Human Rights Records under Buhari and Goodluck Jonathan – By A.C. Akuta

By C.V. Akuta | London, UK | Dec. 28, 2014 – Buhari’s military government jailed two (2) journalists using decree 4, and their offence was that, they published the list of Nigeria’s ambassadorial postings before it was officially released by the government. Thus, Buhari’s military government then considered it a breach of State security. If […]

The Buhari Re-Emergence and Some Implications for Nigeria – By Akintokunbo A. Adejumo

By Akintokunbo A. Adejumo | Ibadan, Nigeria | Dec. 26, 2014 – Shortly after the coup of December 1983 in Nigeria, in which the seemingly no-nonsense duo of General Muhammadu Buhari and General Babatunde Idiagbon took over by force the government of Nigeria from the corrupt and inept Shehu Shagari-led civilian regime, I was invited […]

The sacrifice Nigeria needs from Buhari

  Fomer Head of State, Maj-Gen. Mohammadu Buhari (retd.) | credits: file photo I would go straight to the point. I do not share the widely raging sentiment that posits the acclaimed apostle of discipline, Maj. Gen. Muhamadu Buhari, as the solution to the perceived cluelessness that presently plagues my dear country. I am not, […]

I know Babangida was planning to overthrow me — Buhari (and you did nothing)

Former Head of State, Muhammadu Buhari has stated that he was aware that Ibrahim Babangida was planning to overthrow him in 1985. Buhari, a retired major general and presidential aspirant on the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC), told TheCable: “It is true that I learnt he was planning a coup against me. And I […]

Buhari: We will fight with our life – Ameachi

Buhari:  Beyond a presidential declaration! He may have run for Nigeria’s presidency in the past without success, but the massive turnout of people on the declaration of his intent to run for the same office on the platform of the All Progressive Congress, APC, in 2015 on Wednesday may just be an indication that the […]

My Marshall Plan to save Nigeria – Buhari

By Emmanuel Aziken, Political Editor & Levinus Nwabughiogu ABUJA—Former Head of State, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, laid down a nine-point agenda to salvage Nigeria from what he termed the increasing rot in all critical sectors of the polity. Buhari’s public declaration for the 2015 presidential election on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, […]

Who is Afraid of General Muhammadu Buhari? – By Theophilus Ilevbare

By Theophilus Ilevbare | NNP | Sept. 5, 2014 – The attempt to snuff life out of one of Nigeria’s most revered former Head of State, General Muhammadu Buhari, in a fiendish operation which would have passed for a routine Boko Haram attack if their hand had performed their enterprise, would have thrown Nigeria in […]

Buhari in narrow escape as Kaduna blasts kill 70

  Pix 1: Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari’s jeep after it was hit by a lone bomber in Kaduna…on Wednesday. (Pix 2) Another partially damaged vehicle in Buhari’s convoy. (Pix 3) Another scene of the blasts. | credits: Godwin Isenyo and Buhari Vanguard. Two explosions ripped through parts of Kaduna in Kaduna State on Wednesday, killing […]

Nigeria heading for anarchy, Buhari warns (The same anarchy you formented when you lost the presidential elections)

Former Head of State, Major General Muhammadu Buhari, has raised the alarm over the threat of impeachments in some states, declaring that anarchy looms in the country. In a statement dated July 20, 2014 and released yesterday, entitled: “Pull Back Nigeria from the Brink,” Buhari stated that the impeachment of Adamawa State governor, Murtala Nyako, […]

The Kidnap of Umaru Dikko – 1984 – By Max Siollun

By Max Siollun | NNP | July 19, 2014 – On 31 December, 1983, the elected government of Nigeria was overthrown in a military coup by the country’s army. The new military government jailed several government ministers for corruption and embezzlement while in office. However, the powerful former Transport Minister, Umaru Dikko, fled to London. […]

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