President Bola Tinubu will travel abroad for the first time as president on Thursday to attend the Paris Summary for the New Global Financial Pact with his international counterparts. The Palais Brongniart will host the summit called by French President Emmanuel Macron. According to a statement issued yesterday by the President’s Special Adviser for Special Duties, Communication and Strategy, Dele Alake, the President is expected to visit Paris to “participate, review, and sign a New Global Financial Pact, which places vulnerable countries on the priority list for support and investment,…
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Naira Scarcity: “Nigerians suffering; don’t be dogmatic with deadline”, Tinubu tells CBN Gov.
Presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has counseled the Central Bank of Nigeria, (CBN) to be pragmatic, rather than being dogmatic in its deadline for the swap of old currency notes for new ones, saying the sufferings of Nigerians must not be overlooked. This was as he again appealed to Nigerians to remain calm as the government and relevant agencies continue to work out solutions to both Naira and fuel scarcity. Director, of Media and Publicity at the APC Presidential Campaign Council PCC, Bayo…
Read More2023 Anti-Candidate Plan: “Do not work against Tinubu” – MURIC warns Northern Governors
The Muslim Rights Concern, MURIC, has told some Northern governors who are allegedly ‘planning’ to work for Atiku Abubakar to defeat Bola Tinubu to shelve the plan. The group, in a statement issued by its director Professor Ishaq Akintola, yesterday, said there is no alternative to Tinubu. The statement read in part: “Our position is based on the declaration of the twelve Northern governors who pitched their camp with Bola Ahmed Tinubu by insisting that power must shift to the South just before the presidential primaries. “We have no scintilla…
Read MoreTinubu: “We’re not faceless”, Abuja pastors reply CAN
The President of Nigeria Coalition of Pastors for Good Leaders, Apostle Babatunde Oguntimehin, on Monday, presented proof of ordination and registers of members to dismiss the claim of Christians Association of Nigeria that they were faceless clerics. The action was coming barely 24 hours after a delegation of Abuja-based pastors and bishops endorsed the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, at a town hall meeting with some party chieftains of Tinubu support group, City Boy Movement. However, CAN disowned the clerics hours after the endorsement, saying…
Read More‘Beware of cabals’ – Fayose writes Tinubu
…Says danger lies ahead Former Ekiti State governor, Ayo Fayose, has warned the National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and presidential aspirant, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to be careful of the ‘cabal’ in his party if he hopes to stay alive. Fayose, who failed to secure one vote as a presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), said Tinubu’s outburst in Abeokuta, Ogun State last week was an indication he saw which portends political danger ahead of him. Recall that while addressing his party’s…
Read More2023 Presidency: Tinubu campaign org. retracts explosive comments on Buhari
The Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu Presidential Campaign Organisation has stated that the comments made by a presidential aspirant, Bola Tinubu, have been misinterpreted by the media. Recall that Tinubu, while on a consultation visit to the delegates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ogun State, had reeled out how he put President Muhammadu Buhari, Ogun State governor, Dapo Abiodun, among others in Nigeria’s political limelight. In an issued press statement signed by the campaign Director of Media & Communications, Bayo Onanuga, yesterday, the reports of Tinubu’s statement were described…
Read More2023: “I will use agriculture to feed not only Nigeria, but Africa”
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Former Lagos State governor and presidential hopeful, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has said he will utilise agriculture to feed not just Nigeria, but Africa in general when elected president. Tinubu, who is the acclaimed National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) also assured that he will deliver quality governance when elected president of Nigeria in the 2023 general elections. The Asiwaju made this declaration at the weekend, when he received the leadership of the Nigeria Diaspora for Asiwaju (NDA) in London, United Kingdom, in what is his first major…
Read More2023 Presidency: “APC S/West zone waiting for our ‘Capone’ Tinubu to decide”– Ondo Gov. Akeredolu
Ondo State governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, has said leaders of the ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC) in the South-West are currently waiting for Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, former governor of Lagos State and National Leader of the party to return to Nigeria and decide whether he will be vying for the presidency in the 2023 general elections or not. Akeredolu, who is the Chairman of the Southern Governors Forum, (SGF), disclosed this yesterday, in an interview on a television programme. It could be recalled that Tinubu is currently recuperating in London after…
Read More2023 Presidency: ‘Nigeria will get a new beginning’ ? Vice President Osinbajo
..Why he may be Tinubu’s trump card In the wake of the increasing agitations by separatists across the country, one “official” voice which has been loud in calling for unity is that of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. While many political pundits have continued to ascribe political colourations to his recent outings, the vice president has often said he is focused on his current assignment and should not be distracted. However, feelers within the ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC), show that the vice-president is in the epic position for the top…
Read More2023 Presidency: “I’m not aware of any agreement to handover to Tinubu” – Amaechi
…Says ‘stealing done quietly under this government‘ The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has debunked claims that the All Progressives Congress (APC) has resolved to hand over power to its chieftain, Bola Ahmed Tinubu in 2023. The minister made the disclosure while speaking in an interview with newsmen in Abuja. This is coming amidst speculations that the ruling APC had an agreement to hand over its party presidential ticket to Tinubu when the political party was formed in 2014. So far, Tinubu is yet to openly declare his presidential ambition…
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