…where bandits have continued to terrorise residents. In 2021, former President Muhammadu Buhari declared a no-fly zone over Zamfara State in a bid to prevent the movement of arms and other supplies to bandits operating within the state and its neighbouring states. Despite the measure, disturbing videos later emerged sh…

…service in the organisation. He was appointed Acting Corps Marshal by former President Muhammadu Buhari in July 2022, following the retirement of his predecessor, Boboye Oyeyemi, after completing his tenure.Make PUNCH part of your everyday experience.Add us to your Preferred Sources Before his appointment, Biu served a…

…said Atiku’s action will divide Nigeria because he had never addressed former President Muhammadu Buhari whom he contested with as ‘Muhammadu’. “You need to apologise to President Tinubu. I watched your press conference today and noticed that you repeatedly referred to the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed…

Bashir Ahmad, a former aide to ex-president Muhammadu Buhari, has criticised Lionel Messi for his reaction to a Benin player who attempted to take a selfie with him. Lionel Messi's retirement moment with the Argentine national team was interrupted when a Benin player attempted to take a selfie with the 39-year-old. Mes…

…associated with the pro-democracy resistance of the 1990s. In 2018, former President Muhammadu Buhari formally recognised June 12 as Democracy Day, a move seen as a belated vindication for figures like Obioha who paid dearly for their activism.

…governor of Rivers State and later as minister of transportation under former President Muhammadu Buhari.The 61-year-old is currently the ADC's vice presidential candidate ahead of the 2027 elections, running alongside the party's presidential flagbearer.Watch the trending video in which Amaechi alleges that President…

…infrastructure maintenance, gully erosion control and construction of a gatehouse at the Muhammadu Buhari Industrial Park. The interventions are expected to improve access and infrastructure around the industrial park. Free medical, surgical outreach In the health sector, the Commissioner for Health, Prof. Adamu Danlad…

…chose not to. Sad, but predictable,” he wrote on X. Former aide to the late President Muhammadu Buhari, Bashir Ahmad, said: “Did Bad Actors Help Drive Uber Away? “Uber’s departure from the Nigerian market has generated a lot of mixed debate, as expected, but in my opinion, one factor that may have contributed to the co…

…Executive Council approved the commercial leasing of three vacant floors of NBA House on Muhammadu Buhari Way, Abuja. However, the process of securing tenants was still ongoing. Osigwe said his administration also concluded the title perfection process for the association’s property at Plot 1415, Oro-Ago Crescent, Gark…

…that the Second Quarter Arms Destruction Exercise for 2026, held on July 30 at the Muhammadu Buhari Cantonment in Giri, Abuja, led to the public destruction of 1,419 illicit weapons. This brings the cumulative total of illicit weapons destroyed by the centre since 2022 to more than 19,000.He said the destructions were…

…in the 2023 Appropriation Bill prepared by the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari and both past and present administrations had consistently maintained that fuel subsidy was unsustainable. ” Proposals by some political gladiators to reintroduce fuel subsidy amounted to political rhetoric rather than re…

…said the Second Quarter Arms Destruction Exercise for 2026, conducted on July 30 at the Muhammadu Buhari Cantonment, Giri, Abuja, resulted in the public destruction of 1,419 illicit weapons. He said the latest exercise brought the cumulative number of illicit weapons destroyed by the centre since 2022 to more than 19,0…

…election, the then presidential candidates of the All Progressives Congress, Muhammadu Buhari, and Peoples Democratic Party, Goodluck Jonathan, signed the agreement in Abuja, pledging to accept the outcome of the election and refrain from acts capable of undermining the democratic process. Despite the optimism generate…

…to Shettima during his foreign trips since assuming office in May 2023.His predecessor, Muhammadu Buhari, frequently transmitted power to then Vice President Yemi Osinbajo during prolonged absences, although the practice became politically contentious after Osinbajo, while acting president, removed the then Director-Ge…

…that radicalised him began deteriorating in the final period of former President Muhammadu Buhari's tenure.

…one of the social investment programmes launched under now-late former President Muhammadu Buhari in June 2016, was designed to tackle youth unemployment in Nigeria. The programme, established by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) administration, enrolled thousands of beneficiaries across its Batch A, B, and C…

…to touch lives. Within the space of a day, the First Lady commissioned the President Muhammadu Buhari Estate and the Gateway Medical Centre of Excellence, while also witnessing the South-West zonal launch of the National Community Food Bank Programme. She later engaged traditional rulers, community leaders and other st…

…from the deadly grip of the PDP” in 2015.Indeed, the plans worked out as Major General Muhammadu Buhari, their presidential candidate, floored incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan of the PDP in the 2015 election.It was the first time an incumbent president was losing a re-election in Nigeria.Now, a gang of opposition…

…realise that it is payback time for the backing that Tinubu gave to late President Muhammadu Buhari’s two tenures of eight years.” Afolabi recalled the national crisis that brought about the formation of OPC in August 1994, saying that “Some 32 years ago when Dr. Frederick Fasehun took the initiative to establish OPC,…

…2027 presidential election. Posting on X, the former media aide to the late ex-President Muhammadu Buhari said some members of the Movement don’t understand how politics works. He wrote: “Any Obidient who genuinely believes that Mr. Peter Obi is guaranteed to finish second is simply being delusional and, frankly, does…

…the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate in 2019 and 2023 but lost to Muhammadu Buhari and Bola Tinubu respectively. Atiku served as Vice-President under former President Olusegun Obasanjo from 1999 to 2007. He was initially elected governor of Adamawa State in 1999 under the PDP but was subsequently s…

…called on President Bola Tinubu to reverse what he described as late former President Muhammadu Buhari’s legacy in the South-East. Ejimakor said Buhari’s administration practiced discriminatory law enforcement in the region. He made the call in response to Sunday Igboho’s launch of the Eru Ekun Security Network. Igboho…

…land borders were closed in August 2019 under the administration of then-President Muhammadu Buhari. The Federal Government cited the need to curb large-scale smuggling of rice, poultry products, petroleum and other goods, as well as weapons and drugs, and to encourage local agricultural production. In December 2020, B…

…intervention was reported. Bashir Ahmad, OON, a former presidential aide to ex-president Muhammadu Buhari, drew public attention to the incident through a post on his own Twitter account, urging the Defence Intelligence Agency to respond without delay.

…“In 2015, the Minister of Transport was the governor of Rivers State. “He was the DG of Muhammadu Buhari. Before you knew, I pulled the carpet off his feet. He lost. He didn’t get 25 percent. “In 2019, he was Minister of Transport, he became the DG, and he lost his state too. Bukola Saraki was the DG of Atiku campaign…