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I don't see why anybody should worry.
I belong to everybody and I belong to nobody.
I belong to everybody, and I belong to nobody.
To feed our people we must first feed our soil
Fighting corruption is not a one-night affair.
School is not meant for the poor, only for the rich.
Corruption, the greatest single bane of our society today.
Boko Haram will soon know the strength of our collective will.
We cannot build an economy where corruption is the working capital
We will work to bring an element of stability to the price of oil.
Even Jesus Christ cannot conduct a free and fair election in Nigeria.
The givers of most of the corruption in Africa are from outside Africa.
There is no part of the world where corruption is absolutely eliminated.
Those who embezzle public funds should be ready to face the consequences.
Democracy should be nurtured and sustained in Nigeria and in our part of the world
If I am not above the law, nobody in this country can then claim to be above the law.
My gut feelings and my faith tell me that until God shuts a door, no human can shut it.
We know we are on the right path. Our journey is not finished, but we have come a long way.
The U.S. government understands the importance of Nigeria in Africa and the world at large.
Femi Fani Kayode is my boy. Provide him food, he will eat and then sing for you. He’s a smart boy
When I left office in 1979, I was about the only one who had really left public office on my own.
We will encourage our countrymen to stay at home, work hard, and make a respectable living at home.
I believe God knew what he was doing when he put oil under our ground. It should be a means to an end.
We will as soon as possible reexamine our laws and policies and eliminate all obstacles to genuine investment.
I am a black man inside and outside and you are white men on the outside, but inside, you are Africans like me.
I don't know which party my wife belongs to, but she belongs to my kitchen and my living room and the other room.
Yet there comes a time in the life of a patriot when abdication would amount to a betrayal if not outright treachery.
We regard America and Europe as old friends. We keep old friends, but we make new friends in Japan, India, and China.
At the same time, African aims to intensify cooperation with China in the fields of trade, investment and agriculture.
Pope John Paul II not only visited Nigeria twice but stood by the country in its fight against dictatorship and injustice.
I will not say the fact that there are no European Union observers at an election means that it will not be fair and free.
My joy knows no bounds... I will devote all my energy and all the powers available to me to the service of Nigeria and humanity.
The misappropriation of resources provided by the government for weapons means the Nigerian military is unable to beat Boko Haram.
Nigeria has no business with poverty. With our human and material resources, we shall strive to eradicate poverty from our country.
I want to take this opportunity to acknowledge that our foreign friends are welcome to join in our endeavor to develop the resources of our country.
We are going to secure this country. We are going to manage it properly. We will continue to improve the situation, security, economy, and fighting corruption.
What the oil producer gets paid is about 16 percent. The majority of it is tax, which in fairness to the government of this country they have accepted and admitted.
A lot of people hoped that I died during my ill health. Some even reached out to the vice-president to consider them to be his deputy because they assumed I was dead.
The thing that the Nigerian government will do is to secure the environment. If the environment is not secured, then unfortunately, the investments wouldn't be coming in.
People have been voting to choose their leader but their votes were never allowed to COUNT, I will not allow the choice of the people to be subverted by any party, not even APC
I would like to thank President Goodluck Jonathan for his display of statesmanship in setting a precedent for us that has now made our people proud to be Nigerians wherever they are.
A few people have privately voiced fears that on coming back to office I shall go after them. These fears are groundless. There will be no paying off old scores. The past is prologue.
I think, technically, we have won the war because people are going back into their neighbourhoods. Boko Haram as an organised fighting force - I assure you that we have dealt with them.
I think we should be very worried because, with technology, Boko Haram and other terrorists have become very mobile in all continents, not only in Africa but also in Europe, America, and Asia.
Let me make a solemn pledge before all of you, before the whole world and before God, that I will devote all my energy and all I possess in my power to serve the people of Nigeria and humanity.
There are about 100 German companies in Nigeria, and German investors have earned a lot of respect from Nigeria because of the quality of the manufactured goods they produce, especially machinery.
We should have solved the current insecurity in the Northeast and South by now. Are the states able to shoulder the burden of the police? You cannot just give someone guns and ammunition, train him, and refuse to pay him.
As long as we can establish the bona fides of the leadership of Boko Haram, we are prepared as a government to discuss with them how to get the girls back. But we have not established any evidence of a credible leadership.
I will continue to show openly and inside me the total commitment to the Sharia movement that is sweeping all over Nigeria God willing, we will not stop the agitation for the total implementation of the Sharia in the country.
We are asking Nigerians for their cooperation. They shouldn't expect miracles to happen a couple of months after we've taken over because the destruction took so many years - 16 years of the ruling party's rule of this country.