Tag: #BolaAhmedTinubu

Aug

05

2025

2027: You can’t produce president now but someday, Umahi tells Southeast

POLITICS#2027PresidentialElection, #BolaAhmedTinubu, #DavidUmahi, #DrPeterObi, #SoutheastForPresidency

2027: You can't produce president now but someday, Umahi tells Southeast The Minister of Works and immediate past Governor of Ebonyi State, Engr. David Umahi has unequivocally, described as insurmountable, the extant quest for the south-east geopolitical zone of the country to produce the next president of the federation. According to the former Governor, the region which is predominantly Igbo will produce Nigeria’s president someday, but not in the forthcoming 2027 general elections. Umahi, in a statement which he issued yesterday, Monday, as he urged Southeasterners to support President Bola Tinubu’s re-election bid. He explained that President Bola Tinubu had…

Jul

27

2025

By Famous Reporters

Why Northerners won’t support Atiku, Obi’s presidential bids-Ex-ACF Scribe Sani

POLITICS#AlhajiAtikuAbubakar, #AnthonySani, #BolaAhmedTinubu, #DrPeterObi, #MohammaduBuhari

Why Northerners won't support Atiku, Obi's presidential bids-Ex-ACF Scribe Sani Chief Anthony N.Z. Sani, a former Secretary General of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), says the North would rather allow President Bola Tinubu complete a second term in 2027 and wait till 2031 to have one of its own installed as the next president, other than support either Alhaji Atiku Abubakar or Dr. Peter Obi. According to Sani, this will enable the North to have the presidency for two terms of eight years. The ex-ACF scribe disclosed this to The Nation during an exclusive interview in Kaduna, stressing that this…

Jul

25

2025

By Famous Reporters

APC vs Coalition: Atiku Reacts to Tinubu’s Mockery

POLITICS#ADCCoalition, #AfricanDemocraticCongress, #AlhajiAtikuAbubakar, #BolaAhmedTinubu, #Coalition, #MisuseofPublicfunds

APC vs Coalition: Atiku Reacts to Tinubu's Mockery The former president of Nigeria and the champion of the coalition movement, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has accused the President, Bola Tinubu of meddling in the internal affairs of the opposition parties instead of focusing on governance and fixing the subsisting economic problem bedeviling the country. Atiku Abubakar, the former vice president, has called out President Bola Tinubu to stop meddling in the internal affairs of the opposition parties. The former vice president said President Tinubu should respond to the alleged rift between him and Vice President Kashim Shettima, as well as focus…

Jul

19

2025

By Famous Reporters

Your token appointments can’t appease Northerners, ADC tells Tinubu

POLITICS#ADC, #BolaAhmedTinubu

Your token appointments can't appease Northerners, ADC tells Tinubu The African Democratic Congress (ADC) says President Bola Tinubu’s latest appointments are a “desperate ploy to regain the trust of northern Nigerians”. In recent months, many Nigerians—including prominent political figures—have criticised Tinubu’s appointments as “lopsided” and in violation of the federal character principle enshrined in the constitution. In May, the federal government named 12 northerners to the management teams of various federal agencies, a move seen by critics as an afterthought. On Friday, Tinubu also appointed Muhammad Babangida, son of former military president Ibrahim Babangida, as chairman of the Bank of…

Jul

17

2025

By Famous Reporters

JUST IN: Tinubu renames popular Nigerian University after Buhari

NATIONAL NEWS#BolaAhmedTinubu, #LatePresidemtMohammaduBuhari, #MohammaduBuhariisdead, #UniversityOfBuhari, #UniversityofMaidugiri

JUST IN: Tinubu renames popular Nigerian University after Buhari President Bola Tinubu has renamed the renowned University of Maiduguri to Muhammadu Buhari University. President Tinubu made the announcement of the renaming of the University, today, July 17, 2025, the special Federal Executive Council meeting organised in honour of the late former president, Muhammadu Buhari. Buhari died at a London Hospital on Sunday at the age of 82. He was buried in his private residence on Tuesday, July 15, with his family, friends, political associates and dignitaries in attendance.

Jul

17

2025

By Famous Reporters

What Buhari Told Me While I Campaigned in 2023– Peter Obi

NATIONAL NEWS#BolaAhmedTinubu, #DrPeterObi, #IslamicCleric, #MohammaduBuhari, #MohammaduBuhariisdead, #poverty, #ShettimaKashim

What Buhari Told Me While I Campaigned in 2023– Peter Obi Former presidential candidate, Peter Obi has disclosed what the late former president Muhammadu Buhari told him while he was campaigning for the presidency.He stated that the former military leader advised him to care for people experiencing poverty. Speaking at the third-day Islamic prayer held in Katsina State in honour of the former president, Obi said: “I had the opportunity of meeting him while I was campaigning. And I remember his words till today, ‘please care for the poor Nigerians’. “That’s what I always remember. And I believe that he…

Jul

11

2025

By Famous Reporters

Did Tinubu secretly send Shettima to visit Buhari in London hospital? Find out

NEWS#BolaAhmedTinubu, #MohammaduBuhari, #PresidentBuhari'sillness, #ShettimaKashim

Did Tinubu secretly send Shettima to visit Buhari in London hospital? Find out It has been alleged that President Bola Tinubu deployed his deputy, Vice-President Kashim Shettima, to visit former President Muhammadu Buhari in a London hospital on Monday. This was disclosed by sources privy to the surreptitious trip. According to reports, the former president has been ill for a while, as first reported by Empowered Newswire, but is believed to be recuperating. Shettima had been in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, at the invitation of the prime minister, Abiy Ahmed Ali, to attend the official launch of the East African country’s…

Jul

09

2025

By Famous Reporters

Breaking: Former APC Chairman, Ganduje Clinches Fresh Appointment

POLITICS#AbdullahiGanduje, #APC, #BolaAhmedTinubu, #FAAN, #FederalAirportsAuthorityofNigeria

Breaking: Former APC Chairman, Ganduje Clinches Fresh Appointment Former Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje has been appointed as the Chairman of the Board of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN). It would be recalled that the former party chairman recently, resigned as the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Ganduje secured the appointment from the present administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, under the All Progressives Congress (APC), shortly after resigning as the APC Chairman. The announcement was made today, Wednesday, during the formal inauguration of newly appointed FAAN board members in Abuja.

Jul

02

2025

By Famous Reporters

One-term deal: Ijaw youth council fumes, says Fubara has right to seek re-election

NATIONAL NEWS#BolaAhmedTinubu, #SiminalayiFubara, #TheophilusAlaye

One-term deal: Ijaw youth council fumes, says Fubara has right to seek re-election The president of the Ijaw Youth Council Worldwide (IYCW), Theophilus Alaye has utterly kicked against reports of a single-term agreement as a condition for the reinstatement of Siminalayi Fubara, the suspended governor of Rivers. Last week, famousreporters reported that President Bola Tinubu agreed to reinstate Fubara as governor of Rivers — but with the condition that he will not seek re-election in 2027. The cease-fire was reached during a closed-door meeting on Thursday night at the Presidential Villa, where Tinubu hosted Nyesom Wike, minister of the federal…

Jun

27

2025

By Famous Reporters

Tinubu reinstalls suspended Governor Fubara, warns against re-election Post

POLITICS#BolaAhmedTinubu, #GovernorSiminalayiFubara, #Reinstatements

Tinubu reinstalls suspended Governor Fubara, warns against re-election The President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, President Bola Tinubu has agreed to bring Siminalayi Fubara back as the governor of Rivers state. The reinstatement of Governor Fubara by the President comes but with the condition that he, (Fubara) will not seek a re-election in 2027. The formal agreement was reached during a meeting held behind-the-scene, yesterday, Thursday night at the Presidential Villa. Attendance at the meeting hosted by President Tinubu were Nyesom Wike, minister of the federal capital territory (FCT); Fubara; Martin Amaewhule, the suspended speaker of the Rivers assembly;…