Bola Ahmed Tinubu Archives - Page 21 of 35

Nov

07

2023

“I Respect Tinubu, I Call Him Uncle, It Doesn’t Mean I Can’t Call Him Drug Dealer” – Yusuf Baba Ahmed.

Opinion, Politics2023, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Kashim Shettima, Next Level, Nigeria, Opinion, Politics, Yabaji Yusuf Sani

IN CASE YOU MISSED YUSUF BABA AHMED’S INTERVIEW, HERE ARE THE HIGHLIGHTS OF HIS STATEMENTS: — If you want to know what’s happening in Nigeria, go there. Don’t rely on those statistics; they are misleading. — APC has never done anything good aside from shutting down IREV. — For someone who has wielded so much power in Nigeria, how come he (Tinubu) couldn’t apply such power to our welfare and security? They (APC) are in power for themselves, for their ego, and for their consideration. — Where is that power they used to wake Mahmood Yakubu at 4 a.m. to…

Oct

27

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Jonathan visits Aso Rock a day after Supreme Court’s ruling, congratulates Tinubu.

Metro, Politics2023, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Goodluck Jonathan

On Friday, former president Goodluck Jonathan paid President Bola Tinubu a visit at the Presidential Villa to offer congratulations on the Supreme Court's ruling upholding his election. Jonathan's visit occurred just twenty-four hours after the Supreme Court rejected the challenges of Peter Ob of the Labour Party, LP and Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, challenging Tinubu's victory. After celebrating with Tinubu behind closed doors, Jonathan declared that it was time for previous presidents to band together and come up with ideas that would enable the majority of people to escape poverty. According to him, it is now…

Oct

25

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

The Supreme Court will rule on Atiku and Obi’s petitions on October 26.

News2023, Atiku Abubakar, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Court, Peter Obi

The Supreme Court has finally scheduled Thursday, October 26, for the delivery of final rulings in the two surviving cases contesting the validity of President Bola Tinubu's declaration as the victor of the most recent presidential election. These are the petitions that Atiku Abubakar, the PDP's presidential candidate, and Peter Gregory Obi, the Labour Party's candidate, both filed. Dr. Awemeri Festus Akande, the Supreme Court's Director of Press and Information, verified the news on Wednesday.According to him, sufficient security measures have been put in place to guard against security lapses both inside and outside the courthouse.On Monday, attorneys for the…

Oct

23

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Group condemns Gov. Lawal’s demand for President Tinubu to step down.

Opinion, Politics2023, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Court, Crime, Opinion

The governor of Zamfara State, Dauda Lawal, has come under fire from the Arewa APC Vanguard for calling on President Bola Tinubu to resign due to his alleged certificate fraud, which is currently being considered by the Supreme Court. The organization called Governor Dauda Lawal's call nasty, aggressive, and harmful, and described the governor's actions as contempt of court. Newsmen in Gusau, the capital of Zamfara State, were provided with a press statement by Jonathan Audu, the chairman of Arewa APC Vanguard, disclosing this information. The group claimed that President Bola Tinubu should be permitted to carry out the excellent…

Oct

13

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Chicagogate: A ‘Severe And Irreparable’ Damage

Politics2023, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Opinion, Politics, Sheddy Ozone

By SHEDDY OZOENE It has happened in the past that some men, great and small, were able to predict looming unsavoury fates. While some of such predictions end up as flukes, others have come in pin-point correct. A few, like Mark Twain and Abraham Lincoln, went to the extent of predicting their own deaths. It is called premonition. As the case instituted by Atiku Abubakar at the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in Chicago, to compel the Chicago State University to disclose Bola Tinubu's academic records proceeded to a decisive end, the Nigerian President had…