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Latest Politics, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Presidency
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2015
PDP National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh The Peoples Democratic Party on Tuesday cried out that the ruling All Progressives Congress-led Federal Government under President Muhammadu Buhari had been treating members of the main opposition party as ‘criminal and prisoners of war.’ The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh, accused Buhari’s government of engaging […]
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General Politics, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Latest Politics, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency, Top Stories
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2015
BY MOSHOOD ADEBAYO Barely one week, after he defended his choice of successor in 2007, former President Olusegun Obasanjo has pointedly accused former President Goodluck Jonathan of paying people to attack him. Obasanjo, who also reflected on the despotic regime of the late maximum ruler, General Sani Abacha, stated that he would have been killed […]
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American Politics, Latest Politics, Presidency
Monday, July 20th, 2015
Pres. Buhari and Obama at the Oval Office today Getty Images The Nigeria leader arrived in the US via the Andrews Airfare Base around 4p.m. EST on Sunday and immediately moved into the Blair House guest house of the US President. After checking-in, the President met with members of his entourage, which includes five state […]
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Columnists, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), NNP Columnists, Presidency, Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye
Monday, July 20th, 2015
By Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye | Lagos, Nigeria | July 20, 2015 – The recent N400 billion bailout approved for the states by President Muhammadu Buhari to offset the backlog of salary owed to civil servants would certainly bring immense relief to the affected workers and their families. It is difficult to imagine how these Nigerians were […]
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American Politics, Latest Politics, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), Presidency
Monday, July 20th, 2015
| credits: @GarShehu President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday arrived Washington DC on a four-day official visit to United States, where he is expected to discuss bilateral issues with President Barrack Obama and other government officials. The president, who arrived at Joint Based Andrews Airport Washington, was received by the Assistant Secretary of State […]
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American Politics, Latest Politics, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), Presidency
Monday, July 20th, 2015
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 […]
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Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), Presidency
Friday, July 17th, 2015
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 […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Latest Politics, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Presidency
Friday, July 17th, 2015
A Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) stalwart and ex- Parliamentary Liaison Adviser to late President Umaru Ya’Adua, Senator Abba Aji, has blamed former President Goodluck Jonathan for what he called the deliberate destruction of the party (PDP) before leaving office two month ago. Abba Aji who was justifying his decision to quit his party (PDP) to […]
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Latest Politics, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), Presidency
Friday, July 17th, 2015
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 […]
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Headlines, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency, Umaru Musa Yar'Adua (2007-10)
Friday, July 17th, 2015
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo said on Wednesday that he chose the late former President Umaru Yar’ Adua as his successor because the others, who wanted the post, were corrupt. Obasanjo said one of the people who wanted to succeed him in 2007 was “stinkingly corrupt” and that the only way he (Obasanjo) could justify himself […]
