Buhari is not Nigeria’s symbol, Fani-Kayode replies Lai Mohammed

Ex-Nigerian Aviation Minister, Mr. Femi Fani-Kayode, has condemned the Minister of Information, Mr. Lai Mohammed, for describing President Muhammadu Buhari as the symbol of Nigeria. He wonders why Mohammed and others in the Buhari government never said same when ex-President Goodluck Jonathan was in power. Instead, he was constantly attacked. His statement reads: “Painful cruel […]

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Clark petitions Buhari, names real persons behind raid on his Abuja home

Former federal commissioner for information and leader of the South-south region, Chief Edwin Clark, has revealed the identity of top police officers, he believed were involved in the raiding of his Abuja home on Tuesday. Chief Clark, who is demanding a full scale investigation into the matter, named a Deputy Commissioner of Police, Yusuf Kolo, […]

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Again, Buhari withholds his assent to Electoral Act bill

Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari has, for the third time this year, declined assent to the 2010 Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill, 2018, citing some unaddressed drafting issues as his reasons for declining assent to the last version of the bill. Disclosing this yesterday while addressing journalists in Abuja, the Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to the President […]

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Withdraw your support for Buhari -Adebanjo tells Tinubu

Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere chieftain, Chief Ayo Adebanjo has told former Lagos State governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu to withdraw his support for President Buhari ahead of 2019 poll. In an interview with The Sun, Adebanjo said that Tinubu has gained nothing for his support for President Buhari in 2015. Adebanjo also warned the APC national […]

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Buhari, APC set to arraign Saraki -Timi Frank says

Ex-Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank has said, Sunday, that the Buhari government has concluded plans to arrest and arraign Nigerian Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki. Frank said the planned arraignment was part of a renewed onslaught by the presidency and the leadership of the APC against Saraki. […]

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Buhari, his entourage get a rousing welcome in China (Photos)

Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, his entourage, Saturday morning, arrived Beijing, China, meeting a rousing welcome, to participate in the 7th Summit of the Forum on China—Africa Cooperation. Buhari’s Personal Assistant on New Media, Alhaji Bashir Ahmad, confirmed this via his twitter handle. He wrote: “President Muhammadu Buhari arrives in Beijing, the People’s Republic of China […]

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How Saraki Plans to Defeat Buhari in 2019, By Dele Momodu

Fellow Nigerians, these are interesting times in our dear beloved country. High-wired politics is here again and there are many gladiators already queueing up for the biggest prize of all, the Presidency. The latest political figure to throw his hat into the ring is the President of the Nigerian Senate, Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki, who […]

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Buhari’s view: ‘security supremacy over rule of law’, an advance warning —Soyinka

Playwright and Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has condemned President Muhammadu Buhari for apparently saying his government is willing to violate the law for national security. While speaking at the opening ceremony of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) annual conference last Sunday, Buhari claimed it was a settled law that national security should always override […]

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I Told You So: The World Does Not Want Buhari Back, By SKC Ogbonnia

I told you so. About ten days ago, I revealed to our great party, the All Progressive Congress (APC), and fellow Nigerians that the world is against President Muhammadu Buhari’s second term bid. I asserted that the opposition is coming from “influential leaders within our major allies, including Great Britain, the United States, France, Germany, […]

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Trump allegedly said President Buhari is “lifeless”

Financial Times reported on Monday that the US president, Donald Trump, referred to his Nigerian counterpart, Muhammadu Buhari as “lifeless”, shortly after a meeting between the two leaders on April 30. Nigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari, the first sub-Saharan Africa president to meet Trump since he took over as the 45th American president, was in the […]

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Man begins trek from Lagos to Abuja to oppose Buhari’s 2019 bid (Photo)

Nigerian man, Isa Mohammed Munlaila pictured above with a box on his head, today began trekking from Lagos to Abuja to kick against the 2nd term ambition of President Buhari. Speaking to newsmen in Lagos as he embarked on his journey, Munlaila said Nigerian youths were angry with Buhari for failing the nation after three years at […]

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Asiwaju Tinubu, What Has Buhari Promised You This Time?, By SKC Ogbonnia

Dear Asiwaju Tinubu, Re: Automatic Tickets In a widely celebrated essay, “I Pity Tinubu” published in PREMIUM TIMES, I wrote that, “if dynamic opposition is the live-wire of a democracy, it is very fitting then to name Tinubu the saviour of Nigeria’s current democratic journey.” I argued therein that you, Mr. Bola Tinubu, “more than any other Nigerian, nurtured […]

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PDP challenges Buhari to begin his jailing from Oshiomhole, other indicted persons in his presidency

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said it welcomes President Buhari’s renewed declaration to jail treasury looters but challenges him to show integrity by starting with immediate investigation and prosecution of the factional National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole and a host of other indicted persons in his presidency, who he is currently […]

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I may be running against president Buhari in 2019 -Saraki

Nigerian Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has disclosed that he is considering running against President Muhammadu Buhari in next year’s general elections. Saraki, who recently defected from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), stated this in an interview with Bloomberg on Tuesday in Abuja. In the last one week, […]

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