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[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…

Roqeebah 7 years

[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…

Roqeebah 7 years

[The Presidential Blog] Finally, the Senate has time for President Buhari’s nominees

If you are anywhere near Twitter today, you'll see that the Senate Plenary is popping. motions left, right and centre and if you have any business with the Senate, today…

Roqeebah 7 years

[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.…

Roqeebah 7 years

[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…

Roqeebah 7 years

[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…

Roqeebah 7 years

[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…

Roqeebah 7 years

[The Presidential Blog] The Federal Ministry of Works is angry oh

Handling three portfolios all at once must be tough. Extra tough if that work involves the provision of three of the most dilapidated infrastructures - roads, power and housing -…

Roqeebah 7 years

[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.…

Roqeebah 7 years

[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…

Roqeebah 7 years

[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…

Roqeebah 7 years

[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…

Roqeebah 7 years

[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…

Roqeebah 7 years

[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…

Roqeebah 7 years

[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…

Roqeebah 7 years

[The Presidential Blog] How cute is this photo of President Buhari and his kids?

One of the high points of the 2015 Buhari-Osinbajo campaign for a lot of Nigerians was seeing photos of 'grandpa', 'daddy' and all round family guy, Muhammadu Buhari. We have…

Roqeebah 7 years

[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…

Roqeebah 7 years

[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.…

Roqeebah 7 years

[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. While we were waiting for the official…

Roqeebah 7 years

[The Presidential Blog] It’s official! President Buhari is back to work

Although Garba Shehu has warned us not to expect President Buhari to return to work in dramatic fashion and that it will take a while for him to return to…

Roqeebah 7 years

[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…

Roqeebah 7 years

[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…

Roqeebah 7 years

[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…

Roqeebah 7 years

[The Presidential Blog] Please what is on Osinbajo’s website?

We are just confused. We found the link on the Vice President's Twitter last week, followed it and got this response. Knowing that websites cannot be blamed for the way…

Roqeebah 7 years

[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),…

Roqeebah 7 years

[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…

Roqeebah 7 years

[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…

Roqeebah 7 years

[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…

Roqeebah 7 years

[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"…

Roqeebah 7 years

[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…

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