Tag: President Tinubu

Tinubu’s allies allege alienation, emergence of new cabal in Villa

Aminu Imam

Barely 154 days after taking office, there is growing discontent in President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s camp, especially among his close allies and party elders, with his style of governance and some of his policy decisions. According to published findings, the situation has become more precarious with the alleged inability of his allies and party elders unable to have access to the President, advise him on their observations or even register their displeasures with some of his actions and inactions. This development has led to insinuations that President Tinubu might be…

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“Implement 2014 Confab Report, release Nnamdi Kanu, Southern, Middle-Belt leaders urge Tinubu

Aminu Imam

The Southern and Middle-Belt Leaders Forum (SMBLF), yesterday, urged President Bola Tinubu to implement the recommendations of the 2014 national conference report, while also encouraging him to take ‘urgent steps’ to release the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. The leaders made the request in a communique issued yesterday night, at the end of the forum’s meeting in Abuja. Chaired by Edwin Clark, the forum is made up of leaders from the middle-belt zone, as well as groups including the Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Afenifere, and the Pan Niger-Delta…

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Tinubu to present 2024 Appropriation Bill to National Assembly in Nov. – Senate 

Aminu Imam

The Senate has revealed that President Bola Tinubu, would present the 2024 appropriation bill to the National Assembly in November for consideration and passage before the end of the year. Chairman, Senate Committee on Appropriation, Sen. Solomon Adeola, disclosed this in Abuja during an interview with newsmen after the inaugural meeting of his committee. Adeola, who represents Ogun-West senatorial district, said the National Assembly expected the federal government to present the Medium-Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy (MTEF-FSP) next week for scrutiny. He also hinted that his committee had invited…

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Tinubu’s certificate: Supreme Court receives conflicting letters from Chicago State University

Aminu Imam

The Supreme Court, yesterday, stated that there are conflicting letters from the Chicago State University (CSU) on President Bola Tinubu’s certificate. Justice John Okoro, Chairman of the 7-member panel hearing the application of the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, filed against the victory of President Bola Tinubu, confirmed the development. Recall that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared President Tinubu of the All-Progressives Congress (APC) winner of February election but his opponents went to court. The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal had struck out…

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‘Tinubu’s problem-solving magic has evaporated’ – Bugaje

Aminu Imam

A former member of the House of Representatives, Dr. Usman Bugaje, claims President Bola Tinubu’s problem-solving abilities have gone. Bugaje, who stated this during a television programme on Thursday, said he is disappointed with Tinubu’s output since he assumed office. While faulting Tinubu for failing to due consultations, the former lawmaker claimed the President is not in charge of his government. Bugaje said, “I can tell you one thing. Clearly, what we have seen is evidence of the fact that the President is not in charge; someone else is in…

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PEPT: Supreme Court Justice, Dattijo bows out ahead of Atiku, Obi appeal cases on Tinubu

Aminu Imam

The Supreme Court has seen a reduction in the number of its Justices slated to oversee the cases of Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi suit against the election victory of President Bola Tinubu to 10, following the retirement of Justice Musa Dattijo Muhammad. With this development, it means that only the remaining 10 Justices of the apex court will oversee the cases of the presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), Atiku Abubakar and Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi against the victory of President Bola Tinubu, of the ruling…

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October-end Deadline: Tinubu moves to block FBI, CIA, other U.S. agencies from releasing confidential files

Aminu Imam

President Bola Tinubu is in yet another scramble to block records relating to him from being disclosed by the United States (US) Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Central Intelligence Agency, (CIA) and other agencies. According to court filings, Tinubu’s lawyers in the U.S. have filed Motions to appear in an ongoing Freedom of Information (FoI) action brought against the U.S. organisations, where records that may help answer questions about the President’s real identity and decades-long endeavours are domiciled.  One of the lawyers who represented Tinubu in the recent Chicago…

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Allocate part of fuel subsidy to enrol Nigerians in NHIS” – Reps. ask Tinubu

Aminu Imam

The House of Representatives has called upon President Bola Tinubu to allocate the funds saved from fuel subsidy removal towards enrolling Nigerians in the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). This resolution was prompted by a motion put forth by Bashiru Dawodu, a legislator from Lagos State. In his Motion, Dawodu pointed out that the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) has not sufficiently covered vulnerable Nigerians, with only 5 million enrolled in the scheme. He suggested that the government could utilize the savings from subsidy removal, which amounts to N50 billion, to…

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CSU: “Tell Nigerians your true identity, name, parentage, others” – Obi to Tinubu

Aminu Imam

Amidst the scandal generated by the Chicago State University (CSU) certificate saga of President Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi, has called on Tinubu to tell Nigerians his true identity. Obi, at a press conference in Abuja yesterday, asked Tinubu to personally, without recourse to agents or Spokespersons make the disclosure to save the Nigerian and international community embarrassment. The former Anambra State Governor said, “Bola Tinubu should owe Nigerians and the world a simple obligation only he can…

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CSU Certificate: “Tinubu sincere to Nigerians”, Says FG

Aminu Imam

Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, says President Bola Tinubu was sincere to Nigerians in alleviating the hardship being faced in the country. Idris made this comment at a Business lunch organised for him and other ministers by the Newspaper Proprietors’ Association of Nigeria (NPAN) on Thursday, in Abuja. Drawing reference from the recent negotiation with the labour union, the minister said that the government delegation had to get back to the president when labour unions were adamant that the least they will take is N40,000. “After back…

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