Tag: Garba Shehu

“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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“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 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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What Buhari didnt say to President Tinubu – Garba Shehu

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The erstwhile spokesman of former President Muhammadu Buhari, Garba Shehu, has debunked the reports circulating on social media that former President Muhammadu Buhari is requesting his successor, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu not to investigate some former officials of his government. In a tweet yesterday, the former ex-President spokesperson debunked the report that Buhari told President Tinubu to stop the ongoing investigation of some members of his cabinet when they reportedly met behind closed doors in London, during the President’s private trip to the United Kingdom on Monday, June 26. Garba…

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PMB, victim of tyranny of expectations by Nigerians Spokesman

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Senior Special to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, has said Muhammadu Buhari is a victim of the tyranny of expectations by Nigerians during his eight years tenure. Shehu, who stated this yesterday during a television interview, spoke on the heels of claims that Buhari had performed below expectation. According to him, no country in the world has solved its problem 100 percent. He stated that Buhari had done his best for the country, and Nigerians would cherish him for his contribution. President Buhari is a victim of the…

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Buharis cabinet members switching allegiance to Tinubu Garba Shehu

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The Senior Special Assistant, Media and Publicity to President, Muhammadu Buhari, Garba Shehu, has revealed that some staff of the present administration have started to switch allegiance to the incoming government, a move he described as human nature. According to him, it is very normal for people to switch allegiance, but noted that the way with which people are switching their allegiance to the incoming administration is different from what ex-president, Goodluck Jonathan, experienced. This according to Shehu was because Jonathan was patriotic. Speaking on a television programme on Wednesday…

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Alleged N89.1tr Stamp Duty Collection: Presidency defends Emefiele

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…Says Kazaures Committee illegal The Presidency has dismissed as fake and untrue that the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, could not account for about N89.1 trillion the CBN collected as Stamp Duty charges. A member of the House of Representatives from Jigawa, Gudaji Kazaure, in a viral video, had allegedly accused the CBN governor of attempts to cover-up facts surrounding the collection of the controversial amount. He also alleged that he was deliberately being denied access to present a preliminary report of a committee set…

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APC Running Mate: “No DSS report before Buhari warning against Muslim-Muslim ticket” ? Presidency

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…Says it’s a false story The Presidency has debunked an alleged advisory from the Department of State Service (DSS) spelling out the risks to national stability should persons of the same faith emerge as president and vice-president of the country in the forthcoming 2023 general elections. This followed an exclusive report published yesterday by an online news platform, claiming that the Service had noted that the decision of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, to nominate a fellow Muslim as vice-presidential candidate for the 2023 presidential election is…

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‘Nigeria ll remain intact despite doomsday predictions’ Presidency

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The Presidency has said the dreams of Nigerias founding fathers for a united and prosperous nation will remain intact, despite doomsday predictions. The Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari,Garba Shehu, while reacting to a book by the former United States Ambassador to Nigeria, John Campbell, on Sunday, noted that the dream of our founding fathers of a strong, united and prosperous Nigeria remains very much intact. The Presidential spokesman regretted that the US policy and support towards Nigeria, including during the Buhari administration, has been…

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“U.S., Kukah responsible for Buharis inability to end Boko Haram” – Garba Shehu

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The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu has said a United States (US) National Intelligence Council paper in 2015, titled: Mapping sub-Saharan Africas Future, floated the idea that there could be a military coup in Nigeria. He said at that time this was hardly an earth-shattering prediction, given that 2005 was only six years after the return of civilian democratic rule and just over a decade since the Abacha military coup of 1993 the final of seven coups since the country’s independence. Consequently,…

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