Tag: President Tinubu

2yrs after, Tinubu sends 3 Ambassadorial nominees to Senate

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Tinubu Amb. nominees

President Bola Tinubu has officially forwarded to the 10th Senate a list of three ambassadorial nominees for confirmation, the first such submission since he recalled Nigeria’s entire diplomatic corps nearly two years ago. The three names submitted by Tinubu are: Kayode Are (Ogun State), Aminu Ɗalhatu (Jigawa State) and Ayodele Oke. The move was announced yesterday during plenary by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, who told senators that “the list contains three names for now,” suggesting that further nominations could follow in due course. Until now, the country has operated…

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Tinubu pulls 100,000 Police from VIPs amid kidnapping surge

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Tinubu pulls Police

President Bola Tinubu has ordered the withdrawal of roughly 100,000 police officers currently assigned to VIPs and politicians, directing that they be redeployed to frontline security and counter-insurgency operations across the country. The decision, announced after a high-level security meeting yesterday in Abuja, is part of new measures to tackle the surge in mass abductions and terror attacks.  According to the President’s media aide, Bayo Onanuga, VIPs needing security support will now be protected by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, (NSCDC), allowing the Police to refocus on core…

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Kebbi Abduction: Tinubu deploys Matawalle, as search intensifies for abducted schoolgirls

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Tinubu restates commitment

President Bola Tinubu has directed the Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, to immediately relocate to Kebbi State following the abduction of students from Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School, Maga. According to a State House statement issued yesterday and signed by the President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, the Minister was expected to remain in the state to oversee and coordinate on-going security operations aimed at rescuing the abducted schoolgirls. Recall that at least 24 students were seized by gunmen during an early-morning attack on the…

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Tinubu postpones trips to G-20, AU Summits

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Tinubu postpones trip

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has postponed his scheduled trip to Johannesburg, South Africa and Luanda, Angola, as he awaited further security briefings on the kidnapped Kebbi schoolgirls and the attack on Christ Apostolic Church worshippers in Eruku, Kwara State. In a statement issued by his Chief spokesman,  Bayo Onanuga said the President’s decision to delay the trips was in response to the request by the governor of Kwara State, who pleaded for more security men to go after bandits that invaded CAC church in Eruku in Ekiti  local government area,…

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Coalition of combined military veterans ask Tinubu to sack Wike 

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Military veterans

Retired members of the Armed Forces of Nigeria under the aegis of the ‘Coalition of Concerned Military Veterans’ have urged President Bola Tinubu to sack or redeploy the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, over his recent face-off with a naval officer in Abuja.  The Coalition stated this in Kaduna at a press conference comprises retired generals and other senior military officers drawn from the Army, Air Force, and Navy. The stand-off between FCT minister Nyesom Wike and Naval officer Yarima following a row over the ownership of…

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“Rescue media industry in distress to protect democracy” – Guild of Editors urges Tinubu 

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Guild of Editors urges Tinubu

The Nigerian Guild of Editors, (NGE), has called on President Bola Tinubu to put mechanisms in place to save the media industry from distress. President of the Guild, Eze Anaba, stated this yesterday, in his opening address at the All Nigeria Editors Conference (ANEC) with the theme: “Democracy, Governance and National Cohesion: The Role of Editors”, held at the State House Conference Hall, Abuja. He urged the President to come to the aid of the media industry to ensure its survival and enable it to effectively perform its functions. Anaba,…

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Tinubu sends delegation to UK to discuss Ike Ekweremadu’s case

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Ike Ekweremadu's case

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has sent a high-level delegation to meet with officials at the UK Ministry of Justice to discuss the case of former Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu, who has been detained in the United Kingdom since March 2023.  The delegation includes Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Maitama Tuggar, and Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, (SAN). Recall that Ekweremadu, his wife, Beatrice, and a UK-based doctor, Obinna Obeta, were arrested in June 2022 at Heathrow Airport in London. They were accused of conspiring to traffic…

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Shari’ah Council urges Tinubu to sack INEC Chair over ‘anti-Muslim’ genocide brief

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Shari’ah Council urges Tinubu2

The Supreme Council for Shari’ah in Nigeria, (SCSN), has called on President Bola Tinubu to immediately sack the newly appointed Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Joash Ojo Amupitan, over what it described as a “deeply divisive” legal brief he authored in 2020. The Council’s demand follows a published exposé revealing that Amupitan, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, wrote a paper titled “Genocide in Nigeria – The Implications for the International Community” for the International Committee on Nigeria (ICON). In the document, he reportedly described attacks in…

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Christian Genocide Claims: Trump delegates Senator to meet Tinubu today in Washington DC

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Trump delegates Senator

…As Trump snubs G20 Summit in S’Africa Amid mounting controversy over allegations of Christian persecution in Nigeria, diplomatic relations, U.S. President, Donald Trump has delegated Senator J.D. Vance to meet with President Bola Tinubu in Washington, D.C. today Tuesday, amid mounting controversy over allegations of Christian persecution in Nigeria. The meeting comes at a tense moment, following Trump’s shocking declaration that the U.S. might “intervene militarily” if what he described as “Christian genocide” in Nigeria continues — a statement that has triggered intense diplomatic and security discussions across Africa and…

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“U.S. interference, plot to remove you from power” – Primate Ayodele warns Tinubu

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Primate Ayodele warns Tinubu

The leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, has warned President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to be vigilant amid rising tensions following reports of genocide allegations in Nigeria, which have drawn strong reactions from the United States. Ayodele’s warning comes after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened possible military action against Nigeria over alleged killings of Christians,  a development the cleric described as part of a larger international plot against the Tinubu administration. In a statement signed by his media aide, Osho Oluwatosin, Primate Ayodele said he had long foreseen…

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