Tag: Tinubu presidency

Economic Hardship strains relationship between Tinubu, Northern leaders

Aminu Imam

The once-strong alliance between President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and influential Northern leaders faces turmoil amidst economic challenges. Northern figures, who observers say were pivotal in Tinubu’s rise to power, are grappling with public backlash due to the country’s economic downturn, especially in the impoverished North. Most of the northern leaders, especially the former State governors, who were instrumental to Tinubu’s emergence are finding it difficult to face their people on the rationale for such support, as the current economic hardship in the country has had crushing effect on the north,…

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“I’m very happy with Tinubu’s performance” – Buhari

Aminu Imam

As Nigerians continue to lament the rising cost of living and hunger, former President Muhammadu Buhari says he is happy with President Bola Tinubu’s performance. The former president, in a statement by Stanley Nkwocha, the spokesperson for Vice-President Kashim Shettima, who visited Buhari in Daura, Katsina, on Friday, was quoted to have said: “I am very pleased that they are able to stabilise the situation and continue to really get concerned about Nigerians. I am very happy about their performance”. Buhari’s commendation of the current administration comes as protests have…

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Betta Edu: “There’s a growing cabal in Presidency” – Ndume warns Tinubu

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… Says President must act fast to dismantle cartel The Senate Chief Whip, Mohammed Ali Ndume, has warned that there is a growing cabal within the administration of President Bola Tinubu. Ndume raised the alarm on Monday, when he commended President Tinubu for suspending the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu, over the allegations of financial mismanagement against her. The Borno-South Senator, however, alleged that Edu is not working alone, but is in connivance with certain powerful individuals who have since formed a cartel in the Tinubu…

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“Tinubu’s terrible mistakes plunged Nigerians into misery” – Prof. Sagay

Aminu Imam

Former Chairman of the Presi­dential Advisory Committee on Corruption under former Pres­ident Muhammadu Buhari, Prof. Itsey Sagay (SAN), has blamed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over the current econom­ic crisis plaguing Nigeria. The human rights activist and legal luminary, who stated this yesterday in a published interview on the state of the economy, said President Tinubu’s “terrible mistakes” in his policies have ac­counted to why Nigerians are go­ing through hardship, saying the twin pronouncement of removal of fuel subsidy and floating of the naira, among other decisions so far, have led…

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Renewed Hope Agenda: “No ‘Yorubanisation’ of appointments under Tinubu” – ‘The Natives’ leaders

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A pro-democracy group, made up of Nigeria’s tribal leaders under the aegis of ‘The Natives‘, has defended recent appointments made by President Bola Tinubu, saying the President has been fair, and just and implementing the ‘Renewed Hope Agenda’ he promised the nation. The Natives, which comprises 371 ethnic, religious and tribal backgrounds with about 20 million members across the country, also congratulated the President on his outing at the 2023 United Nations General Assembly, (UNGA). In a statement issued yesterday in Abuja by its ‘Supreme Leader’, Smart Edwards, the group…

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“Tinubu crashed Nigerians expectations” – APC Chieftain, Lukman laments

Aminu Imam

The immediate-past National Vice Chairman, (North-West), All Progressives Congress (APC), Salihu Mohammed Lukman, has raised the alarm over what he tagged: “disturbing signals” under the nascent administration of President Bola Tinubu. This was as Lukman accused the president of crashing the earnest expectations of Nigerians, who according to him had hoped that, having finally realized his lifelong ambition to be their president, he would come up with a crack squad rather than the lack-lustre ministerial nominations he forwarded to the Senate. In an open letter to the President yesterday, Lukman…

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Coup: CNG condemns Tinubu’s planned war with Niger

Aminu Imam

Fifty two groups, known as the Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG), has implored President Bola Tinubu to abort planned war in Niger Republic, stating that action would affect Sokoto, Kebbi, Katsina, Zamfara, Jigawa, Yobe and Borno States. President Tinubu had written to the National Assembly over the country would deploy troops to Niger to restore normalcy following the coup staged by Commander of the Presidential Guards, General Abdourahamane Tchiani, which overthrew President Mohamed Bazoum. CNG’s Spokesperson Suleiman, in a statement issued at the weekend, expressed fear that the crisis would…

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‘Supreme Court won’t overturn Tinubu’s presidency’ – Report predicts

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Analysts at the Economist Intelligence Unit, (EIU), in their recent country report on Nigeria, has predicted that the victory of President Bola Tinubu would not be overturned at the Supreme Court. According to the EIU, “Bola Tinubu, the candidate of the ruling party, the All Progressives Congress, won the February presidential election with only 36.6 percent of the vote. The result is being contested in court, but EIU does not expect it to be overturned”. Founded in 1946, EIU forecasts economic trends, political forces and industry developments in every country…

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