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May 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, […]
Continue ReadingA Nigerian Professor of History and African Diaspora Studies, Florida International University, Saheed Aderinto, has won the prestigious Dan David Prize. Nigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari has applauded him. Dan David Prize is the largest financial reward for excellence in the historical discipline in the world. In a statement issued by his spokesman, Femi Adesina, on […]
Continue ReadingNigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari, has said that the support his government has received from the private sector in addressing societal issues has made him the “envy of many presidents in the world.” The President said this while speaking at the commissioning and handover of security equipment valued at over N12 billion to the military and […]
Continue ReadingAncient Oyo people found it very convenient to follow the Alaafin to Koso (where kings are made); they balked at following the Alaafin to Bara (the king’s burial place): Kòso ló se é b’óba rè; Barà ò se é b’óba lo. Nigeria’s politicians do not lick expiring presidential palms soaked in blood; they go for […]
Continue ReadingSpeaking in an interview on Sunday, the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Rev. Matthew Hassan Kukah, has said that the President, Muhammadu Buhari, former presidents Goodluck Jonathan and Olusegun Obasanjo, among others that led Nigeria, became presidents unprepared. According to the bishop, no President or Head of State in the history of Nigeria ever came […]
Continue ReadingFormer Nigerian presidential spokesperson, Reno Omokri has reacted to the broadcast the governor of Kaduna state, Nasir El-Rufai had on Thursday, February 16, in which he defied the directive of President Buhari and said that the old N200, N500 and N1000 notes are all still legal tender in his state. Reno in a post shared […]
Continue ReadingNigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari is scheduled to depart Abuja on Thursday for Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to participate in the 36th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union, AU. The theme of the AU Summit is “Acceleration of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Implementation.” Buhari is scheduled to participate in three events, […]
Continue ReadingNigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari has approved the continuous use of the old N200 as legal tender till April 10. The President made this known on Thursday morning during an address to Nigerians. See the full text below: My Dear Compatriots, I have found it necessary to address you today, on the state of the nation […]
Continue ReadingIt was the exceptionally witty and satirical Senator Shehu Sani who first pointed out that the recoloring of the naira and the deathly, crippling scarcity that has come in its wake only a few days to the general election are akin to burning the entire forest while hunting down a rat. Many people missed the […]
Continue ReadingNigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, has approved the establishment of a Presidential Transition Council (PTC) to oversee the 2023 transition programme. As Buhari signed Executive Order No.14 of 2023 on the Facilitation and Management of Presidential Transitions, a key feature of the order is the institutionalisation of a legal framework that would enable a seamless transition […]
Continue ReadingA High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Nigeria, has restrained the President, Muhammadu Buhari, CBN, its Governor Godwin Emefiele and 27 commercial banks from suspending, stopping, extending or interfering with the currency swap terminal date. The order was handed down on Monday by Justice E. Enenche following an application by four political parties. […]
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