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In a statement titled, ‘Cardinal Okogie: Life at 85′, the former Catholic Archbishop of the Lagos Diocese, Nigeria and ex-president of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Cardinal Anthony Olubunmi Okogie noted that the regime met some of the crises while taking over power in 2015, adding that the country seemed to have “worsened economically […]
Continue ReadingOnly those who love self-deceit still say or think that things are alright in Nigeria. For those who are realistic, it is scary to move around, as nobody knows where danger lurks. Then, there is the fear for the future of Nigeria. In addition to the widespread insecurity in all zones of the country, there […]
Continue ReadingNigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Balarabe Ilelah as the new director-general (DG) of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC). The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, announced the appointment in a statement issued in Abuja on Friday, June 11. He said Mr. Ilelah’s appointment is for a tenure of five years in the […]
Continue ReadingThe president tweeted a promise of war. Twitter deleted the promise. The government banned Twitter. It has also promised to jail anyone found in bed with Twitter. The Buhari government’s role models on this road to infamy are North Korea, Iran and China. The list is that short. I laugh at Nigerians who say they […]
Continue ReadingNigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday commissioned Lagos-Ibadan Standard Guage Rail project and flagged off full commercial operation. Shortly after he inaugurated the project, President Buhari took a ride from Ebute Metta Station to Energy Nature Light (ENL), Terminal, Apapa Port, Lagos. He was joined by the Speaker House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, Governor Babajide […]
Continue ReadingNigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, has given approval to the return of the open grazing practised during the 1st Republic where herdsmen used designated grazing routes to move their cattle to several parts of the country. On that note, Buhari said he had asked the Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, to begin the process of […]
Continue ReadingThe Social Economic Rights and Accountability Projects (SERAP) and 176 concerned Nigerians have asked the ECOWAS Court of Justice, sitting in Abuja, Nigeria to order an injunction restraining the government of President Buhari from implementing unlawful suspension of Twitter in Nigeria and criminalising Nigerians and other people using Twitter. In the suit No ECW/CCJ/APP/23/21 filed […]
Continue ReadingReno Omokri, ex-aide to former President Goodluck Jonathan, has knocked the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) for ordering broadcast stations to deactivate their Twitter accounts when the President, Muhammadu Buhari, and the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, still have active accounts on Twitter. The Commission had directed broadcast stations to “de-install Twitter handles and desist from using […]
Continue ReadingLike a suicide bomber ready to sacrifice his life, I slid into the Nigerian war theatre last week. No, not Northeast Nigeria, where kaffir soldiers are busy bombing Boko Haram faithful; nor Northwest, where good bandits are in an orgy of kidnapping hundreds of school children – apologies to bandits-negotiating merchant mullah, Sheik Gumi. I was in Igboland where the […]
Continue ReadingI was shocked last week to hear the President, Major General Muhamadu Buhari (retd) criticising those who “want me to fail.” He described them as sponsors and orchestrators of insecurity in Nigeria. How on earth, I questioned, is it that Buhari pretends not to know that his failure is not opinion but fact; that when […]
Continue ReadingNot deterred by the Nigerian government’s ban of Twitter operations in Nigeria, Nigerians logged on to the microblogging site in large numbers on Saturday to lambast the President, Muhammadu Buhari, and the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami SAN. Amid the palpable panic that trailed the announcement of the ban […]
Continue ReadingBelow is Nigeria’s ruling party’s Support Group, APC Support @APCNigeria’s tweet sent on June 5, despite ban, even though Buhari’s political party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) used the tweet to promote Trenchat.com, another social medium. Can the Nigerian government ban Twitter operations in Nigeria while its political party of the same government continues to […]
Continue ReadingPlaywright, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has described the statement of the President, Muhammadu Buhari to civilian dissidents as wrongly targeted and tragically untimely. The Nobel laureate stated that Buhari’s language in utterance and what was known as ‘body language’ was of a different temper at the time innocent citizens and farm destruction including mass displacement were […]
Continue ReadingReno Omokri, former aide to Goodluck Jonathan, ex-Nigerian president, has knocked President Buhari’s decision to travel to Ghana for a meeting with ECOWAS leaders to discuss how to return peace to Mali, despite the incessant killings in Nigeria. Reacting on Twitter, Omokri wrote: “What an irony that @MBuhari traveled to Ghana to discuss with ECOWAS […]
Continue ReadingFormer governor of Ekiti State, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, has described Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, as a national mishap. He admitted that nothing is wrong with Nigeria as a country and Nigerians as a people, but blamed Buhari for how things have turned out in recent times. In a tweet, Fayose wrote: “Nothing is wrong with […]
Continue ReadingNigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari has received the second dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. The president’s personal physician, Dr. Suhayb Rafidadi, administered the vaccine on the president at his official residence, State House, Abuja on Saturday, May 25. Buhari had received the first jab of the vaccination on March 6 where he was presented with […]
Continue ReadingThe Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Major General Farouk Yahaya as the new Chief of Army Staff. The announcement was contained in a statement issued on Thursday by Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, the Acting Director of Defence Information. Prior to his appointment, Major […]
Continue ReadingFormer presidential aide, Reno Omokri took to his Twitter handle to call out Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari and his deputy, Prof Yemi Osinbajo for not attending the funeral of the Chief of Army Staff, Ibrahim Attahiru, and officers who perished in a military crash on Friday, May 21. Reno believes if President Buhari could fly […]
Continue ReadingProfessor Felicia Adebola Adedoyin, a renowned Professor of Education and composer of Nigeria’s National Pledge, is dead. Professor Adedoyin died on May 1 after a brief illness and Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari has paid a heartfelt tribute to her. In a statement released by his media aide, Femi Adesina on Wednesday May 19, President Buhari […]
Continue ReadingIn a statement released by Garba Shehu, presidential spokesperson, the Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari is billed to depart Nigeria on Sunday to Paris, France, on a four-day official visit to attend African Finance Summit. Buhari will be accompanied by Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama; Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed; Minister […]
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