ONGOING: President Buhari presiding over Federal Executive Council (FEC) Meeting (PHOTOS+VIDEO)

ONGOING: President Muhammadu Buhari presiding over Federal Executive Council (FEC) Meeting at the State House in Abuja.

ACCIDENTAL DISCHARGE: PRESIDENCY REASSURES NIGERIANS AND FOREIGNERS THAT THE VILLA IS SAFE

Following an incident involving the accidental gun discharge in the State House on Wednesday, the Presidency wishes to reassure all Nigerians and foreigners of the safety of the seat of power in the country.

According to the reports received so far, the security official involved is not attached to the State House. Rather, he came on invitation as a witness in an ongoing investigation and was required, as is the rule, to surrender his weapon at the gates before entry.

It was in the process of conducting the normal safety precaution as professionally required that the pistol accidentally fired.

Budget of Recovery and Growth: THE ASO ROCK BUDGET THAT DESERVES YOUR ATTENTION

I know the below write up is long but I really urge all of you to read it...


The first time this budget analysis series ran was for the 2016 budget; and it becomes visible each day that the 1810 page document was a horrid, hurriedly put, corrupts conduit filled piece of executive cluelessness. Well, since I’m more of a realist than any of the other-ists, I’ll just say that the fact that the world lost an entire tree to the making of the paper it was inked on is a tragedy.

We have been given a sequel; the 2017 budget was presented to the National Assembly by the President in the presence of the ministers who drafted it and even slept while the presentation was on and it was called the “Budget of Recovery and Growth.”

If you noticed, it is quite a change from the previous budget of change just like the government’s change mantra. Here are some quotes from the President’s speech on what when passed, will be arguably the most important document in the country, sorry, just checked and it is 63 paragraphs long so I will just skip to analysing the 2017 budget as we await the implementation report of the 2016 budget.

IDPs: WE'RE GUIDED BY INTERNATIONAL BEST PRACTICE AND STANDARDS, SAYS PRESIDENT BUHARI

President Buhari with R-L:
United Nations High Commissioner
for Refugees Flippo Grandi,
Mrs Angele Dikongue Antangana,
Mr Edward Kallon and Regional Rep. for
West Africa Mrs Liz Ahua at the State
House on 19th December, 2016.

Nigeria is guided by international best practice and standards in rehabilitating millions of internally displaced persons (IDPs) spawned by the Boko Haram insurgency, President Muhammadu Buhari has affirmed.

Speaking while receiving Mr Phillipo Grandi, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Monday in State House, Abuja, President Buhari disclosed that Nigeria was making efforts to domesticate the Kampala Convention, which legally binds governments to protect the rights and wellbeing of people forced to flee their homes by conflict.

The President lauded the military, which he said has created a safe passage that has made it easier to help the displaced persons.

PHOTONEWS: President Buhari, First Lady Aisha Buhari receive visiting President Paul Biya, his wife Chantal at the State House

President Muhammadu Buhari and Aisha Buhari receive visiting President Paul Biya and his wife Chantal at the State House.

Sallah Youth Encounter: Only God Protects Leaders - PMB

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday spoke of how he was besieged by youths who almost overwhelmed the security immediately after the Eid-el-Fitri prayers in the Nigerian capital, Abuja.

“I had to hold tight to my gown to get to my car; I was advised to enter the car from the ADC’s side and I refused; I went across trying to hold my hand to the wild youth who wanted to see me,” the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) quotes him as telling the Muslim faithful who paid him a homage at the State House, Abuja, after the Eid El-Fitri prayers.

Buhari then remarked that on an occasion like this, “it shows that after what happened to President Ronald Reagan of the U.S., it is only God Almighty that protects leaders, because in a mob like this, anybody with a sharp knife can get access and do a lot of damage.