We borrow constructively in Lagos – Hamzat (Guardian) The Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Dr Obafemi Hamzat, says a state can “borrow constructively” in order to bridge its infrastructure deficit. ”The reality is that where do you get resources to…
From All Sides: An Open Letter to Aisha Buhari – Sefi Atta
Dear Aisha Buhari, Last Christmas in Lekki, Lagos, where I live, I saw a street beggar and I thought about you. She sat on a pavement near a busy junction. She was barefoot and wore a hijab. She breastfed her…
*Sexual harassment: UNILAG suspends another lecturer (Punch)*Sex for grades: No more ‘cold room experience’ as UNILAG shuts location (Vanguard)
Sexual harassment: UNILAG suspends another lecturer (Punch) Gbajabiamila, Buhari’s wife, ASUU talk tough The University of Lagos, Akoka, has suspended another lecturer, Dr Samuel Oladipo, of the Department of Economics, Faculty of Social Sciences, after he was also indicted in…
Why I want to be called the First Lady – Aisha Buhari (Punch)
The wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari, on Thursday, announced her decision to be addressed as the First Lady of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. She said this would take effect immediately in order to resolve the issue of…
You don’t have knowledge of SIP, Uwais replies Buhari’s wife (Punch)
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on social investment, Maryam Uwais, has defended the Federal Government’s Social Investment Programmes (SIP). Uwais said Aisha Buhari, wife of President Muhammadu Buhari who criticised SIP, would have been able to find all…
Aisha deserves praise for Buhari varsity idea, says BMO (Punch)
The Buhari Media Organisation has said that the wife of the President, Aisha Buhari, deserves commendation in her bid to set up a university that would cater to the education of women and girls, especially in the educationally disadvantaged North…
PDP, CUPP, CACOL attack Aisha over proposed Buhari university (Punch)
The Peoples Democratic Party, Coalition of United Political Parties, and The Centre for Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership have expressed opposition to a proposal by the wife of President Muhammadu Buhari, Aisha, to establish a private university to be known as…
‘Aisha Buhari never got contract from amnesty programme’ (Punch)
The Coordinator of the Niger Delta Presidential Amnesty Programme, Prof. Charles Dokubo, has said President Muhammadu Buhari’s wife, Aisha, never got a contract from the programme. A statement by Dokubo’s Special Assistant on Media, Murphy Ganagana, described the claim as…
I wish my husband’s cabinet’ll have 41.6% women — Aisha Buhari (Vanguard)
Wife of the president, Aisha Buhari, has said she wished her husband cabinet will have as many women in percentage as the Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Programme, TEEP, has in 2019. Speaking at the unveiling event for the Tony Elumelu Foundation,…
Why it’s taking so long to reposition Nigeria, by Buhari (Nation)
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Saturday night, explained it had taken so long to reposition Nigeria because of alleged 16 years’waste of the former Peoples Democratic Party-led administration. This was contained in a statement by Suleiman Haruna, director of Information to…
