Nigeria-U.S. Ties in focus as Buhari visits Obama

  Photo: Vanguard President Buhari, in Washington for his meeting with President Obama, on July 20 is staying at Blair House, the official guest house of the president across the street from the White House. In his inaugural speech as Nigerian president on May 29, 2015, Mr. Muhammadu Buhari memorably declared: “I belong to everybody […]

Buhari denies anti-Igbo sentiments in BBC interview

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has denied expressing anti-Igbo sentiments in a recent interview with the BBC Hausa Service as claimed by a pirate radio station, describing it as “completely false, malicious and slanderous.” A statement by Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said the voice being ascribed to Buhari in […]

Buhari dissolves federal boards, sacks NIMASA D-G 0

From Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked the Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Mr. Patrick Ziakede Akpobolokemi. Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President, Femi Adesina,‎ in a statement, said the sack is with  immediate effect. Akpobolokemi will hand over to the most senior officer in […]

Buhari, Osinbajo slash salary by 50%

    President Muhammadu Buhari President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo have announced their decision to take only 50 per cent of the salary approved for them by the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission. Their decision was contained in a statement made available to journalists on Friday by the Senior Special Assistant […]

Military: Nigeria’s big shame, says Buhari

President still compiling shopping list for G7 leaders FROM JULIANA TAIWO-OBALONYE, ABUJA President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday described as shameful for Nigeria whose military might helped end the wars in Burma, Zaire , Liberia, Sierra Leone and Sudan, now rely on its neighbours to end the insurgency in the North-easten part of the country. This is […]

The bureaucrats running Buhari’s govt

  The bureaucrats While Nigeria currently does not have substantive ministers assisting President Muhammadu Buhari to run the government, state affairs must continue. Our correspondents examine the people who perform these tasks pending the appointment of substantive ministers For no fewer than 38 days, the country’s Federal Executive Council which was dissolved by former President […]

Buhari, Obama and same-sex marriage

    Buhari, Obama ENIOLA AKINKUOTU examines the implications of the United States’ Supreme Court judgment on the foreign policy outlook of President Barack Obama In less than three weeks, President Muhammadu Buhari will visit his counterpart in the United States, Barack Obama, for the first time to discuss political and economic issues as well […]

No mercy: President Buhari vows to crush Boko Haram as protesters call for second Biafra

  President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the latest attacks carried out by suspected members of terror group Boko Haram. More than 50 people died last week after three separate attacks in the country. At least 42 people died in two attacks in Borno state which followed the deaths of at least 10 people at a […]

Buhari dissolves NNPC board

NNPC Towers Abuja | credits: ookaboo.com Almost a month after he assumed office, President Muhammadu Buhari has dissolved the Board of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation with immediate effect. The announcement was made in a terse statement issued on Friday by the Director of Communications in the Office of the Head of Civil Service of […]

Emerging Perspectives on Buhari – By Dr. Jideofor Adibe

By Dr. Jideofor Adibe | London, UK | June 27, 2015 – It is now over three weeks since Buhari was sworn in as President. Given the euphoria that trailed his election, what are the general impressions of him and his regime so far? Slow take-off of the government Buhari is the first President of […]

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