NIGERIA UPDATE: “Let President Muhammadu Buhari Rest in Peace” - By: Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai - 17th December 2025
The recent launch of a book on the life and legacy of our late leader, President Muhammadu Buhari, has stirred deep emotions and renewed divisions among those who once formed his inner circle. Having followed the headlines and images from the event, I felt compelled to make a simple but urgent appeal: let us allow President Buhari to rest in peace.
A careful look at those who dominated the book launch revealed the same factional lines that existed during Buhari’s lifetime. One camp was prominently represented, while others—equally close to the late president—were excluded. This selective engagement compounded by the choice of location of the event were red flags, and raises concerns about whether Buhari’s legacy is now being shaped to serve narrow interests rather than historical truth.
More troubling was the presence of long-time critics of Buhari, some of whom now hold high office, delivering glowing, but clearly faked tributes. These are individuals who once blamed his administration for nearly every challenge facing Nigeria, but who now appear eager to revise history—perhaps to deflect responsibility for present failures.
It was also unsettling to see individuals celebrating Buhari in death who had neither his trust nor his respect in life. President Buhari was a principled man who did not easily forget personal or political disrespect, and he made his preferences clear to those around him.
I have not yet read the book, Soldier to Statesman: The Legacy of Muhammadu Buhari, and it is possible that some media reports lack context. However, many of the so-called revelations attributed to the late president appear one-sided and unfair, especially as he is no longer alive to respond. Explaining the thoughts and motivations of a complex leader through selective anecdotes risks distorting, rather than preserving, his legacy.
President Buhari was far from perfect. Many of us who supported him expected much more from his civilian presidency. However, as someone who worked closely with him in opposition political, and governance roles for over a decade, I believe much of his administration’s shortcomings stemmed from the actions and failures of a powerful inner circle—relatives, advisers, and officials who did not always share his commitment to integrity and public service.
Buhari himself remained, to the end, a man of deep faith, personal discipline, and unquestioned patriotism. Those now invoking his name for self-justification should reflect on whether they can claim the same standards.
My appeal here is simple: to all Nigerians: admirers and critics alike—let President Muhammadu Buhari rest in peace. Let history judge him fairly, without opportunism or revisionism. The truest way to honour him is not through selective storytelling, or attempting to exhibit new-found love, but by upholding the values he embodied: simplicity, integrity, humility, and service to Nigeria with all he had.
May Allah grant him eternal rest.
Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai
Cairo, Egypt
17th December, 2025
Aliko Dangote announced plans to list his $20 billion oil refinery on the stock market to enable widespread ownership.
The listing aims to allow every Nigerian to become a direct owner of the refinery, emphasizing its status as a legacy project.
Dangote expressed that there would be no purchasing limits for shares, allowing investors significant participation in ownership.
The refinery seeks to pay dividends in U.S. dollars to benefit both local and diaspora Nigerians.
Louder, Your Highness.
We live in a classless society where "educated" people with no courage are afraid of telling the bosses that they are wrong.
They sing praises.
I just saw a shocking video!
A House of Reps member, Abdulsammad Dasuki, is alleging that the tax bill Tinubu’s government sent to the National Assembly, which they passed into law, is almost entirely different from the one they gazetted for Nigerians.
This means that the new tax law, which the government will impose on Nigerians from January 2026, is not the same as the one the National Assembly passed into law.
If this is true, then the government has committed a constitutional fraud!✍️
ENGR. FAROUK IS NOT ALONE:
The likes of farouk are all over the North and larger Nigeria:
1. Stinckly rich from well known sources.
2.Extremely jealous and envious of those who invest and employ.
3. Stingey, greedy, wicked and heartless, Lacking in conscience, pity and compassion.
4. With no track record of building society or supporting people
5. isolated from people like a rat who stole and swallowed a kings golden ring, that makes him easily treaseable.
6. We wish all the Farouk's long life so that they can harvest in full measure what they have been sowing of Evil,. treachery and sadism
Even without invoking a single prayer against him and his likes, theirs shall be a traumatizing end and a life full of guilt, shame and fear.
🇳🇬NUMBER OF ACTIVE VOICE SUBSCRIBER (USER OF SIM CARD) BY REGION
South West — 45.27 million
North West — 32.00 million
North Central — 29.45 million
South South — 23.18 million
North East — 18.29 million
South East — 16.74 million
#Statisense
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