The leader of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu has accused Nigeria President, Muhammadu Buhari of ‘hiding away from the public’ because he is a ‘doppelgänger’. Ekohotblog reports that self-exiled Kanu has always maintained that President Buhari is dead but was replaced by an imposter “Jubril” from Sudan. The Abia-born lead Biafra … Read more
Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr Femi Falana, said on Sunday the greatest tribute the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), could pay to the 19 deceased victims of COVID-19 in Nigeria, including his former Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari, who died on Friday, was for governments at all levels to mend public hospitals. Falana, who … Read more
With physical distancing and virtual meetings becoming the new normal in a coronavirus (COVID-19) infected world, Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari, 77, ditched a more conservative approach to governance for a millennial, hipster one, Wednesday. The president held a teleconference with the Presidential taskforce on #Covid19, #PTFCOVID19 at the State House in Abuja. President @MBuhari in … Read more
Mustapha, secretary to the government of the federation (SGF), has expressed his doubt over the certainty of calling off the coronavirus lockdown in Lagos, Ogun and Abuja after 14 days. President Muhammadu Buhari had, In an effort to curtail the spread of COVID-19, on March 29 ordered a 14-day lockdown. Speaking in Lagos on Tuesday, … Read more
Former Nigeria Managing Director Guinness Nigeria, Plc, Keith Richards has revealed the present location of Abba Kyari, Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari. Keith Richards stated that Abba Kyari is presently in a hospital in St John’s Wood, London, a district in the City of Westminster, West London receiving treatment. The hospital according to … Read more
Lagos-based lawyer, Ebunolu Adegboruwa has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to end the lockdown caused by the Coronavirus pandemic in Lagos, Ogun and Abuja on or before Friday, April 3rd 2020. In a letter to the president, the Senior Advocate of Nigeria highlighted some of the hazardous effect caused by the lockdown from physical abuse … Read more
The presidency has replied Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka over his comment that the declaration of total lockdown in Lagos and Ogun by President Muhammadu Buhari was illegal. The presidency, in a statement issued by Presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu lambasted Soyinka over his comment. “Yesterday, the esteemed Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka made comments on the legal … Read more
In Ogun state, Governor Dapo Abiodun, said the lockdown of the state has been shifted to Friday. Abiodun said the state government made a request to President Buhari, to shift the lockdown which was supposed to take place on Monday night to Friday, April 3, 2020, and it has been granted. He said the request … Read more
Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa has argued President has no powers to restrict the movement of persons without recourse to the National Assembly. Adegboruwa said Buhari’s two-week shutdown of all activities and movements in Lagos, Abuja and Ogun states without the lawmakers’ approval, was illegal. According to him, the Constitution requires that the … Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari has orders the immediate release of 10 Billion Naira to fight deadly coronavirus. Ekohotblog reports that Mr. President disclosed this during a live broadcast to all Nigerian. Buhari said, I approve the the following; “The immediate release of a 10 billion Naira grant to Lagos State, which remains the epicentre of the … Read more
Nigerians have gone to Twitter to slam the Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu for inviting Nigerians to an event amid the Coronavirus outbreak. On Saturday, Shehu tweeted: “Please find time to join us at the Barewa Old Boys Association (BOBA), 2020 Annual Leadership Lecture, where I will … Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the reduction of pump price of the Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) also known as petrol from N145 to N125. According to a reliable source in the presidency, the approval may have followed a presentation by the Minister of State on Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, to the ongoing Federal Executive … Read more
Three outstanding secondary school students have bagged scholarships up to Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) from President Muhammadu Buhari after emerging winners at the year 2020 Young Nigerian Scientists Presidential Award Competition. The scholarship is in any science-related discipline of their choice at any university in the country. Read Also: Coronavirus: Panic In The Land As … Read more
Ahead of the 2023 presidential polls, the People’s Democratic Party, (PDP), declared that it will not campaign as the failures of the Buhari-led administration has smoothened the way for its takeover of political power at the end of the present tenure. Speaking on Sunday in Katsina, National Secretary of the party, Senator Umaru Ibrahim Tsauri … Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday urged Hassan Mohammed Adamu, an Assistant Superintendent of Police and his wife, Shamsiyya Abdullahi Goje, to ensure they make their union work. In a statement by the president’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, the president, who gave the charge in a message to the couple, … Read more
After its suspension for 11 years due to security challenges in the North, Kebbi State is now set to celebrate the annual Argungu Agricultural and Fishing Festival. President Muhammadu Buhari was in Kebbi on Thursday to open the floor as well as grace the ocassion. However, there was a drama as a man attempted to … Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday revealed N3.7billion has been recovered from Niger Delta Development Commission contractors. He explained that the recovery was made by anti-graft agencies looking into the operations of the NDDC. Speaking in Abuja while inaugurating the NDDC Advisory Committee at the State House, he said the committee, which comprises the nine governors … Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari has acknowledged the positive impact of his deputy, Professor Yemi Osinbajo (SAN), on the general performance of his administration. The President, during a call made to the Vice President on Sunday to celebrate with him on his 63rd birthday, observed that he (Professor Osinbajo) had planted huge imprints on the administration’s economic … Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sadness over the recent confirmation of a case of Covid -19 infection outbreak in Lagos State, warning against unnecessary panic over the incident . The president made his feelings known in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity , Mallam Garba Shehu, in Abuja on Sunday … Read more
World Bank on Wednesday approved $2.2billion loans for six projects to support Nigeria’s development priorities. The bank explained that the approved programme of support in the fiscal year 2020 included Immunisation Plus and Malaria Progress by Accelerating Coverage and Transforming Services (IMPACT). The projects will strengthen health systems to deliver effective primary health care and … Read more