FOR HELPING BUHARI TO POWER, STAUNCH SUPPORTERS APOLOGIZE TO NIGERIANS

Some staunch supporters of President Muhammadu Buhari are becoming frustrated and rethinking the roles they played in helping the president to power amid increasingly excruciating economic and political crises rocking the nation.

South Africa Overtakes Nigeria as Africa’s Biggest Economy

In dollar terms, South Africa is once again the biggest economy on the African continent, a position it reclaimed from Nigeria.

Remembering The APC’s Campaign Of Ethnic Hate Against President Jonathan

Alittle over a year ago, it was considered a noble deed by the All Progressives Congress and her supporters to unjustly malign the then president of Nigeria; Dr. Goodluck Ebere Jonathan. Even his wife and children were not spared.

36 YEAR OLD MOTHER MADLY IN LOVE WITH HER 19 YEAR OLD SON

Monica Mares, a 36-year-old mother of nine, and her son, Caleb Peterson, 19, have vowed to remain together despite a court order that they should stay away from each other.

MILITANTS BLOW UP OIL INSTALLATIONS IN DELTA STATE

  

Barely a day after it threatened to attack oil and gas installations within the upland part of the Niger Delta, a new militant group, Niger Delta Greenland Justice Mandate, on Wednesday reportedly blew up a major oil trunk line in Isoko area of Delta State.

54 STUDENTS DENOUNCE CULTISM IN BENUE STATE

No fewer than 54 students from various tertiary institutions in Benue State have denounced cultism.

I JOINED POLITICS TO STUDY HOW POLITICIANS MANIPULATE PEOPLE - OSHIOMHOLE

Adams Oshiomhole, outgoing governor of Edo state, says he joined government to understand how politicians manipulate and control societies.

NIGERIAN ARMY ISSUES RED ALERT, SAYS BOKO HARAM IS PLANNING MASSIVE ATTACK

The Nigerian Army has issued a red alert across the country after “very credible” intelligence reports warned of imminent Boko Haram attacks on the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), which includes Nigerian capital Abuja.

NIGERIA HAS NO OPTION BUT TO BORROW - ADEOSUN

Kemi Adeosun, minister of finance, says Nigeria, at this point, has no choice but to borrow — to invest in the Nigerian economy.

Speaking at a town hall meeting in Abuja, Adeosun said the federal government is very conscious and conservative about its borrowing, so as not to leave a heavy debt burden for future generations.

“We have a very conservative borrowing programme, and we must borrow; because to do rail — the rail that we have now was done in the colonial era — there has been really significant upgrade,” she said.

“We have urgently to do rail to enable agriculture and solid minerals to be competitive, so I really don’t see that there is any option than to borrow.

“We will borrow sustainably; we would borrow conservatively to make sure that we don’t burden future generation.”

Adeosun however added that the government would be different in its approach to borrowing this time, and would not borrow to fund recurrent expenditure. Rather, it will be to fund infrastructural development.

“The difference is, we’ve been borrowing in the past to pay salaries; now we borrow to invest,” she said.

“When you borrow to invest, there is an expectation that there will be additional revenue that will service those borrowings.

“I think that is the clear difference. I don’t think people should be unduly concerned about borrowing; we have to borrow, we have no choice but we will borrow as strictly as possible.

“This is why we have approached the World Bank and export credit organisations that provide concessional loans. We are taking concessional loans before going for commercial loans.”

She said the size of the public sector is an evidence of the failure to develop the private sector, adding that the latter should be the major employer in the country.

Adeosun said investments must be made in infrastructure to create an environment for the growth of the private sector.

ARREST AND DETENTION OF BLOGGER ABUSIDIQU IS A FATAL BLOW ON DEMOCRACY AND RULE OF LAW

Information reaching the Coalition of Human Rights Defenders (COHRD) has it that a popular Nigerian blogger and political commentator, Mr Abubakar Sidiqu Usman, also known as Abusidiqu, was arrested on the early hours of Monday 8th August, 2016 by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) purportedly over a recent critical report he published against the Chairman of the Commission, Mr Ibrahim Magu.

YOU ARE A TOTAL FAILURE, APC CHIEFTAIN BLASTS BUHARI

A factional chairman of the All Progressives Congress in Kano State, Hussaini Mairiga, on Monday came down hard on President Muhammadu Buhari, describing the president as a total failure.

WE ARE SO BROKE THAT WE CAN'T FUEL OUR GENERATORS - OSUN DEPUTY SPEAKER

Akintunde Adegboye, deputy speaker of the Osun state house of assembly, on Monday advised people not to think that legislators in the state are making money like those in the national assembly.

HOW APC MEMBERS FOUND THEMSELVES IN A STATE OF SUBDUED DISAPPOINTMENT

One of the greatest enemies of emotion is expectation. When we love someone so much, we always want them to behave in certain ways to justify our emotional investment. We are burdened because we don’t want them to disappoint us. 

When emotional expectations are not met, we become dejected and disappointed. That is where supporters of President Buhari are right now. I will call it a STATE OF SUBDUED DISAPPOINTMENT.

DEAR GOODLUCK JONATHAN, WE ARE SORRY FOR EVERYTHING WE SAID TO YOU

Dear Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan,

Though I was one of those who made the system “hot” for you when you were in office through endless articles and criticism on national dailies and online blogs, however, I regret to say that just within 13 months that you relinquished the insignia of power, the prices of essential commodities have gone out of the reach of common people.

SHIITE MEMBERS TREK FROM KADUNA TO ABUJA TO DEMAND EL - ZAKZAKY' S RELEASE

Members of the Shi’ia Islamic sect are currently trekking from Zaria to Abuja to demand the release of Ibrahim Zakzaky, their leader who has been in detention since December 2015.

STILL ON AISHA'S VISIT TO THE US

On Aisha Buhari’s visit to the United State of America, I have a few things to say.

First, why isn’t Mrs. Buhari tweeting her visit or of the presidential spokespersons – Shehu Garba or Femi Adesina? Why aren’t any of the official Aso Rock channels talking about this special US visit in any way, shape or form?

OBASANJO LEFT PRISON WITH JUST N20,000, BUT NOW ONE OF THE RICHEST EX-PRESIDENT

Edwin Clark, elder statesman and Ijaw national leader, says he has always been in support of the fight against corruption, recalling how he challenged former President Olusegun Obasanjo for having just N20,000 when he left prison but is now one of the wealthiest ex-presidents in West Africa.

BURSTED: AISHA BUHARI DID NOT VISIT THE USA

Al-IDIAKE NEWS can now authoritatively confirm that Aisha Buhari did not visit the US as it was claimed in some media reports.

BUHARI'S TSA SAVED NIGERIA FROM TOTAL COLLAPSE - LAI

The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has said the judicious management of the Treasury Single Account (TSA) and the unrelenting war on corruption is why the country has not collapsed.

WHILE AISHA BUHAR IS FLAUNTING $105,000 HERMES BAG, WIFE OF SINGAPORE'S PM HO CHING CARRIES $ 11 POUCH TO THE USA

Less than 24 hours after SIGNAL broke news of Nigerian First Lady Aisha Buhari’s ostentatious Hermes Birkin 35cm Porosus Crocodile Gold Hardware Bag worth $105, 000 (N40, 950,000), the BBC, in contrast, has filed a report of  Ho Ching, the wife of Singapore’s PM, carrying an $11 blue, dinosaur-printed pouch on a state visit to the White House.