President Muhammadu Buhari was not the first African leader called by U.S. President Donald Trump. The American leader spoke with his Egyptian counterpart, Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, on January 23, three days after his inauguration and three weeks before calling Mr. Buhari and South African President Jacob Zuma on February 13. News reports from the United States and Egypt said Mr. Trump discussed bilateral issues bordering on terrorism and extremism with Mr. El Sisi. This contradicts claims by presidential media aides that Mr. Trump’s call to Mr. Buhari was the first to any African leader since being sworn in a month ago. At least two media aides to the president, Garba Shehu and Tolu Ogunlesi, made the misleading assertion while propping it as a major foreign policy success for the administration. Mr. Shehu told Channels Television on February 14 that Mr. Trump’s call to his principal was not entirely surprising given Nigeria’s place in Africa, especially in areas of diplomacy and politics. “It shouldn’t surprise anyone that President Trump made the choice of making the first African call to the Nigerian President,” he said
The night before, Mr. Ogunlesi, who handles digital communication for Mr. Buhari, had made the same assertion in a Twitter update shortly after news broke that the call did take place between the two leaders. “Nigeria and SA take first and second places on POTUS (President of the United States) Africa call list. As they should, really. Also not surprising BH (Boko Haram)/terror main focus of Nigeria call,” Mr. Ogunlesi said. But he later walked back the statement, saying he was referring to sub-Saharan Africa. Mr. Shehu has yet to withdraw his claim. He did not respond to calls and text messages from PREMIUM TIMES about it Saturday afternoon. Channels Television appeared to have relied on the information passed by the media aides, in also incorrectly making the same claim. “Now, the conversation between both presidents is the first U.S. President Donald Trump will be having with an African leader, so what impact would this have on U.S.-Nigeria relations,” the station said in its 10:00 p.m. bulletin February 13. Mr. Trump spoke with Mr. Buhari from his medical vacation in London. The American leader assured Nigeria of U.S. readiness to cut a new deal in provision of military weapons to combat terrorism.

hinwazaka:
stewpid buffons, they can't even factcheck themselves before opening their smelly lying mouths

hinwazaka:
www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/223897-fact-check-buharis-aide-wrong-president-not-first-african-leader-called-trump.html

luvinhubby:
APC and lies are like......

hinwazaka:
stewpid buffons, they can't even factcheck themselves before opening their smelly lying mouths

ivandragon:
PMB's Social Media Idiots continue to express stupid defiance in the face of their gross stupidity.

PMB's Social Media Idiots will be his downfall with that double standards, outright lies & constant bickering over issues that should be better addressed with decorum & humility.

the earlier PMB does away with his present sycophantic Social Media Idiots, the better for him.

the present crop of 'kids' & 'fools at 40' he uses are not image makers, they are image wreckers...

vedaxcool:
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This kind wailing cattarh dey follow waka

ivandragon:


don't feel pained...

I am only pointing out how much damage you dolts are doing to our president...

but ofcourse... you chaps are not interested in 'progress' except when it suits your twisted & selfserving personal agendas...

sarrki:
No then ? when then ? So what ?

Is trump our Lord and personal savior?

Abeg make una swerve

vedaxcool:


You talk of damage you make me laugh.... when you liars are manufacturing fake news of dying presidents.... Fulanis killing college students. ... Muslims taking over....damages is written all over your wishes

ivandragon:


lol...

who are the liars-in-chief?
even your head of lying is named 'lie'.

I know the BMC job pays relatively well, but you need to get your head out of your butthole once in a while.

those who pedal unnecessary rumours of the death of PMB are in the same boat as you... Social Media Idiots.

on Fulani killings, you picked one false story as an example, does it mean all the others were also lies?
on that matter, you are hiding behind one finger...

On Muslims taking over, I only have to refer you to the history of Usman Dan Fodio... its natural for Muslims to want to spread their religion. it has happened before, is it happening again? that remains to be seen, but when Christians are KILLED & the 'killers' are allowed to walk away scot free, its a cause for concern... so go figure...

& finally, talking about 'mumuism'... you sure have the upper hand on that... you espouse it daily with your skewed comments & infantile rants...

vedaxcool:
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There is a thing line between madness and paranioa... Careful least you finally cross it out of hatred you have been trained with from child hood.