ABUJA-FORMER President Muhammadu Buhari said yesterday that his administration kept records of its stewardship, knowing he would always be required to account for the trust entrusted in him. Buhari stated this in his remarks at the book launch that chronicled his achievements in the eight years ...

Former governor of Sokoto State, Attahiru Bafarawa, shares his thoughts with CHUKWUDI AKASIKE on why the immediate past administration should be probed, local government funds and the political crisis in Rivers State, among other issues Nigerians are facing tough times currently because of the ...

By Seun Opejobi Former President Muhammadu Buhari has denied being in exile. Buhari described the report of him fleeing the country and in exile as false. Shehu said it was misleading to report that former President Muhammadu Buhari has ‘fled’ and was on ‘exile’ when he is ...

By  Tope Omogbolagun The Senate, on Tuesday, rejected the controversial National Water Resources Bill, 2023 after it was listed for concurrence on the order paper for consideration and passage. Former President Muhammadu Buhari had in 2017 presented the controversial bill to both chambers of the ...

By Francis Ugwu Former President Muhammadu Buhari has submitted his assets declaration forms to the Code of Conduct Bureau, CCB, in accordance with Chapter 6 of the constitution. This was disclosed on Saturday by Garba Shehu, Buhari’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, on Saturday. ...

By Biodun Busari A leading civic organisation, BudgIT has lamented that President Muhammadu Buhari’s government of eight years had plunged Nigeria into high debt, increasing inflation and low growth. BudgIT said this in a report titled ‘The Economic Legacy of the Buhari Administration’ issued ...

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru, Abuja As President Muhammadu Buhari leaves office tomorrow, he has appealed to Nigerians over some of the difficult choices he made that brought pains and sufferings to Nigerians. President Buhari has also given himself a pass mark, saying that he is leaving Nigerians ...

By Don Silas President Muhammadu Buhari will make a farewell broadcast as President, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces on Sunday, May 28, at 7 am. This was disclosed in a statement issued by Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, on Saturday. Adesina ...

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State, weekend, said the last eight years would be remembered by all as the worst in the history of Nigeria. He said it was a period when a country that was flourishing under then-President Goodluck Jonathan was plunged into unimaginable poverty, insecurity, and ...

By Williams Anuku President Muhammadu Buhari and his successor, Bola Ahmed Tinubu were on Friday, spotted together going round the Presidential Villa. The tour around the seat of power is to familiarise the incoming President, with the workings of the State House, from where he would preside ...

THREE days hence, Monday, May 29, 2023, President Muhammadu Buhari will hand over power to the President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, at the Eagle Square, Abuja. It has been a very harrowing time for the ordinary people who have had very little to smile about. A president who swept into office in ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has conferred the two highest National Honours on the President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the Vice President-elect, Kashim Shettima, at a ceremony attended and witnessed by dignitaries including members of the diplomatic corps. The ceremony on Thursday is holding ...

By Don Silas Ahead of May 29, President Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday in Abuja, made some demands from President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Buhari, who noted he had run a good race and finished his course as Nigeria’s president, urged Tinubu to uphold his legacy and make the experience even better ...

President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday insisted that his 2019 closure of the country’s land borders was due to his administration’s conscious efforts to encourage Nigerians to eat what they produce locally, particularly the rice commodity. Speaking while inaugurating the new Administrative ...

By Emmanuel Addeh The presidency through the Presidential Communications Team(PCT) has released a list of President Muhammadu Buhari’s major achievements in key sectors , including on security and justice, the economy, power, housing, infrastructure, among others. In a 119-page publication, ...

By Luminous Jannamike, Abuja with additional reports from, Emma Amaeze, Dapo Akinrefon & Livinus Nwabuhiogu President Muhammadu Buhari’s recent remark that he “can’t wait to go home to Daura” and “if they make any noise to disturb me in Daura, I will leave for the Niger Republic” has ...

President Muhammadu Buhari says the 2023 elections proved the growing strength of Nigeria’s democracy and the sophistication of the Nigerian voter when it comes to the choice of leaders. His media aide, Malam Garba Shehu, stated in Abuja on Thursday that the president made the remark when he ...

By  Tope Omogbolagun The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, has stated the Senate will investigate the 19 Constitution Alteration Bills rejected by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). Lawan made this known during plenary on Tuesday. The National Assembly had in January ...

By  Azuka Onwuka When the People’s Democratic Party was in power for 16 years, from 1999 to 2015, many Nigerians, especially members of the opposition, complained of the party’s haughtiness, highhandedness and fixation with victory. PDP was accused of seeing election as a “do-or-die affair.” ...

The Federal Government has earned N10.1 trillion in revenue from the Value Added Tax, VAT, under President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. The latest National Bureau of Statistics report showed that VAT earnings continued to rise annually throughout the eight years. The country earned ...

With about three days to the presidential election, there are indications that President Muhammadu Buhari is losing grip of the All Progressives Congress, APC, governors and the National Working Committee, NWC, of the party, a situation that might affect it (APC) during the upcoming elections, ...

My Dear Compatriots, I have found it necessary to address you today, on the state of the nation and to render account on the efforts of our administration to sustain and strengthen our economy, enhance the fight against corruption and sustain our gains in the fight against terrorism and ...

By Olayinka Ajayi The National Director of Publicity and Advocacy of the Northern Elders Forum, NEF, Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, has described the lingering naira swap policy as a ‘mess-up’ from president Muhamadu Buhari on the eve of the general elections. Speaking on Channels Television’s Politics ...

Leke Baiyewu, Egole Anozie, Tope Omogbolagun Deborah Tolu-Kolawole, Solomon Odeniyi, Abiodun Sanusi, Segun Adewole, Uthman Salami, Nathaniel Shaibu, Daud Olatunji, Uthman Abubakar, Chima Azubuike, Godwin Isenyo, Peter Dada and Abiodun Nejo As the fuel and currency scarcity slowly paralysed ...

Adedayo Akinwale in Abuja and Francis Saudauna in Katsina The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has dismissed any insinuation of a strained relationship with President Muhammadu Buhari, saying his support for the president is unalloyed and ...

The presidential campaign rally of the All Progressives Congress in Bauchi State was brought to an abrupt end by power outage on Monday. The rally was going on at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Stadium, Bauchi, when the power supply ceased and the sound system went off and could not be restored. Our ...

Sami Olatunji and Temitayo Jaiyeola The total budget deficit under the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), is set to hit N47.43tn, according to an analysis of the Federal Government’s data from the Budget Office of the Federation. According to investopedia, a budget deficit ...

•Says whoever is against Nigeria’s unity will be roundly defeated  •Charges former Lagos governor, other APC candidates not to disappoint electorate if elected  •Tinubu pledges to end recurring ASUU strike Deji Elumoye and Adedayo Akinwale in Abuja The ruling All Progressives Congress ...

A Twitter user Hally Ramzy has blasted the presidency for saying that the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), is ahead of former President Olusegun Obasanjo in all ramifications. Following Obasanjo’s endorsement of the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, as his choice ...

Adebayo Folorunsho-Francis, Stephen Angbulu, El-ameen Ibrahim, Ikenna Obianeri,Peter Dada, Daud Olatunji and Matthew Ochei The Presidency on Monday slammed former President Olusegun Obasanjo for describing the seven years of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) in office as ...

Amid his grievance with the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, flag bearer, Atiku Abubakar, Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has faulted the move for another Northerner to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari. Wike said it was an insult for another Northerner to emerge as the country’s leader after ...