Umaru Musa Yar’adua University (UMYU), Katsina, has conferred a posthumous honorary Doctorate Degree in Political Science on the late President Muhammadu Buhari. The award, approved by the Governing Council of the university, was presented during the institution’s 14th convocation ceremony held on Saturday in Katsina. The University authorities said the honour was bestowed in acknowledgment…
The year 2025 will be remembered in Nigeria not only for major political and social milestones, but also for the deep sense of loss following the deaths of many distinguished personalities. From January to December, every sector of national life, politics, public service, traditional institutions, religion, media, sports, academia and the creative arts, was touched,…
Former First Lady, Aisha Buhari, has disclosed that the late former President Muhammadu Buhari died of pneumonia and not cancer. Mrs Buhari disclosed this while recounting her husband’s final days on earth. Buhari died mid 2025 in London Clinic and was flown back to Nigeria where he was buried in his hometown, Daura, Katsina State….
Author Charles Omole says there are five groups of cabals in President Bola Tinubu’s government, listing FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike and the Chief of Staff to the president, Femi Gbajabiamila, and Seyi Tinubu, the president’s son as some of the persons in such groups. Omole, the author of the book, “From Soldier to Statesman –…
An All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, Alwan Hassan, has claimed that 95 per cent of ministers who served under former President Muhammadu Buhari should be behind bars, alleging that their tenure was a period of unchecked power and alleged corruption. Hassan made the allegation during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme aired on…
Former First Lady Aisha Buhari has detailed how the prolonged illness that led to the death of late President Muhammadu Buhari began, attributing it to a disrupted feeding routine and mismanaged nutrition rather than poisoning or a mysterious ailment. Her account is documented in a new 600-page biography,’ From Soldier to Statesman: The Legacy…
Influential Aso Rock aides to former President Muhammadu Buhari issued ‘fake presidential orders’ to the Inspector-General of Police, IGP, the Director-General of the Department of State Services, DSS, and the Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency, NIA, on the eve of the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential primaries in 2023 to declare then-Senate President Ahmad…
President Bola Tinubu, on Monday, unveiled a commemorative book titled ‘From Soldier to Statesman: The Legacy of Muhammadu Buhari’, paying tribute to the late former president. The unveiling ceremony took place at the State House Banquet Hall in the Presidential Villa, Abuja, and was presided over by former Information Minister, Lai Mohammed. Among those present…
Alhaji Lai Mohammed, former Minister of Information and Culture has revealed that he was paralysed for days when he heard about the death of former President Muhammadu Buhari. Mohammed said this while narrating the reasons behind his new book, ‘Headlines and Soundbites: Media Moments that Defined an Administration”. The former Minister said he began writing…
An erstwhile Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Babachir Lawal, has responded to the allegation of a Christian genocide in Nigeria made by US President Donald Trump. Appearing on Politics Today, a programme on Channels Television, Lawal said that President Bola Tinubu, his predecessor Muhammadu Buhari, and a delegation of the All Progressives…
