Tag: Tinubu
Independence Parade Cancellation Shows Presidency’s Disconnect From Nigerians – ADC
Bolaji Abdullahi, spokesman of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), has criticised the Federal Government’s decision to cancel the 65th Independence Anniversary parade, describing it as another sign of disconnect between the presidency and the Nigerian people. The Federal Government had on Monday announced the cancellation of the parade, which was scheduled for October 1 in…
Coronation: Give Us Ibadan State — Olubadan Tells Tinubu
The 44th Olubadan, Oba Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja, has made a public appeal for the creation of Ibadan State before Bola Tinubu on Friday. Speaking after his installation and receiving the Staff of Office from Governor Seyi Makinde, the new monarch urged Tinubu to make this a reality before 2027. Ladoja, speaking in Yoruba, the monarch…
Fubara Reveals Outcome Of Meeting With Tinubu
Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State on Monday restated that political stability has fully returned to the state. He stated this in an interview with State House correspondents shortly after visiting Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa Abuja. Fubara, who was reinstated by the Tinubu five days ago after completing a six month suspension from…
ADC Will Send Tinubu Back To Bourdillon — Kenneth Okonkwo
A Nollywood veteran-turned politician, Kenneth Okonkwo, has expressed optimism that the African Democratic Congress, ADC, will win the 2027 presidential election. Speaking in an interview on ‘Sunrise Daily’, a programme on Channels Television on Monday, Okonkwo, stated that the opposition party would not form the government but also send President Bola Tinubu back to his…
Emergency Rule Suspension: Tinubu Did Rivers People No Favour – Briggs
An environmental and human rights activist, Ann-Kio Briggs, says Bola Tinubu has not done any favour to the people of Rivers State with the suspension of the emergency rule. Briggs made the assertion on Thursday in Port Harcourt, saying President Tinubu unjustly declared the emergency rule in the state. “But let’s not mistake one aspect…
Fubara’s Return: Damage Already Done – CUPP
The Coalition of United Political Parties, CUPP, has said it welcomes the termination of the state of emergency in Rivers State but strongly condemns its declaration as an egregious act of federal overreach and a direct assault on Nigeria’s democratic principles. According to CUPP, the suspension of the elected governor, deputy governor, and the Rivers…
DSS Sues Sowore, X, Meta Over Post About Tinubu
The Department of State Services (DSS) has filed a five-count charge at the Federal High Court, Abuja, against the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore. It listed X Corp and Meta Inc. (Facebook) as defendants. A Director of Public Prosecutions at the Federal Ministry of Justice, Muhammed Abubakar, as well as…
Tinubu Unable To Solve Hunger In Nigeria – Atiku Predicts Revolution
Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, on Monday decried the high level of hunger among poor Nigerians. Atiku lamented that Nigerians are suffering from poverty under President Bola Tinubu’s administration, which he said seems unable to resolve the problem. In a statement by his Media Aide, Paul Ibe, the former Vice President recalled how poverty and…
Reports Links Tinubu’s Medical Trips To Incessant Smoking
Bola Tinubu has reportedly continued his smoking habit, despite repeated efforts by those around him to persuade him to quit. A report seen on SaharaReporters Sources close to the President said that Tinubu remains committed to smoking and has resisted attempts by aides and associates to help him give up the habit. The sources noted…
Tinubu Lacks Knowledge, Can’t Appoint Ambassadors – Tambuwal Knocks
Sokoto South Senator, Aminu Tambuwal, has disclosed that President Bola Tinubu lacks the knowledge of how to govern Nigeria. Tambuwal said Tinubu lacks knowledge of the federal system, hence his inability to appoint ambassadors. The former Sokoto State governor disclosed this while featuring on Channels Television’s Politics Today. According to Tambuwal: “Tinubu has always been…