Revitalize Nigeria now, Diasporas charge Buhari, Amosun, others

Indigenes of Ogun State residing in Canada have appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari and their home state Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, to urgently strive to turn around Nigeria for good and rekindle the hope of citizens.

The indigenes under the auspices of Olumo Progressive Association Canada Inc, also urged other elected political office holders to see the new era in the country as an opportunity to rejig the nation`s economy, education, socio-infrastructural, power and security decay, amongst others, in the country.

In a release signed by the association’s President, Chief Femi Shodunke and General Secretary, Mr. Afolabi Bakare made available to The Mega StarNews, they noted that Nigerians at home and in diaspora, no doubt, are not happy with the state of affairs in the country, particularly in the areas of economy, unemployment, power and insecurity.

Allow me nominate worthy and competent professional as your minister, Fayose begs Buhari

The Governor of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to grant him the privilege to nominate a candidate to fill the slot of the state in the Federal Executive Council.

Mr. Fayose, who made the request in a letter to the President dated May 31, 2015, said if the request was granted by the President, he would send a worthy and competent Ekiti professional for appointment in the federal executive council.

In the letter confirmed by the Special Assistant to the Governor on Media, Lere Olayinka, the governor noted, “Should the request be favourably disposed to, I shall be happy to nominate a worthy and competent professional who can always oblige your excellency and your cabinet the benefit of a second opinion in the serious business of governance.”

Depots owners, petroleum marketers dare Buhari, insist fuel scarcity will continue unless..

Unless the Mohammadu Buhari-led Federal government pays the outstanding subsidy claim, the scarcity of petroleum products being experienced in the country would  persist, the Depots and Petroleum Products Marketers Association of Nigeria (DAPPMA) has warned.

Mr Adewole Olufemi, the Executive Secretary of the association, gave the warning on Tuesday in Lagos. 

Olufemi said that the marketers had stopped importation of petroleum products because of outstanding subsidy claims and commercial banks refusal to offer members additional loans.

“After the Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD) and National Road Transport Association (NARTO) suspended their strike on May 25, all our depots were opened and we dispensed the little the stocks therein.

Surprising: Buhari shuns presidential pre-inauguration Jumat service, quietly jets out to UK

President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari

The president-elect, General Mohammadu Buhari took many by surprise on Friday as he was disappointedly absent at the special Friday service to mark the beginning of a weeklong activities of his inauguration next week.

Journalists who were invited to cover the ceremony had gathered but to the chagrin of everyone, Buhari was not sighted anywhere around the crowded mosque.

No official reason was given for his absence at the mosque.

However, it began to dawn on many that the news report earlier by an online news medium, Shaharareporters that Buhari had jetted out of the country to the United Kingdom, UK, in early hours of Friday morning was actually true, when former Vice President and chieftain of All Progressives Congress, APC, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar stepped out of the mosque and announced that he was Buhari’s representative at the special service.

Femi Adesina: This time next week

Perhaps my worst day ever was August 27, 1985, when the military coup that ousted Major General Muhammadu Buhari from power was announced. Major General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, then the Chief of Army Staff, supplanted his boss in office, and held that position for eight years.

Buhari went into the valley of life, and stayed there for many years. Even his marriage and home suffered terribly. But in 1989, he picked up the pieces of marital life again, marrying pretty and winsome Aisha from Adamawa State.

Also in 2003, the man from Daura, in Katsina State, took the gauntlet by running for the county’s number one position, on platform of the then All Nigerian Peoples Party (ANPP). He ran again in 2007, in 2011, and also in 2015. He finally won, and this time next week, he would be inaugurated as President.

This Time Next Week. That is the title of a 1964 book by Leslie Thomas, which I read well over 30 years ago. The book deals with the escapades of some young boys growing up in an orphanage, and what a rib cracking volume it is. I read it over and over again.

Adeboye to pray for Buhari, Jonathan in Abuja on Sunday

President Goodluck Jonathan and his successor-in-waiting, Muhammadu Buhari, are likely to meet the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God in Abuja tomorrow, during which the man of God will pray for two of them.

The event is the annual “Day out with God of Daddy G.O.”, which is taking place at the International Conference Centre, Abuja at 5pm on Sunday and to be attended by other top-ranking Nigerian political, business and religious leaders.

The event, according to the organisers, is meant to provide an avenue for Adeboye to pray for outgoing President Jonathan and the President-elect, Buhari, and his new administration, which is coming at a time of great socio-economic challenges that require the prayers and support of all Nigerians to succeed.

Students warn Buhari against fuel subsidy removal

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) on Monday warned the President elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari against any attempt to remove fuel subsidy, saying such action would be vehemently resisted.

Similarly, it called on the outgoing President Goodluck Jonathan not to assent to the budget when it gets to his table, if there was no provision for fuel subsidy in it.

In a statement signed by its Public Relations Officer, Com. Nwanko Ezekiel, in Abuja, the group said removing fuel subsidy was anti-people.

[PICTURES]Long time no see: Buhari reunites with Pastor Bakare

It was a joyful reunion today as Pastor Tunde Bakare, General Overseer of Latter Rain Church paid a courtesy visit to the President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari in Kaduna.

Buhari appoints Tunde Bakare to head Transition Committee

The President-Elect, General Muhammadu Buhari has appointed the General Overseer of the Latter Rain Assembly, Pastor Tunde Bakare to head his transition committee.

The Bakare-led transition committee is expected to work with a similar committee appointed by the out-going president Goodluck Jonathan.

My ministers must declare their assets on assumption of office –Buhari

The President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, says those seeking political appointments in his administration will have to declare their assets before taking office and before leaving.

Buhari, who said this would encourage accountability and reduce corruption, was speaking during an interview with Sahara TV on Sunday.

He said, “All those that were governors, ministers, permanent secretaries, head of foreign staff and all those with political appointments will have to declare their assets on the assumption of their appointment and definitely with the courts. And once they leave they have to re-declare their assets.”

AUDIO: What Jonathan told Buhari in historic concession phone call

The audio file of the historic conversation between President Goodluck Jonathan and President-elect Muhammadu Buhari, during which the former conceded defeat in Saturday’s presidential election, has been made public.

With presidential election results from all but one of Nigeria’s 36 states counted, and the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Muhammadu Buhari, clearly in unassailable lead, President Jonathan had telephoned Mr. Buhari to concede defeat.

President Jonathan made the call a little past 5P.M. on Monday after it became clear his party had lost the election.

Presidency orders investigation on leaked recording of telephone call by the President to Buhari

Heads may roll as The Mega StarNews has learnt that the Presidency might have commenced a discreet investigation into how a recording of the telephone call by the President to Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) on March 31, congratulating him on his victory at the last Saturday’s presidential election was leaked.

The recording, which revealed details of what transpired between the two leaders, went viral on the Internet on Thursday.

The audio of the conversation credited to one ENDS.ng @EveryNigerian was titled, “Historic congratulatory call from President Goodluck Jonathan to President-elect Muhammadu Buhari on March 31, 2015.”

Igbo group urges Buhari to fulfill promise to South East

Notwithstanding the fact that the region failed to vote for him in the just concluded March 28 Presidential poll, a pro-democracy group, the Igbo Conversational Group (ICG), has urged the President-elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, to fulfill promises he made to the Igbo people during his campaign.

The call is contained in a statement issued on Friday by the President of the group, Chief Ikedi Ohakim.

The statement quoted Ohakim as demanding for the completion of ongoing developmental projects and establishment of new ones in the South East zone.

According to him, there is need to ensure the immediate take-off of the Aba Integrated Power Project to boost economic activities in the region.

Jonathan, Buhari hold secret meeting in Presidential Villa

President Goodluck Jonathan and President-elect, Gen. Muhammad Buhari (retd) met behind closed doors Friday in the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

The meeting, the first between the two leaders since the Presidential election which saw incumbent President Jonathan losing to the opposition leader was said to be a private meeting.

Easter: Buhari urges Nigerians to unite, embrace peace

President-elect Mohammadu Buhari

The President–Elect, General Muhammadu Buhari has called on all Nigerians to embrace peace this Easter and celebrate our nation’s rebirth as they commemorate the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

In an Easter message to Nigerians and the Christian world, personally signed by the in-coming Nigeria’s leader, General Muhammadu Buhari and released by the APC Presidential Campaign Organisation, he urged all citizens of our great nation to unite and use the season of Easter to celebrate both the resurrection of Jesus Christ and the rebirth of the Nigerian nation.

Buhari’s Victory: Shell shuts down flow stations in Bayelsa over fear of attack

Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company, SNEPCo, has reportedly shut down some of its flow stations in Southern Ijaw and Ekeremor Local Government Areas of Bayelsa state because of anxiety that ex-militants may attack the facilities following the outcome of the presidential election.

The incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan, who lost last Saturday’s presidential election to the President-elect, Gen Muhammadu Buhari (retd), is from Bayelsa state, but he had accepted defeat in good fate and urged his supporters to eschew violence.

Seek divine wisdom to appoint right people to work with, Mbaka tells Buhari

Rev. Fr. Mbaka

Fiery Catholic priest, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka of the Adoration Ministry, Enugu, has congratulated General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd.) on his victory in the March 28 Presidential election.

Mbaka, whose New Year Message, “From Goodluck to Badluck,” became a major talking point during the campaigns for the election, said Buhari’s emergence was a divine victory for all Nigerians.

Speaking through his spokesman, Maximus Ugwuoke, Mbaka also noted that Buhari’s victory was a fulfillment of his prophecy in the New Year Message.

However, he urged the President-Elect to seek divine wisdom before appointing people who will work with him.

French President invites Buhari to Paris, congratulates him

Hollande, French President

French President Francois Hollande spoke by phone with President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday and invited him to Paris for discussions on expansion of trade between France and Nigeria.

A statement by the French Embassy in Abuja, said the French leader congratulated Buhari on his success and noted the generally smooth electoral process, which solidifies Nigeria’s democracy.

Breaking News: Army Headquarters locates Buhari's missing certificate

Information reaching Mega StarNews has it that the Nigerian Army might have eventually located the Secondary School leaving Certificate of  the President-elect,  Gen. Mohammadu Buhari which they  said has never been in their possession.

Buhari can’t stop our N4bn contract- Adams, Fasheun

Adams, Fasheun: Change of government cannot affect our contract

The leader of Odua People’s Congress, OPC, Otunba Gani Adams has said that the expected change of government by May 29 cannot affect the N4bn pipeline contract N4bn pipeline contract awarded to the group by the outgoing Jonathan administration.

Speaking while describing the victory of Gen. Mohammadu Buhari at the polls as the will of God, Adams said, “On the issue of the contract, we are all Nigerians and we fought for it. I am not an opportunist, we fought for it and we are entitled to that contract and I know Gen. Buhari knows the right thing to do at the right time.”