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Former vice-president Atiku Abubakar took aim at the Federal Government on Friday, 9 October, dismissing President Bola Tinubu’s temporary thirty-day petrol discount as an insincere political stunt designed to hoodwink voters before the 2027 general election. Speaking in Abuja during the inauguration of the African Democratic Congress presidential campaign council, Mr Abubakar demanded to know…
Former vice president Atiku Abubakar accused President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday, 7 October 2026, of abandoning domestic food growers while spending scarce foreign cash to bring in grain from abroad. Speaking to party delegates in Abuja, the opposition contender argued that state policies have crushed rural production, exposed farmers to rural gunmen, and turned Nigeria…
President Bola Tinubu returned to Nigeria on Tuesday evening after about four weeks in Europe, telling reporters at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos that he was healthy and ready to resume work. Responding to questions about concerns over his health, the President said the speculation was a normal feature of politics. “Rumours will…
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has demanded an immediate upward review of the national minimum wage, accusing President Bola Tinubu of driving millions of working citizens into acute destitution through unchecked market reforms. A statement released on Sunday by his campaign communications chief, Phrank Shaibu, warned that galloping inflation has made the statutory 70,000 naira…
President Bola Tinubu has directed Vice President Kashim Shettima to lead Nigeria’s delegation to the 81st Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. The vice president departs Abuja to take charge of high-level diplomatic talks and deliver the national statement during the general debate. The assignment marks a sudden shift from earlier…
President Bola Tinubu met French leader Emmanuel Macron at the Élysée Palace for a private dinner during an ongoing holiday. The late-night meeting underscores close diplomatic ties between Abuja and Paris. Both leaders discussed bilateral cooperation over meals. Bayo Onanuga shared photographs of the reception on social media platforms. French officials hosted the Nigerian delegation…
Vice President Kashim Shettima has said that no more than six of the North’s 19 governors supported President Bola Tinubu’s bid for the ruling party’s ticket ahead of the 2023 election, offering a rare public account of how thin the President’s regional backing was at the time. Shettima made the remark on Wednesday, 16…
The Northern States Christian Elders Forum demanded on Thursday, 17 September 2026, that President Bola Tinubu immediately reverse the latest increase in the pump price of petrol. In a hard-hitting statement signed by its chairman, Elder Sunday Oibe, the socio-religious group warned that repeated fuel price hikes threaten to push millions of struggling families past…
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and former Minister of Transportation Rotimi Amaechi met behind closed doors with leaders of the African Democratic Congress in Abuja to hammer out an alliance ahead of the 2027 general elections. The high-level parley brings two perennial heavyweights together in an ambitious bid to stitch together a credible opposition challenge…
Nigeria’s organised labour and main opposition leaders mounted fresh pressure on President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday, 16 September 2026, demanding urgent relief after petrol pump prices hit fresh peaks across the federation. The Nigeria Labour Congress called on the federal government to grant immediate wage awards to workers and supply crude to domestic refineries in…