INTERVIEW: Buhari speaks to TheCable on herdsmen, militants and ‘selective probe’

During the week in London, President Muhammadu Buhari spoke on burning national issues to journalists from four media houses, including TheCable. Below are the excerpts. ON A PERMANENT SOLUTION TO THE HERDSMEN CRISIS The problem is virtually as old as Nigeria itself. Culturally, the herdsmen don’t stay in one place. They move with the season. Normally, […]

Buhari, Wike in a closed door meeting

Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja -Punch President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday met briefly behind closed door with Rivers State Governor, Mr. Nyesom Wike. The meeting which was held inside the President’s office at the Presidential Villa, Abuja did not last up to 30 minutes. Wike arrived for the meeting at about 2pm and left a few minutes […]

Buhari: Cleaning the Augean Stables – By Mike Rapu

By Mike Rapu | Lagos, Nigeria | May 13, 2016 – Augeas, the mythical king of Elis, kept great stables that held 3,000 oxen and had not been cleaned for thirty years – until Hercules was assigned the job. Hercules accomplished this task by causing two rivers to run through the stables. This story depicts […]

Attack on dep gov: Edo APC appeals to Presidency

Attack on dep gov: Edo APC appeals to Presidency — 4th May 2016 THE Edo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has called on the national leadership of the party and the presidency to wade into what it described as “ugly trend in the ongoing campaign ahead the governorship primary in the state. In […]

If I Were to do it Again, I Will Vote Buhari – By Olusola Daniels

By Olusola Daniel | Lagos, Nigeria | May 3, 2016 – I am aware some people may not be comfortable with my title, but I need to share my perspectives nonetheless. Hear me and hear me well: If I were to do it again, I will vote Buhari. I have few regrets in my life, […]

Buhari’s reaction to herdsmen killings shocking – Soyinka

Prof. Wole Soyinka Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has criticized President Muhammadu Buhari for his reaction to increasing attacks and killings by herdsmen in several states in the country. Soyinka in an address to the National Conference on Culture and Tourism on Wednesday said he was shocked by the President’s claim that the attacks would soon be […]

Minister defends Buhari’s many foreign trips

  -Sun The Minister of Foreign Affairs,Mr Goeffrey Onyeama on Monday said the overseas trips embarked upon by President Mohammed Buhari were carefully selected in line with certain priorities and development objectives of the country. The minister spoke in Lagos at a town hall meeting organized to brief the public on the activities of the […]

Buhari charges Immigration to shun corruption, other vices

Buhari charges Immigration to shun corruption, other vices — 8th April 2016 From Abdullahi Shuaibu, Lafia President Muhammadu Buhari has charged officers and men of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) to shun corruption and other vices that would affect effective discharge of their duties. The president, who made the call in Lafia, Nasarawa State, during the 2016 comptroller […]

Opinion: Is President Buhari an especially upright leader?

Is President Buhari an especially upright leader? — 31st March 2016 LET us not waste anybody’s time with intros. Rather let us go for the jugular: If the question: Is President Muhamadu Buhari, General, Re­tired, an especially upright person or leader is raised, the answer is and must be no, a capital no. Repeat, no. ‘The […]

Nigerians are suffering, Buhari must stop needless foreign trips –Fayose

Nigerians are suffering, Buhari must stop needless foreign trips –Fayose — 2nd April 2016 BY WOLE BALOGUN, ADO EKITI EKITI State governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, has called on well-meaning Nigeri­ans to prevail on President Mohammadu Buhari to stop his needless foreign trips, describing the president’s trip to the United States of America on Wednesday for the 4th […]

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