April 2021

The member, House of Representatives, representing Ede North, Ede South, Egbedore and Ejigbo Federal Constituency of Osun State, Bamidele Salam has noted that the media handlers of the presidency have become very ‘cheap’ in the way they have been communicating the thoughts of President Muhammadu Buhari on issues to Nigerians with regard to the recent surge in insecurity, hyper-inflation and other economic woes bedevilling the country.

According to the journalist turned legislator, the public responses of the numerous presidential spokesman are often inelegant, verbose and disrespectful to the feelings of the generality of peace loving Nigerians.

Bamidele noted that ‘not

The Acting National Leader of Afenifere, Ayo Adebanjo, has said that President Buhari has a hidden agenda for rejecting calls for restructuring.

Adebanjo made this known to newsmen at the service of songs and tribute ceremony held for lthe ate Yinka Odumakin, while reacting to presidential spokesperson, Garba Shehu’s statement that Buhari won’t be bullied into ‘settling’ secessionists.

The Afenifere leader wondered why the presidential spokesperson will say the president is not interested in restructuring when the people have said what they want.

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He, however, maintained that there will …

The security in Chad at the moment is air tight, as about a dozen African heads of state and French President Emmanuel Macron are expected to attend the funeral of the late Chadian President, Idriss Déby Itno, even as rebels threaten to to resume an offensive on the capital.

According to reports, several of the Chadian army officers, led by General Idriss Abdéramane Dicko, also refused to recognise the authority of the Transitional Military Council, led by Mahamat Idriss Déby. While Mahamat took over as head of the Military Transitional Council after the death of his father, the Chadian opposition …

Members of the UN Security Council have appealed to Somalia’s leaders to return to the negotiating table, following the controversial extension of the president’s term by parliament.

The members have also welcomed the plan by the African Union (AU) to mediate the talks.

Somali leaders were urged to implement the 17 September 2020 agreement on an electoral framework – under which clan elders would select delegates to electoral colleges, which in turn choose federal lawmakers who then pick a president.

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Somalia’s President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo asked the AU …