Bola Ahmed Tinubu Archives - Page 25 of 35

Jul

06

2023

Sit-At-Home: FG unperturbed as chaos in the South-East worsens

Metro, News, Opinion, PoliticsBola Ahmed Tinubu, Mohammadu Buhari, Nigeria, Nnamdi Kanu, Politics

The struggles, anxieties, and despair of Southeast residents and Ndigbo are far from ending, if the Nigerian government's present stance toward the call for Nnamdi Kanu's release, the IPOB's founder and leader, is anything to go by. This is due to the administration, which is led by Bola Ahmed Tinubu, appearing to have taken a passive and unresponsive attitude in the face of persistent calls for Kanu's release and violent protests in the Southeast. Kanu has been held as a prisoner of conscience since June 2021. After his amazing rendition from Kenya, Kanu was imprisoned. After that, he was placed…

Jul

04

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Court accepts Tinubu’s transcripts from Chicago University, his US visa as exhibits.

Politics2023, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Nigeria

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu officially began his defense in a petition filed against his election by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Abubakar Atiku, on Tuesday evening in Abuja. The court admitted the educational records from Chicago State University as exhibits. The admittance letter that the renowned university sent to Tinubu was one of the academic records submitted to prove his attendance at and graduation from the American University. President Tinubu also presented his US visa credentials, which showed that he had multiple unrestricted trips to the USA between 2011 and 2021, through his lead attorney, Chief…

Jul

01

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Umaro Sissoco, the president of Guinea-Bissau, meets Tinubu in Lagos.

Amos Oge Kalu, Guinea Bissau, PoliticsBola Ahmed Tinubu, Guinea Bissau, Nigeria, Personality, Politics

President Bola Tinubu is currently meeting with President Umaro Sissoco Embaló of Guinea-Bissau. At his villa in Lagos on Saturday, Tinubu hosted his colleague from Guinea-Bissau, who also serves as the head of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). As at the time this report was filed, it was impossible to determine the meeting's specifics. On February 10, 2023, President Umaro toured the nation and met with the outgoing president, Muhammadu Buhari, in preparation for the general elections, according to OHAFIATV News.

Jul

01

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Biafra: Release Nnamdi Kanu, don’t be like Buhari, Abacha – Ejimakor tells Tinubu

Lifestyle, Metro, News, Opinion, PoliticsBola Ahmed Tinubu, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, Metro, Nnamdi Kanu, Opinion, Politics

In light of their views on self-determination, President Bola Tinubu has been urged not to follow in the footsteps of the late Military Head of State Sani Abacha, and former President Muhammadu Buhari. The Special Counsel to Kanu, Aloy Ejimakor, advised Tinubu to free the Biafra agitator and avoid following in the footsteps of Abacha and Buhari. In a tweet., Ejimakor also cautioned that not releasing Kanu release would backfire. "It boomerangs when the State (in this case, the President) refuses to enforce a judgment (domestic or foreign) against the State simply because it is against the State, claims Ejimakor.…

Jun

22

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Tinubu breaks his quiet on the President’s 114% pay raise and other issues.

News2023, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Next Level, Nigeria, Politics

The alleged 114% rise in the wages of the President, the Vice President, elected officials in the federal and state governments, and judges have been refuted by President Bola Tinubu. Dele Alake, Tinubu's Special Adviser on Special Duties, Communication, and Strategy, said this on Thursday. Alake claimed that the news was untrue and that Tinubu has not been presented with such a proposition for consideration. "We categorically clarify that neither President Bola Tinubu nor any such suggestion has been presented to him for consideration about any pay rise. While we acknowledge that the Revenue Mobilization, Allocation, and Fiscal Commission has…