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  • Aide reacts to Aisha Buhari’s pregnancy rumour

    Aide reacts to Aisha Buhari’s pregnancy rumour

    Sulaiman Haruna, Media aide to Aisha Buhari, has debunked reports that she is pregnant.

    Some Nigerians had alleged that the First lady was pregnant after photos of her arrival from Turkey surfaced online

    Others claimed she might be sick because she appeared to be spotting a protruding tummy in the photos.

    However, Haruna told BBC that Aisha is neither sick nor pregnant.

    According to him, the rumours are from mischief makers who don’t mean well.

    “I can assure you 100 percent that our first lady is perfectly okay. She is neither sick nor pregnant as some reports claim.

    “Some of these reports are from mischief makers who don’t mean well. You know, nowadays, people can tamper with photos.” he said

  • Aisha Buhari urges action against impact of climate change on women, children

    Aisha Buhari urges action against impact of climate change on women, children

    Mrs Aisha Buhari, the President, African First Ladies Peace Mission (AFLPM) and Nigeria`s First Lady, has called for global actions to address the negative impact of climate change on women and children in Africa.

    She made this appeal in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Abuja by her Special Assistant on Media and Publicity Mr Aliyu Abdullahi.

    According to the statement, it is unfortunate that women and children are at the receiving end of the the negative impact of climate change in Africa.

    The Nigerian president’s wife expressed the need for stakeholders, especially development partners, to mobilise resources for lasting solutions to problems associated with the devastating impact of climate change on women and children.

    “The impact of climate change has not only affected development but also women and children who are always at the receiving end of any type of crisis,” she noted.

    The first lady also told the gathering that, her foundation, the “Aisha Buhari Foundation”, had in the last six years provided support to victims of insurgency and other natural disasters whom are mostly women and children in Nigeria.

    NAN reports that Mrs Buhari spoke when she joined other African first ladies in the 3rd Turkey-Africa Partnership Summit held in Istanbul, Turkey.

    The event was organised by the Turkish first lady, Mrs Emine Erdogan, to interface with her African counterpart to providing ways in tackling the negative impact of climate change on women and children on the continent.

    The first lady has since returned to Abuja.

  • Nigeria’s Aisha Buhari elected President of African First Ladies Peace Mission

    Nigeria’s Aisha Buhari elected President of African First Ladies Peace Mission

    The 9th General Assembly of the African First Ladies Peace Mission (AFLPM) has unanimously elected the First Lady of Nigeria, Aisha Buhari as the new President.

    This was disclosed in a statement signed on Monday by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina.

    She was elected at the 9th General Assembly of the African First Ladies Peace Mission (AFLPM) held on Monday in Abuja.

    President Muhammadu Buhari who declared the event open congratulated the Nigerian First Lady for acquiring a piece of land on behalf of all First Ladies for the development of a secretariat for the Mission in Abuja.

    Mrs Buhari in her acceptance speech pledged to execute her new responsibility with total commitment, urging her colleagues to work in unison towards a glorious destiny for Africa.

    ”With all sense of humility, I accept my election as the incoming 9th President of the African First Ladies Peace Mission.

    ”I want to sincerely thank all my colleagues for your continuous support and understanding and for entrusting me with this great responsibility.

    ”I pledge to execute my responsibility with total commitment and in accordance to the Missions laid down regulations.

    ”Your Excellences, Gentlemen of the Press, as you are aware, the task before us is a collective commitment hence the cooperation of all us is needed for the overall success of the African First Ladies Peace Mission.

    ”On my own part, I assure you that I will discharge the affairs of my office with honesty, dedication, and inclusivity.

    ”My dear colleagues as we conclude this Summit, let history guide us to ensure that the Africa we bequeath to our children today is better than the one we inherited.

    ”Let us commit ourselves to work together towards achieving a glorious destiny for all Africans,” she said.

  • Jonathan, Aisha Buhari, Atiku, others bag West Africa regional awards

    Jonathan, Aisha Buhari, Atiku, others bag West Africa regional awards

    Former President Goodluck Jonathan, First Lady Aisha Buhari and ex-Vice President Atiku Abubakar are to be honoured with the West Africa Knowledge Economic Organisation (WAKEOrg) awards for making Nigeria and Africa proud.

    Also penciled down for the prestigious West African regional awards for their service to the nation and humanity are Chairman of BUA Group, Rabiu Abdulsamad, six outstanding state governors, three ministers as well as the two apex leaders of the National Assembly.

    Prof. OBC Nwolise, Spokesperson and Chairman, WAKEOrg Award Selection Committee, said in a statement that the outstanding personalities were being recognised for “their bravery and independent mind to save Nigeria and deepen democracy, not minding the associated risks”.

    While Jonathan will be honoured for his leadership wisdom and promotion of democratic ideals in Africa, Abubakar will be recognised for entrepreneurship and defence of democracy.

    On the other hand, Nigeria’s First Lady will be honoured for her advocacy, activism as well as her strength of character.

    The six outstanding governors for the WAKEOrg awards are Babajide Sanwo-Olu (Lagos), Willie Obiano (Anambra), Nyesom Wike (Rivers), Abdullahi Ganduje (Kano), Samuel Orthom (Benue) and Aminu Tambuwal (Sokoto).

    Also to be honoured are the ministers of Humanitarian Affairs, Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouk, Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio and Petroleum Resources (state), Timipre Sylva, while Senate President, Dr Ahmed Lawan and House of Representatives Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, also made the honours list.

    Among the youths to be recognised for their creativity and leadership skills are Michael Ajereh (a.k.a, Don Jazzy) and Abudlrasheed Bawa, Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

    Other successful entrepreneurs on the awards list are Chief Innocent Chukwuma, Chief Cletus Ibeto, Chief Valentine Ozigbo and Chief Obi Iyiegbu, while the Obi of Onitsha, Nnaemeka Achebe, will be honoured in the traditional rulers category.

    Awards for Deep Spiritual Knowledge and Competence in Prophecy go to Dr Chris Okafor, Senior Prophet Jeremiah Fufeyin and Apostle Johnson Suleman.

    On the criteria for the awards, Prof. Nwolise said that the organisation watched out for individuals who were outstanding in practical application of knowledge in their specific fields of endeavour.

    “We also watched out for political leaders in governance that demonstrated strategic thinking and planning for the betterment of the people they govern by executing people-oriented services and projects.

    “Citizens that have made Nigeria and Africa proud through industrial manufactures, protection of lives and property as well as capacity building for the less privileged, especially youths, were also on the watch list,” Prof. Nwolise said.

    He said that the recognition would enable the recipients to generate the energy to do more work in service to society and humanity and encourage others to offer honest, selfless, dedicated, humane and patriotic services to nation and humanity in whatever positions they found themselves.

    WAKEOrg is an independent sub-regional organisation for public-private cooperation committed to improving the state of West African economies, pushing for new frontiers in smart economic and social agenda.

    WAKEOrg also has partnership endorsements of Nigeria’s Foreign Affairs Ministry and the Department of Education, Science and Culture of the ECOWAS Commission.

  • TRENDING VIDEO: Aisha Buhari returns, stings Comm Minister Pantami

    TRENDING VIDEO: Aisha Buhari returns, stings Comm Minister Pantami

    The First Lady, Mrs Aisha Buhari, on Sunday, made a veiled attack on the Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Ibrahim Isah Pantami, challenging the Minister to summon the courage to do the right things as he had preached as a cleric.

    The wife of the president shared an old video on her verified Instagram page, showing Pantami, crying during one of his sermons at a mosque.

    The video has an accompanying post in Hausa language: “A chire tsoro a yi abinda ya dace”, meaning ‘Be courageous and do the right thing’.

    In the short video, Pantami and his reciter sitting behind him burst into tears when the minister asked the reciter to read a verse on fear of Allah.

    Watch video shared by Aisha

    The First Lady is known for openly criticising her husband administration and appointees.

    Pantami is currently embroiled in an alleged academic fraud over his promotion to the rank of ‘Professor’ by the Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO), Imo State, where he never worked.

    The Minister was yet to respond to both the First Lady’s challenge or the academic fraud allegation against him by a US based Nigerian scholar, Prof. Farooq Kperogi, at the weekend.

  • Aisha Buhari tourney: Leicester star Plumptre trains with Super Falcons in Austria

    Aisha Buhari tourney: Leicester star Plumptre trains with Super Falcons in Austria

    Leicester City defender Ashleigh Plumptre trained with the Super Falcons for the first time on Saturday at the Event Hotel Pyramide, Vienna in Austria.

    Plumptre, who recently expressed her intention to play for the nine-time African champions is among the players invited by head coach Randy Waldrum for the Aisha Buhari invitational tourney billed for Lagos in September.

    The 23-year-old is eligible to play for the Super Falcons because of her father’s Nigerian heritage.

    She was voted Leicester’s player of the season after helping the Foxes to the FA Women’s Championship title in 2020/21.

    New invitees; Evelyn Ijeh, Josephine Ijeh and Adekite Fatuga-Dada have also joined their teammates in camp.

    The Aisha Buhari Cup which is organised to honour Nigeria’s first lady will serve as preparations for the 2022 Africa Women’s Cup of Nations qualifiers against Ghana in October.

    United States of America, Ghana, Morocco, South Africa and Cameroon are the other teams that will compete in the tourney billed to hold at the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos.

  • Aisha Buhari disables account as FG suspends Twitter

    Aisha Buhari disables account as FG suspends Twitter

    Wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari, on Friday night, neutralized her Twitter account hours after the government of her husband, Muhammadu Buhari announced the suspension of the micro-blogging site.

    “I will be deactivating my Twitter account for now. Long live Federal Republic of Nigeria,” she tweeted at 11:59pm on Friday.

    Minutes later, the account, which had over one million followers as of June 4, was no longer available on the social media platform.

    TheNewsGuru reports that Mrs Buhari, who is well-known for her aggressive criticisms of her husband’s government, had in the past made some of her dissatisfaction known via Twitter.

    TheNewsGuru had earlier reported that Twitter deleted a post by the Nigerian President on Tuesday.

    Consequently, Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, who had accused Twitter of double standards, announced the suspension of the microblogging site on Friday, citing the “persistent use of the platform for activities that are capable of undermining Nigeria’s corporate existence”.

    However, checks by our correspondent showed that Twitter is no longer functional in Nigeria, except for individuals who use VPNS(Virtual private networks).

     

  • First Lady, Aisha Buhari deactivates Twitter account in support of her husband

    First Lady, Aisha Buhari deactivates Twitter account in support of her husband

    Aisha Buhari, Wife of President Muhammadu Buhari, has announced the deactivation of her Twitter account following the ban on the microblogging site by the Nigerian government.

    Nigeria’s information and culture minister, Lai Mohammed, had announced Twitter’s suspension in a statement by his media aide, Segun Adeyemi, on Friday.


    The suspension by the Nigerian government comes days after a post by President Buhari on the 1967 civil war was deleted by the microblogging platform.

    Apparently showing solidarity with her husband’s administration, Aisha, who joined Twitter in February 2016, and has over one million followers on Friday, said she was deleting her account.

    “I will be deactivating my Twitter account for now. Long live the Federal Republic of Nigeria,” she tweeted.

  • PHOTOS: Aisha Buhari visits Attahiru’s widow, family

    PHOTOS: Aisha Buhari visits Attahiru’s widow, family

    The First Lady, Mrs Aisha Buhari, has paid a condolence visit to the family of the late Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru.

    Mrs Buhari took to Twitter on Sunday to share photos of her visit to the deceased’s family on her verified handle.

    She described the death of the late army chief and the other military officers aboard the aircraft as a monumental loss to their families and the nation at large.

    See more photos of the visit below:

  • Why I publicly criticize my husband’s government – Aisha Buhari

    Why I publicly criticize my husband’s government – Aisha Buhari

    First Lady Aisha Buhari has said her critic of the Buhari administration should not be seen as a disrespect to her husband but something she does because of her passion for good governance.

    TheNewsGuru.com, TNG reports that Aisha had stunned Nigerians and non-Nigerians alike in October 2016 when she said on the Hausa Service of the BBC that she was not sure of supporting a second term bid of her husband except there was a shake-up in government.

    She claimed that the president did not know most of the government officials he had appointed and that many had been nominated due to the influence of a few people.

    “The president does not know 45 out of 50, for example, of the people he appointed and I don’t know them either, despite being his wife of 27 years,” she said.

    Three years later, after Buhari had been elected for a second term, the First Lady said those he called bad people had taken over the government.

    But in her biography ‘Aisha Buhari: Being different,’ which was launched in Abuja on Thursday, the author, Daji Sani, says Aisha does not stand to ‘criticize her husband publicly.

    “In many villages in northern Nigeria, educating a girl is not considered a priority. In fact, early marriage affects every eighth girl. According to UNICEF, one in seven girls is reported to give birth by age seventeen. The easiest justification for this practice is that it serves as a strategy for reducing the burden on the family.

    “It is also viewed as a way of protecting the sanctity of the girl-child. Another report shows that child marriage occurs more frequently among girls who are the least educated and poorest, and who are living in rural areas.

    The above scenario was the kind of social-cultural background that Aisha was born into and raised. Married at an early age, for her, the future seemed unsure.

    “But the hope in her mind is massive. Interestingly, fate shone on her with the splendor of an enlightened gentleman. She married the kind of man any woman would want to associate herself with, a highly placed and responsible man. Even though this automatically placed her on the path of greatness, her family values have been the key influence in her life to this day.

    “In 1989, the young lady, Aisha Halilu, got married to Muhammadu Buhari, a retired Major-General and former Military Head of State of Nigeria. Marriage as an institution moves at an undulating pace, full of uncertainties. The ability to surmount the challenges and move on to an unknown destination is crucial in marriage. Aisha, like any other girl-child married as a teenager, faced the challenges of adapting to womanhood.”