Tag: President Tinubu

“No going back on directive to withdraw police officers from VIPs” – Tinubu

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Tinubu on police escorts

President Bola Tinubu has said the directive to redeploy police officers working with Very Important Personalities (VIPs), Very, Very Important Personalities (VVIPs) and Ministers was not negotiable, admonishing all ministers to ensure immediate compliance. Speaking at the opening of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting yesterday in the State House Council Chamber, the President warned against non-compliance. He said: “If you have any problem because of the nature of your assignments, please contact theInspector-General of Police, (IGP), and get my clearance”. President Tinubu directed the National Security Adviser, (NSA) Nuhu…

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Ndume demands withdrawal of Tinubu’s ambassadorial list

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Ndume demands

Senator Ali Ndume has urged President Bola Tinubu to withdraw the newly submitted list of 65 ambassadorial nominees, arguing that the selection breaches the federal character principle. Ndume, who represents Borno-South, said the distribution of nominees across geo-political zones was uneven and risked fuelling ethnic grievances.  He pointed out that some states received multiple nominees while others were excluded entirely, and raised concern over the inclusion of a former senator from Yobe who reportedly passed away earlier in the year. He warned that approving the list in its current form…

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Tinubu nominates Dambazau, ex-Rivers Sole Admin. Ibas, others as ambassadors

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Tinubu nominates ambassadors

President Bola Tinubu has forwarded 65 additional nominees for ambassadorial positions to the 10th Senate for screening and confirmation, as contained in a letter conveyed to the NASS leadership. The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, read the letter at yesterday’s plenary, while the nominees include career and non-career ambassadors and high commissioners. The President, in his latest letter, explained that 34 persons were nominated as career Ambassadors and High Commissioners, while 31 others were nominated as non-career Ambassadors and High Commissioners. This development comes a week after Tinubu transmitted the names…

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Nigerians react, as Tinubu 2027 campaign vehicles arrive

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Tinubu 2027 campaign vehicles

Backlash has trailed the appearance of newly branded Tinubu 2027 campaign vehicles after a viral video surfaced online showing customised Hilux vans and a Hummer bus being test-run and displayed. According to a video shared on social media, which has been widely shared across X and Instagram, shows the vehicles neatly parked as a group of men inspected and moved them around.  According to the clip, the vehicles were allegedly distributed to different states ahead of the 2027 general elections. However, the development has set the social media abuzz, especially…

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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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