Aisha Buhari, wife of President Muhammadu Buhari, met with Queen Elizabeth II at the Commonwealth dinner held at Buckingham Palace on Thursday night.At the dinner, the wife of the president was seen having a brief conversation with the Queen, who is also the head of the Commonwealth, and a strong voice for the rights of women and girls across the Commonwealth."It [...]
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President Muhammadu Buhari left Nigeria on Monday -- after declaring his interest to run for office come 2019 -- to attend the Commonwealth Head of Government Meeting (CHOGM 2018) in London and Windsor, United Kingdom.At the meetings, the president is expected to discuss power, politics, business, youth and women development, and the future of the Commonwealth.The President and his team [...]
Tunde Bakare, serving overseer of the Latter Rain Assembly church, says the government of President Muhammadu Buhari has failed in terms of protecting Nigerians.Speaking at the 2nd annual Chibok girls lecture organised by the Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) movement in Abuja, on Saturday, Bakare said the current administration and the previous one did not do enough to prevent Boko Haram [...]
Aisha Buhari, Nigeria's first lady, has condemned the practice of spending the nation's resources abroad via medical tourism.She said she does not believe in Nigerians travelling abroad to receive treatment because “we have all it takes” for world-class medical services.Aisha said this on Wednesday when she inaugurated Cedarcrest Hospital — where Yusuf, her son, was once treated — in Abuja.“I [...]
One week after 22 governors stormed Kano, several political bigwigs converged on Oyo state for the second part of the wedding of Idris Ajimobi and Fatima Ganduje.Fatima is the daughter of Abdullahi Ganduje, Kano state governor, while Idris is the son of Abiola Ajimobi, his Oyo state counterpart.Yemi Osinbajo, Vice-President; Bola Tinubu, a national leader of the All Progressives Congres (APC); Aisha [...]
Aisha Buhari, wife of the president, says she shares in the sorrow and agony of parents of abducted Dapchi schoolgirls and other abducted girls in the country.She expressed the concern in Abuja on Thursday while delivering a speech she titled: “Leave Our Daughters Alone’’, to mark the 2018 International Women's Day.“As a mother, I share (in) the sorrow and agony [...]
I will like to preface my commentary on the reported re-tweets by the wife of the President, Aisha Buhari, of some uncomplimentary tweets about her husband’s government by Senators Ben Bruce and Isah Misau, with a story. It was a story my roommate at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, told me during our undergraduate days in the 1980s. I am [...]
The decision of First Lady, Aisha Buhari, to retweet criticisms of the Buhari administration caused quite a stir last week. Not a few had hoped she would disclaim the handle or moan that it was hacked. But she didn’t.In a week when her husband was under the most severe attack in recent times for fiddling as widespread killings brought the country to its knees, [...]
Mrs Aisha M. Buhari, the wife of President Muhammadu Buhari is probably the most loved person in Nigeria today, especially by critics of her husband’s administration. She first came to our notice in this regard when in the course of her ailing husband’s medical vacation in London, she famously declared through BBC Hausa Service that the Buhari administration had been [...]
Aisha, wife of President Muhammadu Buhari, on Friday re-posted videos of senators criticising her husband.In the video posted on Twitter, Isah Misau, senator representing Bauchi-central and Ben Murray-Bruce, Bayelsa-east senator, criticised her husband's handling of government affairs.Misau said Ahmed Abubakar, the director-general of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) is incompetent, and that many ministers have not been functioning."Today, the DG NIA that [...]
Apart from Isaac Adewole, minister of health, three professors are among the medical experts attending to Yusuf, the only son of President Muhammadu Buhari.Yusuf was involved in an accident while riding a bike in Abuja last month. He was taken to Cedarcrest Hospital, Abuja, where he underwent a surgery.He sustained a head injury and also broke a limb in the [...]
Silverbird Television has announced the winners of the 2017 edition of its yearly awards "instituted to recognise individuals who have affected the lives of Nigerians positively".In a statement issued on Thursday, the organisation said the public had voted Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers state, as the Silverbird Man of the Year for 2017."Wike was nominated for the award for embarking on [...]
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has questioned why girls and women are taught how to prevent sexual abuse while men and boys are not cautioned against perpetrating such acts.Speaking at a workshop on War Against Abuse in Nigeria, Osinbajo said the various forms of abuses in the country were disturbing.The workshop, held in Abuja on Saturday, was organised by Future Assured, a [...]
A picture of Aisha, wife of President Muhammadu Buhari, inside the tricycle better known as ‘Keke NAPEP’, is trending on social media.She sat comfortably in the passengers’ corner and posed for photographs.It’s not clear when the picture was taken but there are unconfirmed reports that it was during her visit to Katsina to inaugurate children and maternity clinic at the [...]
Garba Shehu, spokesman to President Muhammadu Buhari, was caught unawares when he was asked about allegations made by Isah Misau during a live television programme.Misau, senator representing Bauchi central, had claimed that Ibrahim Idris, inspector general of police (IGP), gave two SUVs to the president’s wife upon her request for a Sienna and Hiace.Although the president's wife denied the allegation. the police confirmed [...]
Isah Misau, senator representing Bauchi central, says he had no intention to attack Aisha, wife of President Muhammadu Buhari.Misau had claimed that Ibrahim Idris, inspector general of police (IGP), gave two SUVs to the president's wife upon her request for a Sienna and Hiace.But the first lady denied the allegations, saying she had been using her personal cars.Although the police later confirmed [...]
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