Tag: Femi Adesina
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Wail less, hail Buhari more in 2021, Femi Adesina tells critics
The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina on Friday advised critics of President Muhammadu Buhari to reduce wailing in 2021 and hail the President’s efforts. Adesina said this in an article titled, ‘2021: Year to Calm Down and Wail Less’ which was published on Thursday. The President’s spokesman said he…
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#EndSARS: Massive looting, destruction of properties not caused by poverty – Femi Adeshina
Mr Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity has said that the vandalisation, looting of COVID-19 palliatives and shops by thugs was not caused by large scale poverty in the country. Adesina said on Thursday on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme, that attributing the looting to poverty was like justifying armed…
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#EndSARS: I now receive curses, threats daily on my mobile phones – Femi Adesina
The Special Adviser to the President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, has revealed that he has been receiving curses and messages from Nigerians due to false reports made about his stands on #EndSARS protest. Adesina, who is President Buhari’s spokesman, in an article titled, ‘An Enemy of the People’ published on Thursday…
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Yes, Nigeria is collapsing forward, By Femi Adesina
In the past one week, those who think they own Nigeria, and their cohorts, have been making magisterial pronouncements on the state of the nation. What they couldn’t get through the ballot box in 2019, they are attempting to achieve through misinformation, disinformation, malevolence, false narrative, and outright malediction. Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, wants…
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President Buhari focused on nation building and unity of Nigeria
By FEMI ADESINA To state that we live in challenging times is perhaps an understatement and does very little justice in accurately capturing our current realities. Those realities include a world faced with a pandemic the scale of which hasn’t been seen in 100 years. The crisis has crippled economies, destroyed global supply chains and…
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I hate trains, I hate bridges, I hate rice, By Femi Adesina
Let me give the background to this piece. I was reading some comments on Twitter early in the week, when I ran into this one by one Dr Ben Gbenro: “Why are some people allergic to good news about Nigeria? You are angry about the test-run of Lagos-Ibadan rail, you are angry about the development…
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Security chiefs don’t complain of weapons during meetings with Buhari – Femi Adesina
Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity has said that Nigeria’s security chiefs are not complaining or demanding for military equipment. Adesina averred that Nigeria military is well equipped, maintaining that even in recent security meetings held with the President and other stakeholders, no agency complained lacking equipment…
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Buhari praises Nigerian who returned missing wallet in Japan
President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday applauded a Nigerian doctorate student in the University of Tsukuba, Japan, Mr Ikenna Nweke, who returned a missing wallet with huge sums of money to the police, and also turned down offer of a percentage by the authorities. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi…
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Why Buhari failed to deal with Fayose, Wike – Adesina
Femi Adesina, Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President, Muhammadu Buhari , has said his principal chose to disregard the “combative, truculent, if not at times insulting” disposition of Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike. The spokesperson said the President would have dealt with Wike and former Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, for…
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A ‘Good Setback’ by 60 years, By Femi Adesina
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has a fixation with 60 years. At the height of its heady days in power, it challenged its Chi (personal god) to a wrestling contest, vowing that it would rule Nigeria for minimum of 60 years. We know how the story ended. The Chi gave the boastful party a thunderous…