Chairman of the North-Central All Progressives Congress (APC) Forum, Saleh Zazzaga, has declared that there is no magic that can stop President Bola Tinubu from winning the 2027 presidential election. In a statement issued in Abuja yesterday, Zazzaga said Nigerians will vote massively for Tinubu in 2027 as his policies would have turned the country around for good by the time the election comes around. Zazzaga, a member of the APC Presidential Campaign Council in the 2023 election, was responding to remarks made by Kano State New Nigeria Peoples Party…
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2027: “We must make Tinubu’s defeat possible� – Lukman to Nigerians
A former National Vice Chairman, North West, of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Salihu Lukman, has pleaded with Nigerians to vote out President Bola Tinubu in 2027. He, however, stated that this can only be carried out if Nigerians focus on producing a functional political party that respects its own rules. Speaking via an issued statement on Tuesday, Lukman noted that such a functional political party must be distinctively different from the APC, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Labour Party (LP), New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), and all existing registered political…
Read MoreAppointments: “2 wrongs don’t make a right” – El-Rufa’i on Tinubu’s alleged Yoruba bias
The immediate-past governor of Kaduna State, Nasir el-Rufa’i, has reacted to United States-based Nigerian professor of journalism, Farooq Kperogi, over his allegations of ethnic favouritism in President Bola Tinubu’s appointments. Kperogi, in an article titled: ‘Tinubu’s Buharisation of the NNPC’, accused President Tinubu of appointing Yoruba people to key positions at the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, (NNPCL). According to him, an anonymous source claimed that a certain Bayo Ojulari is being proposed as Group Managing Director (GMD) of the NNPCL, after the expiration of Mele Kyari’s term. Kperogi also…
Read More“President Tinubu would be re-elected in 2027â€� – Reno Omokri
Former presidential aide, Reno Omokri has said that President Bola Tinubu would be re-elected in 2027. In a video post made on X, Omokri described the president as one who is good at turning even his enemies into friends. According to him, President Tinubu is a highly emotionally intelligent individual who is strategic in his dealings with people. He said, “A lot of people have enemies, and they maintain that enmity, they nurse that grudge, they keep up that vibe, that quarrel, and they don’t realise that too often, it’s…
Read More“Insecurity has declined” – Presidents’ aide, Daniel Bwala claims
The Presidency has reacted to the Crime Experience and Security Perception Survey (CESPS) report released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), stating that the country has witnessed a significant decline in cases of kidnapping, armed banditry, and cattle-rustling. According to the NBS report, approximately 614,937 Nigerians were murdered in one year, based on surveys conducted between May 2023 to April 2024. The report also disclosed that 2,235,954 Nigerians were kidnapped nationally, with N2.2 trillion paid as ransom, averaging ?2.7 million per incident. Special Adviser to the President on Policy…
Read More“Caution Shettima over ‘attacks’ on Badenoch” – Igboho to Tinubu
The self-styled Yoruba nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo, better known as Sunday Igboho, has asked President Bola Tinubu to caution the Vice President Kashim Shettima over his alleged attacks on the leader of the British Conservative Party, Kemi Badenoch. Shettima had reportedly chided Badenoch for making some scathing comments on corruption in Nigeria, proclaiming her true identity as true Yoruba and refusal to be lumped with Northern Nigeria. However, Igboho, in a personally signed statement made available to newsmen yesterday, called on Tinubu to caution Shettima against launching verbal attacks on…
Read More“You can’t abandon Tinubu’s Govt to zones who didn’t vote for him” – Shehu Sani tells North
Renowned activist and former senator representing Kaduna-South, Shehu Sani, has urged the North not to abandon President Bola Tinubu’s administration. Sani’s statement, contained in a video, followed the North’s opposition to Tinubu’s tax reforms Bills currently before the 10th National Assembly. said: “They should not leave the government to others who did not vote for it”. This is even as the ex-lawmaker urged the North to support positive reforms by the Tinubu administration. Recall that the tax reform Bills initiated by Tinubu’s administration have attracted criticism in several parts of…
Read More2027: ‘Damagun, PDP Govs, NWC ready to endorse Tinubu’, Opposition lawmakers allege
The Coalition for opposition lawmakers in the House of Representatives has raised the alarm that the National Chairman of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), some State governors of the party and its National Working Committee (NWC) have worked out plans to endorse President Bola Tinubu ahead of the 2027 Presidential election. The spokesperson of the group, Rep Ikenga Ugochinyere, also revealed on Sunday that they have already, planted 24 PDP State Chairman that will endorse President Tinubu before 2027 and keep the National Chairman, Umar Damagun, in office till…
Read More“Tinubu, Buhari part of Nigeria’s accidental leadership cycle” – Kukah
Catholic Archbishop of Sokoto Diocese, Bishop Matthew Kukah has described President Bola Tinubu, his predecessor, Muhammadu Buhari, and other previous Heads of State as leaders who found themselves in power by accident. The bishop made these remarks while delivering a keynote address at the official commissioning of Start-Rite School’s new building and the 4th Amaka Ndoma-Egba Memorial Lecture in Abuja, noted that it was evident none of them were fully prepared before assuming office, especially in a world where the demands of leadership are rapidly evolving. Kukah lamented that the…
Read More“Hunger, economic hardship killing Nigerians” – NANS tells Tinubu
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has called on President Bola Tinubu to urgently address hunger and economic hardship in Nigeria, saying citizens are dying. According to NANS, which made the call yesterday, in a statement signed by the Clerk of its Senate, AbdulYekin Odunayo, said Nigerians have been subjected to unwarranted impoverishment and hunger since President Tinubu assumed office, urging him to espouse a policy capable of revamping the nation’s economy. Odunayo noted that fuel subsidy removal and floating of the country’s currency done simultaneously by the Tinubu-led…
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