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MIXED REACTIONS TRAIL BUHARI’S DEATH Reactions have continued to trail the death of former President Muhammadu Buhari, who died on Sunday at a London hospital after battling an undisclosed illness. Though the nature of the illness was not disclosed, the former president had been in London in the last couple of days undergoing treatment. President Bola Tinubu, who announced the …

BUHARI’S AIDES BEG NIGERIANS FOR FORGIVENESS As the nation continues to mourn the passing of former President Muhammadu Buhari, some of his closest companions and longest-serving aides have issued an emotional plea to Nigerians to forgive any wrongs he may have committed during his decades of service to the country. In a moving tribute at the late President’s Daura residence, …

HOW BUHARI DIED – EX-PRESIDENT’S NEPHEW RECOUNTS FINAL MOMENTS Mamman Daura, a close confidant and nephew of the late former Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, has narrated how the ex-leader spent his final hours. Buhari passed away in a London hospital on Sunday at the age of 82. He will be laid to rest today in Daura, Katsina state. THISDAY quoted …

APC, PDP, NNPP SUPPORTERS DECAMP TO ADC IN KATSINA Hundreds of supporters from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the All Progressives Congress (APC), and the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) in Katsina on Sunday officially joined the African Democratic Congress (ADC), headed by Mustapha Inuwa, leader of the coalition in the state. Membership cards were issued to the decampees, cut …

RIVERS COURT STOPS SOLE ADMINISTRATOR IBAS FROM SWEARING IN NEW APPOINTEES A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has restrained the state’s Sole Administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok Ete Ibas (rtd), from proceeding with the inauguration of the newly appointed Chairman and members of the Rivers State Services Commission, Daily Watch Nigeria reports. Justice Frank Onyiri issued the order …

PRESIDENCY MAY USE COURT TO SABOTAGE ADC’S MOMENTUM – DAVID MARK The Interim National Chairman of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Senator David Mark, has raised the alarm over alleged plans by the current administration to use the courts to derail the party’s rising momentum. He issued the warning in Abuja during a visit by the ADC’s National Legal Support …

THE TWO SIDES OF BUHARI NIGERIANS SAW Former President Muhammadu Buhari died in a clinic in London, United Kingdom, at the age of 82. The former president’s spokesman Garba Shehu confirmed this on Sunday July 13. Despite his being vilified by a cross section of Nigerians during his reign, he was by contrast perhaps the most loved leader by the …

BUHARI LEFT US WITH TRILLIONS OF DEBTS – TINUBU’S ALLY We have never had a leader like Muhammadu Buhari, and we may never have one like him again. He first stepped into the nation’s imagination as a soldier and exited as a soldier in some eyes and a soldier-statesman in some other eyes, as a bigot in some others. Some …

BUHARI’S MINISTERS, OFFICIALS DIDN’T DO WELL WHEN HE WAS IN OFFICE – ABDULSALAMI Former Nigerian Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, has said that many officials who served under the late President Muhammadu Buhari failed to meet the standards he expected during his administration, despite his commitment to discipline and the fight against corruption. Abdulsalami, speaking in London following Buhari’s …

FG DECLARES TUESDAY, JULY 15 PUBLIC HOLIDAY OVER BUHARI’S DEATH The Federal Government has declared that Tuesday, July 15, 2025, will be observed as a public holiday to honour the memory of the late former President Muhammadu Buhari. Buhari passed on Sunday in London And will be buried on Tuesday. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, Minister of Interior made the announcement in a …