Buhari govt, worst in Nigeria’s history — Oyedepo
The Presiding Bishop of Living Faith Church Worldwide also known as Winners Chapel, Bishop David Oyedepo, has described the regime of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), as the worst in the history of Nigeria. Oyedepo said this on Sunday while delivering a sermon during the second service of the church at the Faith Tabernacle, Ota, Ogun State. He said the hate speech bill being sponsored by Senator Sabi Abdullahi was the most ridiculous bill anyone could think of. The cleric said while the government was seeking to criminalise hate speech, those who kill others at will were left
Thinking National Assembly members are overpaid is wrong – Buhari
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has said it is wrong for Nigerians to perceive the National Assembly as being “highly overpaid” for doing little. He said the lack of trust in the lawmakers had made their critics not to see the enormous work they were doing for the country. Buhari said this in Abuja on Wednesday when the House of Representatives launched The Green Chamber Magazine, a publication by the House Committee on Media and Public Affairs. At the event were the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, who represented the President; Deputy President of the Senate,
Buhari has failed Nigerians – northern elders
The Northern Elders Forum said on Sunday the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), had failed to secure and pilot the affairs of the Nigerian nation. The Prof. Ango Abdullahi-led NEF stated this at a press conference on the state of the nation in Zaria, Kaduna State, on Sunday. The Director, Advocacy and Engagements of the NEF and a former Secretary of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Dr Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, who read the text of the press conference, said Buhari had failed not only the North but the entire country with his style of leadership. Notable northerners at the briefing
Give Nnamdi Kanu Presidential pardon, to attend father’s burial – Ohaneze to Buhari
Ohanézè Ndígbo Youth Council Worldwide (OYC) on Friday urged President Muhammadu Buhari to grant Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Leader, Nnamdi Kanu presidential pardon and allow him entry into the country to attend his parent’s burial. President General, Okechukwu Isiguzoro and Secretary, Okwu Nnabuike made the recommendation in a joint statement. Mr Kanu has been on self-exile since 2017 when the Army invaded his Umuahia country home during operation python dance. His parents who died last year are to be buried next weekend. His father, Eze I. Ọ. Kanu was until his death the Traditional Ruler of his Afaraukwu community,
I Have Kept My Promise To End Boko Haram, says President Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday said that he has not reneged on his promise to end Boko Haram and other forms of criminalities during his inauguration as President in 2015. He prided that the subsequent decimation of the terror groups has shown that he kept his word. According to the President, “I promised to put an end to Boko Haram insurgency, kidnapping and other forms of criminalities that have bedeviled our country during my inaugural speech as president. “You will all agree with me that the successes we have achieved so far have restored our pride and honour the world
Boko Haram: PDP hits Buhari over 90 per cent Muslim casualty claim
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has described President Muhammadu Buhari’s remark that the bulk of the victims of the dreaded fundamentalist sect, Boko Haram are Muslims, as divisive statement capable of endangering peace in the land. Writing as a guest opinion columnist for Christianity Today, President Buhari had said: “It is the reality that some 90 per cent of all Boko Haram’s victims have been Muslims. They include a copycat abduction of over 100 Muslim schoolgirls, along with their single Christian classmate; shootings inside mosques, and the murder of two prominent Imams.” In its official reaction, however, the party describe
Bring your records, CAN challenges Buhari
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has said that it is not true that Boko Haram insurgency has claimed the lives of more Christians than Muslims. He argued that the contrary was the case, insisting that “90 per cent” of deaths from attacks by the terrorists were Muslims. Buhari gave his position in an op-ed published in Speaking Out, a guest opinion column for Christianity Today, a United States-based magazine. The op-ed was a tribute to the Michika Local Government Area Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria in Adamawa State, the late Pastor Lawan Andimi. The cleric was
About 90 percent of Boko Haram victims are Muslims – President Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has once again appealed to Nigerians, especially religious leaders, not to allow terrorists achieve their sole purpose of escalating religious disharmony in the country. Buhari who made the appeal in a newspaper opinion, which was published in a Christian news outlet, Christianity Tuesday, also observed that contrary to the narrative already being spread that the Boko Haram terror attacks are targeting Christians, about 90 percent of the terror group’s victims have been Muslims. The President, who lamented the recent slaughtering of Pastor Lawan Andimi, who was until his capture and killing by Boko Haram terrorists was the
Senator Abaribe’s call on Buhari to resign is foolish, says Garba Shehu
Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, on Wednesday night, took to his Facebook page to attack the Senate Minority Leader, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, for calling on President Muhammadu Buhari to resign over the high rate of insecurity in the nation. Garba wrote: ”President Buhari to resign on what basis? Just because some characters think that President Buhari should resign, then they expect him to quit. That call does not represent the opinion of the country. This is the opinion of an arm chair critic, known for making stray comments.” ”If a leader like President
Buhari writes Senate on reconstitution of NDDC board
President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the Senate, informing it that recomposition of the board of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, would be done immediately after the Interim Management Committee had completed its audit oversight of the interventionist agency. Get the latest news at your fingertips by Downloading our news App via Google Play Store The letter from President Buhari was read on the floor of the Senate, Tuesday, at resumption by President of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan. According to the President, he would after the Audit work, present to the Senate the list for the board. Recall
