Muhammadu Buhari

Buhari Sacks Amaechi’s Ally, Dakuku Peterside

Buhari Sacks Amaechi’s Ally, Dakuku Peterside

March 5, 2020 5:15 am
President Muhammadu Buhari has reportedly sacked Dakuku Peterside, an ally to the Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Amaechi as the Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA).

The President also approved the appointment of the current Executive Director, Administration and Finance, Bashir Jamoh, as the new DG, The Sun report.

Dakuku Peterside, who was appointed by the Buhari administration in 2016, is expected to end his tenure on March 10, 2020.

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The 56-year-old Kaduna-born Jamoh is also the current President of the Chartered Institute of Transport Administration

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Buhari Govt Is Pampering Terrorists, Insurgency – Clerics

Buhari Govt Is Pampering Terrorists, Insurgency – Clerics

March 3, 2020 4:47 am

Religious leaders from the South-East and South-South have asked President Muhammadu Buhari to replace Service Chiefs.

They condemned the “pampering” of repentant Boko Haram terrorists, incessant killing of citizens and rape of women/girls by armed herdsmen across the country.

These were contained in a communique issued in Umuahia, Abia State, after a colloquium on insecurity in Nigeria convened by Bishop Sunday Onuoha

It was signed by representatives of the Chairman, Christian Association of Nigeria (South-South), Archbishop Israel Eniyekemini, and his South-East counterpart, Bishop Goddy Okafor.

The clerics expressed concern over insurgency, banditry, destruction of lives and property and urged the

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Olusegun Obasanjo

Obasanjo Carpets Buhari, Says Nigeria May Fall To Pieces

February 29, 2020 1:09 pm
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has again criticised President Muhammadu Buhari’s leadership of Nigeria.

Obasanjo condemned the current state of affairs in his speech on Saturday at the Frederick Fasehun 1st Memorial Lecture.

Fasehun was a Yoruba leader and founder of the Oodua People’s Congress (OPC).

Obasanjo stated that Nigeria belongs to all Nigerians on the basis of freedom, equality, equity, justice, fairness, peace, security, cooperation, mutual dignity, respect, shared values and shared prosperity.

“If these factors are removed, Niagara falls to pieces. But for now, we can still make hay while the sun shines”, he warned.

Obasanjo, in his lecture,

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El-Rufai Says Presidency Should Go To South After Buhari

February 24, 2020 6:57 am

The Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has insisted that the North has no justification to remain in power after the expiration of President Muhammadu Buhari’s second tenure.

El-Rufai maintained that the Presidency should rightly return to the Southern part of Nigeria.

He said though the constitution of the All Progressives Congress, APC, does not make provision for rotation but in the interest of justice, equity and fair play, Presidency should go to other regions of the country.

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Vanguard quoted him as saying:

“The general political consensus in

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Buhari Orders Troops: Go After Boko Haram, ISWAP

February 24, 2020 4:21 am
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered Nigerian troops to pursue the terrorists of Boko Haram and ISWAP and make them pay a huge price, for attacking soft targets in the country.

Buhari gave the order in an appreciatory note sent to the troops who repelled the attack by the terrorists against civilians in Garkida, in Adamawa state. ISWAP claimed responsibility.

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“These attacks on soft targets by the terrorists are obvious signs of frustration because my administration has significantly weakened Boko Haram’s military capability to invade and hold Nigerian territory unchallenged.

“Our gallant

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PDP

$100m Funds: Natl Assembly Must Probe Buhari Now – PDP

February 22, 2020 3:02 pm

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on the National Assembly to save the nation by immediately undertaking a forensic probe of the President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, following fresh reports of clandestine plots by the Presidency to pillage the looted funds repatriated by the United State.

The U.S. had  revealed its opposition to plans by the Buhari government to hand about $100 million the American authorities said was stolen by former dictator Sani Abacha to Governor Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi state.

But the PDP, in a statement issued by its spokesperson, Kola Ologbondiyan, said the recent revelation of huge corruption …

US 2020: President Buhari Urged To Support Trump

February 22, 2020 10:17 am

Barrister Olusegun Bamgbose, the National Coordinator, Concerned Advocates for Good Governance, CAGG, has charged President Muhammadu Buhari to declare his support and that of Nigeria for President Donald Trump’s re-election come November 2020.

The US election is fixed for November 2020 and Donald Trump, the candidate of the Republican and other presidential candidates have intensified their campaigns.

Bamgbose, noted that the recent visa ban on Nigeria may not have come at the best of times but added that Nigeria must not sit on the fence.

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In a statement on Saturday,

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Muhammadu Buhari

Despite Criticism, We’Ve Made Progress In N’East – Buhari

February 21, 2020 12:07 pm

Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari on Friday said despite criticism, his government has made substantial progress in the war against Boko Haram in the North East.

Buhari spoke when he received Dr Christos Christou, International President of Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) at State House, Abuja, Friday.

“We know the pathetic situation of children not knowing where their parents are, or the communities they come from, and that was why we established the new Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development. This is to harness and channel resources to such deprived people,” he declared.

The President promised that …

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Will Buhari Resign? Lai Mohammed Answers

February 21, 2020 4:51 am

Nigerians expecting President Muhammadu Buhari to resign due to rising insecurity in the nation are joking, as the nation’s Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed said emphatically on Thursday that the president will not resign.

He admitted that the nation was currently going through security challenges, but noted that the challenges were being tackled headlong.

According to him, there had been some red herrings in recent times, including those calling for the resignation of President Buhari or the sack of the security chiefs.

“I just want to say that the government, which has provided and continues to provide the

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Buhari Cannot Resign Over Insecurity – FG

February 20, 2020 11:02 am

The Federal Government has vowed that President Muhammadu Buhari will not resign because of the security situation in the country.

Lai Mohammed, the Minister of Information and Culture, said this during a press conference in Abuja on Thursday.

He said the security challenges were being tackled, adding that the mission to clear Nigeria of criminals will be successful.

“As I said earlier, the country is facing security challenges, and the challenges are being tackled headlong,” the Minister added.

He, however, added that the call in some quarters for the President to resign was unreasonable.

Mohammed said, “However, there have been

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Femi Falana

Amaechi, APC Leaders Protested Against Jonathan – Falana

February 17, 2020 3:41 am

A human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), has insisted that Nigerians deserve the right to protest against the President Muhammadu Buhari administration over the increasing rate of insecurity in the country.

Falana, while reacting to a statement by the Presidency said the current government does not have the power to stop Nigerians from protesting alleged poor handling of security by the military.

The Presidency in a statement by Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, had accused some opposition politicians of inciting Nigerians to hold protests against the service chiefs

However, Falana warned the

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