Buhari
29 May 2023
Today, National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Ahmed Bola Tinubu, will fulfill his lifelong ambition when he takes the oath of office as the 16th President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
29 May 2023
Former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, the beacon-bearer of Nigeria, nay Africa’s peaceful coexistence and the flag-flying patriot certainly deserves sincere apologies, eight years after he graciously and peacefully left the corridors of political power, at Aso Rock, Abuja.
29 May 2023
Beyond the euphoria of winning elections, and beyond the pomp and pageantry of the ceremonial change of Presidential baton that takes place today May 29, 2023, the real substance of the whole outing is the state of the economy being ‘handed over’ to the new administration.
28 May 2023
In a matter of hours, President Muhammadu Buhari will mount the rostrum to tell Nigerians how hard he has worked in the past eight years to fulfill the promises of his change mantra. Thereafter, he begins his long-awaited journey from Aso Rock, Nigeria’s seat of power, to his hometown where he hopes to refine after decades of cumulative active public service.
27 May 2023
Some legal practitioners in Ondo State have given pass mark to President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration in the area of judiciary.
26 May 2023
Disappointment of Nigeria’s absence at Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup will linger in the minds of Nigerians far beyond President Muhammadu Buhari’s tenure. Although the green-white-green flag was hoisted among 32 contenders at the 2018 edition of the World Cup in Russia, the failure to make it to Qatar 2022 hurts sport-loving Nigerians the most.
26 May 2023
Going by the general expectations of what a leader should be and do, and in specific respect to the task of nation-building under the 1999 Constitution, the verdict on the outgoing President, Muhammadu Buhari, cannot be difficult to decide: he has not done well at all. Many would simply and directly say that he failed.
26 May 2023
Nigeria’s upper legislature has approved N23.7 trillion to be securitized, a move that raises Nigeria’s aggregate debt from N46 trillion to N70 trillion. Nigeria’s Debt-to-GDP has now risen from 23.2% to 35.1%, meaning it might need to raise its 40% debt limit in the nearest future.
26 May 2023
Sometime in March, the President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, dropped what I regard as an important hint about the nature and the composition of his cabinet.
25 May 2023
President Muhammadu Buhari has inaugurated the permanent site of the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS) in Abuja.Speaking at the ceremony on Thursday in Abuja, Buhari said he had traversed the country in the last few days commissioning critical national infrastructure completed by his administration.
24 May 2023
With the exception of the first and last election cycles, President Buhari’s name was a regular feature on Nigeria’s presidential ballot in her current experiment with electoral democracy.
24 May 2023
The quip from Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, the deposed emir of Kano, during the presentation of the book, entitled: Osinbajo Strides: Defining Moments of an Innovative Leader drives the discussion this week.
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