FEATURES PRESIDENT BUHARI SHOWED MERCY TO FFK – FEMI ADESINA By Femi Adesina Not a small ruckus has been caused by the defection of former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode (FFK), from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) last week. An icing on the cake, or the salt added to injury (depending on which side you are), was his reception at the Presidential Villa … Read More
SOCIETY GIST GROUP TELLS BUHARI TO LEAVE 2019 CAMPAIGN AND FOCUS ON RESCUING LEAH Joseph Omoniyi A socio-political organisation, known as the Coalition of Christian Groups for Good-Governance, CCGG (Nigeria and the Diaspora), has advised the Federal Government to intensify its focus and agitation on the release of Leah Sharibu, instead of the campaign for reelection in 2019. In a communiqué issued after its extraordinary meeting held in Lagos and signed by its … Read More
POLITICAL GIST NEW YORK FIRM PREDICTS BUHARI MAY NOT WIN THE 2019 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION By Joseph Omoniyi A New York-based analysis firm, Teneo Intelligence has forecast that President Buhari, the automatic candidate of the ruling All Progressives, APC, in next year’s presidential election, could lose power in 2019. Teneo Intelligence who used the governorship election in Osun state to buttress its points, said, this is possible if the opposition unites against him and … Read More
POLITICAL GIST Buhari pledges to fast-track NNPC’s re-organisation President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday said he would soon establish what he called an inter-ministerial committee that will be saddled with the responsibility of fast-tracking the re-organisation and reformation of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation. According to a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, the President spoke while granting audience to the Chief Executive Officer of the International … Read More
POLITICAL GIST I am slow because i dont want to make mistakes, President Buhari President Muhammadu Buhari has responded to critics who say his government is too slow, stating that the steady pace is pertinent to avoid disaster. Speaking on Friday in Abuja in an audience with Women In Politics Forum (WIPF), the President said his administration is busy cleaning up the mess done by the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) governments in the last … Read More
