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Dr. Junaid Mohammed has described President Muhammadu Buhari's Administration as shameless for saying Nigerians will vote him in 2019. The Presidency through its Presidential spokesperson, Mallam Garba Shehu, dismissed the suggestion that the masses will not stand behind President Buhari in 2019, saying that “ordinary Nigerians are the backbone of his (Buhari’s) mandate and the only reason he ran for the office is to protect them against the rapacious merchants of corruption, who have held Nigeria back for decades.” Dr. Junaid Mohammed however reacting to that said; “It is very unfortunate and shameless that a government that is yet to do anything is already talking of 2019. “It is very unfortunate that a party like APC that is fast becoming moribund is already talking of 2019 when they have nothing to show for the four years Nigerians gave them. This development shows they are power-hungry, hypocritical and corruption-ridden. “This entire 2019 discussion is ridiculous. I ...

It has been revealed that President Muhammdu Buhari will seek a second term in office in a statement released yesterday evening by his spokesperson, Garba Shehu.. "Nigerians are the backbone of his mandate and the only reason he ran for the office is to protect them against the rapacious merchants of corruption, who have held Nigeria back for decades." Garba Said The Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, said Galadima’s calculation and prediction is utterly confused and misleading Reacting to his allegations that President Buhari would be abandoned by the people in 2019. He said "The masses are solidly behind President Buhari because he is not stealing the citizens money and their future, President Buhari's goodwill remains ever strong because Nigerians are convinced that he is acting in accordance to their best interest, despite the temporary unintended consequences of reforms." Do you have anything to say concerning th...

President Obama recently disclosed that his mobile phone is limited to receiving emails and browsing the internet, that it actually cannot take photos, play music or make calls. The president made this known on Jimmy Kimmel Live on Monday. Read what He said: I now have an iPhone but it is like the phone you give your 2 year old that they can pretend to press things but nothing actually happens. So, My phone has no phone, no camera, no camera,no music and all it has is the internet and I send/receiving emails. “My rule has been throughout my presidency, that I assume that someday, some time, somebody will read this email. So, I don’t send any email that at some point won’t be on the front page of the newspapers.”

Nigerians have reacted to president Muhammadu Buhari’s reply over his wife’s interview with BBC. President Buhari replied by saying his wife, Aisha, belongs in his kitchen and “the other room”, apparently an euphemism for the bedroom. See people's reaction on Twitter

President Muhammadu Buhari has sent a message of assurance to potential investors that Nigeria would soon be one of the most attractive places to invest. The president gave this assurance when he spoke at the US Africa business forum on the side-line of the United Nations General Assembly. In a statement issued by Femi Adeshina who is the special adviser to the president on media and publicly, Buhari said his administration has embarked on significant economic reforms to realize that goal. The programme was organised by the United States Department of Commerce and Bloomberg Philanthropies and attended by political and business leaders from the United States, Africa and other regions of the world. “We intend to make Nigeria one of the most attractive places to do business.” “We are weaning ourselves from a historical dependence on crude oil, diversifying our economy, and putting it on the path of sustainable and inclusive growth. To this end, we have embarked ...

A financial and economic management institute has blamed the President Muhammadu Buhari led Federal Government and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for the Nigeria’s current economic woes and its recent plunge into recession. The institute, West African Institute for Financial and Economic Management (WAIFEM) through its director-general Professor Akpan Ekpo said that the delay in passing and implementing the 2016 budget and the CBN’s monetary and foreign exchange policy stance helped worsened the country’s economic situation. “There was a near absence of fiscal policy – the economy lacks the necessary fiscal buffers. Money and exchange rate policies were the only voice. Rather than implementing quantitative easing, the CBN was interested in tightening monetary policy. When an economy is almost in a recession, monetary expansion would help towards recovery,” he told Vanguard newspaper. He faulted the CBN’s foreign exchange framework was another policy in the...

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has expressed confidence that President Buhari will surmount the present challenges confronting the country. According to him, President Buhari has so far not disappointed Nigerians. The former President said this in Jalingo yesterday August 19th. “So far Buhari has not disappointed us. I trust him. He will not fail Nigerians. I know he will overcome the challenges the country is currently facing” he said

– Presidential spokesperson says teaching hospitals have more than 50 percent of the allocation for Health Presdent Muhammadu Buhari presenting the 2016 budget last year. The presidency has reacted to reports that President Muhammadu Buhari will spend more on the State House Clinic than all the federal government-owned teaching hospitals put together. Premium Times had on Tuesday, February 2, 2016, revealed that the State House Clinic, which caters for the President, Vice President and other staff of the Presidential Villa, numbering about one thousand, will cost about N787 million more than all the 16 teaching hospitals owned by the federal government put toget her. Leadership reports that the senior special assistant to the president on media and publicity, Garba Shehu described the report as off the mark and insensitive. In a statement issued to counter the report, Shehu however said contrary to the report, the total sum for health institutions as given by...

– He points out the quality of Nigerian films – He says Nigerian films do not target big awards – How Nigerian films subtitling works against it Former President Jonathan with Nigerian actors and actresses. A member of the Nigerian Oscar selection committee is defending the organisers of Oscar awards over non-inclusion of Nigerian movies. Highlighting the reasons why Nigerian movies are missing out in the international awards Shaibu Husseini who is a member of the Nigerian Oscar selection committee blames it on the poor quality of production and bad subtitles. Husseini spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) during which he said the Oscar award foreign category was meant for films produced in foreign languages but despite that Nigerian films are yet to make it to get nominated at the well celebrated the awards. “Nigeria has not been lucky to have entries there because we don’t produce targeting those kinds of awards. “We just produce to send DVD into the...