Tag: Bola Ahmed Tinubu
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Bola Ahmed Tinubu has good heart, means well for Nigeria – Shettima tells Northeast leaders
Vice President Kashim Shettima on Thursday restated the Federal government’s commitment to stabilizing and developing the Northeast region, saying his principal, President Bola Tinubu means well for Nigeria. Shettima had on Thursday received the board and management of the Northeast Development Commission (NEDC) led by its Chairman, Maj Gen Paul Tarfa, who had come to…
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Tinubu not first African leader to ring NASDAQ bell – Presidency
The presidency has said that it has found out that President Bola Tinubu was not the first African leader to ring the NASDAQ bell. Recall that a statement by presidential spokesperson, Ajuri Ngelale, on Thursday had referred to that fact. ”We inadvertently referred to President Bola Tinubu as the first African leader to ring the…
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I’m going to serve Tinubu – Muri-Okunola resigns as Lagos Head of Service
Lagos State Head of Service, Hakeem Muri-Okunola, has resigned from the office. He will now be focusing on his new appointment as President Bola Tinubu’s Principal Secretary. Muri-Okunola sent a letter to the state civil servants on Monday, saying that his civil service career will end on September 29, 2023. He has already informed the…
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Tinubu Arrives In New York For UN General Assembly
President Tinubu is scheduled to deliver his inaugural National Statement On September 19, the first day of the High-Level Gener President Bola Tinubu has arrived at the John F. Kennedy Airport in New York to attend the 78th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). The President, who arrived some minutes before 7 pm local time,…
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Atiku Rejects Presidential Tribunal Verdict, Set For Supreme Court
“I have asked my lawyers to activate my constitutionally guaranteed rights of appeal to the higher court, which, in the instance, is the Supreme Court.” The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar has rejected the verdict of the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal (PEPT) that affirmed Bola Tinubu’s victory at the February…
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FG loses N335m to oil spill, says report
Nigeria lost about N335m to oil spilled between January and August 2023, according to estimation from data released by the National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency. NOSDRA, in its oil spill data for the period under review, said a total of 168 incidents of oil spill incidents, which cost the country a loss of…
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PEPT: Why Atiku, Obi, APM’s petitions against Tinubu failed — Tribunal
JUDGMENT HIGHLIGHTS …Obi, LP failed to prove rigging, over-voting …Portions of Obi’s petition vague, imprecise, nebulous, bereft of particular materials …Obi validly nominated by LP …Shettima validly nominated as APC vice presidential candidate …No evidence Tinubu was convicted in the US for drug trafficking …Tinubu not indicted, arraigned, tried or convicted in the US …$460,000…
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Labour Party rejects Presidential Election Petition Court Judgement
says justice was not served …begins consultations with lawyers on next step The Labour Party has rejected the judgment of the Presidential Election Petition Court upholding the declaration of Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, APC, as winner of the February 25, 2023 election. National Publicity Secretary of the party, Obiora Ifoh, made the…
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Alleged Drug Trafficking: No evidence Tinubu was convicted in US – Tribunal
The Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC, sitting in Abuja, has dismissed the allegation that President Bola Tinubu was convicted in the United States of America, USA, on a drug trafficking related charge. The court, in its lead judgement in the joint petition that was filed by the Labour Party and its candidate, Mr. Peter Obi,…
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Tribunal judgement: Shettima, Ganduje, Gbajabiamila, Nuhu Ribadu, some APC Govs storm PEPC [Photos]
Vice President, Kashim Shettima; governors, Abdullahi Sule (Nasarawa) and Bala Mohammed (Bauchi); Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Abdullahi Ganduje; Chief of Staff to President Bola Tinubu, Femi Gbajabiamila; National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, are among the dignitaries that have arrived at the Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC, sitting in Abuja, for judgment…
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Presidential Tribunal: How to watch PEPT judgement live
The much-anticipated judgement of the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPT) is set to be delivered today. Recall the Labour Party (LP), the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and the Allied Peoples Movement (APM), as well as their presidential candidates, had petitioned the tribunal seeking to nullify the election of President Bola Tinubu as the winner of…
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Strike halts activities in Rivers, Osun, Edo, Kano, Kaduna, Cross River
THE Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, yesterday made good its threat to hold a two day warning strike from Tuesday, recording mixed compliance across the country. While the strike grounded government’s activities in states such as Rivers, Edo, Cross River, Benue, Kaduna and Kano, among others. It recorded partial compliance in Lagos, Abuja, Ogun, Ekiti, Kwara…
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Presidential poll: Heavy security as tribunal decides Atiku, Obi’s petitions against Tinubu
•Police block entrance to Court of Appeal, warn politicians against violence •Five justices decide Atiku, Obi’s petitions today, security agents patrol Abuja There was heavy security deployment at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal and other flash points and dark spots in Abuja on Tuesday ahead of the delivery of the judgment on the election petitions…
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He’ll transform Nigeria’s transport system, Oluwo hails Oyetola’s ministerial portfolio
Oluwo of Iwoland, His Imperial Majesty, Oba (Dr) Abdulrosheed Adewale Akanbi, has expressed confidence that the former governor of Osun State, Gboyega Oyetola will transform the transportation system of the country. Oba Akanbi said this in a statement on Thursday while congratulating Oyetola as the Minister-designate of Transport. Recall that President Bola Tinubu assigned portfolios…
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Presidential Election Tribunal: Anxiety as Nigerians await judgement day
As the five Justices that heard the election petitions filed by the candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, and the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi, at the presidential election petition tribunal, challenging the victory of President Bola Tinubu in the February 25 presidential election, prepare to deliver their ruling on…
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Niger: If we don’t do it, no one will – Tinubu declares as ECOWAS orders standby force
President Bola Tinubu of Nigeria has said the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is committed to ensuring democracy returns to Niger Republic. Tinubu stated this while delivering his closing remarks at the second ECOWAS extraordinary summit held in Abuja on Thursday. Top on the agenda was the political impasse in the land-locked country,…
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NIGER COUP: ECOWAS ultimatum not Nigeria’s mandate —Tinubu
Bola Ahmed Tinubu said yesterday the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS Heads of State and Government’s ultimatum against the military junta in the Niger Republic was not that of Nigeria. He also ordered the acting governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Mr. Folashodun Adebisi Shonubi to make another financial sanctions against…
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Tinubu, APC leaders attend 12th NEC meeting. [Video]
President Bola Tinubu and leaders of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) are attending the 12th National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the party. The arrival of the President around 12: 20 pm marked the commencement of the meeting at the Congress Hall of the Transcorp Hilton, Abuja. Members of the committee arrived the meeting…
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Niger coup: I’m shocked, but happy Tinubu already dealing with matter – Buhari
The former President, however said he was happy that President Bola Tinubu is already dealing with the development to reverse the coup. Buhari stated this in a statement via his verified Twitter handle on Friday. The former Nigerian leader said he has confidence in President Tinubu’s ability to resolve the crisis. Buhari assured the people…
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Four Ex-Govs, Seven Women, 17 Others Make Tinubu’s Ministerial List
Senate President Godswill Akpabio read the ministerial list with 28 nominees. Former Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, and three other ex-governors made President Bola Tinubu’s ministerial list read on the floor of the Senate on Thursday afternoon. The three other ex-governors, Dave Umahi (Ebonyi); Nasir El Rufai (Kaduna); Abubakar Badaru (Jigawa). Presidential spokesman, Dele…
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Nyesom Wike, ex- PDP, G5 gov makes Tinubu’s ministerial list
Former Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, has been named as one of the ministerial nominees expected to serve in the President Bola Tinubu’s administration. Wike’s appointment comes after weeks of speculations that the former PDP and G5 governor would be appointed the serve in the All Progressives Congress,…
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Tinubu to submit ministerial list to Senate in 48 hours – Bamidele
The Senate Leader, Micheal Opeyemi Bamidele, has announced that the much awaited ministerial list will be received by the Senate within the next 48 hours. He made this disclosure during his 60th birthday anniversary lecture and book presentation in Abuja. Bamidele revealed that President Bola Tinubu personally informed him of this development during a phone…
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Fuel price hike: ‘Even the rich are crying’ – Singer, Yhemolee laments
Popular actor and singer, Idowu Adeyemi, aka Yhemolee, has bemoaned the recent hike in fuel price and worsening economic hardship in the country. BuzzFeed recalls that pump price of fuel on Tuesday skyrocketed to N612 per litre. Reacting in a video message shared via his Instagram page on Friday, Yhemolee said even the rich were…
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Fuel subsidy: Automobile transportation now luxury in Lagos – Rhodes-Vivour
Governorship candidate of the Labour Party, LP in Lagos state, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour said automobile transportation has now become a luxury in Lagos stated as a result of the hike in fuel price occasioned by the removal of fuel subsidy. Rhodes-Vivour made this claim in a statement via his verified Twitter handle on Saturday. He stated,…
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Oduduwa Youths Berate DSS For Defying Court Order On Emefiele’s Release
A Socio-cultural Group, Oduduwa Youths has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to immediately sack the Director General of Department of State Services (DSS) Yusuf Bichi for disobeying court order for the release of the suspended Central Bank of Nigeria, governor Godwin Emefiele. The group in a statement by its leader, Comrade Yomi Oladimeji, cited…
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Strong dollar decreases economic output in Nigeria, others — IMF
The International Monetary Fund has said a 10 per cent appreciation in the dollar, linked to global financial market forces, decreased economic output in emerging market economies including Nigeria by 1.9 per cent. It noted that this decline persisted for two and a half years. The IMF announced that the US dollar strengthened to a…
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Fuel hike: Pro-Tinubu protesters storm National Assembly
Protesters in support of the fuel removal on Thursday cause a bit of disruption at the National Assembly’s main entrance popularly known as Mopol gate. The protesters noted that they decided to hit the street to show solidarity with the President, Bola Tinubu, over the removal of fuel subsidy. According to the protesters, the president…
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APC’s Final Address Intended To Intimidate Judiciary, Harass Nigerians – PDP
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday criticised what it described as the threat contained in the written address by lawyers to President Bola Tinubu and the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC). The comments by the counsel for the President and Vice-President Kashim Shettima led by Wole Olanipekun (SAN)…
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Tinubu returns after AU meeting in Kenya
President Bola Tinubu arrived Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport at 4:20p.m., returning to Abuja from Nairobi, Kenya, where he participated in the 5th Mid-Year Coordination Meeting of the African Union, AU. The President was received at the airport by top government functionaries led by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation,…
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Tinubu, Shettima tender LP membership register as evidence against Peter Obi
At the resumed hearing of petitions at the court on Wednesday, President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima tendered a copy of the Labour Party, LP, membership register for Anambra State in proof of their argument that Peter Obi is not a registered member of the party. Tinubu and Shettima had argued, in their…
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Tinubu meets with Pius Anyim, Olisa Metuh in Aso Villa
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Wednesday with the former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Pius Anyim and ex-National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Olisa Metuh, at the Presidential Villa. Metuh and Anyim arrived together at the Aso Villa on Wednesday afternoon and went straight to the president’s office for a…
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All principal officers of 10th Senate [Full list]
Senate President Godswill Akpabio today announced the names of eight lawmakers as majority and minority leaders for the 10th Senate. The majority leaders emerged from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), while the minority leaders are from different opposition parties. The announcement of the principal officers has allayed fears that there may be a conflict…
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Kyari, Shell global director visit Tinubu
President Bola Tinubu is currently meeting the Shell Global Upstream Director, Ms Zoë Yujnovich, at the State House, Abuja. Yujnovich, who assumed office as Upstream Director on July 1 has been a member of the Shell Executive Committee since 2021. She arrived at the Aso Rock Villa alongside three other Shell officials at about 11:45…
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Ministerial list: Bola Ahmed Tinubu settles for technocrats, career public servants, others
Tinubu was announced as winner of the February 25, 2023 presidential election. He was sworn-in as President on May 29, three months after the election. Despite public expectations that the President would announce members of his cabinet within days of his assumption of office, Nigerians are still waiting for the ministerial nominees. Tinubu has, however,…
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Tinubu arrives Lagos from London ahead of Sallah
President Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday evening, arrived in Lagos from London ahead of Wednesday’s Eid-el-Kabir celebrations. Tinubu’s Gulfstream jet arrived at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, at 05:05 pm local time where he was welcomed by a waiting crowd of supporters. This concludes his one-week trip to Paris—where he attended a summit for A…
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Buhari hands over N974bn uncompleted road projects
President Bola Tinubu’s administration inherited 38 uncompleted road projects worth N979bn from the Muhammadu Buhari government, findings by The BUZZFEED have shown. The projects were identified through an analysis of the 2023 budget and cross-checked with the national monitoring and evaluation platform, EYEMARK, which was launched by Buhari in December last year. The BUZZFEED reports…
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World Bank backs FG’s subsidy removal, exchange rate unification
The World Bank has expressed its support for the Federal Government’s decision to remove subsidies and unify the country’s exchange rate. This follows President Bola Tinubu’s recent speech advocating for these measures. During an event organised by the World Bank to assess Nigeria’s economy over the past six months on Tuesday, Country Director, Dr. Subham…
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UK waiting for Tinubu to appoint ministers —Envoy
British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Richard Montgomery, has said the UK was awaiting the appointment of ministers by President Bola Tinubu before taking necessary steps toward strengthening collaboration. Montgomery, who stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, in Abuja weekend, said the UK government had identified six areas in which…
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Tinubu alters schedule, proceeds to London from France
President Bola Tinubu has proceeded to London, the United Kingdom, from Paris, France, where he attended the summit for ‘A New Global Financing Pact’ hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron. The President concluded his official trip to France on Friday during which he had an outstanding participation in the summit. Special Adviser to the President…