Tag: Tinubu administration

3 months after redeployment order,Tinubu’s CSO refuses to budge; remains in office 

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Tinubu’s CSO Fasasi

Three months after an official memo regarding his redeployment from the State House, Chief Security Officer (CSO) to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Adegboyega Fasasi, remains in his position, according to reports. Fasasi’s defiance of a posting directive from the Department of State Security Service (DSS) has raised concerns about adherence to service rules, security protocols, and overall discipline within Nigeria’s critical intelligence framework. Recall that in October of last year, DSS Director General Tosin Ajayi ordered Fasasi’s redeployment to attend an executive management course—a mandatory requirement for officers of his…

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“Tinubu’s cabals more dangerous than Buhari’s” – Dalung

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Dalung on Tinubu cabals

Former Minister of Youths and Sports, Solomon Dalung, has raised concerns over the influence of power brokers around President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Dalung, who stated this during a television programme yesterday, described them as more dangerous than the cabals surrounding former President Muhammadu Buhari. He asserted that while Buhari’s cabals were less experienced and unrefined in power dynamics, Tinubu’s circle consisted of ambitious, educated, and politically astute individuals capable of manipulating power and building barriers around the presidency. Dalung emphasised that the Tinubu administration could face significant challenges due to…

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Southern Kaduna journalists commend Tinubu for approving Fed. Medical Centre 

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Southern KD journalists commend

…Pledges continued support for development policies The Southern Kaduna Journalists’ Forum (SKJF) has expressed its heartfelt gratitude to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for granting approval for the establishment of the Federal University of Applied Sciences and a Federal Medical Centre in the Southern Kaduna region. The Forum also commended the collaborative efforts of key leaders including Kaduna State governor, Senator Uba Sani; Senator representing Kaduna-South, Barr. Sunday Marshall Katung; and Hon. Amos Gwamna Magaji, the H’Reps  member representing Zangon-Kataf/Jaba federal constituency. The Forum said their concerted efforts, backed by historic…

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‘Tinubu’s reforms benefit allies, officials over ordinary Nigerians’ – Rhodes-Vivour

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Rhodes Vivour

Lagos Labour Party’s governorship candidate in 2023, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, has accused President Bola Tinubu’s administration of utter extravagance amid unprecedented hardship in the country. According to Rhodes-Vivour, who appeared on a television programme on Thursday,  said: “So, we have a culture of wastefulness and extravagance that doesn’t reflect the dire economic situation, which the President is saying will be reformed”. “Reformation should be in the interest of the people. At the moment, the only people who seem to be benefiting from these reforms are the people in government and the…

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Ndume mocks poverty in South, circulates video of queues at Tinubu’s Lagos residence

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Ndume mocks

The lawmaker representing Borno-South in the 10th Senate, Ali Ndume, has shared a video of long queues of Nigerians waiting for palliatives at President Bola Tinubu’s Lagos residence on Christmas Eve. The lawmaker posted the video on his X account on Wednesday, December 25, wrote: “Queues for presidential handouts at Bourdillon on Christmas Eve highlight a sobering reality. Poverty is a universal challenge that demands collective action and sustainable solutions”. The senator’s comment comes on the heels of three deadly stampedes during palliative distributions in Oyo, Anambra, and the Federal…

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Northern group faults Nigeria-France bilateral agreement

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Northern group faults

A Northern group, Northern Star Youth Empowerment Initiative, (NSYEI), has kicked against the seeming “close romance” between France and the federal government under President Bola Tinubu. In a statement issued to newsmen in Kaduna yesterday, signed by the Director-General of the group, Dr. Abdullahi Idris, recalled that during his recent state visit to France, President Bola Ahmed signed many bilateral agreements with the president of France including on military cooperation and exploitation of Nigeria’s mineral resources by France. “At the moment, our people in the north live in apprehension of…

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“Media chat confirms APC’s insensitivity to Nigerians’ hardship” – PDP 

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PDP on media chat

The People’s Democratic Party, (PDP), has alleged that President Bola Tinubu’s media chat validates the All Progressives Congress (APC)’s insensitivity and disconnection from the Nigerian people. Recall that during his media chat on Monday, President Tinubu stated that financial discipline has been introduced, with additional funds being allocated to development projects. He also mentioned that borrowing is being utilised to finance infrastructure. However, in an issued statement on Tuesday, the PDP National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, expressed concern that while the APC has failed to explain the savings from the…

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“Nigerians are hungry;Tinubu’s policies making things worse” – Bode George

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Bode George

Elder statesman, Bode George says President Bola Tinubu’s Monday media chat lacks empathy and humanity, stressing that the President, through his statements, is unfeeling to the plight of suffering Nigerians. Drawing inferences from three food queue stampedes which claimed 67 lives in Nigeria last week, George, during a television programme on Tuesday, said: “there is hunger and anger in the land” yet the President continues to insist that his reforms are working while many Nigerians are becoming poorer by the day and businesses collapsing. We are not feeling it, it…

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“Declare ‘state-of-emergency’ on food”- OPC tasks Tinubu

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OPC tasks Tinubu

…Laments deaths at free-food points The Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) has called on President Bola Tinubu to immediately declare a ‘state-of-emergency’ on food nationwide. OPC, in an issued statement signed by Comrade Bunmi Fasehun, OPC General Secretary, lamented the reported deaths last week of 35 people in Ibadan, capital of Oyo State, 20 in Okija area of Anambra State, and 10 in Abuja the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT). It said, As a matter of national emergency, Tinubu must intervene to bring down food prices to reduce hunger in Nigeria and…

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SERAP sues Tinubu over failure to probe missing N57bn in H’Affairs Ministry, others

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SERAP sues Tinubu

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against President Bola Tinubu over the failure to direct the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, to work with appropriate anti-corruption agencies to probe allegations that over N57 billion of public funds are missing. The  amounts were allegedly diverted, or stolen, from the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation in 2021 alone. The damning allegations are documented in the 2021 audited report released last month by the Office of the Auditor-General of the Federation.…

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