Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said the country is moving towards disaster under President Muhammadu Buhari. Obasanjo, who spoke in an interview with Premium Times, said the economy was unstable, added that the current administration had destroyed the war against corruption, which…
*Buhari signs June 12 bill (Guardian) * 58-year-old food seller electrocuted in Lagos (Punch)
Buhari signs June 12 bill (Guardian) Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has signed June 12 bill into law. Senator Ita Enang, presidential aide on National Assembly matters, told state house correspondents that with the assent to the amendment, May 29 is…
Buhari urged not to consider persons with fraud charges, corrupt tendencies (Guardian)
President Muhammadu Buhari has been urged not to consider including names of persons standing corruption trial and those with corrupt tendencies in his new cabinet. The Executive- Secretary, Anti-Corruption and Research Based Data Initiative (ARDI),Dr Dennis Aghanya gave the advice…
Appellants urge Appeal Court to disqualify Buhari as presidential candidate (Punch)
Three appellants have urged the Court of Appeal in Abuja to disqualify President Muhammadu Buhari as a candidate in the last presidential election held on February 23, 2019, for allegedly submitting false information regarding his educational qualifications to the Independent…
Oshiomhole, Oyegun feud: APC chieftain asks Buhari to intervene (Punch)
Mr Yekini Nabena, an All Progressives Congress chieftain, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to intervene in the hostilities between Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, the party’s immediate past National chairman, and Mr Adams Oshiomhole, its current national chairman. He made the…
Eid-el-Fitr: Buhari hails Nigerians over ‘peaceful’ polls, mocks doomsayers (Punch)
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday praised Nigerians over the “conduct of peaceful elections” this year. He said this was in spite of what he called “doomsday predictions of social disharmony” that there might be no elections at all. His position…
Buhari receives report on SARS reform (Guardian)
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari Monday received the report of the presidential panel on the Reform of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) months after it was constituted. “Today I received the Report of the Presidential Panel on the Reform of the…
Igbo youths fault Ohanaeze, CAN on Buhari’s IOC trip (Punch)
The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council has said those calling for the resignation of President Muhammadu Buhari for attending a meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation in Saudi Arabia, are inviting anarchy into the country. The group’s President-General, Okechukwu Isiguzoro,…
Nigerians became poorer in Buhari’s first term – The Economist (Punch)
The Economist reviewed the first term of President Muhammadu Buhari and concluded that Nigerians became poorer during his first four years in office. The magazine, in the publication, which was posted on its website on Thursday, said while the Nigerian…
Buhari’s inauguration: PDP, others knock President for keeping mum, Obasanjo, Jonathan absent (Punch)
The inauguration of President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo for a second term in office took place at the Eagle Square in Abuja on Wednesday amidst tight security. Many dignitaries that attended the event called on Nigerians to support…