mrvitalis:

Relax buhari never planned any coup ...he is not that smart

Mmuoojukwu:
The same Abacha government family

Hoephase:


Bros you get mouth gan.

mrvitalis:

Cry small small
Not is not handing over ..u go fight to get the power

Denique:
The picture I see up there looks so ambitious

When will Bubu EVER get it right

I hope this one doesn't 'collect' the presidential seat from 'Darling Daddy'

candidtalk:


Yeah but how is the fight more difficult with Kingibe who is a schemer and dealmaker after his own permanent interest than some of the Northern hawks inextricably married to the notion power must return to the North like Kyari?

Kingibe who ran as VP to Abiola and is married to Yoruba woman Ireti?

Trust me bruv, if Kingibe reads the mood he will quickly move to position himself as VP to a Yoruba same as El Rufai is currently doing after also seeing the big picture.

Remember same El Rufai who insisted power can remain in the North has now done a u-turn to say power must shift to the South for the sake of" equity". You Igbos always see it coming last because hate has eroded your ability to think and see what is obvious which is that many influential Northerners know the region has to look beyond Buhari and enhance rapprochement with the South.

You lot don't know Northerners at all and that is why you think they are all the same. Is this not how it was Igbos alone saying Gbajabiamila will lose Speaker HOR election to a Northerner because Northerners will never vote him above their "Aboki" brother? In fact Northerners voted overwhelming against their brother for Gbaja and, as they say, the rest is history. You guys will never learn.

haryorbarmie83:
Don't we have youths in Nigeria again. Another looter is here again. When will they give youths opportunities to serve this contiri.

mrvitalis:


Lol 2023 would tell

candidtalk:


Good and short response. Don't say anything you will regret as you Igbos are fond of doing.

Braintrain:
Another old fool

candidtalk:

He is and a politician to the core and schemer like Tinubu. Kingibe is purist in the pursuit of permanent interest as the ultimate aim of politics.

Nigerians are emotional and don't understand that Kyari and PMB got on well because they are both socialist-leaning administrators and not pragmatic and ideologically broad-range politicians like Tinubu, Kingibe, Atiku etal.

NaijaRoyalty:
This man ha been around the corridors of power since I was 6.

This old thieving politicians no dey tire

Denique:


A politician should NEVER be a CoS to avoid clash of interests. A rather diplomatic entity should have been appointed as against the highlighted.

With the newly appointed CoS, we sure haven't heard nor seen the last of it.
A lot of toes will be stepped on. Typical of a Nigerian politician that lacks diplomacy!

StreetFight:


Checkmate Igbos you mean?

vincixpresso:
President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Babagana Kingibe Chief of Staff following the death of Abba Kyari who on Friday and the was buried in Abuja on Saturday.
Abba Kyari tested positive to coronavirus on his return from Germany and subsequently died of the infection in Lagos.
Kingibe has been acting as Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari since Kyari left the Presidency for treatment.

Baba Gana Kingibe GCON (born 25 June 1945) is a Nigerian politician, diplomat and government official who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1993 to 1995, Minister of Internal Affairs from 1995 to 1997, Minister of Power and Steel from 1997 to 1998; and Secretary to the Government of the Federation from 2007 to 2008.

•POLITICAL CAREER•

Kingibe entered politics in the build up to the transition of the Third Nigerian Republic. In 1988, he was made director of organization of the People's Front of Nigeria which consisted of politicians such as Atiku Abubakar, Bola Tinubu, Abdullahi Aliyu Sumaila and Rabiu Kwankwaso, which was then led by Shehu Musa Yar'Adua.

The front later joined with the Social Democratic Party in 1989. During the conduct of elections for national executive positions in the party, Kingibe was sponsored by the People's Front faction of SDP as the party's chairman, a position he went on to clinch. As party chairman, Kingibe was involved in the organization of party's gubernatorial and presidential primaries in 1991 and 1992 respectively.

•1993 presidential election•
However, after the cancellations of presidential elections in 1992 in which Shehu Yar'Adua was a candidate, Kingibe put himself forward as a presidential candidate. He made a split from his initial camp, the PFN group and used his relationships with SDP state party chairmen to build his campaign. He lost the keenly contested primary conducted in Jos but after much prodding from SDP governors, he was selected by the primary winner, MKO Abiola as Vice-presidential running mate, creating a Muslim-Muslim ticket which was initially thought to be a deal breaker in the general elections. The pair won the electoral majority although the result was annulled by abdicating president General Ibrahim Babangida.

•Abacha administration•
Kingibe later joined the Abacha administration as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1993 to 1995, Minister of Internal Affairs from 1995 to 1997, and Minister of Power and Steel from 1997 to 1998.

•Secretary to the Government•
In June 2007, he was appointed Secretary to the Government of the Federation. He was unceremoniously removed from office on September 8, 2008 by the President Umaru Yar'Adua, after spreading rumors about the President's ill-health while believed to be contending for the presidency.

•Buhari administration•
Kingibe has been a powerful behind the scenes decision-maker in the Buhari administration, alongside chief of staff Abba Kyari.

Will his time as chief of staff to the President be a love hate relationship with Nigerians like his predecessor? Let's wait and see.

©NJOKU ONYEKACHI (A political/investigative journalist based in Calabar).

vincixpresso:
President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Babagana Kingibe Chief of Staff following the death of Abba Kyari who on Friday and the was buried in Abuja on Saturday.
Abba Kyari tested positive to coronavirus on his return from Germany and subsequently died of the infection in Lagos.
Kingibe has been acting as Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari since Kyari left the Presidency for treatment.

Baba Gana Kingibe GCON (born 25 June 1945) is a Nigerian politician, diplomat and government official who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1993 to 1995, Minister of Internal Affairs from 1995 to 1997, Minister of Power and Steel from 1997 to 1998; and Secretary to the Government of the Federation from 2007 to 2008.

•POLITICAL CAREER•

Kingibe entered politics in the build up to the transition of the Third Nigerian Republic. In 1988, he was made director of organization of the People's Front of Nigeria which consisted of politicians such as Atiku Abubakar, Bola Tinubu, Abdullahi Aliyu Sumaila and Rabiu Kwankwaso, which was then led by Shehu Musa Yar'Adua.

The front later joined with the Social Democratic Party in 1989. During the conduct of elections for national executive positions in the party, Kingibe was sponsored by the People's Front faction of SDP as the party's chairman, a position he went on to clinch. As party chairman, Kingibe was involved in the organization of party's gubernatorial and presidential primaries in 1991 and 1992 respectively.

•1993 presidential election•
However, after the cancellations of presidential elections in 1992 in which Shehu Yar'Adua was a candidate, Kingibe put himself forward as a presidential candidate. He made a split from his initial camp, the PFN group and used his relationships with SDP state party chairmen to build his campaign. He lost the keenly contested primary conducted in Jos but after much prodding from SDP governors, he was selected by the primary winner, MKO Abiola as Vice-presidential running mate, creating a Muslim-Muslim ticket which was initially thought to be a deal breaker in the general elections. The pair won the electoral majority although the result was annulled by abdicating president General Ibrahim Babangida.

•Abacha administration•
Kingibe later joined the Abacha administration as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1993 to 1995, Minister of Internal Affairs from 1995 to 1997, and Minister of Power and Steel from 1997 to 1998.

•Secretary to the Government•
In June 2007, he was appointed Secretary to the Government of the Federation. He was unceremoniously removed from office on September 8, 2008 by the President Umaru Yar'Adua, after spreading rumors about the President's ill-health while believed to be contending for the presidency.

•Buhari administration•
Kingibe has been a powerful behind the scenes decision-maker in the Buhari administration, alongside chief of staff Abba Kyari.

Will his time as chief of staff to the President be a love hate relationship with Nigerians like his predecessor? Let's wait and see.

©NJOKU ONYEKACHI (A political/investigative journalist based in Calabar).