Bio of Mrs Aisha Buhari, wife of the President of Nigeria

Mrs. Aisha Muhammadu Buhari is the Wife of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, General Muhammadu Buhari, who was elected at the last general election, held on March 28, 2015.

She hails from Adamawa State, North-East Region of Nigeria. Her grandfather, Alhaji Mohammed Ribadu, was Nigeria’s first Minister of Defence. Her twenty-five years marriage to the former Head of State is blessed with five children and a granddaughter.

STILL STOMPING FOR CHIBOK GIRLS: BBOG group to march to Presidency on July 8th

Good idea!

Tinubu's media aide alleges that Aisha Buhari's brother has been involved in a fraudulent acts before

According to Olusegun Dada, the media aide to Bola Tinubu, Musa Yola, the immediate younger brother of Mrs Aisha Buhari, who was allegedly arrested last week for obtaining N300million from a businessman with a promise to get him an oil block from the new administration, was allegedly involved in a fraudulent act during President Buhari's campaign a few months ago. 

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Pres. Buhari visits Emir of Daura in Katsina.

President Buhari visited the Emir of Daura after Jumaat Prayers today, June 19. 

Another photo after the cut...

"There is a limit to what I can do": Femi Adeshina says Pres. Buhari was misunderstood

President Buhari's Special Adviser on Media & Publicity Femi Adesina says the President's comment 'There is a limit to what I can do" does not mean he is not fit to run the country effectively because of his age. Adesina said the President's comment means that he is just like old wine that gets tastier and has in quantum, the wisdom, the patience, temperance and forbearance that age brings. 

"I have been locked up as well, so what?" Buhari fires back at people accusing him of locking them up when he ruled

President Buhari says those who have repeatedly accused him of locking them up while he was Head of State should remember that he was also locked up after he was removed as Head of State in 1985. Speaking to the Nigerian community yesterday in South Africa, Buhari said;

"This is my first time of attending these types of meetings (AU) and they go on and on until about 1 in the morning. And then you are supposed to start in the morning again. Everybody is repeating what the other speaker has said instead of to keep their mouth shut. Anyways, it is a great experience. I have listened to the address paraphrased by the counsel-general, I’m pleased that wherever Nigerians are whether in South Africa or Saudi Arabia or Europe or Alaska for that matter, you’ll make an impact both positive and negative. 

NASS Members To Get N8.64bn As Wardrobe Allowance Next Week

No wonder most states can't pay wages. Too much waste at the federal level and too much wasted on governance generally.

N’Assembly Members to Get N8.64bn as Wardrobe Allowance Next Week

The newly sworn in members of the National Assembly will smile home with a whooping N8.64 billion as wardrobe allowance next week, it was learnt last night.

The sum is aside other allowances such as furniture, housing and vehicle, which the lawmakers are entitled to.

Rep Kicks Against Campaign To Cut Lawmakers’ Earnings

A member of the House of Representatives, Chief Joe Edionwele, on Monday, protested against the debate for pay cut for legislators, describing the proponents of the crusade as ignorant.

Edionwele, a member of the Peoples Democratic Party representing Esan West, Esan Central and Igueben federal constituency of Edo State, said some lecturers, bankers and oil workers were earning more than federal lawmakers.

While speaking to journalists in Abuja, the lawmakers said, “I think people are speaking out of ignorance. Even before now, I was one of those who believed the same thing. The records will be made public. We will ensure that the National Assembly does that, Nigerians need to know. The salaries we earn are not in any way close to what people speculate. People in the oil and gas sectors, banking and even lecturers earn more than us and the President.

I Will Have To Vet My Ministers Before Appointing Them – Pres.Buhari

Speaking to newsmen during the AU Summit in South Africa yesterday, president Buhari said he doesn't know why people are anxious about ministers, saying he's yet to appoint them because his predecessor’s transition committee submitted its report on the previous administration to him late.

“I don’t know why people are so anxious about ministers. But eventually we will have (them). But the main reason is that I have an interim committee which I agreed with the former President Jonathan that the ministers of the outgoing government should hand over their notes or their documents to this interim committee so that a position can be prepared for the new government to start from with clear records from ministers.

APC Refutes Claims VP Was Denied Access To Meeting

There has been speculation about an incident where Vice-President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, was prevented from attending Buhari’s meeting with the National Security Adviser because of security reasons by the President.

Reacting to this report, the SSA to President Buhari on Media Garba Shehu said, “That is the creation of someone who just wanted to write something. It was on the same day he travelled to Sudan to represent the President, the government and the people of Nigeria at the inauguration of the president of that country.

Do Not Call Me The First Lady Instead Call Me The Wife Of The President - Hajia Aisha Muhammadu Buhari

Our First Lady doesn't want to be referred to as The First Lady. Strange? Read the press statement...

I am not the first Lady says the wife of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Hajia Aisha Muhammadu Buhari. I am the wife of the President and will be addressed as such going forward. With her large smile that easily lights up a room, Mrs Buhari's sense of direction is established. Her jovial nature belies a strong personality who says what she thinks.

Buhari Orders Release Of N4bn To Tight Boko Haram

President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the release of $21 million (N4,175,850,000) to the Multi National Joint Task Force to prosecute the war against Boko Haram.

The sum to be released is a quarter of the $100 million pledged by Nigeria to the regional force.

Buhari Appoints New Accountant-General Of The Federation

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday made his first senior cadre appointment, naming Mohammed Dikwa as Nigeria’s new acting Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF).

The appointment, which takes immediate effect from June 12, 2015, followed the retirement from service of Jonas Otunla.

Until his appointment, Mr. Dikwa was the Director, Funds Department in the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation. Mr. Dikwa would hold the office until a substantive Accountant-General is appointed by the president.

President Buhari, his wife & Vice President wife meet with mothers of abducted Chibok Girls

President Buhari, First Lady Aisha Buhari and VP Osinbajo's wife Mrs Dolapo Osinbajo met with some of the mothers of the abducted Chibok Girls today. The First Lady wore black to meet the crying mothers.

At Last: Buhari’s Ministerial List Updated: Fifteen Set To Be Appointed

At Last: Buhari’s Ministerial List Updated: Fifteen Buhari’s Loyalists Set To Be Appointed Into His Cabinet Emerge?

As Babatunde Fashola, Oby Ezekwesili Still Top List

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Buhari To Announce Ministerial List Monday

There are indications that President Muhammadu Buhari will announce his ministerial list on Monday, June 15, 2015.

It is also revealed that the immediate past Governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Fashola, will be announced Secretary to the Federal Government same day.

Sources said,

First Assignment For Anyone Appointed As AGF Is To Probe Amnesty Int'l report- President Buhari

President Buhari says the first assignment he will give anyone he appoints as the Attorney General of the Federation will be to examine the recently released Amnesty International report which indicted some top military officers of gross Human Rights Abuse.

President Buhari Off To South Africa For AU Summit

President Buhari will be departing Nigeria for South Africa on Saturday, June 13, to attend the 25th African Union Summit which is currently taking place in Johannesburg.

A statement issued on Friday in Abuja by the Special Adviser to the President on Media & Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, said

What is Wrong With The Sitting Posture Of Prof Osinbajo Alongside President Buhari And Other Visiting African Presidents?

According to Forbes: Body language can mean a lot but...

The biggest misconception perpetrated by many so-called experts is that specific gestures – of your hands, say – have specific meanings.  Rather, gestures are ambiguous.  They can mean many things.  

If I cross my arms, I may be signaling my defensiveness, but I may also be cold, or simply tired and propping myself up with my arms – or just getting comfortable.  And I could be signaling all those things at once.  It’s possible to be simultaneously cold, tired, defensive, and desirous of comfort.

OPINION: President Buhari Indeed Belongs To Somebody

“I belong to everybody. And I belong to nobody”- President Muhammed Buhari.

The above quotation is one the quotable quotes from the inaugural speech of President Muhammadu Buhari at the Eagle Square, Abuja during his swearing in. Since the quotation went viral, there have been several misconceptions or misinterpretation of the quotation. Precisely, many social commentators are still trying to decode its true meaning. 

If viewed from the context of trying to establish his independence in taking vital decisions in the proper administration of the country and not just trying to play politics with the destiny of the nation, Buhari may well be right. It will be recalled that his first shot at the seat of power came through the barrels of guns as a military dictator in 1984. He is not entirely new to the seat of government. But this is his first as a democratically elected President and Commander -in-Chief of the Nigerian Armed Forces. And that is why he is trying to make populist statements like the one credited to him above.