Tag: Buhari

“Jonathan ‘fabricated’ Buhari-Boko Haram story for 2027 campaign” – Garba Shehu

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Garba Shehu on GEJ

…Says ex-president’s claim misleading Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the Late president Muhammadu Buhari, Garba Shehu, has described as “terrible” a statement credited to former president Goodluck Jonathan that Boko Haram terrorists once nominated Buhari to lead negotiations with his (Jonathan’s) administration. In an issued statement on X on Friday, Shehu described the statement as false, accusing Jonathan of fabricating a misleading statement towards his bid for the presidency in 2027. Shehu stated: “We are compelled to make a response to a terrible statement made on the late…

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@Yari’s Son’s Wedding: “We’ll continue to uphold Buhari’s legacies, ideals” – Tinubu, during visit to his family in Kaduna

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Tinubu@Yari’s son’s wedding

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu yesterday paid a solidarity visit to the Kaduna residence of Nigeria’s Late President, Muhammadu Buhari, assuring the Buhari family of upholding the Late leader’s legacies. The President, who led a powerful delegation of Nigeria’s political elite to Kaduna where he combined high-profile social and solemn family engagements, first attended the wedding fatiha of Nasirudeen AbdulAziz Yari, son of former Zamfara governor and serving senator, AbdulAziz Yari, who married Safiyya Shehu Idris at the historic Sultan Bello Mosque.  Tinubu personally received the groom’s hand-in-marriage on behalf of…

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Buhari’s loyalists back Atiku, dump APC for ADC ahead of 2027 election

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Buhari’s loyalists back Atiku

Loyalists to the former presidential candidate, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in the 2023 general elections who are members of the All Progressives Party (APC) have thrown their support to Atiku. At a private meeting in Abuja, state chairmen of the defunct Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), Buhari’s original party, met at Atiku’s Abuja residence to chart a way forward for national development. Atiku, who is spearheading efforts to build a broad coalition under the African Democratic Congress, ADC, hosted the delegation and pledged to work with them to reshape Nigeria’s…

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“Buhari, Tinubu betrayed Nigerians, pushed country into poverty” – Sule Lamiɗo 

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Lamiɗo blasts APC

: Says North’ll reject Tinubu in 2027 Former Governor of Jigawa State and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain, Sule Lamiɗo, has launched a scathing attack on the All Progressives Congress (APC), accusing former President Muhammadu Buhari and President Bola Tinubu of betraying Nigerians and pushing the country deeper into poverty and despair. Speaking at the PDP expanded caucus meeting in Dutse, Jigawa State, Lamiɗo said the APC governments had inflicted “hardship, deceit, and betrayal” on Nigerians, leaving the nation more impoverished and divided. “Since Buhari and now Tinubu, Nigerians are…

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“Why Obasanjo hated Buhari” – Garba Shehu

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Garba Shehu on OBJ2

The spokesman for the Late former President Muhammadu Buhari, Garba Shehu, has reacted to the posthumous appraisal of his principal by former President Olusegun Obasanjo, declaring that the former only hated the latter. Reacting to Obasanjo’s latest verdict on Buhari administration (2015-2023), describing the tenure as the most worst civil administration in Nigeria, Shehu said he had already explained why Obasanjo never liked the late head of state in his recent book: ‘According to the President: Lessons from a Presidential Spokesman’s Experience’. He, however, said that the late former President…

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“Buhari failed Nigerians”, Tinubu treading same path” – Obasanjo

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Obasanjo Tinubu

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has slammed the Late Muhammadu Buhari, declaring his 2015–2023 civilian administration as the worst Nigeria has ever experienced. In his new book, titled: ‘Nigeria: Past and Future’, Obasanjo accused Buhari of abandoning the very principles he cited as justification for overthrowing Shehu Shagari’s government in the December 31, 1983 coup. Buhari, who died in London on July 13, 2025, and was buried in his hometown of Daura two days later, had twice ruled Nigeria first as a military head of state and later as a democratically-elected…

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“Buhari did his best; ministers, officials didn’t do enough” – AbdulSalami Abubakar

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AbdulSalami Abubakar

Former Nigerian Head of State, General AbdulSalami Abubakar, has said that officials who served under Late President Muhammadu Buhari failed to meet the standards he (Buhari) expected. AbdulSalami, who spoke in London following Buhari’s death after a brief illness, described the late president as a sincere and trustworthy man whose legacy will remain etched in Nigeria’s history. “During his democratic tenure, he tried his best to fight corruption again. Unfortunately, most of the officers who served with him were found wanting. They didn’t do as much as he expected of…

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“Buhari rejected proposed ₦10m Aso Villa food budget: – Garba Shehu 

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Garba Shehu

Former Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, has revealed that ex-president Muhammadu Buhari was shocked when informed of a proposed ₦10 million food budget for the State House. Shehu disclosed this in his memoir: ‘According to the President: Lessons from a Presidential Spokesperson’s Experience’, which was launched in Abuja last Tuesday. According to him, the former president was briefed upon assuming office in 2015 that the food budget, covering meals for the president, vice-president, guest houses, and official banquets, needed to be raised to…

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“Jonathan, Buhari didn’t have Nigeria’s interest at heart in 2015” – Lamiɗo

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Lamido

Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sule Lamiɗo, has said that neither President Goodluck Jonathan nor Muhammadu Buhari had Nigeria’s interest at heart in 2015. The former Jigawa State governor said in Chapter 16 (pages 416-417) of his autobiography: “Being True To Myself”, which was launched in Abuja on May 13, that Nigeria was the ultimate loser following the 2015 polls. Lamiɗo said that apart from the “propaganda” of the All Progressives Congress (APC), key members of the PDP were alienated for unjustifiable reasons. He wrote, “I moved to draw the…

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Life after presidency: Ex-President Buhari says he now feeds from rental income

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Ex President Buhari

Former President, Muhammadu Buhari has revealed that, after serving two terms as Nigeria’s leader, he sustains himself through rental income from one of his houses in Kaduna State. Addressing the All Progressives Congress (APC) caucus at the Katsina Government House, ahead of the February 15 local council elections, Buhari said that during his eight-year presidency, he avoided using his position for personal gain. “I have only three houses—one in Daura and two in Kaduna. I’ve rented out one of them to sustain myself and cover my feeding expenses”, Buhari said,…

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