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The Thread: That #WeHaveYourReceipt moment when TwitterNG came for Buhari’s aide

Early Saturday the Twitter Outrage Machine game guns blazing for Tolu Ogunlesi, the Head of DigiComms in the Presidency. On February 28, 2010, Ogunlesi had tweeted, “Obama health info is publicly available. So why is Yar’Adua’s classified?” In what we call a “we have your receipts” moment, shots were fired at Ogunlesi accusing him of... Read More

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Ayo Sogunro: Making power uncomfortable in Nigeria

by Ayo Sogunro The continuing mystery of President Buhari’s illness and the handling of the saga by his aides is more evidence that Nigeria’s political system works almost independently of the individual nominally in charge. If we had a responsive and functional political system in Nigeria, the independence of the system from political actors would... Read More

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Farooq Kperogi: Xenophilia, fake sovereignty and Nigeria’s slavish politicians

By Farooq A. Kperogi Sometime in 2012 at the height of Goodluck Jonathan’s unnerving incompetence amid rising Boko Haram insurgency, I made a tongue-in-cheek suggestion that Nigeria’s governance should be privatised. I got a swift pushback from a motley crowd of humourless, dewy-eyed “nationalists” who thought I was advocating the recolonization of Nigeria. But does... Read More

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President Buhari

Peregrino Brimah: Dear Northern Provocateur, was Buhari Ijaw when he fought for Yar’Adua’s Impeachment?

by Peregrino Brimah Honestly! Tell me you are not sick and tired of these kinds of people…these ethnojingingoists. These sworn tribalists. It did not take them long to start declaring the demand for transparency on president Buhari’s illness and urgent consideration of the best options for him and Nigeria as political and tribal stints. Of... Read More

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Thought Experiment: What if it’s best we let the sick Buhari stay in office?

by Soma Oj. That President Buhari is extremely ill has only been emphasised by his public reappearance at today’s Jum’at prayers. He appeared for the prayers and was caught in a video that has now gone viral looking gaunt and appearing to stagger as he walked. For two straight weeks, the nation had been left... Read More

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Garba Shehu and Femi Adesina, say Buhari hasn't assigned portfolios to ministers | YNaija.com

5 lessons for Femi Adesina & co from the way Yar’adua’s sickness was handled

by Soma Oj. There’s a story that has made the rounds in the media space about how Olusegun Adeniyi, the media assistant to the late President Umaru Musa Yar’adua used to turn off his phone and rest his head on his table when the seat got really hot – to hide from all those who... Read More

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Opinion: A dying President and the cabal’s fangs

by Ahanonu Kingsley In recent times, there has been growing concern and anxiety over the state of health of President Muhammadu Buhari. The president’s failure to chair the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting which he’s statutorily meant to chair, for the fourth time running, has pushed further the apprehension and enlarging the frightful speculation. There... Read More

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#7YearsGone: 10 things Segun Adeniyi said about Yar’Adua’s health during his last days

As we reminisce on former president Yar’Adua’s death 7 years ago today, we flashback on the politics that surrounded Yar’Adua’s health and his eventual demise. These are excerpts from former SA Segun Adeniyi’s book, Power, Politics and Death. Do see below: 1 The beginning of the end “Although hardly ever ready on schedule, it was... Read More

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Meet 5 Presidents who died in office and how it was handled by their aides

by Itunuoluwa Adebo This day marks the seventh year of the death of the 13th President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, President Umar Musa Yar’Adua who died in office in similar circumstances to the current situation the country is facing presently. Sitting President Muhammadu Buhari, who assumed office in 2015, finds himself in the same... Read More

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Seven years gone: A timeline of events that led to President Umar Yar’Adua’s death

5th May 2010: Nigerian president, Umaru Musa Yar’Adua passed on after five long months of chronic illness at the age of 58. He ran the country for only three years and went a mighty long way in fighting corruption and ordering the EFCC to pursue everyone that was culpable in the Nigerian corruption story. Today... Read More

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Olusegun Adeniyi YNaija

Segun Adeniyi: President Buhari’s health challenge

I remember that Segun, as SA media to the late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, passed through a path which I also passed through recently and I learnt a lot from those who worked with him, and who are still working with me in the same office. When President Yar’Adua had that medical challenge, I was... Read More

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@Afrispheric’s theory linking Buhari’s return with the Abuja airport closure is interesting, but is it true?

A brilliant Nigerian has just laid out a very interesting theory on Twitter drawing a nexus between the Abuja airport that was closed on the 6th and the Presidency’s announcement of Muhammadu Buhari’s return to Nigeria from his vacation in the United Kingdom. See this people They shut Abuja airport under the pretext of runway... Read More

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The Thread: “They shut Abuja airport in order to smuggle Buhari in.” | Nigerians react to the news of PMB’s return

Following the announcement of Buhari’s return via the Kaduna airport, conspiracy theories have been put forth. It is curious that Buhari’s return, which was indefinite prior, has now become, well, definite a day after Abuja’s airport has been closed for repairs. It is understandable that people are drawing parallels between former president Yar’Adua’s failing health,... Read More

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February 28, 2017

Is it time to let Obasanjo off the hook for his ‘giving us’ Yar’Adua?

If you haven’t yet noticed, you should. Former President Olusegun Obasanjo is back on the scene and he’s been giving pointers here there and everywhere. Over the weekend, he granted an interview at his hilltop residence in Abeokuta where he expressed his lack of disappointment in President Buhari’s leadership. He said the President has worked... Read More

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February 23, 2017

Letter to the son of man: Between Yahya Jammeh and President Buhari

by Adeyemi Kolawole Adeojo Hannibal Dear Son of Man, Your response, which was succinct and aptly posited, dissects the hearts of men at its vainglorious and peripatetic best. I was effusively excited to read from you. I wonder why we cannot have on earth as it is in heaven, as the level of privations... Read More

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February 15, 2017

Farooq Kperogi: Orwellian doublespeak about Buhari’s health

by Farooq Kperogi Doublespeak is intentional manipulation of language to conceal uncomfortable truths or to cleverly tell outright lies. The term came to us from George Orwell, although he didn’t use it himself. The term he used in his famous book titled 1984 is “newspeak,” which he said consists in limiting the range of words... Read More

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January 30, 2017

Opinion: The President is dead, again

by Omolara Saheed Nigerian Presidents are arguably the most frequent targets of death hoaxes. From President Obasanjo to the Late Yar’adua and now President Buhari, the death rumours continue to plague whoever occupies the seat of the Nigeria President. In the case of the Buhari administration, the rumours are attributed to the “wailing wailers”. Those... Read More

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January 25, 2017

Where is Namadi Sambo?

Namadi Sambo has never been the typical always-on-the-scene-type of Nigerian politician. It is a fact that not many Nigerians can lay claims to knowing much about him until he was appointed Vice-President by former President, Goodluck Jonathan in 2010. Namadi Mohammed Sambo started out his career as an Architect after bagging an Architecture degree from... Read More

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January 20, 2017

Cheta Nwanze: What should Nigeria expect from a President Osinbajo?

by Cheta Nwanze There are some things that make an impact on you, so you never forget. Each of us has multiple of such incidents in our lives, and we remember the details of those incidents acutely. One such incident happened to me in October 2007. I was in a bus going home from work... Read More

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September 18, 2016

Opinion: Sir, the boys on the streets are not smiling | Open letter to Mr. President

by Balogun Oluwalonimi Mayowa Sir, I am writing based on the present issue affecting our dear nation, Nigeria. As a student of History and Social Studies, I believe my opinion sir, will be of help to your administration. I titled this piece, “Stop Blaming The Dead”. And this is as a result of a comment... Read More

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August 28, 2016

Opinion: Tracing the tragedy of Goodluck Ebele Jonathan

by Mohammed Dahiru Aminu Those who still ask questions regarding Goodluck Ebele Jonathan’s poor performance as president, and still wonder why he was such a bad leader are obviously very poor learners of the rubrics and schema of power in post independent Nigeria. Jonathan was a failure from the onset. Only a cursory study of... Read More

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August 21, 2016

The answers the Code of Conduct boss is giving Premium Times don’t make sense at all

by Tolu Omoyeni As part of his fight against corruption in government bodies on all levels in the country, President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice president, Yemi Osinbajo recently declared their individual assets. Sequel to that move, the President announced an instruction to the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) to make public the official documents of... Read More

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Jonathan, Yar’Adua’s ADCs fall victim to mass sack in Nigerian Army

For their alleged roles in the 2015 general elections and in the dubious arms procurement scandal, the Nigerian Army Council has reportedly retired the Aide de Camp to ex-Presidents Goodluck Jonathan and Umaru Yar’Adua, and 57 other officers. The affected officials include: Jonathan’s Aide de Camp, Col. Ojogbane Adegbe; a former Principal Secretary to an... Read More

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Saraki explains difference between ‘corruption’ and ‘administrative misdemeanor’

Senate President Bukola Saraki, on Tuesday, said that the National Assembly will fight to ensure peace in the Niger Delta Region. While speaking with newsmen in Abuja, Saraki said the National Assembly will work towards ensuring lasting peace in the oil rich region. The senate president also differentiated between corruption – of which he is currently... Read More

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‘Obasanjo, Jonathan, Yar’adua, must account for repatriated loot’ – Court rules

Following a legal suit by Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), a Lagos Federal High Court, on Friday, ruled that previous administrations since the return to democracy in 1999,have “breached the fundamental principles of transparency and accountability for failing to disclose details about the spending of recovered stolen public funds, including on a dedicated website.”... Read More

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August 24, 2015

Presidency says Buhari will probe Jonathan’s administration irrespective of criticism

The Presidency has reiterated that the administration of president Muhammadu Buhari will probe Goodluck Jonathan’s administration. President Buhari’s media adviser Garba Shehu said this on Sunday. Read his comments below. “Let me say that officially, nobody is under probe even Dr. Jonathan. People should not make mistakes about the fact that what is going on are... Read More

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December 9, 2014

Obasanjo talks one or two things you can learn about Yar Adua’s failed health

by Anike Jacobs More excerpts from former president Olusegun Obasanjo’s new memoir, ‘My Watch’ have surfaced online. In a chapter titled “To be or Not to be: Jonathan” in the memoir, Obasanjo accused late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adau of deceiving him about his health issues. See excerpts below: “As can be expected, I was heavily... Read More

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