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    The Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, His Grace Most Reverend Ignatius Kaigama, has asked the President Muhammadu administration to wake up to its statutory responsibility of protecting the lives and property of Nigerians across the country. The wake-up call, according to him, became imperative following an alarm raised by Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State that an unprecedented food shortage looms as a result of the persistent bandit attacks on farming communities. Kaigama stated this in a sermon at Sacred Heart Parish, Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja on Sunday. The religious leader condemned the challenges posed by insecurity which has left several people poor in the country. He cautioned political leaders against the arrogant display of wealth and the paraphernalia of power. The Catholic prelate also called on the government to make conscious efforts to alleviate the people’s suffering. He said, “ Today that farmers cannot go to the farm for fear of bandits an...

President Muhammadu Buhari has reacted to the threats by the Niger Delta Avengers to attack oil installations. The militant group had in a statement threatened to “ bring down” oil installations in the South-South, after accusing the Nigerian government of marginalizing the region. NDA, which started operations in 2016, attacked oil-producing facilities that led to a huge decline in Nigeria’s oil production. They also announced the launch of ‘ Operation Humble' , a new mission to resume the attacks. Reacting in a statement on Sunday, Femi Adesina, presidential spokesman, noted that the issues raised by the group had been responded to when the president met with the leadership of the Niger Delta and Ijaw National Congress (INC), at the Presidential Villa. The statement read, “ The media was Sunday awash with threats and demands by a group, Niger Delta Avengers, to embark on economic sabotage through bombing of critical oil and gas installations unless certain demands, including deve...

Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno state has urged residents to show appreciation to President Muhammadu Buhari during his visit on Thursday. The governor in a statewide broadcast on Tuesday gave reasons the people of the state need to honour the President when he arrives in Maiduguri. Borno is the epicentre of insurgency war in Nigeria.  The state has been at the end of incessant deadly attacks by terrorist groups–Boko Haram and the Islamic State West African Province (ISWAP), and many residents have grown frustrated with the Buhari government.  Ahead of his election in 2015, Buhari promised to defeat Boko Haram but six years into his government, that promise has not been fulfilled. In February 2020, residents of the state booed the President as his convoy drove in and when it was leaving Maiduguri, Borno State, during a condolence visit. The residents were heard shouting in Hausa “ Bama so, ka samu a kunya. ” Meaning “ We don’t want you, because you have disappointed us.” Thur...

 The apex Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has condemned the refusal of Northern elders to speak against the alleged continued marginalisation of Igbo people. In a statement signed on Tuesday by its Secretary-General, Okechukwu Isiguzoro, the group condemned President Muhammadu Buhari's dot-in-a circle comment targeted at Igbo people. Thursday, Buhari had threatened that his government would mobilise the military and the police to go after the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) accused of disturbing the peace in the South-East region.  He had said IPOB is “ just like a dot in a circle and they have nowhere to turn to. They are spread everywhere and they have investments and properties everywhere and in other areas. They don't know what they are doing. How we will handle them is to mobilise the police and the military to go after them. ”  Also, Buhari had slammed those calling for the sovereignty of the Biafra and Oduduwa Republics, saying they were ign...

 Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari secretly plans to visit Maiduguri, the capital of Borno this week. Borno is the epicentre of insurgency war in Nigeria.  A source in the Presidency said that the planned visit is deliberately kept a secret because it is believed that the President will attract protests in the troubled state.  Borno and adjoining states have been at the end of incessant deadly attacks by terrorist groups–Boko Haram and the Islamic State West African Province (ISWAP), and many residents have grown frustrated with the Buhari government.  Ahead of his election in 2015, Buhari promised to defeat Boko Haram but six years into his government, that promise has not been fulfilled. Borno is a stronghold of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), which won presidential elections in the state in 2015 and 2019. " Buhari has a secret plan to visit Maiduguri this week but they don’t want to announce it to prevent a situation whereby protesters in Maiduguri ...

 President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari has warned the Nigerian youths to behave themselves and ensure the nation is secured if they want jobs in the country. Buhari noted that no investor can invest in an unsecured environment, a situation he quite agreed is currently bedeviling the Nation at the moment. President Buhari, in an interview on Arise TV on Thursday morning, bemoaned the spate of violence in the country blaming the Endsars protesters for the lack of investments and jobs. He said, ” I told them to tell the youths if they want jobs they should behave themselves, make Nigeria secure so that people can come and invest. Nigeria is resourceful everybody knows that God has really endowed us.” President Buhari lamenting the Endsars protests which were hijacked by hoodlums to perpetrate violence, said, “ About 200 buses bought by the former governor of Lagos were burnt by restive youths. Who would go and invest in such an environment? Nobody it is just common sense. He warned t...

President Muhammadu Buhari has urged governors to stop waiting for him to solve every problem for them, saying they should stop attacks by herdsmen in their states.  Many states have been experiencing deadly attacks on agrarian communities by Fulani herdsmen, putting pressure on the President as Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces with the power to control the country's centralised security system.  Since he is Fulani, many Nigerians have also accused him of bias and lacking the political will to curb attacks by the nomadic herdsmen, who are also largely Fulani. But Buhari in an interview with Arise TV on Thursday, recalled two South-West governors  recently visited him to complain about encroachment by herdsmen on farmlands in their states.  Describing it as a threat to food security, Buhari said, “ You know these people more than I do, and you are democratically elected to protect your people. Don’t sit idly expecting me to do everything, take action."

   The United States government has asked the Nigerian Government to immediately reverse its ban on Twitter adding that it was tantamount to opposing free speech. Samantha Power, an administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, made this known in a statement on Wednesday. She revealed that Twitter has over 40 million users in Nigeria, noting that the directive must be reversed immediately. She said, “ There are nearly 40 million Twitter users in #Nigeria, and the country is home to Africa's largest tech hub. This suspension is nothing more than state-sanctioned denial of free speech and should be reversed immediately .” The US Mission in Nigeria had also issued an earlier statement via its Facebook page pointing out that the ban was an encroachment to the people’s right to freedom. She said, “ Nigeria’s constitution provides for freedom of expression. The Government’s recent #Twitterban undermines Nigerians’ ability to exercise this fundamental freed...

  The President of Nigeria,  Muhammadu Buhari has today appointed Major General Farouk Yahaya as the new Chief of Army Staff (COAS) to replace the recently demised, General Ibrahim Attahiru who died in a fatal plane crash en-route Kaduna State along with other senior officers and crew members. Until Major General Farouk’s appointment, he was GOC Div. 1 and the incumbent Theatre Commander of the Counterterrorism Counter Insurgency military outfit in the North East code-named Operation HADIN KA Details Shortly…

 President Muhammadu Buhari's son-in-law, Gimba Yau Kumo, and two others were on Thursday declared wanted by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission over diversion and misappropriation of $65 million National Housing fund. Kumo, a former managing director of the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria, who in 2016 married Buhari's second daughter Fatima; Tarry Rufus and Bola Ogunsola, were declared wanted over misappropriation and diversion of $65 million National Housing fund. A statement signed by Azuka C. Ogugua, ICPC Spokesperson, urged the public to provide information about the whereabouts of Mr Kumo and his cohort. The statement read, " The persons whose pictures appear above, Mr. Tarry Rufus, Mr. Gimba Yau Kumo and Mr. Bola Ogunsola, are hereby declared WANTED by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) in connection with issues bordering on misappropriation of National Housing Funds and diversion of th...

  Founder and Spiritual Director of Adoration Ministry Enugu State, Father Ejike Mbaka, has said President Muhammadu Buhari will suffer if he doesn’t show that he is not part of those causing insecurity in the country. Mbaka made this statement during Sunday service at the Adoration Ministry premises.  He said despite that former Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari was flown abroad for treatment, he later died. Mbaka said, “ Start preparing where to run to, trouble is coming, Nigeria has collapsed and Abuja will no longer be a safe zone for politicians. President Buhari has not shown that he is not part of the insecurity ravaging the country, you have to show that you are not part of the insecurity. President Buhari will suffer if he doesn’t change his ways. Was Abba Kyari not sent abroad for treatment? But what happened? He died.” Mbaka had called for President Buhari’s resignation or impeachment over his handling of the security challenges in the country. He said Buhari has failed Ni...

 The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Sunday urged media practitioners to be sensitive in carrying out their duties and avoid reports that can further worsen the situation the country is going through. According to a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, the President made the call in his message to mark the World Press Freedom Day observed globally every May 3. The statement was titled ‘ President Buhari urges ‘responsible journalism’ on World Press Freedom Day.’ Adesina said the President recommitted to freedom of the press and urged media professionals to wield freedom responsibly, and without licentiousness. According to him, the President noted that freedom of the press is an irreducible minimum in a democracy that would flourish, adding that freedom must, however, be used responsibly. The statement added, “On the part of government, President Buhari pledges greater cooperation with the media to discharge its duties, in lin...

     The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has approved the establishment of a National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons. A statement from the presidency on Monday noted that the centre would be domiciled in the Office of the National Security Adviser. It read, “ The NCCSALW replaces the defunct Presidential Committee on Small Arms and Light Weapons and shall serve as the institutional mechanism for policy guidance, research and monitoring of all aspects of Small Arms and Light Weapons in Nigeria. “This decision is part of ongoing restructuring of Nigeria’s security architecture to address emerging threats and strengthen regional mechanism for the control, prevention and regulation of SALW. “The impact of the proliferation of SALW across national borders in Africa and the Sahel region has resulted in terrorism, human trafficking, organized crime, and insurrections in West Africa and Nigeria. “Therefore, as one of the measures in tack...

Coalitions of 52 northern groups on Monday called on the global community to intervene in persuading the Nigerian government and United Nations to facilitate the final actualisation of the Biafran dream by the Igbo. While describing as empty and of no effect “threats and promises” by President Muhammadu Buhari, the CNG said “between December 2020 and April 2021, over 970 students were abducted from their schools in the northern part of Nigeria with a substantial number still in captivity and some violently executed.” The spokesperson of CNG, Abdul-Azeez Suleiman, raised the views in a communiqué after an emergency meeting in Abuja. According to him, Northern Nigeria has never experienced the present level of exposure to criminals and bandits under the régime of Buhari. He said, “ The CNG hereby resolves to call on our friends and the international community, the UK especially, to understand that our bilateral friendship is guided by the principles of sovereignty, promotion of peace and...

Former Senator representing Kaduna Central, Shehu Sani, has criticised President Muhammadu Buhari for asking the United States to relocate Africa Command from Germany to the troubled area. The statement that was made available on his Twitter handle on Wednesday states: " The President’s call for world powers military HQ on African soil is an open invitation for recolonisation of Africa. It's easier to tell and get them to come and when they come, it’s impossible to tell and get them to go out. "Over six decades since independence, African countries should purposefully work together to confront & address their security challenges, while honorably seeking foreign technical assistance. The call for the US to relocate its USAfricaCommand HQ to Africa is unconscionable." He said with such a move, other foreign players will follow suit, leading to the military balkanisation of the continent. "Once the US relocates their HQ to Africa, Russia, China, Iran, Saudia, I...

   State House, Abuja, has planned to spend N1.37 billion in 2021 to construct a Presidential wing at the State House Medical Centre, where President Muhammadu Buhari and subsequent presidents can receive medical treatments. The State House in its budget for the medical centre also planned to purchase medical equipment worth over N237 million for the hospital.  " the funds budgeted for the clinic over the years might have been embezzled, as the medical centre remained in a pathetic situation and the President would not risk being treated in the facility for his undisclosed ailmen t" A voice from the street said. According to the 2021 appropriation for the State House Clinic, the construction of the Presidential wing at the State House Clinic would gulp N1,374,416,876. The State House did not give a breakdown of how such humongous money would be expended to build the wing. The budget reads, “ERGP16132281 – construction of presidential wing at the State House Medical Centre...

Senior Pastor of Awaiting the Coming Of Christ Ministry, Adewale Giwa, on Thursday told President Muhammadu Buhari that he could not stop the marginalised ethnic nationalities in Nigeria from seeking self-determination. The cleric also stated that the Oduduwa Republic would pave the way for Igbo people to realise their sovereign nation away from Nigeria. Giwa said that Oduduwa Republic and Biafra are beyond the president. He said, “ You can’t stop the freedom of Nigerians who have determined to go their separate ways. This project is beyond the president, army or police. “Oduduwa Republic is here already and it will pave the way for Igbos who have been marginalised for years. Let me advise President Muhammadu Buhari not to waste his energy to stop people’s decisions. “The presidency ought to have admitted failure instead of trying to justify the reason Nigerians should continue to stay together in poverty. What has President Buhari done since 2015 to date to keep the country together? ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has requested the Senate to consider and approve Hon. Justice Salisu Garba for appointment as the acting Chief Judge of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), High Court. Senate President Ahmad Lawan read Buhari’s letter of request on the floor during plenary. Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Hon. Justice Tanko Muhammad, had in January 2021, swore-in Justice Garba as acting CJ of FCT High Court. This was sequel to the retirement of Justice Ishaq Bello as CJ of the FCT High Court. Garba hails from Malumfashi Local Government Area of Katsina State. He was called to bar in 1984 and completed his National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in 1985. Garba was appointed as Magistrate in FCT in 1989. He became the Chief Registrar of the FCT High Court in 1997. He was appointed a Judge of the FCT High Court in 1998.

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has filed a lawsuit against the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), over his alleged failure to probe allegations that N3,836,685,213.13 is missing in the health sector. SERAP claimed that the alleged missing public fund is meant for the Federal Ministry of Health, teaching hospitals, medical centres, and National Food Drug Administration and Control. It stated this was documented in the recently released 2018 audited report by the Office of the Auditor-General of the Federation. The suit is coming in the wake of the controversy over Buhari’s travel to London for a “routine” medical check-up at a time the country’s resident doctors are on strike over unpaid salaries, upward review of hazard allowances, and COVID-19 care incentives, leaving millions of poor Nigerians without access to medical treatment. In the suit number FHC/ABJ/CS/433/2021 filed last week at the Federal High Court in Abuja, SERAP is seeking “an order of m...

President muhammedu Buhari Refuses To Act On Magu’s Probe Report Five Months After Submission One of Magu’s lawyers, Tosin Ojaomo, said Magu remained in the service of the Nigeria Police Force though the police has yet to post him anywhere after his suspension as EFCC chairman. Ibrahim Magu’s fate remains uncertain five months after the submission of the report of the Justice Ayo Salami Judicial Panel of Inquiry on the former acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to President Muhammadu Buhari. There have been concerns about the fate of Magu after the appointment and confirmation of Abdulrasheed Bawa as the new Executive Chairman of EFCC in February. Although sources in the office of the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), said the panel faulted some procedures in the management of recovered assets under Magu, the presidential white paper on the report had yet to be announced. One of Magu’s lawyers, Tosin Ojaomo, s...