Prominent Nigerians, including President Bola Tinubu, former presidents Muhammadu Buhari and Olusegun Obasanjo, and the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, have mourned the demise of a leader of the pan-Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, Pa Ayodele Adebanjo. Adebanjo, an advocate of true federalism and restructuring, died at the age of 96 at his Lekki, Lagos State residence. …

Former President Muhammadu Buhari has disclosed that he sustains himself through rental income from one of his two houses in Kaduna State, emphasising the importance of transparency and accountability in public office. Speaking at an All Progressives Congress (APC) caucus meeting held on 25 January at the Presidential Banquet Hall of Katsina State’s Government House, Buhari stated that he refrained …

Former President Muhammadu Buhari has opened up about his health since leaving office on 29 May 2023. Buhari said his health has improved, adding that he looks better since leaving office in 2023. While in office as President, Buhari was plagued by illness which led to him being flown abroad for medical attention. He handed over to Bola Tinubu after …

Former President Muhammadu Buhari has returned to Nigeria after testifying in a case filed against Nigeria by Sunrise Power at the International Chamber of Commerce Court of Arbitration in Paris, France. Buhari’s return was disclosed with a video shared on X on Friday by former Special Assistant to the President on Digital Communications, Bashir Ahmad. Buhari was spotted stepping off …

The Federal Government has allocated a sum of N27 billion for the entitlements of former presidents, vice-presidents, heads of state, chiefs of staff, retired heads of service, and professors in the 2025 fiscal year, according to Saturday PUNCH. Beneficiaries of this allocation include former Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo, Goodluck Jonathan, and Muhammadu Buhari, alongside ex-vice-presidents Atiku Abubakar, Namadi Sambo, and Prof. …

Former spokesman to ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, Femi Adesina, has disclosed that his past principal didn’t remove fuel subsidy because he was a friend of the poor. Adesina disclosed that Buhari was concerned about the implications of fuel subsidy removal on the “ordinary” Nigerians. The former presidential spokesman made this known in a tribute to celebrate Buhari’s 82nd birthday. The tribute …

The Catholic Archbishop of Sokoto Diocese, Bishop Matthew Kukah, on Sunday, described President Bola Tinubu, his predecessor Muhammadu Buhari, and other previous heads of state as leaders who found themselves in power by accident. Kukah noted that it was evident none of them were fully prepared before assuming office, especially in a world where the demands of leadership are rapidly …

An aide of former President Mohammed Buhari has refuted the claim of the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Dr. Yemi Cardoso, who blamed the current economic hardship in the country on the poor handling of the nation’s economy between 2015 and 2023. Buhari was President in those years. Buhari’s aide, who spoke on the condition of anonymity …

Just as they say that social media neither sleep nor slumber, history also never forgets! The saying goes that today’s happenings constitute tomorrow’s history. Some of my contemporaries at Great Ife used to summarise History, my course of study, as “Oba ku; Oba je” meaning, one king dies and another reigns in his stead. Or they would say History is …