Tag: President Tinubu

“Peter Obi will win at tribunal” – Labour Party counters Tinubu’s claims

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The Labour Party (LP) has countered the Presidency’s assertion that President Bola Tinubu is not worried about the outcome of the verdict of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal, which is set to be delivered today, Wednesday. The party declared that its Presidential Candidate, Peter Obi, will win in the election. The Presidency’s claim was made by Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, who said that Tinubu is not losing sleep over the verdict because he won the February 25 presidential poll. However, LP spokesman, Obiora Ifoh, said the…

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“North will work against Tinubu if PEPT orders re-run”, Says Ohanaeze

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The Chidi Ibeh-led faction of the pan Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has said the North will likely work against President Bola Tinubu, if the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal, (PEPT), orders a re-run on September 6. In a statement issued yesterday, the Secretary-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Okechukwu Isiguzoro, noted that Northern leadership and political leaders were dissatisfied with Tinubu’s Presidency and were waiting patiently for the tribunal’s verdict to unleash their plan. Ohanaeze added that Northern leadership shut down the planned invasion of Niger Republic by Tinubu-led Economic Community of…

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‘Tinubu is legitimate President as declared by INEC’ – NBA

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The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) said it was wrong to refer to President Bola Tinubu as an illegal president since no court has set aside his declaration by the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC). The body of lawyers submitted that as of today, “there is only one President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces in the person of President Bola Tinubu.” President of the NBA, Yakubu Maikyau made the assertion during the weekend, at a public presentation of the communique issued at the 63rd Annual General Conference of the association,…

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Fresh appointments underway, as Tinubu recalls all Nigeria’s Ambassadors

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President Bola Tinubu has recalled all Nigeria’s career and non-career ambassadors. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar, announced this yesterday, in a statement issued by Tuggar’s media aide, Al-Qasim AbdulKadir in response to inquiries that Tinubu recalled the Nigerian Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Sarafa Ishola. The statement reads: “Sequel to the inquiries on the letter recalling the Nigerian ambassador to the UK, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Maitama Tuggar, has clarified that all career ambassadors and non-career ambassadors have been recalled on the instructions of President Bola…

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President Tinubu met a ‘dead horse but standing’ economy – Soludo

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Anambra State Governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, has stated that President Bola Tinubu had inherited an economy akin to a “moribund horse standing upright”. Soludo, a former governor of Nigeria’s Central Bank, (CBN), provided his analysis of the country’s present macro-economics during an appearance on a television programme yesterday. While responding to Tinubu’s criticism of spending 90 percent of the country’s revenue on external debt servicing, Soludo remarked: “From a macro-economic perspective, this government inherited an economy that could be likened to a lifeless but still-standing horse. However, in the coming…

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“Your policies will destroy Nigeria if not revised” – Ahmad Gumi warns Tinubu

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Famous Islamic cleric, Ahmad Gumi, has warned that some policies of the present administration led by President Bola Tinubu are capable of destroying the nation if not revised. In a 22-second video clip posted on his official Facebook page, Gumi stated that if those tough policies are not reversed, it may destroy even the government. The cleric urged the President to consult experts before implementing certain policies, saying he should not depend on sycophants. He said, “President Tinubu, you have to revise your policies; if not they are going to…

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“Military intervention in Niger, declaration of war against the North” – El-Rufa’i warns Tinubu, ECOWAS

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After his attempts at ministerial appointment hit the rocks, former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir el-Rufa’i, appears to have regained his voice. In what seems a rebound, he cautioned the Economic Community of West African States, (ECOWAS) against military intervention in Niger Republic. According to the former governor, any move in that direction, would mean a declaration of Nigerians in the North who have a relationship with citizens of the embattled country. Dialogue, he argued, remained the only way to resolve the crisis in Niger. Recall that the ECOWAS defence…

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“Economy must recover for good of Nigerians” – Tinubu

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President Bola Tinubu on Friday in Abuja reassured Nigerians that no stone will be left unturned in his administration’s multifarious efforts to stimulate the economy and make it work for the greatest good of all Nigerians. The President stated this in a meeting held at the State House with the Board of Trustees of the All-Progressives Congress (APC) Professionals Forum, led by former Bauchi State governor, Isa Yuguda. “This economy must recover for the good and greatest number of Nigerians, and we are seriously committed to seeing through a change…

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Tinubu meets Okonjo-Iweala, Pate at Presidential Villa

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President Bola Tinubu met with the Director General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, at the Aso Villa in Abuja, yesterday. Although, the purpose of her visit was not made known to state house correspondents. However, it is believed that discussions on the economic and trade agenda of the new administration in Nigeria will be discussed. One of President Tinubu’s designate ministers, Dr. Ali Pate, joined Dr. Okonjo-Iweala as she entered the Villa a few minutes after 3pm. Okonjo-Iweala served twice as Nigeria’s Finance Minister between 2003 and…

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Niger Coup: Buratai express support for Tinubu’s actions

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Former Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-General Tukur Buratai (rtd), has revealed that the implications of the ugly trend in Niger Republic are not only crucial to ECOWAS but most importantly to Nigeria. Buratai, who delivered a timely security report days before the coup d’état on why African Leaders should label coup as organised crime, opined that if Nigeria does not act decisively about the military intervention in Niger, the consequences will be more damaging to it. “The implications of the events in Niger Republic are very crucial to ECOWAS, especially…

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