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Opinion: Removing Buhari Alone Will Not Solve All Our Problems – Fani-Kayode

3Sep

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News, Nigeria

Opinion: Removing Buhari Alone Will Not Solve All Our Problems – Fani-Kayode

Election fever has gripped our country and many want to be President. Some are serious contenders whilst others are not. Yet the truth is that our problems cannot be solved simply by a Presidential election. It is a good start but it is not a cure all. We need to do far more than just electing a new President if we want lasting peace, if we want to flourish as a people and if we want to grow as a nation. Anyone that believes that removing Buhari alone will solve all our problems is naive and shortsighted. We need to go much further than that. The reality is that the problems of Nigeria can only be solved by having a credible and all-encompassing referendum and ensuring that our so-called federation is properly and thoroughly restructured. Anything short of that means we are simpl...

Opinion: Open Letter to President Muhammadu Buhari on the State of the Nation – Timi Frank

28Aug

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Economy, News, Nigeria

Opinion: Open Letter to President Muhammadu Buhari on the State of the Nation – Timi Frank

Dear Sir, I write this letter to you, Mr. President, with all sincerity and humility, as it is my very first letter to you since your emergence as President and Commander-In-Chief of the Armed Forces of our great country, Nigeria. I would first of all like to use this opportunity to formally apologise to the immediate past President of Nigeria, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, for all the tantrums and mistreatment orchestrated by me against his person while he held sway at the helm of affairs of our great country. Indeed, I and many others may have misunderstood Jonathan’s silence for weakness and thus pushed harder to malign his person and portray him as a weak leader. Having achieved the Change Agenda, it is now crystal clear, that the change we had clamoured for is not the change w...

World: I Never Want to Meet Someone as Lifeless Again – Trump, Speaking About Buhari

27Aug

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Africa, Kenya, Nigeria

World: I Never Want to Meet Someone as Lifeless Again – Trump, Speaking About Buhari

"I never want to meet someone so lifeless again". This according to Financial Times was what Donald Trump, President of the United States said to an aid after President Buhari's much touted visit to the United States Months back. This revelation is coming on the heels of Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta's scheduled visit to the White House. According to the report, Trumps aids pushing for closer ties with Africa say they hope "his encounter with the younger, more urbane Mr Kenyatta, 56, will breathe fresh life into a relationship with a region that Washington is seen to have neglected." Source: Financial Times

Opinion: Comparison Between Obasanjo, Jonathan and Buhari Shows Buhari is not Fighting Corruption – Femi Aribisala

23Aug

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Corruption, News, Nigeria

Opinion: Comparison Between Obasanjo, Jonathan and Buhari Shows Buhari is not Fighting Corruption – Femi Aribisala

Record has it that President Obasanjo sacked his IGP Tafa Balogun for corruption. He sacked the then Senate President Adolfus Wabara for corruption. He also sacked his own ministers, Fabian Osuji, S.M Afolabi, Hussein Akwanga, Tim Menakaya, etc for corruption. He also sacked Mrs Mobolaji Osomo for administrative infraction. The same way late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua sacked Mrs Adenike Grange as Minister of Health for administrative infraction. It is on record that President Jonathan also sacked Stella Odua for corruption. Stella Odua was one of the most powerful ministers in President Jonathan's administration. But when she erred, President Jonathan sacked her. President Jonathan also sacked Mr. Abdulrasheed Maina as the Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Pension Reform ...

Opinion: A President Only Deserves a Second Term Because He Can WORK, Not Because He Can WALK – Reno Omokri

22Aug

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Fitness and Wellbeing, News, Nigeria

Opinion: A President Only Deserves a Second Term Because He Can WORK, Not Because He Can WALK – Reno Omokri

arba Sheu This is the response former aid to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri gave to Garba Shehu's claim that President was fit to run for a second term having trekked for 800 meters yesterday. In a series of tweets, Reno said that since he jogs 5 miles daily, he was clearly better suited for the job. He statement read thus: "Garba Shehu says Buhari is good for a 2nd term not because of the economy he gave Nigeria (he wrecked it) not for the security he gave (Nigeria is insecure), not for the jobs he gave Nigeria (we lost 11 million jobs under him). But because he walked 800 meters today. See Also: Nigeria: President Buhari Treks a “Whooping” 800 Meters "Garba Shehu says because Buhari walked for 800 meters today he is ready for a 2nd term. How can you sell a ca...

Nigeria: President Buhari Treks a “Whooping” 800 Meters

21Aug

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Fitness and Wellbeing, News, Nigeria

Nigeria: President Buhari Treks a “Whooping” 800 Meters

In an obvious attempt at showing Nigerians and the world that he is indeed fit, President Buhari today trekked the whole of 800 meters home. Buhari had gone to a mosque in his hometown Daura for Eid el-Kabir prayer after which he trekked home. The distance of the mosque to his home is about 800 meters. 800 meters is the about the same as walking up and down the length of a standard football pitch about four times. According to reports from the News Agency of Nigeria, he was cheered on by well wisher with the chant of "sai baba".

Nigeria: The Tinubu Rhetoric – My Response by Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki

20Aug

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News, Nigeria

Nigeria: The Tinubu Rhetoric – My Response by Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki

I have always restrained from joining issues in the media with Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and this is based on my respect for him. However, I will not allow him to create a wrong, false and mischievous impression about the reasons for my decision to exit the All Progressives Congress (APC) and present his prejudice as facts for public consumption. I have been consistent in my complaints to all leaders of the APC, including Tinubu, that a situation where the National Assembly is not constructively engaged or carried along in key policy decisions, particularly those that will eventually require legislative approval, is not in the best interest of the nation. No genuine leader of the legislature will be comfortable that the Presidency will simply write a terse letter to the National Assembl...

Nigeria: President Buhari Returns After 15 Days

18Aug

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Breaking News, News, Nigeria

Nigeria: President Buhari Returns After 15 Days

President Buhari has returned to the country after spending about 15 days on his 10 day vacation to the UK. It will be recalled that President Buhari left Nigeria on the 3rd of August on what was called a 10-day vacation. It was therefore expected that he will return by the 13th. His failure to return at the expected time started generating rumours regarding the actual reason for his visit to the UK and the state of his health. Announcing his return this evening, Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, wrote on his Facebook page "President Buhari returns to Abuja after 10 working days holiday to an enthusiastic reception from Nigerians on 18th August 2018"

18Aug

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Africa, Breaking News, News

Africa: Kofi Annan Passes On at 80

Koffi Annan, former United Nations Secretary-General, has passed on at the age of 80. His death was announced in a tweet from his Twitter account @KofiAnnan. The tweet read "It is with immense sadness that the Annan family and the Kofi Annan Foundation announce that Kofi Annan, former Secretary General of the United Nations and Nobel Peace Laureate, passed away peacefully on Saturday 18th August after a short illness." Kofi Annan passed on in Switzerland and his family has requested that some privacy be accorded them as they mourn the passing of their father and the Nobel Peace Prize winner. They however promised to announce arrangements for his burial later.

Nigeria: No Foreign Pressure on President Buhari to Drop 2nd Term Bid – Femi Adesina

15Aug

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News, Nigeria

Nigeria: No Foreign Pressure on President Buhari to Drop 2nd Term Bid – Femi Adesina

Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity has debunked rumours that the President was under pressure from foreign nations to drop his 2nd term bid. In a statement released today, Adesina said "It is necessary to respond to a tendentious story published today as cover choice by Daily Independent Newspaper. "Under the headline, 'Pressure mounts on Buhari not to seek re-election,' the fiction parading as news claims that foreign powers, including the European Union, United States of America, United Kingdom, and Saudi Arabia, are putting pressure on President Buhari not to seek re-election, due to some concocted reasons. "We thought fake news was the sole preserve of the social media in this season. Alas, a traditional medium has caught the bug. Obviously...