ACF tasks Buhari to ensure Leah Sharibu’s safe release (Guardian)

Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has tasked President Muhammadu Buhari and concerned Nigerians to ensure that Dapchi School girl, Leah Sharibu, is released unhurt.In a statement, ACF national publicity secretary, Alhaji Muhammadu Biu, noted that while majority of the kidnapped girls…

Let courts determine what’s security threat, Falana replies Buhari (Punch)

A human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to let the courts decide what constitutes a threat to national security instead of allowing security agencies to disobey court judgments under the guise of national security.…

Nigerians react to Femi Adesina’s statement on Leah Sharibu (Punch)

Nigerians have been reacting to the statement made by Femi Adesina, the special adviser on media and publicity to the president, on the matter of kidnapped Dapchi girl’s return. On a Channels TV morning programme, Adesina was asked when Leah Sharibu would…

A word for lifeless one- Fani Kayode

The greatest threat to national security and the national interest is a President that cannot appreciate the sanctity of the rule of law and the sacrosanct nature of the constitution. If this rhetoric of national interest and national security being…

Buhari won’t rest until Leah Sharibu, others are released, says Presidency (Nation)

The Presidency yesterday said that President Muhammadu Buhari would not rest until the release of the only Christian among the 111 school girls abducted from Government Girls Science and Technical College (GGSTC), Dapchi, Yobe State. Of the schoolgirls abducted on…

Turaki, Orbih fault Buhari over recent national security statement

Frontline Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential aspirant, Kabiru Tanimu Turaki, and Chairman, Edo State chapter of the party, Chief Dan Orbih, have faulted the statement credited to President Muhammadu Buhari that his All Progressives Congress (APC) government “will not sacrifice…

Buhari won’t Islamise Nigeria, says SGF (Punch)

The Federal Government on Monday dismissed the allegation that President Muhammadu Buhari planned to turn the country into an Islamic state. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, described the allegation as a dummy being sold by…

Buhari says rule of law must be subject to national interest (Punch)

President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday said the principle of rule of law must be subject to the supremacy of the nation’s security and national interest. He said where national security and public interest were being threatened, the individual rights of…

Be ruthless in fighting bandits, Buhari tells Military (Punch)

President Muhammadu Buhari has challenged military personnel deployed to Katsina State, saddled with the task of fighting bandits in Zamfara, to be “as ruthless as humanly possible” in carrying out their assignment. The president gave the challenge when he addressed…

Buhari: I didn’t trek 800m to prove physical fitness (ThisDay)

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday in Daura, Katsina State, explained the reason he trekked 800 metres in Daura after Eid prayers on Tuesday, saying he didn’t do so to prove his fitness. In a related development, President Buhari has said that…

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