President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo were sworn-in Wednesday for their second term of four years in a colourful ceremony at the Eagle Square, Abuja. Witnessed by a modest audience of local and the diplomatic community, the acting chief justice of the Federation, Justice Tanko Mohammed administered the presidential oath and oath of…
What We want from Buhari
Unemployment and insecurity are uppermost in the minds of Nigerians as President Muhammadu Buhari is inaugurated for a second term. For Abdulrazak Abefe, a generator technician in Minna, Niger State, graduate unemployment is the worst menace Nigeria currently faces. He said schools in the country produce graduates every year while companies are folding up for…
Once Upon A Myth
When Muhammadu Buhari was sworn in as president on May 29, 2015, his supporters were euphoric. No one could really begrudge their wild jubilations. They were entitled to their moments of delirium. Finally, after three failed attempts, Buhari was president. Their ‘messiah’ had arrived, and their expectations of the good times rolling in were sky-high.…
Apartheid, Fraudulent Victory And A Sham Panel
There is apartheid in Nigeria. It is the policy of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration. In South Africa, apartheid was institutionalised racism developed by the roguish political elements of the white minority to seize all the country’s resources for themselves and keep the black African majority in perpetual servitude and penury. The abhorrent racist policy…
The Invisible President And Our Killing Fields
The statistics are getting grimmer and there is no end in sight to the rampant violence and mindless killings that blight the landscape. So many parts of the country have become killing fields. And nobody is safe anymore, anywhere. From the terrorism of Boko Haram and rampaging armed bandits to the killer herdsmen and kidnappers,…
Buhari Signs New Minimum Wage Act
President Muhammadu Buhari has signed into law the National Minimum Wage Repeal and Re-Enactment Act, 2019. The president advised all employers of labour across the country to pay workers a minimum of N30, 000 monthly wages. The new national minimum wage bill was passed and submitted to the president by the National Assembly before they…
Next Level Of Dirty Tricks
Since the All Progressives Congress was formed, President Muhammadu Buhari and his party have given a whole new dimension to mendacity. Their capacity for dissembling, turning facts on their heads, disowning their fairy-tale promises and ruthless use of power is limitless. After every outrage they commit that goes successfully unchallenged, they become more emboldened. So…
112 Chibok Girls Still in Boko Haram Captivity
More than 100 of the Chibok schoolgirls remain in captivity, nearly five years after Boko Haram militants in Nigeria abducted them from their school. President Muhammadu Buhari promised to make the rescue of the girls, and other abductees a top priority. Some have been released. But advocacy groups say Buhari’s government, in its focus on…
Buhari Warns Developers as More Buildings Collapse in Lagos
President, Muhammadu Buhari has expressed concern over persistent building collapse across the country, warning that those responsible for professional negligence, leading to the collapse of buildings would face the wrath of the law. He gave the warning when he received the leadership of the Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors, NIQS, led by Obafemi Onashile, at…
Takeover Operation of OML 11 From Shell, Buhari Tells NNPC
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, is to take over the operatorship of the entire Oil Mining Lease, OML, 11 from Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC. The directive was given by President Muhammadu Buhari via a letter to the Group Managing Director, NNPC, signed by the Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari. The letter…
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