Dear Mr. President, Last year, when you assumed office, the chant of “Change,” your campaign slogan, ushered you into the Presidential Villa. Today, cries of “hunger” could be heard across the length and breadth of our vast country. Nigerians hunger, not only for food, but also for good leadership, for peace, security, and justice. This […]
Continue ReadingPresident Muhammadu Buhari has assured that Nigeria, which, according to the World Bank’s ease of doing business report, is ranked 169 out of 189 countries, will be among the top 100 easiest places to do business in the world by 2019. The president made the declaration on Sunday while speaking at a plenary session on ‘Dialogue […]
Continue ReadingPresident Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday in Nairobi, Kenya, assured that Nigeria would diligently ensure full rehabilitation of victims of Boko Haram and find lasting solutions to combat threats of terrorism.A statement issued by the president’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, said Buhari was speaking at the opening of the 6th […]
Continue ReadingPresident Muhammadu Buhari has arrived Jomo Kenyatta International Airport Nairobi, Kenya, to attend the Sixth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD VI), slated for Aug. 27-28.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the president was received at the airport by the Kenyan Minister of Internal Affairs, Mr Joseph Nkaissery. Others at the airport […]
Continue ReadingBy Reuben Abati The one absolutely unselfish friend that a man can have in this selfish world, the one that never deserts him and the one that never proves ungrateful or treacherous is his dog – George Graham Vest (1870). Joe Fortemose Chinakwe, the man who named his dog after President Muhammadu Buhari is right […]
Continue ReadingResponding to the warning of Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, Emir of Kano, who warned President Buhari to avoid the mistakes Jonathan made, Reno Omokri, special assistant to ex-president Goodluck Jonathan on social media, says President Muhammadu Buhari should make the same mistakes committed by his predecessor. In his warning, Sanusi said: “If we do not expand the […]
Continue ReadingPresident Muhammadu Buhari will on Saturday be in Kenya to attend a two-day sixth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD VI).This is contained in a statement issued in Abuja on Thursday by the president’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina. The statement said that the summit was being organised by the […]
Continue ReadingAce comedian Atunyota Alleluya Akporobomerere, popularly called Ali baba, has called on president President Muhammadu Buhari who he described as a “respected man” to call the Inspector General of Police and the Attorney General of the Federation/Minister of Justice to order regarding the arrest of 40-year old Chinakwe Joachim Iroko for naming his dog Buhari. […]
Continue ReadingUnited States (US) secretary of state, John Kerry, on his visit to President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja on Tuesday, assured Nigeria of his country’s support because they are aware Buhari “inherited a big problem”.During the meeting with Kerry, President Buhari pledged that the anti-corruption crusade in the country would be deepened and institutionalised to outlast the […]
Continue ReadingBy Reuben AbatiEssential elements of intelligence and the intelligence cycle in overseas relations include what is better described as “the cover story”. It is an old conundrum referring to the story that is put out to the public and sustained as a narrative to mask far more strategic interests in government-to- government relations. It is […]
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