Tag: President Tinubu

International Teachers Day: “Under my watch, your due reward will be given to you” – Tinubu assures teachers

Aminu Imam

President Bola Tinubu has assured teachers in the country that his government will ensure they get their due reward. The President, who gave the pledge yesterday, during the 2023 World Teachers’ Day commemoration at the Eagle Square, Abuja, regretted the challenges confronting Nigerian teachers, including overcrowded classrooms, scarce resources and limited opportunities for professional development, which he said are the result of prolonged neglect of the noble profession. Delivering the President’s keynote address, titled: ‘Teacher Appreciation: Nurturing Minds, Changing Lives’, President Tinubu, who was represented by Vice-President Kashim Shettima, noted…

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“N25, 000 low-grade workers’ wage increase not enough” – CDCs, groups tell Tinubu

Aminu Imam

Leaders of Community Development Committees (CDCs), rights groups, politicians and other Nigerians have reacted to the subsidy palliative and economic intervention plans announced by President Bola Tinubu yesterday. Recall that in his Independence Day nationwide broadcast on October 1, President Tinubu announced a monthly wage increase of N25, 000 for average low-grade workers for the next six months as subsidy palliative allowance. The president also emphasised other plans of his administration to stabilize the country’s economy, direct fiscal and monetary policy to fight inflation, encourage production, ensure security of lives…

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‘Atiku’s court victory in Chicago useless in Supreme Court appeal’ – Tinubu’s lawyers 

Aminu Imam

One of President Bola Tinubu’s attorneys, Oluwole Afolabi, has poured cold water on Atiku Abubakar’s Chicago court victory, saying it is of no use in Atiku’s Supreme Court appeal against Tinubu’s election. Recall that US Judge Nancy Maldonado, on Saturday, upheld the judgment of Magistrate Judge Jeffrey Gilbert in ordering Chicago State University to release President Bola Tinubu’s records to Atiku Abubakar. Judge Maldonado made the ruling according to the docket posted by the District Court of the Northern District of Illinois. This in effect means that President Tinubu’s appeal…

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“Overrule Tinubu’s objections on academic records” – Atiku urges US court

Aminu Imam

Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the last election, Atiku Abubakar, has asked the US court for the Northern District of Illinois, to overrule President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s objections on the release of his academic records. Tinubu had filed an appeal against the order of the court directing the Chicago State University (CSU) to release his academic records to Abubakar. The President had argued that he ought to have been joined in the suit since it is his personal information that is being sought. Tinubu had also argued…

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Tinubu vows to safeguard Nigeria from becoming illicit drug trafficking hub

Aminu Imam

President Bola Tinubu has vowed to ensure that the country was not turned into a minefield of illicit drug trafficking. Tinubu said this at the 31st conference of Heads of National Drug Law Enforcement Agencies in Africa (HONLAF), hosted by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) yesterday, in Abuja. The President also expressed Nigeria’s commitment towards ensuring a world not threatened by illicit drug abuse and trafficking. Tinubu, who was represented by his Deputy, Kashim Shettima, promised that his administration would continue to provide the necessary support, motivation and tools…

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Tinubu’s Chicago University academic records: Legal battle to resume in US court tomorrow, Monday

Aminu Imam

The legal teams of President Bola Tinubu and the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, are poised to rekindle their legal battle over President Tinubu’s academic records from Chicago in a United States court tomorrow, Monday. Recall that a US District Judge, Nancy Maldonado, granted an order on Thursday to stay a directive compelling Chicago State University (CSU) to furnish Atiku’s legal team with President Tinubu’s academic documents. This decision came after Tinubu’s lawyers filed an emergency motion late Thursday night, requesting a delay in implementing…

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Renewed Hope Agenda: “No ‘Yorubanisation’ of appointments under Tinubu” – ‘The Natives’ leaders

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A pro-democracy group, made up of Nigeria’s tribal leaders under the aegis of ‘The Natives‘, has defended recent appointments made by President Bola Tinubu, saying the President has been fair, and just and implementing the ‘Renewed Hope Agenda’ he promised the nation. The Natives, which comprises 371 ethnic, religious and tribal backgrounds with about 20 million members across the country, also congratulated the President on his outing at the 2023 United Nations General Assembly, (UNGA). In a statement issued yesterday in Abuja by its ‘Supreme Leader’, Smart Edwards, the group…

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US District Court: Bola Tinubu files emergency appeal to halt Chicago University from releasing records

Aminu Imam

President Bola Tinubu has filed an emergency application seeking a review of the judgement that ordered the release of his academic records at Chicago State University to the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the last general election, Atiku Abubakar. The United States District Court Judge, Jeffrey Gilbert, had on September 19 ordered Chicago State University to release Tinubu’s records to his Nigerian political opponent as part of an ongoing election challenge proceeding in Nigeria. The judge, who said the records must be turned over to Atiku…

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“Democracy without food on table, breeding ground that’ll consume all of us” – Tinubu

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President Bola Tinubu says the menace of poverty, hunger and deprivation in Nigeria and other African countries will not guarantee political stability on the continent. According to a statement issued by his spokesman, Chief Ajuri Ngelale, yesterday, the Nigerian leader stated this on Monday in New York, USA, while meeting with South Africa’s President, Cyril Ramaphosa, on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) to discuss stronger economic and regional ties, President Tinubu said the menace of poverty, hunger and deprivation in Nigeria and other African countries will not…

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Appointments: MURIC knocks Tinubu for favouring Yorubas, Christians

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The Muslim Rights Concern, (MURIC), has berated the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) for remaining silent more than 72 hours after the appointment of five Christians and two Muslims as Service Chiefs by a Muslim president, Bola Ahmed Tinubu. This was contained in a statement issued yesterday by MURIC’s Executive Director, Professor Is’haq Akintola. According to MURIC, the appointments made so far by President Tinubu are lopsided because they favour mainly Yorubas and Christians. The group argued that the Nigerian media as well as cyberspace would have been awash with…

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