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Buhari’s Comment Over Niger Comes Back to Bite Him

The New Diplomat — Thu, 25 May 2023 16:45:02 +0000

President was Joking Says Garba Shehu By Charles Adingupu President Muhammadu Buhari’s comment that he will retire to Niger if he can’t find peace in Nigeria after his tenure has elicited strong criticism from Nigerians. The President has said in passing that he intends to go back to his farm in Daura after May 29 […]

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Garba Shehu Tests Postive For COVID-19

Abiola Olawale — Sat, 25 Dec 2021 21:50:19 +0000

Mr Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, has disclosed that he tested positive for COVID-19. On Saturday, reports emerged that a good number of persons in the presidency have been infected with the deadly virus, COVID-19. The reports had indicated that COVID-19 has crept into the Nigerian Presidential Villa, […]

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Presidency Replies Amnesty Int’l, Vows To Fight Terrorism To Standstill

Hamilton Nwosa — Thu, 02 Sep 2021 07:06:08 +0000

The Presidency has condemned Amnesty International’s latest salvo at Nigeria, regretting that “they have decided to side with terrorists, before the liberty of those they injure, displace and murder’’. Malam Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, made government’s position known in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. The […]

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Open Grazing Ban: Akeredolu Bombs Garba Shehu Over Comments

Yemi Ogunsola — Tue, 25 May 2021 14:57:06 +0000

Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, on behalf of the 17 Southern Governors in the country has lambasted the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Garba Shehu, for saying that “their announcement on open grazing is of questionable legality”. Reacting on their behalf, the Chairman of the South West Governors Forum, Mr […]

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Medical Trip: Omokri, Others Stage Anti-Buhari Protest In London

By Abiola Olawale (the New Diplomat's Southwest Bureau) — Fri, 02 Apr 2021 17:34:23 +0000

Former presidential aide, Mr Reno Omokri and some Nigerians on Friday stormed the street of Kensington, London, to stage a protest at the Nigeria House, against President Muhammadu Buhari’s medical trip to the UK. Omokri, who often describes himself as ‘Buhari tormentor’, alongside some other Nigerians, criticized the President who is currently in London for […]

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Presidency: No Breach In Buhari, Tinubu’s Relationship

'Dotun Akintomide — Wed, 24 Mar 2021 19:57:44 +0000

From Segun Amure, (The New Diplomat’s Abuja Bureau) The Presidency on Wednesday debunked the alleged breach in relationship that exists between President Muhammadu Buhari and one of the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. According to a press statement released by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on […]

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Arms’ Purchase Funds: Reps Summon Army Chief, CBN Governor

'Dotun Akintomide — Mon, 22 Mar 2021 19:22:04 +0000

From Segun Amure, (The New Diplomat’s Abuja Bureau) The House of Representatives on Monday, summoned the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru, and the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele to appear before an ad-hoc committee of the House of Representatives next month. Members of the ad-hoc committee, chaired […]

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Attack On Ortom: What Buhari Ordered Police To Do

'Dotun Akintomide — Mon, 22 Mar 2021 05:30:56 +0000

… Demands Transparent Investigation From Segun Amure, (The New Diplomat’s Abuja Bureau) President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday has ordered the police to carry out a transparent and thorough investigation into the circumstance that led to the attack on Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, Saturday and other criminal activities in the state. Buhari while condemning the […]

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Buhari Congratulates Tanzania’s New President Suluhu Hassan

'Dotun Akintomide — Sat, 20 Mar 2021 06:26:04 +0000

President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Tanzania’s newly sworn-in President, Samia Suluhu Hassan. The New Diplomat had reported that she succeeded John Pombe Magufuli at an inauguration ceremony in Capital Dar es Salaam on Friday. Her immediate predecessor had died of heart-related ailment, Wednesday. In a message to Tanzania’s first ever female president and Africa’s third, […]

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Insurgency: Nigeria To Receive Six Super Tucano Aircrafts In July — Presidency

'Dotun Akintomide — Fri, 19 Mar 2021 09:08:10 +0000

From Segun Amure, (The New Diplomat’s Abuja Bureau) The Presidency on Thursday said six of the 12 super Tucano fighter aircrafts earlier ordered by the Federal Government will arrive in the country by July 2021 to boost the fight against the Boko Haram insurgency and other monsters threatening the peace and unity of Nigeria. Mr […]

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Fire Scare: Aso Villa Was Spared, No Cause For Alarm, Says Presidency

'Dotun Akintomide — Sun, 07 Mar 2021 20:24:40 +0000

From Segun Amure, (The New Diplomat’s Abuja Bureau) The presidency on Sunday confirmed the fire outbreak near its perimeter fence at the Aso Rock in Abuja, but said there is no cause for alarm, as the fire spared the Villa. Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Garba Shehu clarified that […]

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Garba Shehu Reveals: Some Traditional Rulers Aiding Banditry In Katsina, Zamfara

'Dotun Akintomide — Tue, 16 Jun 2020 10:51:50 +0000

…As Zamfara Govt Suspends Two Monarchs Over Alleged Complicit Role In Banditry Attacks By Kolawole Ojebisi Mallam Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the President, has said some traditional rulers are aiding bandits in Katsina the state President Muhammadu Buhari hails from. Speaking on Sunrise Daily, a Channels Television programme, on […]

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Stop Using Shooting Incident Inside Aso Villa To Justify Attacks On FG, Presidency Tells PDP, Others

'Dotun Akintomide — Sun, 14 Jun 2020 22:08:22 +0000

By Kolawole Ojebisi President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered a probe into the shooting incident allegedly involving his wife, the First Lady, Mrs Aisha Buhari, her daughters and Aide-de-Camp on one hand and the President’s Personal Assistant, Mr Sabiu Tunde Yusuf, on the other. Presidential spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, said in a statement on Sunday that […]

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How IPOB Is Using ‘Christian Genocide’ Allegations To Wage Int’l War Against Nigeria –Presidency

'Dotun Akintomide — Mon, 08 Jun 2020 14:51:53 +0000

Alleges Organization Spending $85,000 Monthly To Discredit Nigeria Internationally By Kolawole Ojebisi The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) may have changed tack in its push for the realization of its secessionist agenda. This much emanates from recent allegations made against the group by the presidency. The presidency accused IPOB of using ‘a false allegation’ of […]

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Abba Kyari’s Burial: Why I Was Barred From Aso Rock -Garba Shehu

'Dotun Akintomide — Sun, 19 Apr 2020 15:08:24 +0000

Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, has confirmed that he was blocked from entering the State House after attending the burial of the late Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Mallam Abba Kyari. Kyari, who was buried on Saturday, died from complications arising from Coronavirus Disease on […]

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Ndume Insists on Sacking of Covid-19 Palliatives Committee As Presidency Fires Back

'Dotun Akintomide — Fri, 17 Apr 2020 19:49:34 +0000

Senator Ali Ndume representing Borno South at the Nigerian Senate has reiterated his earlier stance, asking President Muhammadu Buhari to sack the COVID-19 Palliative Measures Committee over its “dubious way” of distributing palliatives to indigent Nigerians. The APC lawmaker had, on Thursday in Maiduguri, condemned the modalities adopted by the Humanitarian Affairs Ministry in distributing […]

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Covid-19: Presidency Berates Soyinka, Says His qualifications are in fiction writing

Hamilton Nwosa — Thu, 02 Apr 2020 00:46:36 +0000

By Hamilton Nwosa (Head, The New Diplomat’s Business and data tracking desk) The Presidency has come hard on Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, saying he is neither a specialist in Science nor a medical professor as his qualifications are in English Literature, and writing books and plays for the theatre industry. Senior Special Assistant to […]

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Presidency Condemns Latest Attacks In Kaduna, Vows to Tackle Criminals

Hamilton Nwosa — Mon, 02 Mar 2020 22:36:49 +0000

Vows to sustain military operations The presidency has condemned the recent attack by suspected bandits that claimed lives of several people and left many injured in Kaduna State. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media & Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, in a statement issued on Monday, noted that the present administration will not […]

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Buhari’s Resignation: Presidency Replies Senator Abaribe

Hamilton Nwosa — Thu, 30 Jan 2020 04:43:00 +0000

Garba Shehu, presidential spokesman, says it is foolish for anyone to ask President Muhammadu Buhari to resign over the insecurity in the country. Enyinnaya Abaribe, senate minority leader, had earlier asked Buhari to step down over the persistent state of insecurity. Abaribe made the call while contributing to a debate on the country’s insecurity at plenary on Wednesday. […]

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When Traditional Greetings Generate Memes!

'Dotun Akintomide — Sun, 12 Jan 2020 16:09:45 +0000

The wedding of the son of former EFCC boss, Nuhu Ribadu in Abuja on Saturday must have been an event for political reconciliation of some sorts in disguise after several nerves were strained during last year’s general elections. As the creme de la creme of the country joined the roll call at the wedding, Malam […]

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Cabals Are Respectable Nigerians, Says Presidency

Hamilton Nwosa — Thu, 26 Dec 2019 05:08:36 +0000

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Garba Shehu, has denied claims that cabals are powerful people controlling President Muhammadu Buhari in key decision making. Shehu, who was a guest on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Wednesday said contrary to beliefs that cabals manipulate the President, they are respectable Nigerians who deserve […]

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Aso Rock Crisis Deepens As Buhari’s kinsmen Attack Aisha

Hamilton Nwosa — Fri, 13 Dec 2019 04:50:03 +0000

The crisis rocking Nigeria’s first family has continued to deepen as the kinsmen of President Muhammadu Buhari have faulted his wife, Aisha, over her Wednesday’s exposè, which attacked the Senior Special Assistant to the President, Garba Shehu. Buhari’s kinsmen in Daura in separate interviews with the Punch berated the wife of the President for going […]

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‘Garba Shehu Has Gone Beyond His Boundaries’ — Aisha Buhari’s Full Statement

'Dotun Akintomide — Wed, 11 Dec 2019 09:45:32 +0000

Nigeria’s development is hinged on the ability of public officials to execute their mandates professionally, and to be shining examples in their various areas of endeavor. It is not a good sign when officials abandoned their responsibility and start clutching at straws. As spokesperson of the President, he has the onerous responsibility of managing the […]

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Breaking: Garba Shehu Not Loyal To Buhari Again, First Lady Rages

'Dotun Akintomide — Wed, 11 Dec 2019 09:15:18 +0000

Attacks Mamman Daura An explosive outburst has been let out at the presidency as Wife of the President, Mrs. Aisha Muhammadu Buhari accused the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, to have gone beyond his brief by shifting loyalty to certain persons within President Buhari’s kitchen cabinet outside the […]

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Sowore: DSS Will Be Exposed At Right Time – Falana

Hamilton Nwosa — Tue, 10 Dec 2019 08:22:29 +0000

Femi Falana, human rights lawyer and lead counsel to pro-democracy campaigner and journalist, Omoyele Sowore, has said that he will expose the Department of State Services at the right time. He spoke in Lagos on Monday during the Wole Soyinka Investigate Reporting award. Falana said this while reacting to the denial of the DSS that […]

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We Did Not Authorised Sowore’s Rearrest – Presidency

Hamilton Nwosa — Sun, 08 Dec 2019 14:05:23 +0000

The Nigerian Presidency has denied ordering the rearrest of pro-democracy campaigner and journalist, Omoyele Sowore, on Friday at the Federal High Court in Abuja. Sowore was rearrested by the Department of State Services less than 24 hours after he was released from 125 days of arbitrary detention. The DSS is under the direct control and […]

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Presidency: No Immediate Plan To Ban Almajiri Education System

'Dotun Akintomide — Sat, 22 Jun 2019 10:05:05 +0000

The Presidency on Friday dismissed media report that the Federal Government had concluded arrangements to ban the Almajiri system of education. The Almajiri system of education is a form of Qur’anic learning system associated with begging on economic and religious grounds peculiar to some Northern states. Malam Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the […]

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Obasanjo’s Utterances Sign Of Confusion, Says Presidency

Hamilton Nwosa — Wed, 12 Dec 2018 13:55:05 +0000

The Presidency has dismissed the recent utterances by former President Olusegun Obasanja as a sign of confusion not worthy of attention. Presidential spokesman Garba Shehu, who disclosed this to journalists in Abuja on Wednesday, said that whoever “Obasanjo chooses to support at the 2019 elections is irrelevant.’’ He recalled that the former president had publicly […]

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Buhari, WAEC, PDP’s Toxic Air By Garba Shehu

'Dotun Akintomide — Sat, 03 Nov 2018 05:04:25 +0000

The West African Examinations Council, WAEC, Friday, said the controversy concerning President Muhammadu Buhari’s school certificate is embarrassing and felt a sense of duty to produce and deliver to him a confirmation and attestation of his results, in form of a duplicate certificate. This is a god-sent, with WAEC being a non-political entity. This should […]

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Shehu To PDP: ‘Changing The Change’ Will Reverse Progress Under Buhari

'Dotun Akintomide — Mon, 21 May 2018 06:46:26 +0000

…As nPDP Meets APC Over Looming Exodus From Party ‘Dotun Akintomide The presidency on Sunday came down heavily on the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), suggesting that the party’s campaign slogan: ‘Changing the Change’ is an attempt to reverse all the progress made under the current administration and to open the door for another circle […]

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