Muhammadu Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Festus Okoye, one of the lawyers of Ibrahim Zakzaky, leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), as a national commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Okoye…

Kano State Government says it welcomes with satisfaction, the decision by President Muhammadu Buhari to re-contest election in 2019. This was announced in a statement by the Commissioner for Information, youth…

The Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign state of Biafra (MASSOB) has said President Muhammadu Buhari’s decision to seek reelection in 2019 would mark the end of Nigeria’s existence as a nation. Buhari had on Monday…

Kemi Adeosun, the minister of finance, has come under intense pressure to deny blocking the dubious payment of $16.5 million to Nigerian lawyers over the recovery of Abacha Loot, sources in her office have told TheCable. “There have…

President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the senate to confirm 23 nominees as commissioners of the National Population Commission (NPC). The request was contained in a letter read by Senate President Bukola Saraki on the floor of the…

Founder and Senior Pastor of the Latter Rain Assembly, Lagos, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has said he would support President Muhammadu Buhari in his re-election bid if he (the president) canvassed for his support. Pastor Bakare spoke in an…

Former Enugu State Governor Sullivan Chime has said that President Muhammadu Buhari has done a lot to deserve reelection. Chime said in Enugu on Monday that the president had done a lot to deserve reelection. According to him, no…

Leaders of Nigeria’s ruling party and those of the opposition parties reacted differently to President Muhammadu Buhari’s announcement on re-election on Monday. Mr Buhari told a meeting of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of…

The Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has reacted to President Muhammadu Buhari’s declaration to contest the 2019 election, saying the country does not need him (Buhari) in 2019. Mr Fayose, who gave his reaction on Monday while…

Many youth in Kano jubilated on Monday after the news broke that President Muhammadu Buhari would be seeking another term. According to NAN, some of the youth expressed optimism that Buhari would be able to complete the development…

There are two options for those in contention for the presidency in 2019: run, or run away. Now that President Muhammadu Buhari has indicated his intention to run, dwarfs trying to wear a giant’s shoes should simply run away. The cat…

President Muhammadu Buhari says except John Oyegun, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) gets a waiver, he cannot contest for the top position in the ruling party. The president said the same condition applies to…

President Muhammadu Buhari says he is seeking re-election because of the “clamour by Nigerians”. His media office, in a statement, said while addressing a closed-door meeting of the national executive council of the All Progressives…

When two elephants fight, they say, the grass suffers aptly describes the scenario playing out in the house of Nigeria’s ruling party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), and the person at the center of it all is none other than its…

President Muhammadu Buhari has informed the national executive committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) that he will be seeking a second term in office. The information was tweeted by Nasir el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna state,…

The naira remains stable at the official and parallel markets, with the foreign exchange (forex) reserves standing at $46.7billion, a report by Exotic Capital, an investment and research firm, has said. The naira exchanges at 362 to…

•NWC to meet on congresses, convention before NEC Opponents of tenure elongation have carried the day in the All Progressives Congress (APC). Its National Chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, last night bowed to pressure from…

A former governor of Abia State, Orji Kalu, has defied the “no entry” statement of the Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose, as his Peace Advocacy Tour moved to Ekiti on Sunday. Mr Kalu said the statement credited to Mr. Fayose that he…

President Muhammadu Buhari will leave Nigeria for an official visit to the UK on Monday, his media office has said. The date of his return has not been fixed. Garba Shehu, one of his spokespersons, said Buhari is due to hold…

It is barely a year to the general elections. And we are already having a rain of confessions and apologies. Yesterday’s men, men who now shiver in the winter of life, are confessing to their iniquities against Nigerians whilst their…

The former governor of Edo State, Adams Oshiomhole, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government, to adopt a “ruthless” measure against alleged looters of the nation’s treasury. Mr Oshiomhole, who disclosed this on…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday returned to Abuja after a 3-day private visit to his country home in Daura in Katsina State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the presidential aircraft carrying the president and some…

After not being satisfied with trying to sideline the wife of the President, Mamman Daura wanted to take over the first lady’s official quarters and many other privileges, but this time he met a brick wall as the president’s wife took…

Senate President  Bukola Saraki said  yesterday that lack of due engagement with the National Assembly  may force  the majority of senators to oppose President Muhammadu Buhari’s approval to withdraw $1 billion to fund purchase of…