APM’s petition: Either of the 2 available ways, Shettima’s nomination disqualifies Tinubu ―Silas Onu Esq. says

Lawyer and Human Right Activist, Silas Joseph Onu, Esq., has carried out a full blown analysis of the petition of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) against APC, Tinubu, Shettima, and INEC, noting that the case is actually on invalid nomination and not double nomination. According to Mr. Onu’s point of view, forget about justice in […]

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Tinubu jetting out for 5th mid-year AU meeting

President Bola Tinubu has been scheduled to travel to Nairobi, Kenya on Saturday July 15, to participate in the Fifth Mid-Year Coordination Meeting (5thMYCM) of the African Union (AU), the Regional Economic Communities (RECs), the Regional Mechanisms (RMs), and the African Union Member States. A statement issued by Special Adviser to the President (Special Duties, […]

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After one witness, Tinubu, 2 other respondents close their defence

With just one witness, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, his Vice, Kashim Shetima and the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Wednesday closed their respective defence in a petition by the Labour Party (LP) and its presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi who are seeking nullification of the February 25 presidential election. The Senate Majority Leader, Michael Opeyemi […]

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Eid-el-Kabir: Tinubu prays at Dodan Barracks praying ground

President Bola Tinubu has joined other Nigerian Muslims to perform the Eid-el-Kabir prayers at the Dodan Barracks Praying Ground in Lagos. The president was accompanied by Mr Nuhu Ribadu, National Security Adviser, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila, Chief of Staff to the President, Mr Babatunde Fashola, a former Lagos State Governor and other top government functionaries. In […]

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What’s the logic behind Tinubu’s 120-car convoy when Nigerians groan over fuel subsidy removal? ―Deji Adeyanju (Convoy video)

President Bola Tinubu arrived in Lagos State on Tuesday from his private visit to London after an outing at the Paris Finance Summit. However, what should have been a “quiet” arrival, quickly became a spectacle of some sort with the long motorcade that followed the president to his new private residence. In a video that […]

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Tinubu renames 15 airports after Awolowo, Buhari, Okadigbo, Tunde Idiagbon, Oba Akenzua II, others (Full list)

President Bola Tinubu has renamed some federal government-owned airports after some notable Nigerians including late Chief Obafemi Awolowo, the immediate past president, Muhammadu Buhari, Okadigbo, Tunde Idiagbon, Oba Akenzua II, Samuel Ladoke Akintola, and so on. The development was contained in a memo dated June 1, signed by Mrs Joke Olatunji for the Director of […]

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Tinubu leaves Paris for London on a private visit

President Bola Tinubu has departed Paris, France for London, the United Kingdom. Mr. Dele Alake, Special Adviser to the President on Special Duties, Communication and Strategy, who disclosed this in a statement issued on Saturday, said President Tinubu, who was initially scheduled to be back in Abuja on Saturday, will now proceed to London, United […]

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Tinubu that attended South West College was female ―Atiku, PDP tell election tribunal as they tender Tinubu’s Chicago State University, NYSC, Mobil certificates

Presidential Election Petitions Court (PEPC) sitting in Abuja, Nigeria has admitted certified copies of Academic and work records of President Bola Tinubu tendered by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar. The documents include a B.Sc certificate from the Chicago State University, NYSC Discharge Certificate, and Mobil Nigeria Oil Plc certificate of […]

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Tinubu and the Buhari ‘Error’, By Olusegun Adeniyi

Whether you voted for former Vice President Atiku Abubakar of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) or Mr Peter Obi of Labour Party (LP) in the recent presidential election. Or have spent your political life fighting Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. If you are Yoruba by ethnic affiliation, you are likely to be made to bear vicarious responsibility for any failings of government for as long […]

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Indigent students should be given grant, not loan ―ASUU tells Tinubu

Nigeria’s Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has asked President Bola Tinubu to change the new Students Loans Act to an education grant for indigent students. ASUU National President, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke stated this on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics. According to the ASUU President, more than 90% of students won’t meet the “stringent requirements” to […]

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Asari Dokubo, Tinubu and Oil Theft, By Reuben Abati

Asari Dokubo, the self-styled Niger Delta activist and revolutionary who came into prominence during the struggle for self-determination in the Niger Delta finally got the attention that he may have been looking for. He came into prominence in the 2000s as an activist until the Umaru Yar’Adua administration launched an amnesty programme and the embattled […]

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A honeymoon with Tinubu, By Festus Adedayo

This season, President Bola Tinubu is harvesting big pods of cocoa from his plantation. His co-farmers are looking at him with concentrated envy. And jealousy. Exhilaration is in the air. In the last two weeks, he has shown tremendous energy towards changing the status-quo. His suspension of Central Bank (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele, is exciting […]

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Tinubu retires, replaces all Service Chiefs, Advisers, Customs CG, and IGP

President Bola Tinubu, on Monday, approved the immediate retirement of all Service Chiefs, the Inspector-General of Police, Advisers, and the Comptroller-General of Customs Service. He has consequently appointed new service chiefs and other office holders. The newly appointed Officers are: S/NNAMEAPPOINTMENTS 1 Mallam Nuhu Ribadu – National Security Adviser 2 Maj. Gen. C.G Musa – […]

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Don’t release Nnamdi Kanu, military behind oil theft ―Asari Dokubo tells Tinubu

Former Niger Delta militant, Asari Dokubo, has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu not to release Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Dokubo made the call after he visited President Tinubu in Aso Rock on Friday. He said Kanu should be made to face the law because releasing him will […]

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Tinubu kicks as election court admits INEC’s exhibit containing his bio-data

Following a summon issued on him, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu, yesterday produced before the Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC, sitting in Abuja, a document that contained President Bola Tinubu’s age. The document, known as Form EC9, was an affidavit of personal particulars which President Tinubu submitted to the […]

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Tinubu appoints Ribadu, 7 others as Special Advisers

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has on Thursday, appointed Nuhu Ribadu, Dele Alake, Wale Edun and five others as Special Advisers. According to a release issued by State House Director of Information, Mr. Abiodun Oladunjoye, President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of eight Special Advisers. Among them are Mr. Dele Alake, Special Adviser, Special Duties, […]

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