Year 2020 breasted the finishing line with some interesting political developments. In this QuickRead, we review former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s admonitions to Nigerians to stop blaming...
Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, has again stoked the ‘wailers-hailers’ debate in his message to Nigerians on January 1,...
In this week’s QuickRead, there is no missing the daring political shots fired from familiar quarters last week. These include the frontal attack by the Bishop...
The Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari, Femi Adesina, says the present administration is smarter than the regime of former President Goodluck...
Happenings across Nigeria, ranging from unpopular government policies to controversial comments by political office holders, were greeted with diverse reactions on social media. The following issues...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has arraigned a 31-year-old herbalist, Alfa Jamiu Isiaka, for allegedly impersonating Femi Adesina, the Special Assistant to President Muhammadu...
Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, has insisted that the man inside Aso Rock Villa, Nigeria’s seat of power, is...
Nigeria’s security challenges continue to remain a major headache for the number one man in Aso Rock Villa, President Muhammadu Buhari. It would seem that the...
The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina has listed no fewer than 16 initiatives President Muhammadu Buhari has put in place...
President Muhammadu Buhari has attributed the spate of insecurity spreading across most parts of West Africa to mercenaries of the late Muammar Gaddafi of Libya. Buhari...
Dialogue as healing balm On November 17, President Muhammadu Buhari assured Nigerians that he would forestall a repeat of #EndSARS protests in the country. The Minister...
Wooing the world On November 12, President Muhammadu Buhari admitted that Nigeria’s ethnic and cultural diversities, including her youthful population, constitute unusual challenges but charged the...
Former Governor of Jigawa State, Alhaji Sule Lamido, has cautioned the Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, to talk less...
Social media users were dynamic with their choices of trends on Friday, with happenings from Nigeria’s entertainment industry topping Twitter’s chart earlier in the day. Users...
Dancing around the truth On November 6, President Muhammadu Buhari made an emotional appeal to Nigerians to bear with his administration over perceived performance failures. The...
Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, says he is actually looking forward to the end of the present administration in 2023....
Preaching unity On October 28, President Muhammadu Buhari urged Nigerians to shun all actions and comments capable of putting the unity of the country in jeopardy....
The Social Media space in Nigeria on Thursday had reasons to call out a few personalities in government for their statements and/or actions that did not...
Some incredible events dominated the political space last week, and the country won’t forget them in a hurry. They were some of the outcomes of the...
Trust deficit Addressing the nation on October 12, in response to the growing #EndSARS protests, President Muhammadu Buhari stated that the dissolution of the notorious Special...
The Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, said following a report by an online medium that he was against the...
Partying @60 On September 16, President Muhammadu Buhari unveiled Nigeria’s 60th anniversary logo. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, during his...
Two related events grabbed maximum attention last week. They were the campaign rhetorics dished by Nigeria’s leading political parties ahead of the Edo gubernatorial poll, and...
The presidency on Wednesday reacted to the criticism of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration by the Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka. Soyinka had in a statement on...
The 10-year dream While speaking in a virtual meeting of the United Nations General Assembly on poverty eradication, on September 1, President Muhammadu Buhari reiterated his...
The Federal Government of Nigeria will spend the sum of N2.3tn to reposition the nation’s economy, so says Special Adviser to the President on Media and...
Speeding up justice President Muhammmadu Buhari, on August 26, during the first Annual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), frowned at the slow pace...
For decades, I had known him as a politician, businessman, and media entrepreneur. His reputation was as impressive as his height. But my first close contact...
President Muhammadu Buhari said on Thursday the Federal Government had commenced moves to ensure the reversal of the United States’ visa restriction on Nigerians. The president,...
That Monguno charge The pressure on President Muhammadu Buhari to rework the country’s security architecture over the never-ending security headache appeared to have forced an unclear...
Former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose has described President Muhammadu Buhari as a clueless and accidental president, who is unconscious of happenings in his own...
The Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina on Friday explained why his boss refused to move against the duo of...
The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina has warned Nigerians against describing President Muhammadu Buhari as a failure. Buhari’s government has...
The Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President, Femi Adesina, said on Tuesday Nigerians were lucky to have a leader like President Muhammadu Buhari...
The Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on media and publicity, Femi Adesina has said Nigeria has more capacity to take new loans, contrary to what...
Femi Adesina, presidential spokesman, features in the pantheon of accomplished Nigerian journalists no doubt. In his days of ‘’truth-telling’’ and before the hex of unclean spirits...
The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, on Friday mocked former President Olusegun Obasanjo, saying he would have insulted those calling...
Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, has come out swinging against critics of the Buhari administration. His statement comes on...
The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, has said that the ‘Enemy of the State’ who leaked President Muhammadu Buhari’s draft...
The Presidency on Saturday dismissed reports that President Muhammadu Buhari has approved N30,000 relief package for Nigerians with Bank Verification Number (BVN) to cushion the effect...
The presidency said Wednesday President Muhammadu Buhari’s COVID-19 test that turned out negative called for a celebration. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and...
The Presidency has reacted to the video of an alleged attempted attack on President Muhammadu Buhari in Kebbi State. A video currently circulating on social media...
Media aide to President Muhammadu Buhari, Femi Adesina, on Thursday assured that ongoing legacy projects in the South East would be completed before the expiration of...
The Presidency on Monday dismissed as falsehood from mischievous minds, the report that President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to travel to Great Britain, Saudi Arabia and...
The Presidency on Wednesday dismissed as malicious, report that President Muhammadu Buhari’s daughter, Zahra, has secured employment with the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA). The...
The Presidency on Sunday described the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) as a one-man army that revolves around its convener, Prof. Ango Abdullahi. In a statement issued...
The presidency on Friday described critics claiming that President Muhammadu Buhari has not done much to tackle insecurity in the country as people with short memories....
The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, said on Thursday the statement credited to President Muhammadu Buhari on the country’s security...
From Nigeria’s seat of power, one of the talking points last week was President Muhammadu Buhari’s statement on the country’s ability to end the insurgency war...
A former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, on Monday described the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, as a “desperate and...