Presidency

Nov
03
2023
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By Abia ThinkTank
House Of Reps Scrap N5Billion Presidential Yacht After Public Outcry, Increases Students Loan To N10Billion

House Of Reps Scrap N5Billion Presidential Yacht After Public Outcry, Increases Students Loan To N10Billion

Abuja, National Assembly, Politics, Presidency
Reps Scrap N5billion Presidential Yacht After Public Outrage, Increases Students Loan To N10billion The Nigeria House of Representatives has scrapped the controversial budgetary allocation of the presidential yacht following the public outcry against the item in the supplementary budget. The House of Reps also moved the proposed sum for students’ loan to N10bn as against the documented N5.5billion. The Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, Abubakar Bichi Abubakar, made this known onThursday while addressing newsmen saying the need became necessary following the low budgetary allocation for students. The Committee also increased budgetary allocation of the Ministry of Defence from N476billion…
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Nov
02
2023
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“Leave My Government If You Can’t Perform”- President Tinubu Tells Ministers, Others

“Leave My Government If You Can’t Perform”- President Tinubu Tells Ministers, Others

Abuja, News Flash, Presidency
Leave My Govt If You Can’t Perform – Tinubu Tells Ministers, Others President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has said government officials and appointees who cannot perform are free to leave while declaring that he must succeed by all means to deliver on the expectations of Nigerians who brought him into office.He stated this on Wednesday at the opening of a three-day retreat with the theme, “Delivering on the Renewed Hope Agenda,” organised for ministers, presidential aides, permanent secretaries, and top government officials at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. President Tinubu, who stated that at the end of the retreat, a bond…
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Oct
27
2023
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List Of PDP Governors, Chieftains Who Have Congratulated Tinubu

List Of PDP Governors, Chieftains Who Have Congratulated Tinubu

News Flash, Politics, Presidency
Supreme Court: List of PDP Governors, Chieftains Who Have Congratulated Tinubu The Supreme Court affirmed President Bola Tinubu's victory in the February 25 presidential election, upholding the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) verdict earlier in September. On Thursday, October 26, the apex court dismissed the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Labour Party's presidential candidates in the election, Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi. Full list of PDP governors chieftains who have congratulated Tinubu The Supreme Court's seven-member panel of judges ruled that the appeals of the PDP and the Labour Party did not have merit over…
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Oct
27
2023
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PDP Governor Joined APC Chieftains At Aso Rock To Celebrate Tinubu’s Victory At The Supreme Court

PDP Governor Joined APC Chieftains At Aso Rock To Celebrate Tinubu’s Victory At The Supreme Court

Abuja, Judiciary, Politics, Presidency
PDP Governor joins APC Chieftains At Aso Rock To Celebrate Tinubu’s Victory At Supreme Court One of the governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Thursday, rejoiced with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, Abuja This was after the Supreme Court affirmed the election of Bola Tinubu as Nigeria’s president in the 2023 general election. In its ruling on Thursday, the seven-member panel held that the issues canvassed by Obi were the same as that of Atiku’s thus and there was no need for a repeat. It therefore affirmed the ruling of the Presidential Elections…
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Oct
26
2023
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“Show You’re True Patriots By Telephoning To Congratulate Tinubu” – Festus Keyamo(SAN) Advise Atiku And Obi

“Show You’re True Patriots By Telephoning To Congratulate Tinubu” – Festus Keyamo(SAN) Advise Atiku And Obi

Judiciary, Politics, Presidency
"Show You're Patriots By Telephoning To Congratulate Tinubu" - Festus Keyamo(SAN) Advise Atiku and Obi Festus Keyamo (SAN), the minister of aviation and aerospace development, has told Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi to call President Bola Tinubu and congratulate him after the Supreme Court affirmed his election win. Messrs Atiku and Obi are the presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Labour Party (LP) respectively. 'Show you're patriots': Keyamo to Atiku, Obi Telephoning President Tinubu, Keyamo said, will show that the opposition leaders are “true patriots”. Furthermore, the minister asked citizens to “close ranks to help steer our…
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Oct
25
2023
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President Tinubu Appoints Nine New Resident Electoral Commissioners(REC) Of INEC

President Tinubu Appoints Nine New Resident Electoral Commissioners(REC) Of INEC

Abuja, Politics, Presidency
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu confirm the appointment of nine Resident Electoral Commissioners (REC) of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Tinubu appoints new INEC commissioners on Wednesday, October 25. The new appointments were announced in a statement issued and signed by the presidential spokesperson, Ajuri Ngelale on Wednesday. According to the statement shared by an aide to President Tinubu on social media, @DOlusegun via X page (formerly Twitter), the appointments are for a term of five (5) years each, subject to the confirmation of the Nigerian Senate. The statement reads: "By powers vested in him by Section 154 (1) of…
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Oct
25
2023
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Tinubu’s Victory At The Supreme Court Tomorrow, Sure Banker – Presidency

Tinubu’s Victory At The Supreme Court Tomorrow, Sure Banker – Presidency

Abia State, Judiciary, Politics, Presidency
Tinubu’ll be victorious – Presidency on Supreme Court giving final verdict in Atiku, Obi’s petitions Thursday. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, has expressed hope that the Supreme Court will affirm the president’s victory in the February 25 presidential election. Onanuga made the remark in reaction to the Supreme Court’s announced date to give its verdict on the appeals filed by presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, and Labour Party, LP’s Peter Obi. Atiku and Obi had filed appeals before the apex court challenging Tinubu’s victory in the last presidential…
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Oct
25
2023
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Breaking News: So Fast, Supreme Court To Deliver Final Verdict In Atiku, Obi’s Petitions Tomorrow.

Breaking News: So Fast, Supreme Court To Deliver Final Verdict In Atiku, Obi’s Petitions Tomorrow.

Abuja, Judiciary, Politics, Presidency
BREAKING NEWS: So Fast, Supreme Court to deliver final verdict in Atiku, Obi’s petitions Tomorrow, October 26th. The Supreme Court has finally fixed Thursday, October 26, to deliver final judgements in the two surviving petitions challenging the legality or otherwise of the declaration of President Bola Tinubu as winner of the last presidential election. They are the petitions filed by the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, and his counterpart in the Labour Party, LP, Peter Gregory Obi. A 7-man panel of Justices of the Court led by Justice John Inyang Okoro had on Monday, October…
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Oct
17
2023
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Just-In: President Tinubu Launches Conditional Cash Transfer Scheme For 15 Million Households

Just-In: President Tinubu Launches Conditional Cash Transfer Scheme For 15 Million Households

Abuja, CBN/Commercial Banking, Presidency
Just-In: Tinubu Launches Conditional Cash Transfer Scheme For 15 Million Households President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday, 17th of October, 2023 launched the Conditional Cash Transfer Programme for 15 million households, GMATE MEDIA reports. The President represented by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume, launched the programme at an event held at the Press Gallery of the State House in Abuja. It would be recalled that the President had in his maiden Independence Day broadcast to Nigerians on October 1, 2023, announced the cash transfer programme which he said would target vulnerable citizens. In attendance at the…
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Oct
17
2023
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2023 Presidential Election: Truth Is That Peter Obi Won The Election, Tinubu A Distant Third – Babachir Lawal( Former SGF)

2023 Presidential Election: Truth Is That Peter Obi Won The Election, Tinubu A Distant Third – Babachir Lawal( Former SGF)

Politics, Presidency
Peter Obi Won 2023 Presidential Election - Babachir Lawal( Former SGF) Babachir Lawal, a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) has claimed that Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), emerged victorious in the February 25 presidential election. Babachir who made the remark on Tuesday said the presidential election in his opinion was actually won by Peter Obi rather than the officially declared winner, Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC). He also added that various sources of factual data, independently aggregated, suggested that Obi received the majority of votes in the election,…
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