Aso Rock: A Burglary Denied! By Ozodinukwe Okenwa
These are the questions the Buharian propagandists (Shehu, Ahmad etc) should be answering rather than dismissing the burglary incident as insignificant.
by Ozodinukwe Okenwa
May 15, 2021
Aso Rock is the fortified seat of power in Abuja, Nigeria. Like the White House in Washington DC, 10 Downing Street in London or Elysée Palace in Paris, it is a fortress of safety for the President and other important power figures in Nigeria. The breathtaking edifice built by a foreign construction company could be said to be the safest place in Nigeria. General Ibrahim Babangida, the retired dictator that killed democracy in Nigeria following the June 12, 1993 presidential poll (won convincingly by the late Bashorun Abiola) had fled Dodan Barracks in Lagos in a jiffy for Aso Rock when coup-plotting, himself a professional in such treasonable military enterprise, was still a fanciful easy way of grabbing power by the jackboot.
Aisha Buhari @ 50: Matters Arising By Ozodinukwe Okenwa
Corroborating her assertion is an understatement. Nigeria has been overrun by criminals in high and low places who obtain guns as easy as we buy bread from the roadside!
by Ozodinukwe Okenwa
Feb 19, 2021
The wife of the President, Hajia Aisha Buhari, turned 50 recently. On the social media platforms congratulatory messages from concerned Nigerians and friends and well-wishers poured in for the elegant presidential spouse. Attaining two scores and ten years in a nation where the average life expectancy is much below that age bracket is a milestone indeed. Ordinarily it called for golden celebrations, the clinking of glasses and the rolling out of the drums. But we are all living in extra-ordinary times with the Buhari muddle at the centre. And the major problem here remains that the solution to the Buharian presidential pestilence is neither here nor there.
Daily Post Nigeria
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Reno Omokri, a former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, on Tuesday pointed out 20 reasons why President Muhammadu Buhari is responsible for Nigeria’s corruption rating.
Transparency International’s had in its recent index placed Nigeria at 149 points, 23 countries behind from its 2014 rating.
Responding, President Muhammadu Buhari’s spokesman, Garba Shehu had blamed Nigerians for the latest poor rating.
Reacting, Omokri faulted Shehu’s remark, stressing that Buhari’s administration was responsible for the bad corruption rating.
In a post on his Facebook page, Omokri said: “On Monday, February 1, 2021, Nigerians woke up to a rather shocking accusation. According to Transparency International New Corruption Perception Index, released on Friday, January 29, 2021, Nigeria is more corrupt today than under the previous administration, having moved 13 places backwards in the CPI, from 136 in 2014 to 149 in 2021 (our worst performance ever
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Published 27 December 2020
For the second time this year, parts of Otukpo main market in Benue State were razed by fire. Hajia Hamidu and other traders, who lost money and other valuables to the November fire outbreak in the market, speak about their losses in these interviews with JOHN CHARLES
What is your name and what kind of goods do you deal in?
My name is Hajia Hamidu. I am into cosmetics; I am a distributor of cosmetics in Otukpo generally.
How much did you lose to the recent fire incident in the market?
The very day I stocked my shop was when the fire broke out; so, you can imagine what I lost to the fire outbreak.
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Published 23 December 2020
“Deceit. This six-letter word aptly describes the biggest hindrance to the battle against insecurity, especially in Nigeria. Until the Buhari government is ready to end all the deceits surrounding enforcement of security in this country, the senseless killings and insecurity across the country will persist”.
-Yemi Adebowale
To critical observers of Nigeria’s volatile political sphere, there is more than meets the eye concerning the country’s worsening security situation. For instance, the piece of recent news credited to ‘SaharaReporters’ that the First Lady, Mrs. Aisha Buhari, has been in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, since September after the wedding of her daughter, Hanan, paints the parlous picture of increasing insecurity at the seat of power. If that exalted place is not safe, even for the First Lady, who else can go to sleep with their two eyes closed in Nigeria? But there are more questions triggered by