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President Bola Tinubu has departed Paris, France for London, the United Kingdom. Mr. Dele Alake, Special Adviser to the President on Special Duties, Communication and Strategy, who disclosed this in a statement issued on Saturday, said President Tinubu, who was initially scheduled to be back in Abuja on Saturday, will now proceed to London, United […]
Continue ReadingPresidential Election Petitions Court (PEPC) sitting in Abuja, Nigeria has admitted certified copies of Academic and work records of President Bola Tinubu tendered by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar. The documents include a B.Sc certificate from the Chicago State University, NYSC Discharge Certificate, and Mobil Nigeria Oil Plc certificate of […]
Continue ReadingWhether you voted for former Vice President Atiku Abubakar of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) or Mr Peter Obi of Labour Party (LP) in the recent presidential election. Or have spent your political life fighting Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. If you are Yoruba by ethnic affiliation, you are likely to be made to bear vicarious responsibility for any failings of government for as long […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has asked President Bola Tinubu to change the new Students Loans Act to an education grant for indigent students. ASUU National President, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke stated this on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics. According to the ASUU President, more than 90% of students won’t meet the “stringent requirements” to […]
Continue ReadingAsari Dokubo, the self-styled Niger Delta activist and revolutionary who came into prominence during the struggle for self-determination in the Niger Delta finally got the attention that he may have been looking for. He came into prominence in the 2000s as an activist until the Umaru Yar’Adua administration launched an amnesty programme and the embattled […]
Continue ReadingThis season, President Bola Tinubu is harvesting big pods of cocoa from his plantation. His co-farmers are looking at him with concentrated envy. And jealousy. Exhilaration is in the air. In the last two weeks, he has shown tremendous energy towards changing the status-quo. His suspension of Central Bank (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele, is exciting […]
Continue ReadingPresident Bola Tinubu, on Monday, approved the immediate retirement of all Service Chiefs, the Inspector-General of Police, Advisers, and the Comptroller-General of Customs Service. He has consequently appointed new service chiefs and other office holders. The newly appointed Officers are: S/NNAMEAPPOINTMENTS 1 Mallam Nuhu Ribadu – National Security Adviser 2 Maj. Gen. C.G Musa – […]
Continue ReadingWithin a fortnight in power, President Bola Tinubu may have set the tone and tempo for what promises to be a dizzying presidency. Right from the inauguration ground at Eagle Square, he could not suppress his anxiety to be in power and in control at the same time. Most classical concepts of power lament that […]
Continue ReadingFormer Niger Delta militant, Asari Dokubo, has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu not to release Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Dokubo made the call after he visited President Tinubu in Aso Rock on Friday. He said Kanu should be made to face the law because releasing him will […]
Continue ReadingFollowing a summon issued on him, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu, yesterday produced before the Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC, sitting in Abuja, a document that contained President Bola Tinubu’s age. The document, known as Form EC9, was an affidavit of personal particulars which President Tinubu submitted to the […]
Continue ReadingPresident Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has on Thursday, appointed Nuhu Ribadu, Dele Alake, Wale Edun and five others as Special Advisers. According to a release issued by State House Director of Information, Mr. Abiodun Oladunjoye, President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of eight Special Advisers. Among them are Mr. Dele Alake, Special Adviser, Special Duties, […]
Continue ReadingPresident Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has suspended the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), AbdulRasheed Bawa, from office indefinitely. Director of Information in the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Willie Bassey, who stated this in a statement on Wednesday, disclosed that the suspension was meant to ensure investigations […]
Continue ReadingNigerian president, Bola Tinubu on Monday addressed Nigerians to commemorate the 2023 Democracy Day with promises to respect rule of law and reward Nigerians for their sacrifices on subsidy removal. Read his full speech below: TEXT OF DEMOCRACY DAY NATIONAL BROADCAST BY PRESIDENT BOLA AHMED TINUBU ON JUNE 12, 2023. Fellow Nigerians, 2. It is […]
Continue ReadingAsiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has walked into a minefield with which he is very familiar. He had his own mines in the field, of course. They had been well laid out for over two decades, and with verifiable results. Many of his former opponents are either flat on their backs, are nursing injuries, or are […]
Continue ReadingElder statesman and Ijaw leader, Chief Edwin Clark, says he won’t comment much on the Bola Tinubu presidency until the conclusion of the election petitions tribunal where the outcome of the February 25 presidential poll is being challenged. Clark stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja ahead of […]
Continue ReadingPresident Bola Tinubu has ordered the suspension of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, from office with immediate effect. Director of Information, Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Willie Bassey disclosed this in a statement on Friday night. The statement reads: “President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has suspended […]
Continue ReadingChairman of PDP in FCT, Mohammed Babaji Madaki, witness of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has testified that both the party’s candidate and President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) are not qualified to be declared as president for not scoring 25 percent in the Federal Capital Territory […]
Continue ReadingEvery government transition begins with a week of gràgrà where the new helmsman tries to assert their power by making definitive executive decisions. The week of gràgrà is when new leaders dis-anchor from the old. This phase, where the cliches of a “new beginning” are still being belted out, is where the newly enthroned must make a show of […]
Continue ReadingIn a show of desperation (some would say cowardice) at the polling station in Daura on 25th February, former President Muhammadu Buhari displayed his ballot paper after exercising his franchise. The unusual gesture – which goes against the spirit of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) guidelines – was a not-so-subtle signal to Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu that he (Buhari) had kept his side of the bargain. […]
Continue ReadingSome labour leaders say there is a need for all stakeholders in the sector, including the government, to analyse the issue of fuel subsidy removal mentioned by the new President, Mr Bola Tinubu, in his inaugural speech. Tinubu, on taking office on Monday, said that the budget in place before his coming on board made […]
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