Tag: Tinubu administration

Nigeria’s debt profile grows by record N46.9tr under Tinubu-led govt. 

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Data published by the Debt Management Office (DMO) has revealed that Nigeria’s debt portfolio grew by N46.9trillion since the emergence of Bola Tinubu as Nigeria’s President. According to DMO data, as of June 2023, when Tinubu became Nigeria’s President, the country’s debt profile stood at N87.3 trillion; it however grew to N134.2 trillion as of June 2024.  As of September 2023, the country’s debt  grew to N87.9 trillion, from the N87.3 trillion posted in June 2023; this would mean that within the 3-months period, Nigeria borrowed N600billion. As of December…

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“Stop Wike, Govs. from inducing judges with cars, houses” – SERAP urges Tinubu

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SERAP urges Tinubu

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, (SERAP), has urged President Bola Tinubu to “stop” the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, and Nigeria’s 36 State governors from “usurping the authority and responsibilities of the National Judicial Council (NJC) and Heads of courts through the giving of cars and houses to judges”. According to SERAP, in a letter issued yesterday, dated Nov. 9, 2024, and signed and released by its Deputy Director, Kolawole Oluwadare, these actions likely indicate that the Judiciary is becoming submissive to the Executive arm of…

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EndBadGovernance: “Halt ‘sham’ treason trial of hunger protesters by the Police” -  ACF asks FG 

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EndBadGovernance protesters

The Arewa Consultative Forum, (ACF), has called on the Federal Government to halt the treason trial of #EndBadGovernance protesters. The ACF, while reacting to the trial of minors at a Federal High Court, Abuja, by the Nigerian Police over allegations of treason, and other offences, arising from their participation in the August 2024 protests, described the trial as a show of shame. The statement, signed by the ACF National Publicity Secretary, Professor Tukur Muhammad-Baba, further described the trial of minors as a demonstration of needless official high-handedness at its worst.…

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SERAP gives Tinubu 48hrs to release ‘hungry, malnourished’ children

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SERAP to Tinubu

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Tinubu to direct the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, to take urgent steps to ensure the immediate and unconditional release of all the #EndBadGovernance protesters, including “hungry and malnourished children”. SERAP urged him “to direct the AGF and appropriate law enforcement agencies to promptly investigate the circumstances surrounding the grave violations of the human rights of the children and other protesters in detention, and to identify and bring to justice those responsible, and…

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“North still leads in security roles” – Presidency defends Tinubu’s appointments

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Presidency defends appointments

Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Public Communication and Orientation, Sunday Dare, has defended the President’s security appointments. Dare was addressing recent criticisms that the president’s appointments of service chiefs were ethnically skewed to favour the Yoruba ethnic group. The criticisms gained traction following the appointment of Major General Olufemi Oluyede as the Acting Chief of Army Staff. On his X page, Dare presented a detailed breakdown showing that the North has a greater representation in security appointments than the South. According to him, out of 22 appointments in…

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Afenifere chides Tinubu over lopsided appointments in favour of Yoruba

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Afenifere chides Tinubu

The pan-Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, has distanced itself from what it described as President Bola Tinubu’s bias for the Yoruba in federal appointments. Afenifere shared its reservations in a statement by its leader and the National Publicity Secretary, Ayo Adebanjo, and Justice Faleye, respectively, in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, on Friday. The group insisted that they do not support Tinubu for appointing Yorubas as Heads of all arms of the criminal justice system and other sectors. They insisted that the development threatened the age-long inter-ethnic relationship and peaceful co-existence…

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“Don’t do everything IMF, World Bank asks you to”  Jega tells Tinubu 

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Jega tells Tinubu

…Says their policies are ‘anti-people’ Former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, has urged the Nigerian government not to take every advice offered by the Bretton Woods institutions – the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, (IMF). The former INEC boss gave this advice while speaking at the ongoing 2024 Annual Directors’ Conference, with the theme: ‘Good Governance as a Catalyst for Economic Recovery, Growth, and Development’, organised by the Chartered Institute of Directors of Nigeria, (CIoD), said while it is good and useful…

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“Power outage,  deliberate move to destroy region”,Coalition of Northern Groups allege

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Collapsed grid

The Coalition of Northern Groups, (CNG), has expressed its deep concern over the power outage that has paralysed large parts of Northern Nigeria over the past five days.  Recall that the blackout has thrown millions of households into darkness, crippled businesses, and worsened the already dire economic situation in the region. An issued statement yesterday, signed by CNG’s National Coordinator,  Comrade Jamilu Aliyu Charanchi, said: “We learnt too that the first other line has been faulty for months. Yet, no effort to fix it could have saved the current avoidable…

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“Address country’s economic hardship; stop weaponising DSS”, SERAP tells Tinubu

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SERAP tells Tinubu

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, (SERAP), has urged President Bola Tinubu to stop the “weaponisation” of the Department of State Services and other security agencies in the country, and instead focus on ways to revive the national economic hardship. SERAP noted that the free expression of fundamental human rights is significant and should not be suppressed, accusing the Tinubu-led government of “threats of baseless lawsuits” against human rights defenders, activists, journalists, and other citizens. In an issued statement yesterday, signed by SERAP’s deputy director, Kolawole Oluwadare, the organisation urged…

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Hardship: “I see no hope for Nigeria under Tinubu – Dele Momodu

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Dele Momodu

A prominent member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dele Momodu, has expressed skepticism regarding the ability of Bola Tinubu’s administration to improve the conditions for the struggling masses in Nigeria.  The former presidential candidate and veteran journalist, who stated his position during a television programme while discussing the current state of the nation and its prevailing economic challenges as well as the administration’s pledges to make positive changes, said he does not see any light at the end of the tunnel for the country.  Recall that the Minister of…

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