapon, the partially completed ultra-modern market, Omida as... Read More

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February 2, 2016

‘Buhari spends $1m on every foreign trip’ – Fayose

Ekiti state governor, Ayo Fayose has asserted that at the rate President Muhammadu Buhari goes on foreign trips, he may end up spending 20% of the Federal Government budget. The governor claims that each foreign trip of the President gulps about $1 million, which take a strain on the economy every time. Speaking through his Special Assistant... Read More

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February 1, 2016

Fayose to Buhari: ‘You’re responsible for the rot in the judiciary

Ekiti state governor, Ayo Fayose says President Muhammadu Buhari lacks the moral right to complain about the judiciary while members of the All Progressives Congress are ‘corrupting the institution’. Fayose said there’s nothing wrong with the Nigerian judiciary, while urging President Buhari to tell the world of his hatred for the judiciary, owing to his... Read More

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February 1, 2016

Jonathan bought expired, substandard weapons and ammunition – Lai Mohammed

The Federal Government says the weapons, arms and ammunition purchased by the administration of former president, Goodluck Jonathan, to fight the war against Boko Haram insurgency, were substandard and expired. The government maintains that the weapons procured by the Jonathan administration couldn’t have been responsible for the string of successes recorded by the military in the... Read More

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February 1, 2016

President Buhari heads to France, Britain

President Muhammadu Buhari will on Tuesday, February 2, travel to France and Britain, twenty-four hours after returning from official visits to Kenya and Ethiopia. Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President, Femi Adesina revealed on Monday, that Buhari will visit Strasbourg in France before heading to Britain on February 3, where he’ expected to address a... Read More

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February 1, 2016

Waziri Adio: To devalue, or not to devalue the naira? – An explainer

The debate about the appropriate value of the Naira featured prominently in the public domain last week. This prominence was driven by three developments: the refusal of the Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to further devalue the Naira, despite loud clamour and expectations from many financial analysts and business players;... Read More

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February 1, 2016

Boko Haram desperate to embarrass my government – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari says the insurgents of terrorist sect, Boko Haram are determined to find their way back into society, having been defeated in the war against insurgency. Reacting to the recent bombings in Dalori, Gombi and Chibok, the President said the insurgents are desperate to embarrass his government. Consequently, he urged Nigerians, especially those... Read More

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January 31, 2016

Buhari has bad, insensitive advisers – Governor Dickson

Re-elected governor of Bayelsa state, Seriake Dickson says President Muhammadu Buhari is surrounded by bad advisers. Dickson, who recently defeated Timipre Sylva to earn a second term in office, also described Buhari as not being ‘expansive and broad enough’. While lamenting the looming economic crunch as well as the crash of oil prices, Dickson said... Read More

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Sambo Dasuki

January 31, 2016

‘Buhari should recover diverted arms funds and pardon the looters’

The General-Evangelist of the Christ Apostolic Church Worldwide, Prophet Kayode Abiara has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to pardon the looters of the $2.1bn arms funds, provided they return the money. Abiara said the federal government should not waste time on the probe and prosecution of suspects in the diversion of arms procurement funds, but should... Read More

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January 30, 2016

‘I do not hide behind anonymity’ | Tolu Ogunlesi denies penning The Economist’s ‘ineffectual buffoon’ article

Award-winning journalist/writer, Tolu Ogunlesi has denied writing The Economist article, in which harsh chaste was meted out to former President Goodluck Jonathan and incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari. In the blunt article, Jonathan was the recipient of the greater ridicule with him being described an ‘ineffectual buffoon’. While the article appeared in bad taste to a... Read More

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January 30, 2016

Anti-corruption campaign ‘is not Buhari’s war’ – Lai Mohammed

The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has said the campaign against corruption is not the battle of the President, but that of all Nigerians. While calling on Nigerians to join and support the war against corruption, Mohammed said if people were determined to fight the menace, corruption would be history. The minister said... Read More

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January 29, 2016

Opinion: Dear PDP, If you must wail, do it with purpose

It seemed Twitter Nigeria was on a meltdown, I had come out of a week of strategy sessions culminating in a press briefing, and I decided to escape to the animated world that is Twitter, but relief was not to be. What I met was an atmosphere so charged that all I could do was... Read More

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January 29, 2016

Why there’s militancy, criminal activities in Niger Delta – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has attributed the failure of previous governments to clean up oil spillages in the Niger Delta region as the major cause of militant activities. Speaking in Nairobi, Kenya, on Thursday, Buhari promised to clean up the Ogoniland by implementing the United Nations Environmental Programme, UNEP’s recommendations. President Buhari made the promise during... Read More

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January 27, 2016

‘Nigeria’s stolen funds are all over the world’ – European Union

Michel Arrion, the Head of the European Union Delegation to Nigeria has stated that funds stolen from Nigeria are stashed all over the world, and not just in Europe. At a press briefing held on Wednesday, January 27 in Abuja, Arrion expressed the EU’s support for the efforts of President Muhammadu Buhari to recover the... Read More

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January 27, 2016

‘PDP using bloggers, websites to destroy my reputation, relationship with Buhari’ – Tinubu

The national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu says some disgruntled elements in the Peoples Democratic Party are trying to destroy his reputation and relationship with President Muhammadu Buhari. Tinubu said several blogs and news website have been contracted by his detractors, to publish concocted stories about him and launch a smear campaign... Read More

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January 25, 2016

APC is cash-strapped but Buhari won’t be asked for help – Oyegun

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, John Odigie-Oyegun says the ruling party is cash-strapped. Odigie-Oyegun said on Monday that the APC is suffering from the strains of funding, while adding that the party won’t disturb President Muhammadu Buhari to help raise funds. The APC Chairman revealed this during an interactive session with journalists... Read More

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