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Buhari is making progress, stop grumbling – Adesina

Ihesiulo Grace 7 August 2020 0

Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina,has intimated Nigerians on the need to appreciate the massive progress President Buhari is making towards the sustainability of development in the country. READ ALSO:RevolutionNow protest is a child’s play –… Adesina, in a piece titled

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FG bans purchase of vehicles, says it’s non-critical expenses

Ihesiulo Grace 25 June 2020 0

The Federal Government has stopped non-critical and administrative capital spending, including the purchase of vehicles. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, disclosed this in a document tagged, “What you need to know about the Nigeria Economic Sustainability Plan” made available to journalists in Abuja on Thursday. Hawking exposes

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Insecurity: It is uncharitable, wrong to say Buhari has failed, says Adesina

Ihesiulo Grace 15 June 2020 0

The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity speaks on the security situation in the country during an interview on Politics Today in Abuja on June 15, 2020. The presidency has cautioned Nigerians against criticising President Muhammadu Buhari of failing to address the security challenges in the country. Speaking during an interview on […]

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How Femi Adesina slammed Cos Gambari in 2008

Ihesiulo Grace 18 May 2020 0

Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, in 2008, condemned Ibrahim Gambari for his support of dictatorial governments. Mr Gambari was recently appointed as the new Chief of Staff to President Buhari. The diplomat served as the Minister for External Affairs between 1984 and 1985 under Mr Buhari who was […]

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Unfair restriction of media coverage at Presidential Villa

Ihesiulo Grace 26 March 2020 0

The Senior Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, yesterday announced the restriction of over 80 media organisations from direct coverage of the Presidential Villa in Abuja. He disclosed this in a circular, titled “COVID-19: Downward review of Correspondents presence in the Presidential Villa”, which was signed on his behalf […]

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I refuse to give up on Nigeria by Femi Adesina

Ihesiulo Grace 28 February 2020 0

President Muhammadu Buhari’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity Femi Adesina has said that he won’t give up on Nigeria. This is our own dear native land, and no other place can truly be called home Femi Adesina made this known in a write up he titled ‘Come and see Nigerian wonder’ He said you […]

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Dear Femi Adesina, Tell PMB We Are Still With Him

Ihesiulo Grace 27 February 2020 0

Positions of public trust anyone holds for the people has a tempting spirit. Any leader who is not careful can easily become a pawn on the chess board for some of the ruled. I have realized that it takes a lot of self-discipline and a focused mindset for a leader to navigate the ship of […]

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Nigeria: Good people, horrible people by Femi Adesina

Ihesiulo Grace 21 February 2020 0

Sometime in 2009, Professor Dora Akunyili launched a rebranding campaign for Nigeria. She was then Minister for Information, and the slogan she brought was Nigeria: Good People, Great Nation. It was a most contentious issue then. Was Nigeria truly made of good people? Were we equally a great, or even potentially great nation? The campaign […]

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In the fight against graft, Buhari has no friend or foe – Femi Adesina

Ihesiulo Grace 18 February 2020 0

President Muhammadu Buhari’s senior media aide, Femi Adesina has been under fire lately over a few sensitive and controversial issues. But in defence of his principal, he took time out to address some of the issues. He spoke to Adedayo Adejobi. Excerpts: A recent report that Leah Sharibu had been married off to a top […]

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Insecurity: What Buhari has done, and is doing by Femi Adesina

Ihesiulo Grace 8 February 2020 0

Each time he itemizes the three focal areas of government, President Muhammadu Buhari follows the same order: we shall secure the country, because you have to first secure a country or institution before you can efficiently manage it. We will revive the economy, and create jobs, particularly for our teeming youths, and then, we will […]

Opinion

What did Femi Adesina really do wrong?

Ihesiulo Grace 1 February 2020 0

One thing is certain and it is the fact that Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity is very devoted to his principal. He loves President Muhammadu Buhari to the moon. As one of the President’s frontline men, he will do everything to fend off any unwarranted attack from any individual […]

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No I won’t inherit anybody’s enemy by Femi Adesina

Ihesiulo Grace 1 February 2020 0

If Nigeria should die (which we don’t pray for), then hatred killed her. Done in by hateful hearts and lying tongues. People who hate others for no just cause, and they want to recruit you into the hatred binge. But I have news for them: I won’t inherit anybody’s enemy. Never! These people, filled with […]

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What Napoleon could not do, however, President Buhari is now doing – Adesina

Ihesiulo Grace 11 January 2020 0

‘What Napoleon could not do, however, President Buhari is now doing, despite getting negligible number of votes from the area in the two elections he has won’ Femi Adesina Special Adviser to the President (Media & Publicity) has said Adesina speaking on the Second Niger Bridge, being built by the Muhammadu Buhari government in an […]

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Atiku: They gave him a false sense of hope by Femi Adesina

Ihesiulo Grace 9 November 2019 0

After the Supreme Court threw out the legal challenge by Atiku Abubakar of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) on the February 2019 presidential poll last week, two things flashed across my mind. One was a song, the other, a quote from William Shakespeare’s Macbeth, which I’d read over 40 years ago. “First, the song: “The […]

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We support Buhari’s plan to probe NDDC

Ihesiulo Grace 22 October 2019 0

The recent statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, that President Muhammadu Buhari has approved a forensic auditing of the activities of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NNDC) is a step in the right direction and we are wholeheartedly in support of the move. Adesina said the president’s […]

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Why Omoworare replaced Enang as Buhari’s legislative aide

Ihesiulo Grace 21 August 2019 0

Senator Babjide Omoworare has been appointed as the Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on National Assembly matters (Senate). He has now officially succeeded Ita Enang who occupied the position from 2015 until yesterday. Omoworare succeeds Ita Enang, who was appointed in 2015. In a statement, Omoworare said Femi Adesina, special adviser to the […]

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PMB, The principalities and powers

Ihesiulo Grace 3 March 2019 0

Twice on Wednesday, President Muhammadu Buhari displayed an uncommon generosity of spirit. We had set forth at dawn, shortly before 5 a.m, to visit the presidential campaign office in Central Area of Abuja. The purpose was for the President to read his victory speech, having been pronounced winner of the February 23 election by Professor […]

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Nigerians contributes to TI bad ranking on corruption index – Adesina

Ihesiulo Grace 3 October 2018 0

Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina has said that Nigerians share in the blame of the country’s bad ranking in Transparency International’s (TI) corruption perception index (CPI) released recently. In 2017, Nigeria dropped from 136 in 2016 to 148 Nigeria on the index of TI which was seen as a […]

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Adesina urges media to reject fake news, hate speech

Ihesiulo Grace 18 August 2018 0

The Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina has reminded the media that its role will determine the success or otherwise of the 2019 elections. In a lecture he delivered at the closing ceremony of the Nigeria Union Journalists (NUJ) Press Week in Lokoja, Kogi state, titled: “Media and news […]

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Peace inevitable in Nigeria – Femi Adesina

Ihesiulo Grace 1 August 2018 0

The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina has said that those who ‘rupture the peace’ in different parts of the country would not have the last laugh. Receiving members of Junior Chamber International (JCI), Ikoyi, and Orji Kalu Foundation, who came to the Presidential Villa, Abuja, Tuesday, as part […]