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   President Muhammadu Buhari averted the collapse of Nigeria-Gov. Masari But for the conscientious efforts of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration to salvage the country, Nigeria would have collapsed at the peak of the current economic recession, Governor Aminu Bello Masari has said. Speaking at the state media summit held in Katsina on thursday 13/03/2017, Masari described Buhari as a magnanimous leader with strong character and political will that had been lacking in moving the nation to the promised land. State governments, he said, would have been unable to pay salaries, pensions and execute infrastructural development if President Buhari had not come up with bail-out fund, budget support fund and payment of Paris Club refund. Masari, who admitted to Katsina state and its local government areas receiving about 217 million dollars from the Paris Club refund, lamented that the federal government, during former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s era...

Abuja, 10 March 2017: Former Vice President and chieftain of All Progressives Congress, Atiku Abubakar expresses joy and relief at the return of President Muhammadu Buhari from the United Kingdom. In a statement released in Abuja on Friday, 10 March 2017 by his Media Office, the former Vice President says Buhari's safe return is a happy moment not only as fellow party member, but also as a Nigerian that has tremendous goodwill and best wishes for the President. According to the Turakin Adamawa, the return of the President at this time would put to an end to the uncertainty and the conspiracy theories that attended his 50 days absence. Atiku Abubakar explains that, with the President’s return, Nigerians should unite behind their common interests and speak with one voice instead of nursing bitterness against one another because of political differences. The former Vice President prays to God to bless the President with many more years of good health and energy t...

A civil society organisation, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), has urged former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, to disclose donations made to his presidential library. It called on the acting President Yemi Osinbajo to propose a bill seeking to regulate fundraising for presidential libraries. In a statement issued Sunday by its senior staff attorney, Timothy Adewale, SERAP said the bill, when signed into law, would ensure transparency in such donations. Adewale said Osinbajo should work closely with the leadership of the National Assembly to ensure the speedy passage of any such bill into law. He said: “The proposed bill would give Nigerians a better view of major donations going to presidential libraries, and provide access to information as to whether donors gain any special Aso Rock influence. The bill would minimise the potential for a quid pro quo, influence-peddling, and help to build trust and confidence among a citizen...