Tag: Tinubu

VP Shettima to lead Nigeria’s delegation to 79th UN Assembly

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VP Shettima to lead

President Bola Tinubu has decided not to attend the 79th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) session in New York, USA this year. The President has thus directed his Vice, Kashim Shettima to lead Nigeria’s delegation to attend the 79th UNGA session. According to reports, President Tinubu, who returned to the country last Sunday after his trip to China and the United Kingdom, decided not to attend the session, as he wants to focus on domestic issues and address some of the country’s challenges, especially after the recent devastating flooding in…

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2027: OBJ, IBB, AbdulSalami mull Atiku, Obi as replacement of Tinubu

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Triple Generals

.…Considering David Mark as PDP National Chairman In a deft move to unseat President Bola Tinubu ahead of the 2027 poll, the trio of former Nigerian leaders, Olusegun Obasanjo, Ibrahim Babangida, AbdulSalami Abubakar and top military brass are reportedly looking in the direction of former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar to come to the rescue of the country. Also on the list of the power brokers who met behind closed doors in Minna last weekend is the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 poll, Mr. Peter Obi.…

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“Tinubu didn’t sign peace accord; Committee cant force Edo PDP” – Kukah

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Kukah on Edo guber

Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Matthew Hassan-Kukah, says the failure of political parties and their candidates to sign the Peace Accord to shun electoral violence sends a wrong signal to Nigerians. He stated this at the weekend In Benin City, Edo State, during the Edo Election Security Town Hall, a programme organised by a television station, in partnership with the ‘Kimpact Development Initiative’ and the UK International Development. Though 17 political parties are fielding candidates in the September 21, 2024, Governorship Election in Edo State, such as the…

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Shake-up in Tinubu’s cabinet imminent – Sources

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Presidency shake up

…Non-performing ministers to go Barring last-minute change of decision, President Bola Tinubu is likely to dissolve his cabinet this week. According to a top source close to the corridors of power, “The dissolution is to pave the way for the injection of fresh minds that can bring the needed vitality to the cabinet.” The president, who just returned from China, is likely to leave for the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) scheduled to take place in New York next week. Explaining further, the source hinted that President Tinubu might execute…

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Fuel price hike: “Nigerians are hungry”, Kukah tells Tinubu

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Kukah tells Tinubu

Archbishop of Sokoto Catholic Diocese, Bishop Mathew Kukah, has warned President Bola Tinubu and the ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC), to urgently address the economic hardship in the country, saying Nigerians are hungry. The bishop, who spoke at the unveiling of The Progressive Institute, a brainchild of the Abdullahi Ganduje-led National Working Committee, in Abuja yesterday, also appealed to the government to consider reducing the cost of Premium Motor Spirit, (PMS), popularly called petrol, which was recently hiked, leading to long queues of motorists across various filling stations. He said,…

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IGP Egbetokun gets 3-yr tenure extension

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IGP Egbetokun

President Bola Tinubu has approved the extension of the tenure of the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun, sources at the office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, (SGF), have disclosed. According to officials, who disclosed this to newsmen yesterday on condition of anonymity, said that the IGP’s tenure was extended by three years. They said the SGF, George Akume, gave the IGP the letter of his tenure extension on Monday. A senior security officer at the SGF Office also confirmed that the IGP received his…

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“Buhari didn’t want Tinubu to succeed him” – Ex Jigawa Gov. Sule Lami?o

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Lami?o on Tinubu PMB

…Says Asiwaju knows he worked against him in 2023 Former Jigawa State governor, Sule Lami?o, has credited President Bola Tinubu for single-handedly engineering his emergence even though his party man and former President Muhammadu Buhari worked against him. In a recent interview, Lami?o, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain, who made the shocking revelations, disclosed that Buhari never wanted Bola Tinubu to succeed him as President. Lami?o claimed that Buhari had his eyes on a different candidate, Ahmed Lawan, the former Senate President.  He also stated that Buhari didn’t trust…

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Economic Hardship: “All Nigerians are corrupt; hunger, self-inflicted” – Catholic Bishops 

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Catholic bishops

Catholic Bishops in Nigeria have declared that the poverty, hunger, and insecurity, amongst others bedevilling the country, are self-inflicted due to corruption by both the leaders and the citizens. This was stated in an issued communiqué, jointly issued by the CBCN president and Archbishop of Owerri, Lucius Ugorji, and the CBCN Secretary and Bishop of Uromi, Donatus Ogun, on Thursday. The communiqué was issued at the end of the second plenary meeting of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN), which was held from August 22 to 30, 2024, in…

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Hardship: “Tinubu on track to becoming worse than Buhari” – Dr. Lukman

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Salihu Lukman

A former National Vice Chairman, North-West, of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Salihu Moh. Lukman, has lamented the growing deterioration of governance in the country, saying each successive administration has become progressively worse than its predecessor. He said while the President Muhammadu Buhari administration was worse than that of President Goodluck Jonathan, it is saddening that the President Bola Tinubu administration is on track to becoming worse than that of Buhari. Lukman however, lamented that in spite of this, there is no structured engagements regarding 2027, among leading…

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2027: “Why North doesn’t want Tinubu re-elected” – Arewa groups

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Arewa groups on 2027

Several prominent northern political figures and groups have expressed deep dissatisfaction with President Bola Tinubu’s administration, accusing him of neglecting northern interests and mistreating the politicians whose support helped him rise to power. According to the northern leaders, these grievances range from concerns about governance and security to the perception that Tinubu has favored the Yoruba ethnic group in major government appointments at the expense of northern representation. They pointed to the concentration of key positions, such as the Petroleum Minister, Finance Minister, Chief Justice of Nigeria, and others, in…

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