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April 14, 2017

[The Presidential Blog] Professor Osinbajo tried to be funny today but we’d rather he left some things alone

Vice President, Professor Osinbajo has been sort of the the star boy of the current administration. ANd we know this because no one from the opposition has come for him in any rude way so far. Not Reuben, not Fani, not even Fayose. That’s how you know that someone is doing a good job in... Read More
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April 14, 2017

[The Presidential Blog] We hear the President has given orders on the $50 million linked to Rotimi Amaechi

It’s no longer news that there’s $50 million floating around the Nigerian recessed economy with no owner bold enough to come forth. [At least, Patience Jonathan spared us that stress last year] Yesterday, the EFCC “discovered” several amounts in different currencies in an Ikoyi apartment but as can be expected, no one came forward to... Read More
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April 10, 2017

[The Presidential Blog] Garba Shehu’s attempt to jump on the #BBFinale trend is cute but are you feeling it?

The Senior Special Assistant to the President just got on the Big Brother Nigeria finale trend and sadly, he’s not the first one in the political class to do so. Suspended legislator, Abdul Mumin Jibrin was the first to take a stab at it when he tweeted this: “I have put up my eviction bet... Read More
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April 7, 2017

[The Presidential Blog]: VP Osinbajo is at the Abuja airport for inspection and he seems to think everything is A-okay

Professor Yemi Osinbajo, the vice President has just arrived the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja to inspect the ongoing reconstruction work on the runway that started on the 8th of March this year. VP @ProfOsinbajo has just arrived Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, to inspect ongoing reconstruction of the runway #ABVClosure — Presidency Nigeria (@NGRPresident)... Read More
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April 5, 2017

[The Presidential Blog] 7 quick thoughts that crossed our minds as we watched Kemi Adeosun’s Facebook Live chat

Did you know the Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun did a Facebook Live chat yesterday afternoon. She took questions from her audience on Facebook and via Twitter about the efforts put in by the Ministry to help revive the economy and we have talked all about it here. But what we did not say earlier... Read More
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April 3, 2017

[The Presidential Blog] President Buhari is finally meeting with Senate leaders

It’s been a rocky two weeks between the Presidency and the Senate – from the second rejection of Ibrahim Magu, to the Senate’s refusal to deal with the nomination of INEC RECs and worst of all the rumours flying around about the disintegration of the Buhari administration in the face of the said “face-off”. It... Read More
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March 29, 2017

[The Presidential Blog] Photos of the Vice President and his wife in Lagos at the BAT Colloquim

Yesterday, the 28th of March was not only Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s birthday, it was also the 9th edition of the Bola Tinubu Colloquium which held in Lagos this time. Although President Buhari could not make it to the event, he expressed fond memories of his attendance in Abuja, last year. Also, my best wishes... Read More
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March 28, 2017

[The Presidential Blog] We have ratified the Paris Climate Change Agreement

Heavy rains in March. Barely there harmattan. Super hot days and nights even in supposedly cool climes. There’s absolutely no doubt that the effects of climate change are finally catching up to us in Nigeria. Today, President Buhari signed the ratification instrument for the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, confirming the level of seriousness with... Read More
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March 25, 2017

[The Presidential Blog] President Buhari has a case to answer in court and we cannot wait

The first thing that will come to the minds of many when they hear of Kogi State these days is the absurd number of political appointments that the Governor of the State, Yahya Bello, recently made – 54 senior special assistants and 9 special assistants. Appointments which will become effective from the first of April,... Read More
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March 24, 2017

[The Presidential Blog] Professor Osinbajo bags another Eastern title in Abia today

We know that the Vice President’s travels around the Niger-Delta and other oil producing regions of the country is serious business and that’s fine. We just cannot help but notice how much love he’s getting on these trips. Today, the Vice President continued the administration’s interactive engagements with oil producing communities and the chosen stop... Read More
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March 24, 2017

[The Presidential Blog] We’ll let you decide who the “enemies” surrounding President Buhari are but we have a few ideas

Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, ever the vocal one, has some more to say today and it concerns us directly here, on the Presidential Blog. We feel very shaded but we’ll swallow our pride and take the best of it. Aside: Did you know the Emir has 192,000 followers on Instagram? 86,000 more than the President and... Read More
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March 22, 2017

[The Presidential Blog] How can Buhari owe federal workers while he continues bailing out States?

Imagine the shock we felt seeing the report of threats made by the Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN) to down tools and effectively shut down the government over unpaid allowances. The report claims the public servants are frustrated with the Federal government consistently owing them arrears of promotion and other allowances even when it... Read More
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March 21, 2017

[The Presidential Blog] There’s absolutely no reason to stop crushing on Professor Osinbajo. Here’s why

For over a month during President Buhari’s medical vacation, Vice President Osinbajo took the reins and distinguished himself as an impressive leader by diligently attending to the demands of his office while maintaining a very open line of communication with Nigerians. It was like Osinbajo was not a member of the Buhari administration we had... Read More
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March 16, 2017

[The Presidential Blog] See the “modest” photo of President Buhari that almost turned Facebook upside down

With over 2,ooo shares in just two days, Facebook Imam Ghazali Umar’s photo of President Buhari in a house said to be in Daura, Katsina (the President’s hometown) has brought forth a new and very confusing kind of angle to discussions about President Muhammadu Buhari. It has nothing to do with his sickness, and very... Read More
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March 15, 2017

[The Presidential blog] Apparently, even President Buhari gets the “Lai” joke

Today, President Buhari presided over the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting for the first time in 7 weeks -after his return from his long medical vacation in the United Kingdom. It is safe to say that the foremost question on Nigerians’ minds was how long this meeting was going to last considering the fact Vice... Read More
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March 14, 2017

[The Presidential Blog] Saraki, Dogara and Kawu Samaila looking like Yoruba Demons at the State House

The Presidency informed us earlier that the President was meeting with the Senate President and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. President @MBuhari is meeting with Senate President @bukolasaraki and Speaker @YakubDogara — Presidency Nigeria (@NGRPresident) March 14, 2017 While we were waiting for the official statement on the details of the meeting, we... Read More
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March 11, 2017

[The Presidential Blog] Oops! The President didn’t just admit incompetence, did he?

While meeting with political leaders in the State House, one of the many items on the agenda for a Presidential ‘homecoming party’, we assume, President Muhammadu Buhari had the sweetest words for his deputy, vice-president Yemi Osinbajo and it was only fair that he did considering the latter did an amazing job holding down the... Read More
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March 9, 2017

[The Presidential Blog] Our President-in-absentia has had the busiest day in vacation history

It’s been 49 days since we have had a President on vacation outside of the country. No one knows how much presidential work he’s done in that time or if he’s been up to any even seeing as he transferred powers of the office to the “capable” Professor Yemi Osinbajo. However, today alone we noticed... Read More
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March 9, 2017

[The Presidential Blog] What’s Vice President Osinbajo doing in Sokoto today?

The Vice President’s itinerary has been a bit tricky to follow today but it’s only because we momentarily forgot that all roads lead to/through Kaduna now. LoL! Earlier today the Presidency handle on Twitter informed us that Professor Osinbajo will be in Sokoto today for the flag off of the MSME Clinic in the State.... Read More
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March 6, 2017

[The Presidential Blog] Abike Dabiri-Erewa has something to say about Buhari’s return date

Apart from the time that Gimba Kikanda challenged her to deny the doctoring of the photos of Prsident Buhari an his wife, Mrs Aisha Buhari (a challenge she never accepted), the senior special adviser to the President on diaspora affairs has not weighed in much on the questions surrounding the President’s “vacation”. That has changed.... Read More
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March 2, 2017

[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

[The Presidential Blog] Did anyone at the Presidency really know about Buhari’s latest phone call?

A statement from the Royal office in Morroco says King Mohammed VI held a phone call with President Buhari yesterday where he inquired about his health status and commented on his noteworthy improvement. However, no one from the Presidency felt the need to brag about this until 10 minutes ago. The call happened yesterday. The... Read More
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February 28, 2017

[The Presidential Blog] What to think about Aisha Buhari’s new foundation?

From the start when she asked that we refrain from calling her the annoying but customary “First Lady” while embracing the “Her Excellency” prefix before her name, we knew we were in four a tenure with a strange wife of an enigma of a President. This is the point where you pity our Nigerian first... Read More
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February 27, 2017

[The Presidential Blog] “Acting President”, “Vice president” or maybe just “Mr Cool Catchprashes” Osinbajo

This morning, our Editorial meeting started with a “deep” argument about how to refer to President Osinbajo now that he’s boss has chosen to leave us with an “Acting President” even while we are being bombarded with reasons to believe that the office of the President has become vacant for reason of it’s holder being... Read More
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February 23, 2017

[The Presidential Blog] Photos from Osinbajo’s meeting with MTN

While some Nigerians were vandalising an MTN regional office in Abuja earlier today, the South African telecommunications giant had an envoy visiting Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo at the State House today. The MTN team was led by the Nigerian chairman, Pascal Dozie. Also on the visiting team were the MTN Group chairman, South Africa’s Mr. Phutuma Nhleko,... Read More
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