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Buhari Seeks Stronger Ties In Phone Call With Turkish Leader

May 16, 2021 1:19 am

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has called for stronger Nigeria-Turkey ties.

This was made known in a statement issued by a presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, he stated that President Buhari made the call when he put a phone call across to his Turkish counterpart, Tecep Tayyep Erdoğan, yesterday in the statehouse.

According to the statement, Buhari had fruitful discussions with Erdoğan and also expressed satisfaction with existing bilateral ties between the two countries while calling for greater Turkish participation in the economy and the humanitarian efforts in the Northeast.

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Buhari Pushing Nigeria to Disintegration - Abaribe

Buhari Pushing Nigeria to Disintegration – Abaribe

April 30, 2021 4:32 am

The Senate Minority leader, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe has raised the alarm that President Muhammadu Buhari was pushing the country to war and subsequent disintegration by his actions and inactions.

The vocal senator, who presently represents Abia Central senatorial district in Abia State said the spates of insecurity and killings in all parts of the country were caused by Buhari’s policy of nepotism bad sectionalism.

In his keynote address delivered yesterday at 2021 law week of the Owerri Branch of the Nigeria Bar Association, Abaribe said that the ‘president’s enthronement of sectionalism and nepotism has led to the country to be …

Terrorism Is Africa’s Major Problem – Buhari

Terrorism Is Africa’s Major Problem – Buhari

December 7, 2020 4:31 am

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that the major challenge Africa faces is the threat of terrorist activities and other crimes.

He said the continent must achieve a new trajectory of peace, security and stability.

Buhari made the call at the 14th extra-ordinary session of the Assembly of the African Union (AU) on ‘Silencing the Gun’, held virtually on Sunday.

He urged African leaders to promote the implementation of arms control instruments and embargoes.

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The Nigerian leader said the increasing number of peace agreements and efforts in conflict situations across Africa …

Buhari gets 14-day deadline to probe N300bn missing funds

Buhari Gets 14-Day Deadline To Probe ₦300bn Missing Funds

July 5, 2020 9:23 am

Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari has been issued 14-day ultimatum to probe over ₦300 billion missing public funds or have his government face redress in court.

The ultimatum was giving by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP).

The body is asking Buhari to direct the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Mr Abubakar Malami, SAN, and appropriate anti-corruption agencies to urgently investigate allegations that over ₦300 billion of public funds are missing, mismanaged, diverted or stolen, as documented in the 2017 audited report by the Auditor General of the Federation (AGF).

It also urged him to ask …

Abba Kyari - A Tale Of A Hero And A Villain

Abba Kyari: A Tale Of A Hero And A Villain

April 23, 2020 7:05 pm

Nobody is all-round bad, there must be places where the person has to be good. People often don’t treat everyone they meet equally, there must be ones they will treat better because of some attachments and sentiments.

Influential people are different things to different people. To some, they are saviour, while to others they are oppressors. Just like very bad politicians are saviours to the people who eat from the same pot with them, while they are evil to the greater masses.
Abacha was a looter to Nigeria masses, but to Buhari, he never stole.

It’s unheard of to see …

“Where Is Buhari” Nigerians Mock President Buhari

“Where Is Buhari?” Nigerians Mock President Buhari

March 27, 2020 6:46 am

“Where is Buhari?” That’s the question on everyone’s lips.

In the wake of the speculations that the Nigerian president has been secretly flown to London for treatment amidst the coronavirus pandemic, dissatisfied Nigerians have asked their elected president to dispel the rumour by addressing them.

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Rather than address the citizens, the Nigerian President handle on Twitter (@NGRPresident), posted a photo of him sitting at his office and working with the caption:

The concocted audio message about President @MBuhari’s whereabouts should be totally disregarded. It is Fake News in its entirety.

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Buhari Group Insists President In Charge Of Nigeria

February 20, 2020 4:31 am

The Buhari Media Organisation (BMO), has declared that President Muhammadu Buhari is fully in charge of the Nigerian government.

This was contained in a statement signed by the Chairman, Niyi Akinsiju, and the Secretary, Cassidy Madueke, MBO.

Talks about Buhari not being in control of government have made headlines.

An instance of this came to the fore this week after the National Security Adviser (NSA), Babagana Monguno accused Buhari’s Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari, of usurping his powers and issuing orders to Service Chiefs in the president’s name.

BMO, however, advised Nigerians to disregard claims that Buhari had abdicated

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Visa

US Visa Ban: You Closed Nigerian Borders, Trump Was Right

February 1, 2020 1:02 pm
Former Senator representing Kaduna Central Senatorial district, Shehu Sani, has reacted to the visa ban on Nigerian and five other countries by the U.S. President, Donald Trump.

DAILY POST reported earlier that U.S. President, Donald Trump imposed a visa ban on Nigeria and five other countries, which is expected to take effect on February 22.

Sani who, was recently released from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) custody for alleged fraud, said the United States government has the right to impose a travel ban on Nigeria.

He supposedly inferred that the ban is ’right’ since the Nigerian government also

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Toby

Insecurity: Nigeria Has Never Come To This Level – Toby

February 1, 2020 10:48 am

The Deputy Minority Leader House of Representatives, RT. Hon. Toby Okechukwu has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to quickly address the security challenges facing the country, as it relates to the tenure of Service Chiefs, in line with the laws of the country.

The lawmaker declared that historicaly, Nigeria had never come to this level of perdition.

DAILY POST reports that he spoke against the backdrop of the outcry in the country over the rampaging activities of terrorists and bandits across the country.

This was contained in a statement issued by his media aide, Tochukwu Chukwu, who quoted the lawmaker to

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Abaribe

Resign Now, You’ve Failed – Bamgbose Backs Abaribe

February 1, 2020 10:47 am
Barrister Olusegun Bamgbose, the National Coordinator, Concerned Advocates for Good Governance, CAGG, has joined voices with those calling for the immediate resignation of President Muhammadu Buhari.

DAILY POST reported earlier that Senate Minority Leader, Enyinnaya Abaribe, had while contributing to a debate on the deteriorating security situation in the country on the floor of the Senate, called on President Buhari to resign, adding that the present administration had failed to proffer solutions to the high rate of insecurity across Nigeria.

In a reaction to the call, the Presidency, dismissed Abaribe as an “arm chair critic” describing the comment as “foolish.”

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PDP

PDP Backs Calls For Buhari’s Resignation, Gives Reasons

January 30, 2020 4:26 am
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has backed the call by the Senate Minoriry Leader, Senator Eyinnaya Abaribe, asking President Muhammadu Buhari to resign.

Kola Ologbondiyan, PDP National Publicity Secretary, in a statement on Wednesday, said it supported the call because Buhari had displayed a disheartening dereliction of duty.

PDP recalled comments by Buhari expressing surprise at the heightened insecurity across the country as defeatist, demoralizing and traumatizing.

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The opposition stated that the President directly admitted that he was overwhelmed and lacked the required capacity to articulate and implement

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Service Chiefs

Sack Service Chiefs Now – Reps Tell Buhari

January 30, 2020 4:24 am
The House of Representatives has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to relieve the nation’s Service Chiefs of their jobs.

The call was sequel to the adoption of a motion of urgent public importance moved by Abubakar Fulata.

Fulata who is a member of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) said that irrespective of their tenure, the service chiefs should resign.

He argued that doing the same thing over time without a tweak in tactic would yield the same result, and to expect something different is “insanity.”

“Whether their tenures have expired or not, they should resign,” Mr Fulata said of the

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