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29 August 2018 As UK prime minister Theresa May is welcomed in Abuja today by President Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria has come into focus for the British media.  The country’s Guardian newspaper takes a look at what’s on Buhari’s plate. Political intrigue swirls around Buhari as May arrives in Nigeria Nigeria’s president beset by health questions, defections and disillusioned voters It …

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10 August 2018 Nigerians gathered yesterday outside Abuja House in London where President Muhammadu Buhari is meant to be staying as he continues his “health tourism” in London. They protested about Buhari getting treatment in the UK but not doing much to improve hospitals in Nigeria. Watch the video below: One of the protesters claimed that the Buhari looked out …

7 August 2018 Armed masked men from Nigeria’s Gestapo aka the Department of State Services (DSS) surrounded the gates of the National Assembly today, preventing staff and legislators – who were mainly on recess – from gaining entrance.  Some legislators tried to force their way in and rumours flew around social media about the intentions of the security agents. Later …

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2 August 2018 An Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) source has revealed to Naijiant.com how Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu was interrogated on Tuesday about his huge property portfolio, spanning Abuja, Enugu, Dubai, the United States and London. Some of the information about the Ekweremadu real estate was reported a few months ago here: The EFCC source claimed that …

President Muhammadu Buhari flew out to London today for a “meeting” with his doctor.  A statement from his spokesman, Garba Shehu, said: “In the course of the technical stop-over for aircraft maintenance in London on his way back from Washington last week, the president had a meeting with his doctor.” Shehu added that the doctor asked “the president to return for a …

President Muhammadu Buhari flew back to Nigeria last night after what his spokesman Garba Shehu called a “technical stopover” in London from Washington. Mystery has surrounded his stopover in London, especially as one of his aides, Bashir Ahmad, tweeted as he took off from Washington that the president was heading to Abuja on Tuesday. When there was no sign of …

First, they claimed that Boko Haram were “technically defeated” just before Christmas in 2015.  Before the ink was dry on the newspaper headlines, the militants continued their mass murdering exploits.  According to the BBC, the terrorists killed more Nigerians in 2016 than they did in the preceding year. Now, Garba Shehu, one of President Muhammadu Buhari’s spin-doctors has come with …