President Muhammadu Buhari has described as sad and regrettable the developments that led to the killing of Bridget Agbahime, a market woman in Kano state. Recall that Agbahime was killed on Thursday by a mob after she was accused of blasphemy. Speaking through Femi Adesina, his spokesman, Buhari said justice would be done in the […]
Continue ReadingThe federal government has partially fulfilled its promise to publish recovered assets, this it has done by publishing assets worth N2.034 trillion, which have been recovered. This is as contained in a statement issued by Lai Mohammed, minister of information, on Saturday. The statement said a good part of the recovered assets is awaiting collection, revealing […]
Continue ReadingGovernor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti state, has alleged that President Muhammadu Buhari aborted his trip to the oil-rich Ogoni land in Rivers state, as a result of the assassination threat from the Niger Delta Avengers.A militant had told one of the hosts of UK-based Radio Biafra that Buhari “should sign his death warrant” before his […]
Continue ReadingPresident Muhammadu Buhari’s one-day trip to flag off Ogoniland cleanup in Rivers state, has been canceled. The president is said to have appointed someone who is going to represent him. Reports have it that the cancelation is not unconnected to security threats to the President from the rampaging Niger Delta Avengers who had threatened to […]
Continue ReadingFormer Vice-President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar on Tuesday urged Nigerians to give President Muhammadu Buhari a “pass mark’’ for his efforts in the first year of his administration. He made the call in Abuja at the launch of a book titled “We Are All Biafrans’’ written by Chido Onumah. According to Atiku, who was chairman […]
Continue ReadingThe outspoken governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has called on the national assembly to be conscious of a “new threat to the constitution”, saying President Muhammadu Buhari is trying to compel him to seek clearance from the Department of State Services (DSS) before travelling abroad. The governor who said he is a leading opposition […]
Continue ReadingPresident Muhammadu Buhari will launch the Ogoni land clean-up on June 2, a statement has said. This is contained in a statement issued by Chijioke Amu-Nnadi, Head of Corporate Affairs unit, Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) in Port Harcourt on Monday. It stated that the Minister of Environment, Amina Mohammed, confirmed the date when she […]
Continue ReadingNIGERIA – President Muhammadu Buhari says he feels the pain of his ministers, but especially has pity for Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, for having the responsibility of explaining government’s actions or inaction to Nigerians.The President disclosed this, on Monday when he hosted state house correspondents at the presidential villa in Abuja, noting […]
Continue ReadingThey were called the unsmiling duo. In his first incarnation as Nigerian leader, the then Major General Muhammadu Buhari was paired with another top brass military officer, Babatunde Idiagbon, who was the number two man. Smile was alien to their lips, laughter a total stranger. They had a job to do, which was to rid […]
Continue ReadingPresident Muhammadu Buhari on May 14 in London promised to provide specific details of stolen asset by former public officials. “So far, what has come out, what has been recovered in whatever currency from each ministries, departments and individuals, I intend on the 29th to speak on this because all Nigerians are getting from the […]
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