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President Buhari blamed the State Governments for Almajiri system of education while playing host to members of the Progressives in Academics at the State House in Abuja on Tuesday. According to Buhari, the Islamic education associated with begging on economic and religious grounds exists because the state governments are not doing their jobs.    “The problem of education, I hope when you are going to produce your paper you should be referring to the constitution – What the Centre (Federal Government) is supposed to do; what the state is supposed to do and what the local governments are supposed to do. “And that again, you reflect on the basis for revenue allocations from the centre which is being published by the Nigerian press every quarter – the amount of money earned and how it is divided by the three tiers of government. “The people are deliberately criticising the government – when I say the government of course I mean the Federal Government, for ...

He said: To a man, who has been exemplary in life and his commitment to Nigeria, To a man who has a great sense of humour, To a man who genuinely loves the Nigerian people and to a man I am privileged to call Boss, Happy 76th Birthday!

President Muhammadu Buhari held a closed-door meeting with the country’s 36 state governors in Aso Rock to discuss what many believe to be  the issue of the N30,000 minimum wage. See more photos below...

As the president decided to address the rumours about himself being cloned, The Washington Post on their Twitter handle tweets "Sounds like something a clone would say..."

Oby Ezekwesili has expressed displeasure at the absence of President Muhammadu Buhari, and former vice-president Atiku Abubakar, and some other leading candidates for the 2019 presidential elections at the first 2019 presidential debate. Atiku, who is the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, sent in Segun Sowunmi to represent him at the event, while President Buhari of the All progressive Congress,APC sent in no representative for the debate. Speaking at the debate, Ezekwesili, presidential candidate of the ACPN, said she could have gotten angry and left, following the absence of Buhari and Atiku, but said she stayed for the debate out of respect for Nigerians present. The debate is currently holding in Abuja, and hosted by The Osasu Show, and supported by ONE campaign, Connected Development (CODE), and YALI Abuja. Rotimi Amaechi, the minister of transportation, is present at the event, but did not represent the president at the actual debate. According to Ezekwesili, “How can we...

President Buhari has stated corrupt leaders that have stolen the wealth of the Nation will not escape going to jail. President Buhari said this today when he received a delegation of APC leaders from Benue state in the presidential villa, Abuja. A statement from his media aide, Femi Adesina, quotes President Buhari saying that the misappropriations of funds meant for the development of the people is unjust and unfair to workers. “I honestly don’t know how people sleep when workers have not been paid. The workers have to pay rent, buy food, send their children to school and they have healthcare to take care of. I assure you that my main interest is all Nigerians in all parts of the country. Therefore, if anybody who tries to create any impression that I prefer any group across ethnicity or religion let him dare me by being caught red handed stealing public funds.  I will deal with him’’ he said President Buhari told the party leaders that the farmes and herdsmen clashes wit...

The statement said President Buhari in pursuit of the war against corruption, has set a number of local and international records, one of which is to call judicial officers in Nigeria to account. He is the first to set such a record. Not only that, this is the first time that top military commanders and Service Chiefs are brought to trial and convictions were achieved on account of corruption. Read the rest of the statement below... Also, this is the first time a ruling party is convicting high profile citizens including former governors, who are members of same party. This is the first time the international community is acknowledging the efforts of a government of Nigeria in this regard as manifested by the selection of President Buhari by the African Union as the Anti-Corruption Champion of the continent. For the records, this is the first time a ruling party is investigating ranking officers of the administration, including some at the very top. In addition to the many firsts r...

Chairman of the debate group and owner of Channels TV, John Momoh, disclosed this at a press conference in Abuja today November 22nd. He added that the debates will hold at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja and will be broadcast live by all BON members. According to the timetable released by the group, the vice presidential candidates are billed to have their debate on December 14th 2018. President Buhari will be debating alongside the likes of Oby Ezekwesili, Atiku Abubakar, Donald Duke and others.

President Buhari has assured that all ongoing Federal projects in the South East will be funded , saying that the seven-month delay in passing this year’s budget will not serve as an excuse. Speaking at a meeting with South-East Governors and Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu on Wednesday, at the State House, President Buhari pledged that the Federal government will sustain the support to the South-East in terms of infrastructure. ‘‘I assure you that we are doing our best and will not default on the agreements signed on ongoing projects,’’ the President told the delegation led by Deputy Senate President Ekweremadu. President Buhari explained that part of the noticeable problem in the delay in the execution of the capital projects was caused by the budget hold-up. ‘‘When you sign, and you don’t pay, they (contractors) can legally jerk up their costs. This is part of the problem. ‘‘The infrastructure budget is a defici...

President Buhari is currently in Kaduna State to intervene in the different communal and religious crises that have rocked the state in recent times. He is currently in a meeting with traditional and religious leaders as well as stakeholders in the state to find a lasting solution to the crisis. 

A former Chief of staff,  Lt. General Ipoola Alani Akinrinade , yesterday, rose to reply critics of  President Muhammadu Buhari  over his statement that his  West African School Certificate Examination Certificate, WAEC , was with the Nigerian Army. In a statement disclosed by Mr President’s special adviser on Media and Publicity,  Femi Adesina , the former Chief of Defence Staff insisted that Buhari has a certificate, noting that the time Buhari joined the Armed forces ‘ there were no cutting corners’. Read the full statement below: “…  The most annoying one is the case about (Muhammadu) Buhari not having a Certificate. It is an insult to the Armed Forces, a terrible insult to the Armed Forces. If they are so embedded in the system and they have lost their souls, then they can go ahead and join everybody else in castigating a General of Buhari’s calibre. They are now talking about a School Certificate. By the time he joined the...

Nigerian president , Muhammadu Buhari yesterday publicly confirmed his intention to seek a second term in office in next year's presidential elections, recalling that he had contested for the nation’s plum job several times in the past but lost. This happened at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Stadium in Bauchi, the Bauchi state capital, where the President, who is on a two-day official visit to the state, addressed a mammoth crowd. Recall that the President had about a fortnight ago before departing to London ahead of 2018 CHOGM told the National Executive Committee members of his party – the APC – that he would be seeking re-election in 2019. The President’s declaration was announced by Governors Simon Lalong, Nasir El-Rufai and a presidential aide. Confirming his decision to seek re-election, Buhari told the Bauchi crowd, “When I came into power as a military Head of State during the military era, there was nothing like insurgency in the North East, alth...

ESenator Shehu Sani (APC-Kaduna Central) has thrown his support behind President Muhammadu Buhari’s stand against the tenure extension granted the party’s elected officials. Speaking on an interview on Channels TV, Sani said the president’s intervention has saved the party. He said: “The intervention of the President, if it was not done, it would have been disastrous for the party. I feel highly relieved. “So, in every sense of the word, it has saved the party from what would have consumed it at the end of the day. “If we went ahead with that tenure elongation, and someone from the opposition party goes to court after all the processes of congresses and primaries has been done, the point is that we may end up without a governorship or presidential candidate and without a candidate at all the legislative arm of government. “On my part, I told him (Buhari) right to his face that as a man who has seen it all, who has achieved so much as a...

Reports have it that President Muhammadu Buhari met with Council of Traditional Rulers from all the regions in Nigeria. Below are photos from the visit: