Tag: Tinubu

“Nigerians may be hungry, but we can manage our hunger”, Tinubu tells Buhari 

Aminu Imam

The presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has said though Nigerians may be hungry, the hunger can be managed, because President Muhammadu Buhari has created a path out of any hunger crisis. Tinubu, who eulogised Buhari yesterday, while speaking at a ceremony to flag-off the Kolmani Integrated Development Project (KIPRO), which is the first oil drilling project in Northern Nigeria, located at the Bauchi and Gombe States’ boundary, described the President as a retired general who came to rescue his country. Speaking at the event,…

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Lagos: Tinubu resolves Arewa community leadership tussle

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The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has endorsed Aminu Dogara Yaro as the sole Sarkin Hausawa of Lagos State. He recommended that Dr. Mohammad Banbado remains the only Sarkin Fulani of Lagos. Tinubu also recognised Sa’adu Yusuf Gulma as the chairman Arewa community APC in Lagos state  Tinubu made the ratifications while receiving a report submitted by a harmonisation committee set up to look into the leadership tussle in the Arewa community of Lagos. The Harmonisation Committee had Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje as chairman and…

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“We’re not investigating Tinubu” – INEC disowns trending document

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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disowned a trending document that claimed that the Commission is investigating a criminal forfeiture case against Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, (APC). The said document with INEC’s letterhead, which claimed that the commission was investigating a 1993 case in the United States involving Tinubu forfeiting some money to the US government, surfaced on social media on Friday. Reacting to the alleged investigation, the Commission, in a statement issued by its National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter…

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Letter exonerating Tinubu from drug cases in the US resurfaces

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Following recent media reports that the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2023 general elections, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, was convicted of drug-related cases in the United States of America some years ago, a letter issued by the American Embassy in Nigeria debunking the reports has emerged. The letter, dated February 4, 2003, and addressed to the then Inspector General of Police (IGP), Tafa Balogun, passed through the Administrative Secretary of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Lagos Part of the letter read: “In relation…

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‘Igbo should reflect on reality of Tinubu’s presidency’ – Nnamani

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A former Enugu State Governor, Senator Chimaroke Nnamani, has said that it is not late for the Igbo to reflect on and carefully X-ray the looming reality of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in 2023. Nnamani, who is the chairman of the Senate Committee on Cooperation & Integration in Africa/NEPAD, in an issued statement in Abuja, asked Igbos several questions concerning their relationship with the Yoruba, noting that the Yorubas are not their problem. In his piece, titled: “The Igbo insularity and its Yoruba Wahala”, Nnamani asked: “How did the Igbo…

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2022 APC Convention: “I have nothing against Osinbajo” – Tinubu

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…Says “It is over” The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, says he does not have anything against Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo. Tinubu stated this on Monday, in Kano, when he addressed a group, who worked for the presidential bid of Osinbajo. Recall that in the build-up to the APC presidential primary; there were varied reactions after the vice-president declared his bid to contest the presidency with Tinubu also in the race. Speaking on Monday, Tinubu said there was no issue between him and the vice-president.…

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2023: “Presidential contest not for comedians”, Atiku tells Tinubu

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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has told his All Progressives Congress (APC) opponent, Bola Tinubu, that running for president of the country is not for comedians. The PDP candidate’s media aide, Paul Ibe, said this in an interview yesterday, in response to a recent comment by Tinubu about his principal. While speaking on Sunday at an interactive session with members of the Tijjaniyyah sect at the Kano Government House, Tinubu had said he won’t be a part-time president who will share his time between Dubai and…

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2023: ‘Atiku’s huge support in Edo, others signpost of APC’s extinction’ – PDP

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The spokesperson of Atiku/Okowa Presidential Campaign Organisation, Kola Ologbondiyan, has said that the empty streets that greeted the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, in Kano at the weekend is a signpost of ruling party’s extinction. On the other hand, Ologbondiyan said the huge crowd of Nigerians that received the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, at his campaign rally in Benin, Edo State, as well as the two separate rallies held in Bida and Jibia in Niger and Katsina…

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2023 Election: Northern Coalition to publish Atiku, Tinubu, Obi’s promises  

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The Arewa Joint Committee that interacted with some presidential candidates ahead of the 2023 presidential election said on Tuesday that the exercise was not meant to endorse any particular candidate for the forthcoming election. The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), Northern Elders Forum (NEF), Sir Ahmadu Bello Memorial Foundation, Jam’iyyar Matan Arewa, the Centre for Historical Development and Research (Arewa House), and the Arewa Research Development Project make up the Arewa Joint Committee. On the invitation list of the Arewa leaders for the interactive meeting were the presidential candidates of the…

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2023: “God will punish us if we don’t support Tinubu” – Lagos CAN Chairman 

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The Chairman of the Lagos State chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Reverend Stephen Adegbite, has vowed to mobilise support for the presidential aspiration of the Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. According to him, this is on account of the Asiwaju’s tremendous support for the Christian community, not only in Lagos but in the entire South-West region. Reverend Adegbite further said: “God will punish us if we don’t support Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. I have told our friends from the North…

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