Tag: Buhari

22Feb By dthataNo Comments

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Buhari, Governors To Discuss Fuel Pricing On Thursday

The President, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), and the state governors will discuss the issue of fuel pricing Thursday. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, disclosed this Sunday night after a bipartite meeting of the Federal Government and the organised labour at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Briefing journalists on their resolutions, Ngige said the labour had investigated the report of the Technical Committee on Premium Motor Spirit Pricing Framework as agreed at the last meeting and made their submissions alongside the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation. The minister said, “The labour side saw that they were making some points and like I said, it is work in progress. Governors are going to discuss this on Thursday. ...

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18Feb By dthataNo Comments

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Kidnapped Niger Students: Settle Your Mercenaries – PDP To Buhari, APC

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) asked President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress (APC) to settle their “mercenaries”. The PDP gave the advice to reaction to bandits’ kidnap of staff and students of Government Secondary School, Kagara in Niger State. The spokesman, Kola Ologbondiyan, in a statement on Wednesday, lamented that while Nigerians were under attack, the APC was carrying out membership registration and revalidation exercise. PDP said the stance of the APC administration towards the fight against banditry further validates reports that the bandits are enjoying cover under the ruling party. The opposition said it explains why the APC never raised a strong voice against what has become a national calamity. Ologbondiyan noted that instead, APC l...

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10Feb By dthataNo Comments

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Service Chiefs’ Appointment: Consider Igbo Too, Yoruba Elders Tell Buhari

Some elders from the South West yesterday commended President Muhammadu Buhari for appointing one of their sons as Chief of Air Staff. The elders, under the aegis of Conference of Concerned Yoruba Elders, said the president’s gesture was a demonstration of his unwavering confidence in the South West to help his administration give Nigerians the much-needed security as he pledged during his campaign. CCYE National Coordinator, Prof. Olusegun Ajibola and National Secretary, Dr Catherine Adisa, urged their kinsmen to reciprocate the president’s gesture by supporting his administration to succeed in bestowing an enduring legacy of good leadership for the country. They, however, expressed reservation over what they called the continuous side-lining of their Igbo neighbours from the...

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10Feb By dthataNo Comments

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Reno Omokri Promises To Pay Buhari ₦1 Billon In Bitcoin If He Can Do This

Reno Omokri shared a photo of former president Goodluck Jonathan doing a kick. Reno has promised to give President Buhari ₦1 billion, in Bitcoin if he can do the kick the same way Jonathan did it. Sharing the photo on his Twitter handle, Reno wrote; Dear General @MBuhari, I will pay you ₦1 billion, in #Crypto #Bitcoin, if you can do this kick! #BuhariTormentor

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8Feb By dthataNo Comments

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Buhari Appoints His Nephew Tunde Sabiu As NIA Director – Peoples Gazette

As his desperation to shield himself and associates from accountability grows, the president has been making appointments that alarm even people within his government. President Muhammadu Buhari has quietly gifted his unqualified nephew the position of an assistant director at the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Peoples Gazette can confirm, typifying yet another exhibit of his sectional and corrupt determination to cram national security positions with his tribes and clans and leave an enduring influence long after serving out his tenure in 2023. Sabiu “Tunde” Yusuf, a nephew and domestic but influential aide to Mr. Buhari, was recently admitted as an assistant director at the nation’s external intelligence outfit, the Gazette understands based on information first volunteere...

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8Feb By dthataNo Comments

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I Told Nnamdi Kanu How Buhari Told Me He Hates Igbo People – FFK

Below is part of a discussion I had with @MaziNnamdiKanu in my Abuja home in 2017 after we were released from detention. I told him how Buhari told me in 2013 that he hated Igbos. That hatred has been proved over the last 5 years. Listen to this.. https://youtu.be/GlkC-K8n0d4

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2Feb By dthataNo Comments

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TI Corruption Index: Reno Omokri Blasts Buhari, Lists 20 Reasons Why Buhari, Not Nigerians, Is Responsible for Nigeria’s Abysmal Corruption Rating

On Monday, February 1, 2021, Nigerians woke up to a rather shocking accusation. According to Transparency International new Corruption Perception Index, released on Friday, January 29, 2021, Nigeria is more corrupt today than under the previous administration, having moved 13 places backwards in the CPI, from 136 in 2014 to 149 in 2021 (our worst performance ever.) However, rather than own up to their failures, the ever blaming Buhari administration accused Nigerians, saying the long-suffering citizens of Nigeria, and not the government, were responsible for this abysmal corruption perception rating. On Channel Television’s Sunrise Daily, the Any Government in Power Garba Shehu (he was also a spokesman to the Obasanjo PDP Government) said: “I’ll tell you that this one by TI is...

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30Jan By dthataNo Comments

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“Mr Integrity, My Foot”: Buhari Has Failed In Securing Nigerian – Fayose

Transparency International has now established that under Buhari, Nigeria has become the hq of corruption. At this point, it's illegal and morally unacceptable to refer to Buhari as Mr Integrity. He has equally failed in securing Nigerians. Therefore, Buhari’s integrity my foot. Now under Buhari, Mr "Integrity and Corruption Fighter", the same Transparency International latest report placing Nigeria as the 2nd Most Corrupt country in West Africa is no longer credible. When the President and his APC gang labelled the PDP govt of President Jonathan as corrupt, they relied on reports by the Transparency International (TI). Then,  the organization was right and its reports were credible.

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28Jan By dthataNo Comments

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Nigeria: 2nd Most Corrupt Country In West Africa Under Buhari – Transparency Int

Nigeria has dropped to 149 on Transparency International’s 2020 Corruption Perception Index, the worst ranking received by Africa’s largest country in recent time. Nigeria also scored 25 out of a possible 100 points. In the last TI rating in 2019, Nigeria was ranked 146th out of the 180 countries surveyed, scoring 26 points out of a possible 100. On a scale of zero to 100 in TI’s rating, zero means “Highly Corrupt,” while 100 stands for “Very Clean”. This means that Nigeria is two steps worse off than she was in 2018 when she scored 27 points to place 144th out of 180 countries. The summation is simply that corruption in the country has worsened. According to the latest ranking, Nigeria is now the second most corrupt country in West Africa with Guinea-Bissau the only country m...

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28Jan By dthataNo Comments

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What Did Igbos Do To Buhari? – Reno Omokri Asks

Following the replacement of service chiefs in Nigeria security apparatus after tempestuous, precarious years of insecurity, Reno omokiri has registered discernment in the interregnum period as the people of eastern Nigeria are once again left out in the stratagem of things. He wrote: What did Igbo people do to #Buhari? •No Igbo heading the 3 arms of government •No Igbo heading the 3 military branches •No Igbo heading any security agency Are the Igbo supposed to be grateful because @MBuhari made an Igbo man his PA on photography?

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24Jan By dthataNo Comments

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It Would Be Dangerous For Buhari To Arrest Or Kill Sunday Igboho – FFK

Femi Fani-Kayode has stated that it would be dangerous, reckless and counterproductive of the Buhari-led government to arrest Yoruba activist, Sunda Igboho, who gave a quit notice to Fulani herders in the state. The Inspector General of Police, Adamu Mohammed, ordered the Commissioner of Police in Oyo state, Ngozi Onadeko, to arrest Igboho. Reacting to this development via his Twitter handle, FFK wrote; It would be dangerous, reckless & counter productive for Buhari to ARREST or KILL Sunday Igboho. When the Northern youths demanded that Igbos should leave the north no-one was arrested. Why should Sunday be arrested or killed for asking KILLER Fulani herdsmen to leave SW? I advise the FG to tread softly because Sunday has the full support of the Yoruba nation because he ha...

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19Jan By dthataNo Comments

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Beninese President, Patrice Talon Meet Buhari At Aso Rock

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday met behind closed doors with President Patrice Talon of Benin Republic at the State House, Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Beninese leader, who arrived at the forecourt of the presidential villa at 11.09 a.m., was received by Mr Buhari. The agenda of the meeting between the two leaders, who immediately went into a closed-door meeting, was unknown to journalists. NAN, however, gathered that Mr Talon, who last met with the Nigerian leader in June 2019, was in the villa to thank Mr Buhari for ordering the re-opening of Nigerian borders in December 2020. Mr Buhari had in August 2019 ordered closure of Nigeria’s land borders to check smuggling of rice and other foodstuff as well as small arms and light weapons. The ...

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15Jan By dthataNo Comments

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Pigeons Released By Buhari Refused To Fly At Armed Forces Remembrance (Video)

The doves, otherwise known as white pigeons, released by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), at the Armed Forces Remembrance Day ceremony, refused to fly despite multiple attempts by the President thereby sparking a debate on social media on Friday. The President had opened the birdcage at the National Arcade, picked up one of the doves, and thrown it into the air but the bird landed atop the cage and refused to fly. Buhari, who was eager to let the white pigeons fly, opened the roof of the cage in a bid to send them all out but the birds remained adamant and decided to sit on top of the cage’s roof. The President, who appeared tired of trying, soon left the birds and returned to his seat. Moments after the President had left, however, some of the birds flew. ...

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15Jan By dthataNo Comments

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You Failed, PDP Replies Buhari Over Performance Claims

The People's Democrat Party(PDP) has berates President Muhammadu Buhari for resorting to desperate face-saving media stunts in his incongruous plea to Nigerians to accept that the situation in Nigeria is better under his watch, despite the contrary harsh reality in the country The party asserts that Mr. President’s illusory self-assessment further validates our position that he has since abandoned governance for the luxury and pleasures of Aso Presidential villa, having lost sync with the reality of the devastation his incompetent administration has brought to our nation in the last five years. The PDP insists that every fair criticism of Buhari’s administration only reveals a litany of failures and a reversal of fortune for our country in the last five years, adding that, it is unfo...

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15Jan By dthataNo Comments

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Be Fair In Your Criticism Of My Administration, Buhari Tells Elite

President Muhammadu Buhari has called on Nigerians especially the elite to be fair in their criticism of his administration by looking at the situation of the country before the assumption of the current government. President Buhari made the call on Thursday at the State House, Abuja, while receiving in audience Reverend Yakubu Pam, the Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Christian Pilgrims Commission. The President said: “Those criticising the administration should be fair in terms of reflecting on where we were before we came, where we are now and what resources are available to us and what we have done with the limited resources. “We had to struggle paying debts, investing in road repairs and rebuilding, to revamp the rail and try to get power. This is what I hope the elite,...

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13Jan By dthataNo Comments

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Police Detain Young Nigerian, Solomon Emmanuel Akuma For 300 Days For Criticising Buhari

Force Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (FCIID) of Nigerian police force is reportedly holding a young pharmacist, Solomon Emmanuel Akuma in illegal detention for over 300 days at the FCIID headquarters in Abuja. Mr. Akuma was charged to court several months after his arrest for bogus charges including treasonable felony, sources say. Section 35 of the Nigerian Constitution forbids authorities from holding suspects in such manner. The young Nigerian was alleged to have constantly criticized the President Muhammadu Buhari and his administration through his social media and made a post presumed by the police to have threatened the life of the president in a Twitter bant last year. Despite obvious facts that Mr. Akuma is a young man who does not have the financia...

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13Jan By dthataNo Comments

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US Capitol Riot: Place Trump On Travel Ban, MURIC Tells Buhari

The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to place a travel ban on US President Donald Trump over his role in the Capitol building riot. In a statement on Monday, MURIC director Ishaq Akintola said Trump “stained” America’s reputation as a great democracy by his acts. The group also berated Buhari for being silent on the Capitol riot, noting the US government might have imposed sanctions if such happened in Nigeria. “MURIC calls on the Federal Government to speak up on the American debacle. America’s condemnation of African and other third world countries has been deafening enough to attract a tornado of backlashes at this moment,” Igbere TV reports that the statement read. “We are not happy that FG has remained silent. China, Turkey, and Iran h...

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7Jan By dthataNo Comments

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Governor Sanwo-Olu meets Buhari in Aso Rock (Photos)

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), and Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, met at the State House, Abuja, on Thursday. The reason for the meeting is yet unknown as at the time of filing this report. President @MBuhari received in audience @followlasg Governor, @jidesanwoolu at the State House, Abuja.

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7Dec By dthataNo Comments

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NASS Set For Showdown With Buhari Over Service Chiefs

The refusal of President Muhammadu Buhari to re­place the service chiefs de­spite repeated calls by the National Assembly and oth­er eminent Nigerians will be the major point of dis­cussion when the president meets with the House of Representatives on Thurs­day, Daily Independent has gathered. The lawmakers said they are ready to confront the president over the continued stay of the service chiefs, who they said lacked ideas on how to tackle the rising insecurity in the country. The lawmakers, who were disturbed by the worsening insecurity in the country, last week, summoned President Buhari over the murder of about 43 farmers by Boko Ha­ram terrorists in Zabarmari village, Jere Council of Borno State. The president later met with the Speaker of the House of Representatives, F...

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6Dec By dthataNo Comments

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Why I Rejected Jonathan & Supported Buhari In 2015 – Amaechi

The Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Amaechi, has claimed that former President Goodluck Jonathan offered him every opportunity to remain in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, but he rejected it. The minister says he went ahead to support President Muhammadu Buhari in 2015 because he is not tribalistic. The former governor of Rivers State was speaking in Port Harcourt on Saturday while receiving some party members who defected from the PDP. The minister explained that whatever he says in Rivers State would happen, adding that he would soon return to declare prayers in the state. He claimed that God gave him victory over Goodluck Jonathan in 2015. “You know, when Goodluck fought us, he was not fighting me, he was fighting God and I knew he would fail. Tell them fro...

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6Dec By dthataNo Comments

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PDP Reps Demand Impeachment Of Buhari

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Caucus of the House of Representatives has called on members of the Green Chamber, to commence impeachment proceedings against President Muhammadu Buhari. They opine, he is incapable of continuing as the leader of the country. Besides, the section of PDP lawmakers in the Green Chamber, urged members of his cabinet to declare him incapacitated, invoking section 144 of the 1999 constitution. By Clever Advertising The caucus “wants Nigerians to compel their representatives in the National Assembly to immediately commence impeachment proceedings against President Muhammadu Buhari for gross incompetence and persistent and continuous breach of Section 14(2)(b) of the 1999 Constitution. The Section provides ” the security and welfare of the people shall b...

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4Dec By dthataNo Comments

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Joe Igbokwe Praises Buhari, Says Most Americans Can’t Afford To Buy 50kg Rice

Joe Igbokwe wrote " A bag of 50kg rice is $200 in US. Most Americans can't afford it. Convert it to naira, you will see what God is using Buhari to do in Nigeria amidst covid-19. May PMB succeed".

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4Dec By dthataNo Comments

Crime

Boko Haram: We’ll not help Nigeria again, Buhari rubbished us after Jonathan left – Mercenaries

Days after North-East Governors urged President Muhammadu Buhari to use mercenaries to fight Boko Haram, the foreign military contractors earlier engaged by Nigeria have vowed never to return. The fighters took the battle to terrorists in Sambisa forest and other enclaves during the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan. Then, Nigeria covertly brought in ‘military-technical advisers’ regarded as mercenaries from South Africa and the former Soviet Union. Ahead of the 2015 general election, the hitmen day and night dealt Boko Haram severe blows. Regional security, defence and diplomatic sources were aware of the development. There was also a tacit confirmation by Jonathan that two companies were providing “trainers and technicians” to help Nigerian forces. Now, ...

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2Dec By dthataNo Comments

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Don’t Extend Your “Hatred” For Buhari To Nigeria – Lauretta Onochie

Senior Special Assistant on Social Media to President Buhari, Lauretta Onochie, has admonished Nigerians to show patriotism to the Country and her institutions despite their disposition towards her Principal, Muhammadu Buhari. Whilst she concedes that some might hate the President or legislators, she urged Nigerians to refrain from extending such "hate" to the Nation and her institutions. Recently, Onochie's nomination as a National Commissioner representing South-South at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was greeted with a sense of nationwide outrage by many who see it as a provocative assault on the 1999 Constitution (as amended). 1. If you choose to hate our President & Legislators, its ok But that hated must not be extended to Nigeria and her institu...

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1Dec By dthataNo Comments

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Nigeria Will Never Know Peace If Buhari, APC Remain In Power – Junaid Mohammed

Second Republic lawmaker, Dr. Mohammed Junaid, has said that as long as President Muhammadu Buhari and All progressives Congress, APC, are in power, Nigeria will never know peace. According to him, the task of governing the country is beyond President Buhari. Dr. Junaid stated this while reacting to the weekend killings of over 43 persons in Zabarmari in Jere Local Government Area of Borno State. Mohammed Junaid said: “I think Nigerians by now must have been sick and tired of the story of the massacre of innocent people in North-East, particularly in Borno State. “And certainly, Nigerians cannot pretend to be unaware of the bandits in North-West, particularly Zamfara, Katsina, Sokoto and Kaduna states. “So any attempt by Buhari, this lousy government to pretend that they we...

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30Nov By dthataNo Comments

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Anyim Pulled Out Of APC Defection Plan Over My Visit To Buhari – Umahi

The Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, on Sunday revealed that he planned his defection to the All Progressives Congress together with the former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator Pius Anyim. Umahi, who disclosed this while addressing APC stakeholders at a meeting held at the Bouquet Lodge of the old Government House, Abakaliki, said Anyim backed out of the plan because he (Umahi) went to see the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (rted.), over the defection plan without carrying him along. According the governor, the plan was for Anyim and other leaders to join him in the APC two weeks after he must have successfully defected. Umahi said he consulted all the National Assembly members and the elders in the state about his defection to the APC, addi...

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28Nov By dthataNo Comments

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Goodluck Jonathan Is Working For Buhari – APC

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said former president, Goodluck Jonathan, is working for the current government. The ruling party’s Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Yekini Nabena, stated this while answering questions on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Friday. Nabena also slammed the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for not being a worthy opposition. According to him, Jonathan has been working for the President Muhammadu Buhari administration, because he is a ‘progressive’ statesman. The visit by some APC chieftains to Jonathan last Friday, who contested in the 2011 and 2015 presidential elections on the platform of the PDP, raised the stakes in permutations for the 2023 general elections. But Nabena said, “We are not desperate. Goodluck Jonathan has be...

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25Nov By dthataNo Comments

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Atiku Has Nothing To Offer In The New Political Reality Of 2023 – Deji Adeyanju

I have nothing against Atiku & like I said during the 2019 election, he’s better than Buhari. In fact, anyone is better than Buhari. Atiku has nothing to offer in the new political reality of 2023 because the game has drastically changed. PDP must present a new face in 2023 to stand any chance because APC will be presenting a YOUNG PERSON & it will be easier to deceive Nigerians again. I tell you sis. If they allow Atiku to emerge, they will be in opposition for 8 more years. He should rest. The nation is tired of their set.

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15Nov By dthataNo Comments

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People Now Mock Me For Trekking From Gombe To Abuja For Buhari – Dahiru Buba

Dahiru Buba, 50, who trekked from Gombe to Abuja in support of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), in 2015, tells CHIMA AZUBUIKE how the physical exertion has affected his health for three years, his expectations of the Buhari regime, among other issues What do you do for a living? I’m currently unemployed; I have not had any source of livelihood for some time now. I have two wives and seven children. Are you a member of the ruling All Progressives Congress? Yes, I’m a card-carrying member of the APC in Gombe State. I duly registered at the ward level in Dukku. What is your relationship with Buhari? The only relationship I have with him is the love I have for the APC, Buhari’s personality as a man of integrity and as a lover of the masses. Wh...

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13Nov By dthataNo Comments

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Buhari, Ministers Should Cut Cost Of Governance Before NASS – Benjamin Kalu

The spokesperson of the House of Representatives says it is deceitful that Nigerians are being made to focus only on the national assembly. The House of Representatives has called on the Executive arm of Government to lead by example by cutting its own salaries, allowances and other office running costs, before advising others to do so. The spokesperson of the house, Benjamin Kalu, stated this on Thursday while briefing journalists in the National Assembly. Mr Kalu’s call is coming on the heels of calls by Nigerians for the reduction of salaries and allowances of members of the National Assembly.A section of Nigerians also called for part time legislative work to save the country from the needless financial haemorrhage. In August 2015, President Muhammadu Buharihad issued a...

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11Nov By dthataNo Comments

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Governor Zulum Hails UAE For Convicting Boko Haram Sponsors, Messages Buhari

Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has expressed excitement over the conviction of alleged Boko Haram sponsors in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Zulum said he was glad that for the first time in 11 years, there appeared to be a headway on tracking some financiers of the sect. The governor lamented that Boko Haram had killed thousands of citizens, displaced millions, and damaged private and public properties worth billions of Naira. In a statement on Tuesday by his spokesman, Isa Gusau, Zulum urged President Muhammadu Buhari to set up a multi-stakeholder committee to follow up on the UAE findings. He noted that such intelligence if authenticated, be used to expand search on other Boko Haram sponsors within and outside Nigeria. Zulum suggested that team members be drawn...

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7Nov By dthataNo Comments

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Sanwo-Olu Meets Buhari, Presents Report On Lagos Destruction

Governor @jidesanwoolu today, presented the report of the recent coordinated arson in Lagos State to President Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. In the report were the images of public and private assets destroyed in the violence sparked by the hijack of #EndSARS protest.

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5Nov By dthataNo Comments

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‘We Are Not A Military State, Buhari’- Oby Ezekwesili Reacts To Freezing Accounts Of #EndSARS Promoters

Oby Ezekwesili has asked the President Buhari-led government to stop the ''repressive acts'' being made on some #endSARS promoters. The former Minister of Education stated this on her Twitter handle this morning while reacting to the seizure of the passport of one of the #EndSARS promoters, Miss Odele, and the alleged freezing of accounts of persons identified to be promoters of the #EndSARS promoters. Oby stated that Nigeria is not a military State. Her tweets read: ''While other nations are trying to figure out their Post-COVID19 priorities and strategies, what do you think our own country is doing? Well, @MBuhari is busy with repressive acts against his young citizens who merely asked to be allowed to live by the @PoliceNG he supervises." "We are a constitutional democracy ...

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5Nov By dthataNo Comments

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$1.2 Billion Brazil Loan: PDP Taunts Buhari Over Reckless Borrowing

The @OfficialPDPNig is alarmed by fresh plans by President @MBuhari to further mortgage our nation through an additional $1.2 billion loan from Brazil despite the public outcry against the accumulation of loans from China and other foreign interests. The PDP cautions the @MBuhari Presidency not to further weaken our nation and using nebulous agricultural programmes as justification for further accumulation of foreign loans, without clear terms and conditions, to the detriment of the poor masses and generations yet unborn. The party further warns that the loan request, if approved by the @nassnigeria, will exacerbate our nation’s debt burden, mortgage our agricultural sector, weaken our investment capacity and worsen our food security challenge. Our party invites Nigerians to not...

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31Oct By dthataNo Comments

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I Beg To Feed Despite Working Under Buhari, Obasanjo, Gowon – Retired Capt. Amos Iyari Monye

Capt. Amos Iyari Monye (retd.) tells a Newsman how despite risking his life in the Nigerian Civil War, being shot and working with three senior officers who later became Heads of State/Presidents, he lives in poverty and begs to feed What was your service number in the army? I am Capt. Amos Iyari Monye (retd.), with number NA/1239. I was born in 1944 to the family of the late Pa Okoh Monye of Aligwe Quarters, Owa Alero, Ika North East Local Government Area of Delta State. What schools did you attend? I started primary education in 1952 and finished in 1958. I started secondary education in 1959 at C.M.S. Modern School, Agbor, Delta State and completed it in 1961. Thereafter, I was employed as a teacher at C.M.S. Primary School, Alihiagu in 1962. In April 1963, some of my co...

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29Oct By dthataNo Comments

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Governor Ganduje Reinstates Media Aide Suspended For Criticising Buhari

Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje , on Wednesday night , ordered the reinstatement of his Special Adviser on Media , Salihu Yakasai . The PUNCH had reported on October 11 , 2020 that Yakasai lambasted the President , Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd . ) , for not addressing Nigerians amid national outrage as well as days of online and offline protests against the Special Anti- Robbery Squad of the Nigeria Police Force . Yakasai , who tweeted through his handle , @ dawisu , had said the President has no empathy for Nigerians by his inaction . Reacting in a statement , the Kano State Government had described Yakasai ’ s comments as “ unguarded utterances” and suspended him “ with immediate effect ”. But in a tweet on Wednesday , the state government , @ KanostateNg , w...

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22Oct By dthataNo Comments

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Get Your Facts Right On Nigeria, Buhari Tells International Community

President Muhammadu Buhari has told the International Community that has expressed concern about the use of excessive force on the #EndSARS protesters to have all the facts before taking hasty decision. The President disclosed this Thursday during his address to the nation, days after the shooting of unarmed #EndSARS protesters at Lekki Toll Gate which ignited violence in several parts of the country.

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21Oct By dthataNo Comments

News

EndSARS: “Stop Violent Crackdown On Protesters” – Joe Biden To Buhari & Military

US Presidential candidate, Joe Biden has reacted to the shooting of #EndSARS Protesters by Security agents on Tuesday evening in Lekki area of Lagos. Biden, in a statement on Wednesday called on Nigeria's president, Muhammadu Buhari to stop using Military force on protesters. VIOLENCE IN NIGERIA – STATEMENT BY VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN I urge President Buhari and the Nigerian military to cease the violent crackdown on protesters in Nigeria, which has already resulted in several deaths. My heart goes out to all those who have lost a loved one in the violence. The United States must stand with Nigerians who are peacefully demonstrating for police reform and seeking an end to corruption in their democracy. I encourage the government to engage in a good-faith dialogue with civi...

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20Oct By BobbyNo Comments

News

President Buhari sacks National Copyright Commission’s chairman, Tonye Clinton Jaja

President Buhari has terminated the appointment of the Chairman, Governing Board of the Nigerian Copyright Commission, NCC, Tonye Clinton Jaja.   Jaja's sack was conveyed in a letter dated October 15 and signed by the Solicitor-General of the Federation and Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Justice, Dayo Apata (SAN).   The letter, titled: ‘Notification of your removal as Chairman, Governing Board of the Nigerian Copyright Commission’ reads   “I have been directed to notify you of your removal as the Chairman. Governing Board of the Nigerian COpyright Commission by the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, His Excellency, Muhammadu Buhari, (JCFR1 as conveyed vide letter Ref: 593I2N/230 of 28m September, 2020. Your removal is with immediate ef...

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20Oct By dthataNo Comments

Politics

#ENDSARS: It’s Your Right To Protest, Buhari Tells Youths

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari on Monday said that it was the right of the youths to protest and make certain demands from their leaders. The President also said that the young generation should be allowed to exercise their fundamental rights, but advised that they should not allow their genuine concerns to be hijacked by hoodlums. This was disclosed by the Minister of Youths and Sports Development, Mr. Sunday Dare, after meeting with the President at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Briefing State House correspondents at the end of the meeting, Mr. Dare said President Buhari appealed to #EndSARS protesters to give the federal government time to address their demands as the team set up has already gone to work. He said that he briefed the President on the protest against police b...

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19Oct By dthataNo Comments

Politics

#Endsars: Buhari Mocks Dead Police Victims – Tunde Odesola

When #EndSARS protesters upended one of the czars of Nigeria’s 36 states, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, in Lagos and he fled in surrender to Aso Rock last week, the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), burst into laughter. Buhari’s laughter wasn’t hearty. It was dry and mirthless, whizzing like a horsewhip on bare skin in harmattan. The laughter echoes the snapping of the windpipe when the tiger buries its yellow fangs in the back of the antelope’s neck, eyes glazed. To many, Buhari’s laughter, sardonically, betrays the ultimate insincerity of Aso Rock about solving Nigeria’s problems. To some others, the unsaid words behind the laughter was, “See how dis small boy governor dey shake like leaf because of common protest. Kai, he don see fire!” In truth, I agree that Sanwo-Olu ...

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19Oct By dthataNo Comments

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EndSARS: Falz Has A Message For Buhari And Governors (Video)

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6Oct By dthataNo Comments

News

Man Names His Newborn Son ‘Buhari’ In Jos In Honour Of The President

One Abdul from Jos, Plateau State on Sunday, October 4, named his newborn son Buhari because of the love he has for President Muhammadu Buhari. According to Abdul, he made a promise to name his son after President Buhari when a Katsina man officially changed his son's name from Buhari to Suleiman to show his disappointment with the president's performance in office.  

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6Oct By dthataNo Comments

Politics

Buhari Approves ₦10 Billion For Census

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved release of N10 billion to the National Population Commission (NPC) for continuation of the Enumeration Area Demarcation (EAD) in the remaining 546 Local Government Area of the country. Buhari also approved an additional N4.5 billon to be included in the 2021 Budget for completion of the exercise as part of the preparations for the next census. Acting Chairman of NPC, Dr. Eyitayo Oyetunji,disclosed these in Abuja while briefing reporters on the release of the funds and the update on the EAD at the NPC headquarters  

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3Oct By dthataNo Comments

Politics

Independence: Facts Don’t Lie, Atiku Replies Buhari On Performance

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has advised the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), and his regime to stick to facts when criticising previous administrations. In an apparent response to Buhari’s 60th Independence anniversary speech on October 1, Atiku defended economic decisions taken by the President Olusegun Obasanjo-led administration in which he served as a Vice President. In a tweet on his verified Twitter handle, @atiku, on Friday, the former Vice President wrote, “Between 1999 and 2007, Nigeria paid off her entire foreign debt while maintaining an unprecedented six per cent annual GDP growth. “Those were periods of national restoration, and I am very proud of the work President Obasanjo and I did for this nation we care so much for. Facts don’t lie....

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8Sep By dthataNo Comments

Politics

Fuel Hike: You Are Pushing Nigerians To The Wall, PDP Cautions Buhari

The @OfficialPDPNig cautions that the @MBuhari Presidency is pushing Nigerians to the wall with its arrogant display of insensitivity and total disregard to the demands by the citizens to effect an immediate downward review in the pump price of fuel.

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11Aug By dthataNo Comments

Politics

I Ask For More Patience In Tackling Insecurity – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has appealed to Nigerians to exercise more patience in his administration’s fight against insecurity. The President made this known in a statement released on Monday August 10, where he disclosed that they are investing heavily in acquiring modern equipment. He added that when the equipment arrive, security operatives will undergo training ahead of deployment to the field. The statement read; We are working very hard to ensure the security situation in every part of Nigeria improves very soon. As part of our efforts, we are investing heavily in acquiring modern equipment. Some have arrived, some are being cleared at the Ports, and we have others still on their way. Our government is doing its best on the question of equipment, and the military kn...

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9Aug By dthataNo Comments

Politics

Buhari Approves Judicial Panel Of Enquiry Over Allegations Against Magu

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the establishment of a Judicial Commission of Enquiry to investigate the alleged financial impropriety and mismanagement of recovered assets levelled against the suspended Acting Chairman of the EFCC, Mr Ibrahim Magu. Magu was accosted on July 6, 2020, in front of the Wuse Office of the EFCC and directed to appear before the Salami-led panel. Although Buhari’s letter approving the judiciary panel was written on July 3, 2020, its terms of reference and allegation against Magu were made available to him on Saturday, August 8. Multiple sources close to the Presidency also disclosed that the panel has been given 45 days to submit its report within 45 days of its public sitting. The President named a 7-man panel, which is still headed by ...

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4Aug By dthataNo Comments

Politics

The Buhari The International Community Knows By Femi Adesina

THE BUHARI THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY KNOWS By Femi Adesina The Nigerian President is different things to different people, depending on the prism from which he is being considered. To some people, Muhammadu Buhari is a father figure. At 77 years old, he qualifies. To some others, he’s the greatest crowd pulling politician the country has seen for some time, and may yet see for a long time to come. True. And yet, to some others, he’s the strict man of discipline and integrity, who sets his face as flint against all forms of graft and avarice. Very true. President Buhari is all these, and even more. But how does the international community see him? How do leaders of other countries, and people of weight and reckoning see the man who is a gift to the Nigerian nation? For th...

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12Jun By dthataNo Comments

Politics

You Are Always In Shock, We Don’t Need A Shock Absorber – Reno Omokri To Buhari

Dear General @MBuhari, You always express “Shock” at Nigeria’s challenges. Nigeria does not need a SHOCK ABSORBER! We need a leader that can address these challenges. You job is to solve problems, not to express shock. You need my book #StartSolvingProblems #BuhariTormentor

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