Once Buhari’s ‘attack dog’, Lauretta Onochie turns anti-Tinubu protester at Occupy National Assembly

Former presidential aide and ex-chairman of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Lauretta Onochie, has graduated into the ranks of street protesters at the National Assembly, amplifying calls for stronger democratic safeguards and mandatory electronic transmission of election results. Onochie, once regarded as a prominent defender of former President Muhammadu Buhari, who earned notoriety for…

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Garba Shehu reacts to Jonathan’s claim on Boko Haram nominating Buhari as negotiator

Former presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, has refuted claims that late former President Muhammadu Buhari was ever nominated by Boko Haram as its negotiator. Shehu clarified that neither the group’s founder, Mohammed Yusuf, nor his successor, Abubakar Shekau, ever made such a nomination. Instead, he said the terrorist organisation consistently denounced and even threatened Buhari. Ex-President…

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How El-Rufai betrayed trust of late President Muhammadu Buhari, northern group alleges

Northern based group, Northern Frontiers for Buhari (NFB), has raised allegations about how former Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai, betrayed the trust of the late President Muhammadu Buhari through sustained criticism and legal confrontations that, according to a civic group, weakened the cohesion of the All Progressives Congress (APC). In a statement released…

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Farooq Kperogi retracts Aisha Buhari divorce comment, offers apology, says misled by informant

Farooq Kperogi has retracted his story that Aisha was divorced from the late former Head of State, Muhammadu Buhari, even before his death. The United States-based Nigerian academic tendered his unreserved apology to the former Nigeria First Lady on Sunday, asking her to forgive him over his claims that she (Aisha) had divorced her husband….

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Inside Muhammadu Buhari’s family: Meet his wives, 10 children, and legacies

Former President Muhammadu Buhari is dead. But beyond the policies and politics, what legacy did he leave behind, especially within his own home? Inside Muhammadu Buhari’s Family Muhammadu Buhari was many things to Nigerians: a soldier, a military ruler, a democratically elected president, and one of the most controversial figures in Nigeria’s political history. He…

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