Tag: President Muhammadu Buhari

2016: Kudos President Muhammadu Buhari

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By Charles Ibekwe  The year 2016 is one in which many Nigerians groaned as they get used to a different way of doing things, it will go down in history as the year we decided to stick with change irrespective of the difficulties associated with the process. We have President Muhammadu Buhari to thank for remaining committed to seeing the process through despite the harsh criticisms from the very people whose future he is working so hard to secure. Someone gave an analogy that what some people would have preferred…

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Re: Political Maneuverings: Buhari Extends Gen Olonisakin’s Tenure By One Year

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By Abdulkadir Suleiman A news story published in the Vanguard newspaper on December 21, 2016, “Political maneuverings: Buhari extends Gen Olonisakin’s tenure by one year” has set the record for the absurd in the ongoing onslaught on common sense in Nigeria. The story took a neutral development, around a decision taken in the interest of the nation, and turned it into a circus. It sought to whip up division where non should exist. For the news story, which read more like an opinion piece as opposed to factual reporting, it…

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The Noisy Noise Over General Olonisakin’s Tenure

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By Prince Success Nigerians are very difficult people. Most times, we baselessly portray ourselves as people who infinitely fault everything, including our own shadows, which we have no idea about its existence. To have a probing mind is a positive asset, especially when it is devoted to positive use.  But in our case, we are more prone to the negation offered by useless and unproductive criticisms steeped in lies. I was amazed at recent media reports faulting the extension of the tenure of the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General…

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Buhari: The Shadows Of Childhood Years On Adulthood

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By Nkechi Odoma The life of a leader is both complex and simple. He is usually endowed with virtues very rare to find. In leadership, he exudes what he was at childhood and brings it to bear on his leadership of the people or the country in adult life. Nigeria’s President Muhammedu Buhari (PMB) has an inspiring background. And a perusal of his teenage days discloses a promising child whom fate would later entrust with leadership of Nigeria. Most Nigerians would hardly know that what Buhari has demonstrated today in…

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A Buhari Unbowed By 2016 Challenges

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By Philip Agbese On the surface, 2016 looks like a year Nigerians would like to zap from their memories. It is the year in which President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration marked one year in office and this was a milestone that used to attract the equivalent of non-stop genuflecting from corridor trekkers. But for this year, like the waves receding at low tide to expose the mess that revelers and picnickers have made on the beach, all the failings and errors of the year past were revealed in all their harsh…

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Nigeria, A Sovereignty Too Precious To Sacrifice

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By Kolawole Anthony A  German-born poet and physiognomist, Johann Kaspar Lavater, about five centuries ago, envisaged the dynamism of the world early enough. It’s like this intellectual acumen had Nigeria of today in mind, when in solo mood, insightfully challenged himself; “What do I owe to my times, to my country, to my neighbors, to my friends? Such are the questions which a virtuous man ought often to ask himself.” Not listed in order of importance, but the likes of Chief Nnamdi Azikiwe, Herbert Marculay, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, Sir Ahmadu…

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Rivers Re-Run: Group Raise Alarm Over Plot To Blackmail INEC Chairman

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An election observer and monitoring group, the Independent Service Monitoring Group (ISDMG) has raised concern over what it described as plot by desperate politicians to intimidate and blackmail the Independent National Electoral Commission  (INEC) ahead of the Rivers State senatorial elections re-run.  Speaking in Abuja, ISDMG Executive Director, Dr Chima Amadi said to this end, the group will be mobilising other civil society organisations to a peaceful protests aimed at drawing attention to the dangers of a continued assault on the Election Monitoring Bodies as we are currently witnessing. He urged the Nigerian…

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