Tag: Tinubu administration

“Remove Kyari; reform NNPC, or fuel price will hit N1,200” – Primate Ayodele tells Tinubu

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Primate Ayodele urges

Leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele has urged President Bola Tinubu to sack the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, (NNPCL, Mele Kyari. Primate Ayodele’s call, made yesterday, warned that of Tinubu fails to sack Kyari and reform the NNPC, the price of fuel would increase to N1200/litre. The popular cleric was reacting to NNPCL’s admission that the company owes “significant debt to petrol suppliers”, saying the development poses a threat to the sustainability of fuel supply in the country. It has…

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Shekarau backs Tinubu’s appointment of Security Chiefs from S/West

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Shekarau backs Tinubu

…Says the Northern security appointees have failed the citizens Former Kano State governor, Ibrahim Shekarau, has said the appointment of Heads of security agencies from the South-West region by President Bola Tinubu does not bother the newly formed League of Northern Democrats, (LND), provided the appointees are capable. Shekarau, who made the remark in a published interview yesterday, said whoever President Tinubu appointed if he/she can deliver, would be welcomed. The former education minister, who is the interim chairman of the newly formed LND, maintained that the group has no…

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FG releases details on Nigeria’s debts under Tinubu

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Presidency on debt

The Presidency has given more details about Nigeria’s debt condition under the President Bola Tinubu-led administration. The Presidency explained that contrary to some reports that Nigeria’s debt stock increased, the nation’s debt stock decreased by 15% in dollar terms in Q1, 2024. It added that the Government is able and committed to repaying its debt. The explanation was given on Saturday, 31st August, by the Special Assistant to President Tinubu on Social Media, Dada Olusegun, in response to a report by ‘StatiSense’, which quoted the debt profile of Nigeria under…

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“Save Nigeria from total collapse”– Afenifere urges FG

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Afenifere 2 Asiwaju

Afenifere has shown concern over the near collapse of state of the nation affair, since the new administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu took over. Afenifere, in a communiqué  issued and signed by the deputy leader, HRH, Oladipo Olaitan and Deputy Secretary General, Alade Rotimi-John at the  conclusion of the regular quarterly meeting held on Tuesday, at Isanya-Ogbo, Ogun State. The group maintained that the distressing state of the nation’s affairs particularly since the assumption of office of the President Bola Tinubu’s administration which one year in the saddle has…

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“Military won’t heed call to overthrow Tinubu’s govt.” –Chief of Army Staff Lagbaja

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Lagbaja Tinubu

Chief of Army Staff, (COAS), Lt. Gen Taoreed Lagbaja has said the military will not heed calls for overthrow of democratically-elected government to satisfy some interests. Speaking in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State yesacqterday, at the opening ceremony of the COAS Combined 2nd and 3rd Quarters Conference, Lagbaja said the call for army takeover was majorly coming from young Nigerians who never experienced the era of the country’s extensive military rule. According to him, the Nigerian Army was not ready to lose the “new prestige” it has painstakingly built in the…

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“Nigeria’s democratic system, getting tired; allow restructuring” – Primate Ayodele urges Tinubu

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Primate Ayodele urges

Leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, has urged President Tinubu to allow restructuring in Nigeria because the democratic system of the country is getting tired. In a statement signed by his media aide, Osho Oluwatosin, Primate Ayodele explained that there is need for different forms of restructuring in order to energise Nigeria’s democratic system for the nation to prosper. He made it known that allowing restructuring will have a positive impact in his administration and the citizens would appreciate him for it. ‘’If President Tinubu doesn’t do…

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“Probe $1.5bn W’Bank loan to States, $3bn Chinese loan” – SERAP urges Tinubu

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SERAP World Bank

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, (SERAP), has called on President Bola Tinubu to instruct the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), along with relevant anti-corruption agencies, to conduct a thorough investigation into the use of a $1.5 billion World Bank loan and a $3 billion Chinese loan. In an open letter dated August 10, 2024, signed by its Deputy Director Kolawole Oluwadare, SERAP said it is concerned about potential mismanagement and corruption related to these loans, arguing that if there is sufficient evidence,…

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Hunger Protests: “President Tinubu should speak to Nigerians” – CUPP Spokesman

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CUPP to Tinubu

The Coalition of United Political Parties, (CUPP), has criticised President Bola Tinubu for remaining silent over the on-going nationwide hunger protests. In an issued statement signed by the opposition Coalition’s Spokesperson, Comrade Mark Adebayo, the group stated that: “In the buildup to the nationwide hunger protests, the president didn’t deem it fit to address Nigerians directly but chose to allow his spokesmen and other government officials to insult the sensibilities of Nigerians by making provocative statements that further escalated the people’s anger. “A responsible and pro-active President would have demonstrated…

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“Nigeria is ‘rotten’; citizens expecting miracle from Tinubu” – Wike

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Wike comments

FCT Minister, Neysom Wike, says the planned protest against President Bola Tinubu’s administration is politically motivated, pointing out that Nigeria is already a ‘rotten country’. Wike, who stated this on Tuesday, while interacting with journalists after an inspection of the Karshi to Apo Road construction project which was awarded 13 years ago, accused Nigerians of impatience and being in a hurry to see Tinubu perform a miracle to fix the nation’s breakdown. The Minister said: “Let’s tell ourselves the simple truth. If we are playing politics, let’s say we are…

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Tinubu Palliative: Anxiety, as 740 trucks of rice fail to arrive most States – Survey

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FG Palliative

Only a few States appear to have received the 20 trucks of rice palliative earmarked for each of the 36 States by the Federal Government, and the issue is causing anxiety among Nigerians. A survey at the weekend shows no northern State, apart from Kano, had received the consignment of rice, while in the South-West, only Oyo claimed that the trucks had arrived. In the South-South, Akwa–Ibom, Rivers, and Bayelsa States’ officials confirmed receiving the latest palliative while others said they had not arrived. Delta State government said the rice…

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