Labour Party: Common Things that tie Obi and Buhari, By Emmanuel Aziken

The amusing tug-of-war between the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC and the leadership of the Labour Party, LP is undoubtedly one that enamoured supporters of President Bola Tinubu must find very interesting. The reason why the BATists will be encouraging this crisis is simple: NLC and the Labour Party are potentially the remaining hindrances to the political hegemony […]

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Thirty trillion reasons why Buhari must be probed, By Dele Sobowale

“The total amount of such advances outstanding shall not at any time exceed five per cent of the previous year’s actual revenue of the Federal Government” – Section 38 (2) of the CBN Act. Every Nigerian now knows that the Buhari government obtained N30 trillion under Ways and Means, W&M, from the Central Bank of […]

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Buhari versus Dangiwa Umar, By Akin Osuntokun

“There has not been a single area that had not been touched by the Buhari government. We have seen massive positive changes in the last eight years..Bullies who attacked governments and ‘something dropped’ will continue to antagonize Buhari borne of anger from lost opportunities. A certain Buhari “critic” who served a military governor in one […]

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The APC beyond Buhari, By Chidi Amuta

The APC was birthed out of Mr. Buhari’s resilient appetite for presidential power. Its victory in the 2015 presidential election satisfied that hunger and lavishly fed it for eight years. His victory then was a product of both his northern regional cultic followership and a nationwide rejection of Mr. Jonathan’s bumbling presidency. Eight years afterwards, […]

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Why Buhari must be put on trial, By Ikechukwu Amaechi

As President Bola Tinubu pretends to be providing leadership for our beleaguered country, one question remains unanswered: what to do with former President Muhammadu Buhari. In the eight years that Buhari, a putschist and former military head of state, held sway as civilian president, he destroyed the country, literally. In recent times, those who knew […]

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CBN discloses $13.8 billion debt owed to JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, etc secretly borrowed by Buhari, Emefiele using foreign reserve as collateral

Nigerians on Twitter (X) have demanded that Buhari and former Central bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor, Godwin Emefiele be imprisoned for reportedly using Nigeria’s foreign reserve secretly as collateral for loans The CBN owes JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs a combined sum of $7.5 billion as of the financial year ending December 2022. Also included […]

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Tinubu versus Buhari war started earlier than expected, By Dele Sobowale

“It is quite impossible for those who want to gain power to avoid getting rid of those who are most likely to form the opposition” – Critias, 404 BC, VANGUARD BOOK OF QUOTATIONS, VBQ, p 196. In addition to those in opposition, power-grabbers abhor those likely to form a rival source of allegiance by the […]

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Court orders Obasanjo, Yar’Adua, Jonathan, Buhari govts to account for $5bn Abacha loot

In a landmark judgment, Nigeria’s Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, Nigeria, has ordered the disclosure of the spending details of about USD$5 billion Abacha loot recovered by the governments of former presidents Olusegun Obasanjo, Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, Goodluck Jonathan and Muhammadu Buhari.” The court ordered the government of President Bola Tinubu to “disclose the […]

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Tinubu renames 15 airports after Awolowo, Buhari, Okadigbo, Tunde Idiagbon, Oba Akenzua II, others (Full list)

President Bola Tinubu has renamed some federal government-owned airports after some notable Nigerians including late Chief Obafemi Awolowo, the immediate past president, Muhammadu Buhari, Okadigbo, Tunde Idiagbon, Oba Akenzua II, Samuel Ladoke Akintola, and so on. The development was contained in a memo dated June 1, signed by Mrs Joke Olatunji for the Director of […]

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Tinubu and the Buhari ‘Error’, By Olusegun Adeniyi

Whether you voted for former Vice President Atiku Abubakar of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) or Mr Peter Obi of Labour Party (LP) in the recent presidential election. Or have spent your political life fighting Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. If you are Yoruba by ethnic affiliation, you are likely to be made to bear vicarious responsibility for any failings of government for as long […]

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I am so disheartened after last week’s visit to Buhari­ ―Pastor Bakare

Founder and Serving Overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church (CGCC), Pastor Tunde Bakare, has said that he visited the outgoing President, Muhammadu Buhari, last week and left the place so discouraged that I need time to encourage myself in the Lord, my God. Bakare explained that the discouragement he felt was the reason he […]

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Buhari confers GCFR, GCON titles on Tinubu, Shettima (Photos)

Nigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday May 25, conferred the titles of Grand Commander of the Federal Republic (GCFR) and Grand Commander of the Order of Niger (GCON) honors on the president-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his VP-elect, Kashim Shettima in Abuja. The GCFR is the highest honour to be conferred on anyone in Nigeria. […]

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Buhari commissions Dangote Refinery in Lagos

Nigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari, has commissioned Dangote Petroleum Refinery in Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos, which is expected to enable Nigeria to achieve self-sufficiency in refined products and even have surplus for export. Speaking at the occasion attended by Heads of State from Ghana, Togo, Niger, Senegal and a representative of the President of Chad on Monday, Buhari […]

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Buhari appoints Oluwatoyin Madein as new Accountant General of the Federation

Nigerian president Buhari has approved the appointment of Oluwatoyin Sakirat Madein as the substantive Accountant General of the Federation (AGF). The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Dr. Folasade Yemi-Esan who announced the appointment said that the new appointment took effect immediately. “The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Dr. Folasade […]

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Buhari’s Last-Minute Provocations of Tinubu, By Farooq A. Kperogi

After failing to stop him from emerging as APC’s flag bearer in 2022 and mounting steep hurdles for him in the 2023 election, Muhammadu Buhari increasingly comes across as intentionally charting courses of action designed to provoke pre-inauguration confrontation with Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Or am I missing something? Take, for example, Buhari’s request to the National […]

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Nigeria’s National assembly passes Independent candidacy for elections bill, sends it to Buhari for assent

Clerk of Nigeria’s National Assembly (CNA) has been directed by the Nigerian senate to transmit a constitution alteration bill No. 58 to President Muhammadu Buhari for assent in line with the provisions of the Authentication Act. The bill seeks to provide for independent candidacy in presidential, governorship, national and state assemblies and local government councils […]

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