Umar Sa'ad Hassan
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Nigeria
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12 Tucano planes: Buhari needs to explain where $167m went
In 2018,President Buhari hurriedly withdrew $496m from the excess crude account without the approval of the senate as is stipulated by the Nigerian constitution to pay for 12 Super Tucano → Read More
5 cases we may never see in court under Buhari
Former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki said every payment he made from the $2.1bn arms fund was authorized by President Goodluck Jonathan. → Read More
A case for hate speech and social media bills
I for one was worried about these bills turning out to be legislations President Buhari wanted in place to help achieve a 3rd term plan. → Read More
Why have Sowore's sureties not come forward? –
There was an air of certitude to the DSS’ call for Omoyele Sowore’s sureties to come and pick him up.The Buhari administration has never hidden its intention to hold onto → Read More
Osinbajo: Buhari can't keep friends... he's making enemies
The old Muhammadu Buhari was very reserved and easy-going. There is no record (factual or speculative) of him initiating political alliances or of him going the extra mile to consolidate → Read More
Xenophobia: Buhari has lost us respect in the eyes of the world
It is our hope that the killings stop but ultimately, Nigeria will need to command the respect it deserves. → Read More
The revolution meant to hang Sowore vs the revolution that actually is
Government will either cave in to their demands and face serious backlash for having to be forced into it or watch its citizens embarrass it by crying out. → Read More
Who really killed Alex Badeh and why are his alleged killers not in court?
A lot of people have always believed Alex Badeh was killed by the Buhari government and that a cover-up was in place. There couldn’t be more justification than the Badeh → Read More
Aisha Buhari, the president's appointments and the new reality for the north –
President Obasanjo’s remarks about an on-going ‘islamization and fulanization’ process at a Church of Nigeria event in Delta state and a deed in that direction on the part of the → Read More
Sagay and others, this is what our laws say on Zainab Bulkachuwa
‘Justice Kekere Ekun’s husband was an APC chieftain in Lagos when in 2016, she affirmed the PDP and Governor Nyesom Wike’s victory in the Rivers gubernatorial election’ ‘Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa’s → Read More
Before we call for the release of suspected drug traffickers...
Several reactions have trailed the release of Zainab Aliyu, a Kano based Nigerian arrested in Saudi Arabia for smuggling in Tramadol, a banned substance while arriving for the lesser pilgrimage → Read More
5 things to expect after the 2019 elections
The 2019 elections will leave a lot in its wake. These are 5 things likely to happen after all has been said and done. SARAKI WILL SUCCEED WIKE AS PDP → Read More
A good look at how Buhari will lose Saturday's election
INEC has put the final number of registered voters for the 2019 general election at 84 million with the North West leading the pack as usual with 20.2 million, followed → Read More
It’s Buhari so Onnoghen is a victim. What is happening to us?
It is important we get this straight. Walter Onnoghen, the Chief Justice of Nigeria is not a member of the PDP neither is he an APC member in the bad → Read More
On the man and the system: Keyamo speaking loud in favour of Atiku
To be very honest, I thought President Goodluck Jonathan was going to rig the 2015 Presidential elections and that thought crept in from the day, Femi Fani-Kayode was made the → Read More
PDP isn’t why Buhari has failed
Senior Special Assistant to President Buhari on media, Garba Shehu, in a response to a statement by Phrank Shuaibu, the SA public communications to PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, said → Read More
EFCC is a 'non-party' with no 'locus standi' and no, NBA-NEC isn't joking
Five years after my NYSC, I still hold my boss in high esteem. Olumuyiwa Olowokure was not only understanding, patient and tolerant, he was courteous and very refined. He was → Read More
Buhari, please talk to us here
President Buhari’s most sensational comments since assuming office have come from outside Nigeria — South Africa, the UK, Qatar and more recently, Poland. Unsurprisingly, most of the questions he has → Read More
Buhari's credentials: The 'staff' must stop
Much back in the days when the military was still in power, it was a common sight for a soldier in a commercial bus popularly referred to as ‘danfo’ whether → Read More
Aisha Buhari's ADC and Lawa Daura: For the bush meat to not make the hunter prey
It didn’t make sense that Lawal Daura was acting without the knowledge of the Presidency when his operatives shut down the National Assembly on the 7th of August 2018. Particularly → Read More