Former Governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir El-Rufai has said that it is impossible for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to be re-elected in 2027. The Social Democratic Party, SDP chieftain made this known in an interview shared on X, stating that anybody who thinks otherwise does not live in Nigeria. According to El-Rufai, Nigerians have […]
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Embattled former governor of Kaduna state, Nasir el-Rufai, has said the narrative that the national assembly rejected him as a ministerial nominee is false. El-Rufai in an interview with Arise TV on Monday, said President Bola Tinubu never wanted him in his cabinet. The former Kaduna governor said the president begged him publicly to suspend […]
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The President of Nigeria, Bola Ahmed Tinubu has sworn in Kudirat Kekere-Ekun as the substantive chief justice of Nigeria (CJN) on Monday. The swearing-in ceremony took place at the council chambers of the presidential villa, Aso Rock villa on Monday following the confirmation of her nomination by the senate last week. Justice Kekere-Ekun, becomes Nigeria’s […]
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Former Vice President of Nigeria and Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has lambasted President Bola Tinubu’s administration for the rise in human rights abuses in the country. Atiku stated this in a release signed by his Special Assistant on Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu, lamenting that citizens were being arrested in […]
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Former President of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has said that those benefiting from the lucrative business of fuel importation are going to make every effort to frustrate the Dangote Petroleum Refinery. The former president stated this in an interview with Financial Times in the wake of allegations by the President of the Dangote Group, Alhaji […]
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A human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, has described President Bola Tinubu’s Sunday broadcast to Nigerians as “a pack of empty words and a time-wasting load of irrelevancies.” Effiong said the president’s speech is a confirmation of his long held view that Nigerians are dealing with “a fatalistic political class that is intentionally deaf and willfully […]
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President Bola Tinubu on Sunday morning addressed Nigerians on the #EndBadGovernance protest in a televised speech. Tinubu called for a suspension of the demonstrations, asking protesters to give room for dialogue. The president spoke at length about his achievements in office, defended his policies and reiterated that the decisions he took were necessary for the […]
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President Bola Tinubu signed the N70,000 minimum wage bill into law on Monday. The bill was signed by the president in the council chamber of the State House, in the middle of the federal executive council (FEC) meeting. The council suspended the meeting to allow the leadership of the national assembly, led by Senate President Godswill […]
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The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 elections, Peter Obi, says all those who are culpable in the Betta Edu saga should be brought to book. Recall that Betta Edu, suspended minister of humanitarian affairs and poverty alleviation, has come under scrutiny after a memo surfaced wherein she asked Oluwatoyin Madein, […]
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The United States, US district court for the district of Columbia has rejected request to make Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to make information about President Bola Tinubu public. The court said Tinubu has “privacy rights that should be considered”. Responding to a motion by Aaron Greenspan, an American who […]
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