Tag: President Buhari
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Nigeria to provide electricity to 5m households by 2030 – President Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari says Nigeria is working on an ambitious Energy Plan towards reducing the energy shortcomings by year 2030. Mr Femi Adesina, the President’s spokesman in a statement late Friday evening, said Buhari spoke in line with Nigeria’s role as a Global Theme Champion for the Energy Transition, theme of the High-Level Dialogue on…
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The President visits Owerri – Hope Eghagha
Last week Thursday President Muhammadu Buhari visited Owerri, one of the most troubled cities in Southeastern Nigeria, to commission projects which the incumbent government
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‘I remain committed to your agenda’, sacked power minister tells President Buhari
Former Minister of Power, Sale Mamman, has declared his support for the Muhammadu Buhari administration following his sack by the President.
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INC President, Prof Okaba reacts to reports of compromising agitation for true federalism after meeting President Buhari
The President of Ijaw National Congress (INC), Prof. Benjamin Okaba, has said that the Ijaw leaders’ recent meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari has not in any way compromised their agitations for true federalism, justice, equity and fairness in the country. Okaba, who made the assertion on Saturday in an interview in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State capital,…
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Where is Nigeria Drifting? President Buhari Must Arrest the Drift or Quit the Stage Now!, By Frisky Larr
By Frisky Larr “We saw it coming. We warned Nigerians. No one listened. Every nation gets what it deserves.” This harebrained product of absurd and simplistic reasoning is not hard to come by on social media these days no matter where you look. Disgruntled souls that have stubbornly refused to deal with a loss of…
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Military pledges loyalty to President Buhari, warns politicians seeking power outside ballot box
The Defence Headquarters has dissociated self from any anti-democratic utterances and positions as well as pledged loyalty to the President Muhammadu Buhari and the 1999 Constitution as Amended. The Acting Director, Defence Information, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, stated this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. Nwachukwu said the attention of the military high command had…
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To Kill The Mocking Bandits: Is President Buhari Unwittingly Breaking The Law?, By Magnus Onyibe
By Magnus Onyibe From cattle rustling to ‘human rustling’, all seem to be fair game to the bandits disguised in the garb of cattle rearers now testing the skills and will of the new chiefs of our armed services. The spate of abduction of students and the general insecurity in our country are so grim…
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NDDC: President Buhari should act on the IMC indictment for corruption, By Ebi Arogbofa
BY Ebi Arogbofa At the just ended retreat for his ministers at which they reviewed their first year performances, President Muhammadu Buhari was upbeat that his administration has shown probity and accountability in the manner it has tackled the problem of corruption. To a partisan watcher of the president, he may have got accolades…
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Fuel Subsidy Removal and Naira Devaluation: Who says President Buhari Does not Listen to Advise?, By Magnus Onyibe
By Magnus onyibe The bitter and sweet policies of gradually abolishing fuel subsidy regime and guided floating of the naira might have taken a long time in coming-nearly six years. But as the saying goes, it’s better late than never. And with the current developments in the monetary market and in the petroleum products retail…
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I Pity President Buhari – Dele Sobowale
“Men make history; but not just as they please.” Karl Marx, 1818-1883, VANGUARD BOOK OF QUOTATIONS, p 93. This article could easily have been titled ANOTHER ADVENTURE IN PROPHECY. But, deep in my heart, I feel more pity for President Buhari than triumph in my own predictions regarding the murderous operations of the bandits in…