{"id":20659,"date":"2018-01-19T17:27:21","date_gmt":"2018-01-19T16:27:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=20659"},"modified":"2018-01-19T17:40:45","modified_gmt":"2018-01-19T16:40:45","slug":"9-months-economist-magazine-refutes-article-buhari","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/9-months-economist-magazine-refutes-article-buhari\/","title":{"rendered":"9 Months After, Economist Magazine Refutes Article Against Buhari"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-20660\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Economist-300x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Economist-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Economist-110x55.png 110w, https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Economist.png 318w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Tayo Olanipekun<br \/>\nThe Economist magazine has said an article criticizing Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, quoted and attributed to the UK-based journal by many online news platforms,for about nine months now, did not emanate from its stable.<br \/>\nThe African Editor of the magazine, Jonathan Rosenthal, made the clarification on Thursday in a statement addressed to Laolu Akande, Press Secretary\/Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Office of the Vice President.<br \/>\n\u201cIt has come to my attention that an article has been circulating on social media and been published on various websites that purports to have been written or published by The Economist,\u201d the statement explained.<br \/>\nThe article, published on April 23, 2017 by Nigerian Economist, has the title, The Unprecedented Level of Patience Shown to Buhari and Rosenthal said \u201cany claims connecting it to The Economist are false.\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cNigerians have never shown such level of patience and tolerance towards any of their past leaders for his record and strange policies as that shown to the current leader, Muhammadu Buhari-a former military dictator now self-confessed democrat who said he came to fight corruption,\u201d the article said in its opening paragraph.<br \/>\nResponding over the development on Friday, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, said in a statement that should be watchful about the information that comes their way.<br \/>\n\u201cThe Presidency enjoins Nigerians to be very watchful and circumspect about the kind of information they are exposed to, and share, especially in this period when purveyors of fake news abound,\u201d Adesina\u2019s statement read.<br \/>\nThe website of the news outfit was, however, inactive when National Wire attempted to access its original publication.<\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_ad_image afw_ad afwadid-32665  \">\r\n                                                            <div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;color:#cccccc;\">Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accessbankplc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"auto\" max-width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Banner-1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n                                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tayo Olanipekun The Economist magazine has said an article criticizing Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, quoted and attributed to the UK-based journal by many online news platforms,for about nine months now, did not emanate from its stable. 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