Tag: President Tinubu

2027: Akpabio kick-starts Tinubu’s 2nd-term bid

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Akpabio Tinubu

Senate President Godswill Akpabio has begun drumming support for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s re-election barely months into the President’s first term. Addressing a gathering of State governors and federal lawmakers that paid Sallah homage to Tinubu at his residence in Lagos on Friday, Akpabio expressed confidence in the President’s leadership, going as far as praying for Tinubu’s victory in the 2027 general elections. “As you coast home to victory for a second term, may all the governors seated here also coast home to a second-term victory in their States”, Akpabio…

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“Tell Nigerians actual cost of 700 km Lagos-Calabar Coastal Road project” – Atiku to Tinubu

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Atiku to Tinubu

…Queries how project got design, right of way in 7 months Former Vice-President and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar, yesterday, challenged President Bola Tinubu to disclose the full cost of the Lagos-Calabar Highway project. Atiku, in an issued statement, said Tinubu could not continue to keep silent on how much public funds would be spent on the project at a time when Nigeria was facing dire economic challenges. Atiku had last weekend, through Paul Ibe, his media adviser, queried the Tinubu…

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Hardship: “You’re doing well at making Nigerians poorer” – A’isha Yesufu mocks Tinubu

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A'isha Yesufu

Popular activist,  A’isha Yesufu, has congratulated President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over the state of the nation’s economy. Yesufu accused the Nigerian leader of successfully throwing Nigerians into poverty. According to her, under the current administration, people can no longer afford basic needs. She said, “Bola Ahmed Tinubu is doing very well in throwing people into poverty. Many can no longer afford the basics in Nigeria. Congratulations Tinubu! You are doing very well! “You might be the reason Nigerians realize the poverty that unites them is greater and more devastating than…

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Tinubu signs amended students loan Bill into law

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President Bola Tinubu yesterday signed the National Students Loan Amendment Bill into law. The President signed the amended Bill in a short ceremony at the State House,Abuja, in the presence of the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, Deputy President of the Senate, Barau Jibrin, The Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, the Minister and Minister of State for Education, Hannatu Musawa, the Minister of State for Youth, Ayodele Olawande, the president of the National Association of Nigerian Students, other government officials and aides to the president. Tinubu initially signed…

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“Tinubu showing signs of failure” – Northern Elders

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The Northern Elders Forum, (NEF), has said that the recent mass abductions of school children in the region is an indication that the president has failed in his primary responsibility of keeping Nigerians safe. The Forum made the comment while reacting to the release of the abducted pupils of LEA Primary School, Kuriga, Chikun local government area of Kaduna State. The Forum’s Spokesperson, Abdul-Azeez Suleiman, in an issued statement, noted that the incident is another sad reminder of the need for improved security measures. He said though the release of…

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“Obey court ruling, stop pension to ex-Govs, deputies”, SERAP urges Tinubu

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Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, (SERAP), has urged President Bola Tinubu to stop the payment of pensions to former governors and their deputies. The organisation recalled that in 2017, it filed a suit seeking the repeal of pensions for former governors and their deputies across all states of the Federation. In 2019, Justice Oluremi Oguntoyinbo of a Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos State, ordered the Federal Government to recover pensions collected by former governors serving as ministers and members of the National Assembly. The ruling, SERAP said, was “blatantly”…

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?“Nigeria now killing field under Tinubu” – Atiku

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Former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar, has lamented the perennial violent attacks and wanton killings across the country. This is as he decried the recent attack that claimed the live of a village head and other residents of Rafi Local Government Area (LGA) of Niger State. Recall that at least 21 people, including the village Head, lost their lives on Thursday afternoon when bandits in their numbers reportedly invaded a market in Madaka, an agrarian community in Rafi LGA. According to residents, the attackers raided the market around 3pm when the commercial…

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H/Reps Speaker, Abbas begs Tinubu, NASS to minimise their ‘bad deeds’; make life easier for Nigerians

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Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, has urged President Bola Tinubu and other politicians to increase their good works and minimise their evil deeds during Ramadan. Abbas, who sat at the same table with President Tinubu, Vice-President Kashim Shettima, made this call while speaking at the Ramadan fast iftar President Tinubu hosted in the Villa for House of Representatives members on Wednesday. “Your Excellency, this is one moment I want to urge us all to double in our effort to make life of Nigerians easier,” Abbas said. “This is…

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“Budget padding critics lack arithmetic sense; I’ll banish hunger from Nigeria” -Tinubu

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President Bola Tinubu says Nigerians accusing the Senate of “malicious embellishments” of the 2024 budget “did not understand the arithmetic and did not refer to the baseline of what I brought.” Tinubu said this when he hosted the Senate leadership to a dinner to break the Ramadan fast at the State House on Thursday, in Abuja. He said his government would continue to support the military in neutralising security threats nationwide. “Our armed forces are working hard, and we will not allow attackers to undermine the integrity and value of…

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Tinubu places 3-month ban on foreign trips for ministers, officials

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President Bola Tinubu has implemented a rigorous three-month prohibition on any overseas travel for ministers, Heads of government agencies, and other officials that is financed by public funds as part of a significant cost-cutting measure. ?The directive was conveyed through a letter dated March 12, 2024, signed by the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, and addressed to the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF), George Akume. The goal of the restriction, which goes into effect on April 1, 2024, was to lower the growing costs…

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