Mr. Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser (Media and Publicity) to President Muhammadu Buhari in this interview navigates through and sometimes around some knotty issues that have recently bestirred the polity. He spoke on among others, the alleged intraparty wrangling between the President and Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the role of the President in the All Progressives Congress, APC’s victory in the Ondo State governorship election, and the criticism raised against his boss by President Olusegun Obasanjo among others. Excerpts:

President Muhammadu Buhari has canvassed for the establishment of special courts to expedite the trial of corruption suspects, saying it would underscore the seriousness of his government’s anti-corruption war.

The Senate, yesterday, approved President Muhammadu Buhari’s request to amend the 2016 budget by re-assigning funds initially appropriated for special intervention programme, to address urgent recurrent and capital items.

President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated former Nigeria’s High Commissioner to South Africa, Alhaji Shehu Malami, on his attainment of 79 years of age.

The battle for Alagbaka Government House, Akure, intensified yesterday, after President Muhammadu Buhari stormed the Ondo State capital to campaign for the candidate of his party, All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Rotimi Akeredolu, in Saturday’s governorship election in the state.

THE All Progressives Congress, APC, caucus in the House of Representatives, yesterday, expressed disenchantment with the ruling party by opposing passage of the Medium Term Expenditure Framework, MTEF, virement of N180 billion for critical infrastructure and the foreign loan request of $29.9 billion from President Muhammadu Buhari, during their caucus meeting, last night.

Perhaps President Buhari and his team underestimated the enormity of problems awaiting them, meaning that they were not well prepared in advance for the challenges ahead. One would have expected the President to hit the ground running, as someone who contested thrice for the presidency and lost.

President Muhammadu Buhari has commended the contribution of Pope Francis and the Holy See to global peace, describing it as “active and relentless.”

THAT the President’s Executive proposals nowadays go through rough legislative times before they are either rejected or at best rancorously approved, should worry Mr. President. Or so I thought.

President Muhammadu Buhari has tasked security agencies to ensure peaceful elections, warning it might be difficult to conduct the 2019 general elections across the country, if conduct of hitch-free elections in one state is difficult to achieve.

Against the background of its diverse population and ethnic plurality, President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday declared that multiparty system still remained the best option for Nigeria’s democracy.

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed a high powered delegation to be led by the Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari, to represent him at the funeral of late Col. Abu Ali and others on Monday.

A NEWSPAPER headline last week Thursday, November 3, 2016 declared: “Retrogression, Order Of The Day Under Buhari – NANS”. The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, issued a statement lamenting the suffering that students and parents have been experiencing since President Muhammadu took charge of the country seventeen months ago.

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed optimism that Nigeria is destined to achieve greatness in spite of the current challenges.

President Muhammadu Buhari would reapply for the approval of the request to borrow $29.9 billion, the Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Muhammed has said.