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Appoint competent ministers, CICAN urges Buhari

Appoint competent ministers, CICAN urges Buhari

The Commerce and Industry Correspondents Association of Nigeria (CICAN) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to appoint competent persons as Ministers to enable him fulfill his campaign promises to the electorate.
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Buhari, the elephant of Hindostan

Buhari, the elephant of Hindostan

SOME of us must be familiar with the poem: The Six Blind Men of Hindostan by JE Saxe. These curious blind men went to learn about the elephant. They had to “observe” the huge animal by feeling with their palms the part of the body they found themselves touching. The first one touched its side and shrieked: “bless me, the elephant is very like a wall!”

Settling Fashola’s hash

Settling Fashola’s hash

EVERY Nigerian loudly proclaims their hatred of corruption. Corruption has made majority of us poor and our country backward, with only a handful of super-rich folks, most of them crooks. We all want corrupt people brought out to the public square and lynched. But how many of us can cast the first stone? When this question was posed to a Biblical lynch mob, none of them had the nerve or conscience to do it.

BUHARI: From parade ground  to power

BUHARI: From parade ground to power

Buhari is arguably Nigeria’s most popular politician today . He wields the largest individual political grass root followership and vote gathering prowess . On mass appeal, he is in the proximity of the highly esteemed first republic premiers who attracted fanatical loyalty from their followers . Some of his ardent followers in the north east and north west zones love him as passionately as the people of the old western region loved Awolowo.

APC will rule in 2015, says Buhari

APC will rule in 2015, says Buhari

Former Head of State, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari has expressed optimism that All Progressives Congress (APC) would win the 2015 general elections.

He added that the party would rule Nigeria no matter the opposition from other political parties.

Atiku, Tinubu, Alams, Buhari, others failed Nigeria – Obasanjo

Atiku, Tinubu, Alams, Buhari, others failed Nigeria – Obasanjo

Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday, said his former deputy, Atiku Abubakar; chieftain of All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu; former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Salisu Buhari, and former governors of Delta and Bayelsa states, James Ibori and Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, respectively, had failed the nation.

Buhari, El-Rufai missing when we fought for democracy – Lamido

Buhari, El-Rufai missing when we fought for democracy – Lamido

*Forget NGF crisis, when it comes to money govs ‘re united
Following the Sallah Durbar marking the end of the Islamic month of Ramadan, the governor sat down for a brief interview touching on the recent effort by him and four other governors to mobilise some of the country’s elder-statesmen to intervene in the crisis in the polity. Of course, he spoke on the conspiracy of the elite class against the Nigerian masses. Excerpts:

The making of APC and the storm ahead

The making of APC and the storm ahead

After intrigues, controversies,accusations and counter accusations, the Independent National electoral Commission, INEC, on Wednesday, announced the registration of the All Progressive Congress, APC, as one of the political parties in the country.

Buhari, Tinubu are dictators  – PDP

Buhari, Tinubu are dictators – PDP

ABUJA—THE leadership of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Sunday, alleged that the 2011 presidential candidate of Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, General Muhammadu Buhari, and former governor of Lagos State, Bola Tinubu, were united in dictatorship.

The Buhari phenomenon

The Buhari phenomenon

His brief grasp of government between 1984 and 1985 was relatively unimpressive. He did not salvage Nigeria as promised. His government’s trade policy hinged on counter trade was largely crude. Even the issue of discipline where he is today largely celebrated was punctured with the exposure of the contradictory action of his number two who breached the regime’s order barring under-aged from going for hajj.