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Speaker of Nigeria’s Federal House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, visited former Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari in London on Monday, June 26. The reason for the visit is unknown as of the time of filling this report. Abbas shared a photo from the visit online. Credit: Facebook, Buhari Sallau
Continue ReadingPresident 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 […]
Continue ReadingWhether 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 […]
Continue ReadingFounder 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 […]
Continue ReadingNigerian 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. […]
Continue ReadingNigerian 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 […]
Continue ReadingExactly one week from today, Muhammadu Buhari will stop being our president; his place another shall take. But what kind of leader has he been? The best assessment of a leader you get, not from his fanatics – boys who eat directly from the leader’s palm – but from men with cocks that crow as […]
Continue ReadingNigerian 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 […]
Continue ReadingAfter 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 […]
Continue ReadingClerk 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 […]
Continue ReadingMay Sudan not happen to Nigeria. This piece starts with prayers. It has to. “Everyone in Africa believes in God…It’s the only way we can survive. People leave home praying that there will be electricity when they return. On the road, they pray that they will avoid motor accidents. If they crash, they pray the […]
Continue ReadingOn 29th August 2015, just three months after he was sworn-in, President Muhammadu Buhari disowned two ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) campaign documents containing promises of the achievements he would make during his first 100 days in office. A statement from Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu said Buhari had no knowledge […]
Continue ReadingPresident Buhari has come to judgment. After exercising presidential power, judgment follows. Pricked by pangs of conscience on the last Sallah Day, Buhari realized that he committed many injustices against numerous Nigerians during his 8-year misrule. Consequently, he apologized to Nigerians and begged for their pardon. “God gave me an incredible opportunity to serve the […]
Continue ReadingDuring the governorship and state house of assembly elections in March, the president, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) enjoined Nigerians to go ahead and collect any monies distributed by vote-buying politicians but still vote their conscience. Ideally, it should be shocking that a country’s president—especially one who came to power as an anti-corruption crusader—would shamelessly […]
Continue ReadingNigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari and his delegation performed Umrah (lesser Hajj) Wednesday night, April 12, at the Masjid al-Haram in Makkah, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. His media aides shared the photos online. See photos below:
Continue ReadingNigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday morning embarked on an eight-day state visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, where he is expected to perform Umrah, the lesser pilgrimage. In the statement earlier released, titled: “President Buhari leaves for Saudi Arabia on an official visit,” Shehu said the President would be accompanied by his aides. […]
Continue ReadingCatholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Nigeria, Matthew Hassan Kukah, has issued a powerful message to Nigeria’s President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, as the world celebrates Easter Sunday. The fiery cleric said, Nigeria’s most pressing need is not infrastructure, but rather, ensuring the safety and well-being of Nigerians. Bishop Kukah’s Easter message also extended to the […]
Continue ReadingNigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari, on Friday morning, urged Nigerians who are aggrieved by the outcome of the February 25 and March 18 elections to “wait patiently and allow our legal system to run its course.” In a 2023 Easter message to Nigerians issued on Good Friday and personally signed by him, President Buhari while emphasising […]
Continue ReadingWhen the People’s Democratic Party was in power for 16 years, from 1999 to 2015, many Nigerians, especially members of the opposition, complained of the party’s haughtiness, highhandedness and fixation with victory. PDP was accused of seeing election as a “do-or-die affair.” The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), was a member of the opposition […]
Continue ReadingNigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari, has signed into law 16 bills seeking to amend various parts of the 1999 Constitution. The Joint Senate and House of Representatives’ Special Ad Hoc Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution made this known on Friday. Information from the Office of the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, […]
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