I’m committed to Nigeria’s development - President Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday, reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to the rapid development of Nigeria, insisting his policies were beyond ethnicity, religion and geographical lines.

He gave the assurance while receiving Sheikh Ahmed Tijjani Ibrahim Inyass, the Grand Khalifa of Tijjaniya, at the Presidential Villa.

Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, in a statement said Buhari while acknowledging the overwhelming support of Nigerians and the confidence reposed on his administration, stated, ‘‘We are very pleased with the prayers and support of the Tijjaniya to this administration and I assure you our interest is for all Nigerians, across ethnicity and religion.

Full Text Of President Buhari's Broadcast to Nigerians This Morning

My dear citizens,

I am very grateful to God and to all Nigerians for their prayers. I am pleased to be back on home soil among my brothers and sisters.

2. In the course of my stay in the United Kingdom, I have been kept in daily touch with events at home. Nigerians are robust and lively in discussing their affairs, but I was distressed to notice that some of the
comments, especially in the social media have crossed our national red lines by daring to question our collective existence as a nation. This is a step too far.

10 Newpaper Headlines You Need To Know This Morning

Good Morning! The Headlines you need to know this morning.

1. The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta on Sunday accused some leaders of the Pan Niger Delta Forum including Chief Edwin Clark and HRH, King Alfred Diete-Spiff, of using the forum to seek political relevance and bounce back to life financially.

MEND, which also announced its withdrawal as a member of PANDEF, a forum of various ethnic nationality leaders in the Niger Delta, said it was “annoying working with pretenders who conspired to keep silent when Goodluck Jonathan wasted the opportunity of the region.”

Read The Full Text of Aisha Buhari's Interview with BBC Hausa

This is the full text from the interview of First Lady of Nigeria, Aisha Buhari, by BBC Hausa Service:

BBC Hausa: It has been One and a half years since President Muhammadu Buhari came into power, a lot of people are expressing their unhappiness over the way few acquaintance of the President have hijacked power while neglecting people that work for his success. Like we have promised, here is how the interview with Aisha Buhari and Naziru Maka’ilu from Abuja goes.