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  • Buhari not feeling better,will never return as President, says Fani-Kayode

    Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode is furious with the Acting President Yemi Osinajo for lying about the president’s condition.

    He has thrown a challenge to the Acting President and the rumoured cabal to put the president on television to corroborate their claims that he is “recovering fast” and would soon return.

    On Tuesday night, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo had jetted to London for a quick trip to see the president. Osinbajo said he spoke with the president for over an hour and “he is in good spirits”

    As if in possession of the real facts, Fani-Kayode disputes this claim in a short article he circulated on the internet.

    “I am constrained to tell the Nigerian people that President Buhari is NOT better and he will NEVER return as President.

    The truth is that his situation is pathetic and critical.

    Acting President Osinbajo should STOP the lies!

    Nigerians have a RIGHT to know the truth.

    I call on the cabal to stop the cover up and show us our President!

    I challenge them to put him in front of a camera and let him talk!

    I challenge them to let him tell us what country he is in, who the leader of that country is, what date it is and what the weather is like outside.

    I challenge them to give us proof of life and proof of lucidity.

    I challenge them to prove to us that he is familiar with his environment and that he knows who he is seeing, who he is talking to and what he is saying.

    I challenge them to prove to us that he is not suffering from chronic dementia and that he is not a vegetable that is hooked up to a life-support machine.

    I put it to them that if they refuse to do any or all of these things it means that there is more to the whole thing than meets the eye and they have something hideous and very ugly to hide.

    It has been 65 long days since Buhari left Nigeria and since our people last saw him.

    He is OUR President, we care for him and we have a right to know the truth about his welfare, his medical condition and his situation”- Chief Femi Fani-Kayode (FFK)

  • Buhari likely to sack, redeploy some ministers after meeting with Osinbajo

    Buhari likely to sack, redeploy some ministers after meeting with Osinbajo

    Indications emerged on Wednesday of a likely shake-up of the President Muhammadu led federal executive cabinet after the return of the Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo from London, where he had gone to visit the ailing president.

    TheNewsGuru.com reports that Osinbajo traveled to London, UK, on Tuesday to see how the president is coping and also discuss some other state matters.

    According to anonymous source in the presidency, some ministers may be dropped while new members may come on board.

    The imminent action is believed to be delaying the inauguration of the two ministers-designate already confirmed by the Senate.

    Some ministers may also swap portfolios in the new plan.

    The looming shake-up has caused anxiety among members of the Federal Executive Council (FEC).

    It was also learnt that President Buhari endorsed all the measures taken by the Acting President to keep the nation united.

    Osinbajo was also said to have got approval for some decisions and appointments.

    According to the sources, the need to reshuffle the cabinet for “efficiency” was one of the key issues discussed between the President and the Acting President.

    It was however learnt that it might not be a wholesale dissolution of the Federal Executive Council( FEC) “because the nation cannot afford such a luxury now”.

    A source, who spoke in confidence, said: “There is likely shake-up of the cabinet in line with the new fast-pace focus of the Buhari administration. Some of the ministers cannot cope with the portfolios assigned to them.

    “Some ministers were also found to be behind the crisis of confidence between the Executive and the National Assembly.

    “So, apart from dropping some, others may swap portfolios for efficiency. It is just some restructuring of the cabinet to ensure service delivery.”

    Responding to a question, the source added that there had been anxiety among members of the Federal Executive Council( FEC).

    “Obviously, there is disquiet in the cabinet on this latest development. I think the likely changes in the cabinet accounted for the delay in inaugurating two ministers-designate.

    “I cannot tell you when the changes will be effected but the cabinet shake-up came up as an item between the two leaders, “ the source said.

    Osinbajo is believed to have briefed the President on the renewed separatist and secession agitation.

    It was gathered that Buhari was shocked by the situation and insisted that Nigeria must be kept united.

    Another source said: “The President endorsed all the consultations and actions taken by the Acting President and asked him to continue to take steps to keep Nigeria indivisible.

    “The President was delighted that Osinbajo managed the threats to the nation’s unity with courage and maturity.”

    On some outstanding issues, the source said: “Osinbajo secured approval to take some decisions and make some appointments.”

    Regarding how the meeting went, the source added: “The President and the Acting President were together without any third party. And they had fruitful talks. We should expect some actions soon.”

    Also, there were indications last night that the Acting President briefed FEC on the health status of the President.

    A member said: “The Acting President told us that there was no cause for alarm. He said the President had been recuperating well.

    “We were all relieved because this first hand information was the most authentic we have got.”

    The acting President returned from the visit on Wednesday morning.

    TheNewsGuru.com reports that Buhari has been in the UK on medical vacation for over two months.

     

  • Flood: Osinbajo approves release of N1.6bn bailout to Lagos, Niger, Enugu, 12 other states

    Flood: Osinbajo approves release of N1.6bn bailout to Lagos, Niger, Enugu, 12 other states

    Sequel to the devastating effects of the heavy downpour last week on most states in the country, the Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has directed the Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, to immediately release N1.6 billion for the 15 states ravaged by floods.

    The states include; Ekiti, Osun, Akwa Ibom, Kebbi, Niger, Kwara, Ebonyi, Enugu, Abia, Oyo, Lagos, Plateau, Sokoto, Edo and Bayelsa

    Spokesperson to President Muhammadu Buhari, Femi Adesina, made the disclosure to newsmen after the Federal Executive Council, FEC.

    Adesina said the money will help cushion the effects of the disaster on residents of the states.

    He explained said the fund “would be taken from the Federal Government’s Ecological Account in the Central Bank of Nigeria”.

    He said the Minister of Finance has been directed to release the money directly to the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, for onward distribution to the affected states.

  • Buhari recuperating fast, to return sooner than people’s expectation – Osinbajo

    The Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has said President Muhammadu Buhari is recuperating well and is likely to return earlier than envisaged.

    TheNewsGuru.com reports that Osinbajo traveled to London, UK, on Tuesday to see how the president is coping and also discuss some other state matters.

    The acting President returned from the visit on Wednesday morning.

    TheNewsGuru.com reports that Buhari has been in the UK on medical vacation for over two months.

    The Acting President noted that although he had been speaking with the president over the phone, he thought “it will be a good thing to go and see him and also brief him on developments back at home.”

    Osinbajo who spoke to State House correspondents ahead of the weekly Federal Executive Cabinet, FEC, meeting said: “We had a very good time, we had a good conversation on wide ranging issues; he is in a very good spirit. He is recuperating very quickly and he is doing very well.”

    On the state of health of the President, Mr. Osinbajo said, “He is in a very high spirit, he is recuperating very fast.”

    “We had a very long conversation, we spoke for well over an hour and his humour is there and he is doing well”.

    When asked when Mr. Buhari will return, the acting president said “Very very soon.”

    “I think we should expect him back very shortly because he is recuperating very fast and very very well.

    “He is recuperating very fast and we expect him very shortly; more sooner perhaps than you expect,” he said.

  • Osinbajo returns to Nigeria after meeting Buhari in London

    Acting President Yemi Osinbajo arrived Abuja at about 5 a.m. Wednesday, after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari in London, the British capital Tuesday evening.

    Osinbajo had departed for London Tuesday afternoon to meet with the president, 65 days after the latter left the country to get treatment for an undisclosed ailment.

    The acting president, whose trip was announced by his spokesman, Mr. Laolu Akande, in a tweet Tuesday night, was scheduled to return to the country immediately after the meeting.

    “AgP Osinbajo meeting with President Buhari in London today, and returning to Abuja immediately afterward,” Akande tweeted.

    A Reuters report said that Osinbajo was seen entering Abuja House, the Nigerian High Commission, in the Campden Hill area of the Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in West London. He did not make any comment as he entered the building.

    Immediately after his meeting with Buhari, the acting president, presidency sources disclosed, departed Abuja House for Stansted Airport, London, where his plane was scheduled to depart London at 11.30 p.m. Tuesday.

    TheNewsGuru.com learnt that other top-ranking officials who were in London at the time of Osinbajo’s flying visit included the Director General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Lawal Daura, who was attending a course in the British capital, and the Minister of State for Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika.

    Before his departure, the acting president had presided over the quarterly business forum, which had members of the cabinet and the organised private sector in attendance.

    It is believed that Osinbajo’s trip was not by his own design and might have been at the instance of the president to discuss the myriad of challenges confronting the acting president in the course of discharging the functions of his office.

  • BREAKING: Osinbajo flies to London to see sick Buhari

    BREAKING: Osinbajo flies to London to see sick Buhari

    Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday travelled to London, United Kingdom, where he is scheduled to meet ailing President Muhammadu Buhari.

    Recall Buhari left the country on May 7 for the British capital where he is currently receiving medical treatment.

    He had, in a communication to the two Chambers of the National Assembly, indicated that only his doctors would decide the duration of his medical trip which is the second one this year.

    Thenewsguru.com gathered that Osinbajo travelled to London to see the President shortly after he presided over the Quarterly Presidential Business Forum held at the Presidential Villa.

    It was further learnt that the Acting President’s trip was at the instance of Buhari.

    The Senior Special Assistant to the Acting President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Laolu Akande, confirmed Osinbajo’s trip to London in a message on his Twitter handle.

    Akande said Osinbajo would meet Buhari in London and return to the country immediately after the meeting.

    He wrote, “AgP Osinbajo meeting with President Buhari in London today, and returning to Abuja immediately afterwards.”

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  • Photos: Osinbajo, Saraki, Dogara, Obasanjo, others attend Amosun’s daughter’s wedding

    Photos: Osinbajo, Saraki, Dogara, Obasanjo, others attend Amosun’s daughter’s wedding

    The ancient city of Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital on Saturday witnessed an usual gathering of elite members of the Nigerian society, politicians, captains of industries and service chiefs for the society wedding of the daughter of Governor Ibikunle Amosun, Miss Ayomide Amosun, and Mr. Oladipupo Dabiri; son of former House of Representatives member and Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari, on Nigerians in Diaspora, Abike Dabiri – Erewa.

    The African Church Primary School, Ita Iyalode, Abeokuta, the venue of the traditional engagement and Nikkah ceremony and Muhammad Buhari Presidential Estate where the reception took place was filled to the brim with the high and mighty in Nigeria’s political and business class.


    The Acting President Yemi Osinbajo prayed for harmony and blessings of God upon the couple while his wife, Dolapo who supervised the cutting of the wedding cake also prayed God to grant them “joy, happiness and favour” in their marriage.

    The officiating clergy, Abdul – Rahman Ahmad, who is the National Chief Missioner, Ansarudeen Society of Nigeria, in his brief sermon, said marriage is an institution ordained by Allah and advised the couple to have the fear of Allah in dealing with one another and love each other.

    Chief Obasanjo in his brief remarks, congratulated the parents of the bride and groom as well as the couple, urging them to have the courage to understand there would always be friction in marriage and said when it occurs, they should deploy effective communication to resolve it.

    In his words: “Marriage is sweet but it must have a time of friction and when frictions happen please I urge you to iron it out immediately, do not let it last more than 24 hours and the only way you can do that is through communication. Always maintain good communication,” Obasanjo said.

    Also, Speaker Yabuku Dogara advised parents to spend their energies to training the child, attributing high rate of moral decadence and loss of values to bad homes.

    He said marriage is ordained by God and must be sustained by man, explaining that the family remained the most important institution on earth where discipline takes root.

    In his words: “The rate of crime in the society is not because our security agencies are inefficient but because most parents have failed to properly train their children.”

    “As parents, we must deploy our energies at properly training our children because bad homes bring about a bad society,” Dogara said.

    Eminent Nigerians that witnessed the wedding include the National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) who was represented by former Finance Commissioner (Lagos State), Olawale Edun, Senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dogara, Governor Akinwunmi Ambode (Lagos), Senator Dino Melaye, former Managing Director of GTbank, Fola Adeola, Senator Gbenga Ashafa, Governor Rotimi Akeredolu (Ondo), Governor Yerima Shettima (Borno), Governor Abdul – Azeez Yari (Zamfara), Governor Abiola Ajimobi (Oyo), Governor Godwin Obaseki (Edo), Minister of Solid Minerals, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, Governor Bello Masari (Katsina). Others are Governor Abubakar Badru (Jigawa), Governor Ahmed Abdulfatah (Kwara) and Senator Gbenga Ashafa.

    Others are former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Alfa Belgore, former President Obasanjo, Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, the Oba of Lagos, Oba Rilwan Akiolu, Chief Bisi Akande, Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, his Finance counterpart, Kemi Adeosun, Chairman of the defunct Interim National Government(ING), Chief Ernest Shonekan,

    Chief Femi Majekodunmi, the Alake of Egbaland, Oba Adedotun Gbadebo, the Olu of Ilaro, Oba Kehinde Olugbenle, the Osile of Oke – Ona Egba, Oba Adedapo Tejuoso, the Olowu of Owu Kingdom and Oba Adegboyega Dosunmu.

    Also in attendance are father of the groom Bayo Dabiri and mother of the groom, Abike Dabiri – Erewa, and her husband, Segun Erewa, Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, former Commonwealth Secretary, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, Senator Olorunimbe Mamora, Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi, former Inspector General of Police, Musiliu Smith, former Attorney – General and Minister of Justice, Prince Bola Ajibola, Senator Lanre Tejuoso and Commissioner of Police Ogun State, Ahmed Iliyasu.

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    Others are business mogul and industrialist, Alh. Aliko Dangote, his counterpart in the oil sector, Femi Otedola, Minister of State for Petroleum, Ibe Kachikwu, Chief Femi Falana, former Ogun State governor Gbenga Daniel, a former Governorship candidate in Ogun State, Prince Gboyega Isiaka, Minister of Labour, Dr. Chris Ngige, ex – Deputy Governor Femi Pedro (Lagos), Founder First City Monument Bank (FCMB) and Olori – Omooba of Ijebuland, Otunba Subomi Balogun, former Governor Lateef Jakande (Lagos), General Alani Akinrinade (rtd), Senator Daisy Ehanire Danjuma, Senator Grace Ita – Giwa and Interior Minister Abdul – Rahman Danbazzau, former Governor Adams Oshiomhole (Edo), Governor Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia), Senator Anthony Adefuye, National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. John Odigie – Oyegun, Afenifere chieftain, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, Chief Kensington Adebutu, former Governorship candidate of the Labour Party in Ogun State, Prince Jide Awosedo, and Prof. Pat Utomi and the nation’s Post Master – General, Chief Bisi Adegbuyi.

     

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  • Magu vs Senate: ‘Does El-Rufai now speak for presidency?’ PDP chieftain asks Osinbajo

    National Vice-Chairman (South-South) of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Emmanuel Ogidi, has urged the Presidency to clarify decision on Ibrahim Magu’s status at Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.

    Ogidi made the call on Friday in Abuja in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).

    He said that the clarification was important following a declaration credited to Acting President Yemi Osinbajo that Magu would continue to head the EFCC in spite of Senate’s rejection of his nomination, two times.

    Osinbajo had said that as long as the present administration remained in government, Magu would remain chairman of the commission.

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    He was quoted making the declaration in Kaduna at the inauguration of the Zonal Office of the EFCC, where he was represented by the Governor of Kaduna State Malam Nasir El-Rufai.

    Ogidi, however, urged Nigerians to discountenance the statement, saying that it was believed to be El-Rufai’s and not that of the acting president or the presidency.

    “Was El-Rufai reading Osinbajo’s speech when he made the statement? We believe that the statement was for El-Rufai and he cannot speak for the presidency.

    “There is, therefore, the need for the presidency to clarify its stands or decision on the status of Magu; this will enable Nigerians to properly comment on the matter,’’ he said.

    The PDP stalwart also described the disagreement between the executive and legislative at the national level as “a reflection of the internal crisis within the All Progressives Congress (APC)’’.

    According to him, it shows that the party was not prepared for power, and it is also another means being used to divert the attention of Nigerians from its lapses.

    Similarly, a civil servant in Abuja, Mr Uche Chinedu, said it was unfortunate that such government decision on Magu was brought to the public.

    Chinedu said that the presidency or APC should have looked for a better way to manage the situation.

    “No one expected the acting president to be blunt in the way his representative at the event conveyed it to the public.

    “Even if that is the position of the government, he should have remained silent on it and continue to manage the situations,’’ he said, adding that it was evidence that the APC government had a lot to learn.

    He, however, advised either the executive or the legislature to approach the court in finding a lasting solution to the matter.

    “If the Senate has rejected Magu’s nomination twice and the executive is still insisting that it must be him or no one else, I think the court should be the last resort.’’