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A Chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Segun Sowunmi, says President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Con...
10/06/2025

A Chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Segun Sowunmi, says President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is smarter than his opponents including Peter Obi of the Labour Party.

The former spokesman for the 2023 presidential candidate of the PDP, Atiku Abubakar, said his recent meeting with the president did not translate to a betrayal of his affiliation with Atiku, a former vice president.

28/05/2025

Hear the fact yourself, Nigerians are not blind to see for themselves PBAT infrastructural development ongoing.

Bold Decisions, Hard Truths, and Taking the Bullet - How President Tinubu Reshaped State Economies.This might not sit we...
27/05/2025

Bold Decisions, Hard Truths, and Taking the Bullet - How President Tinubu Reshaped State Economies.

This might not sit well with those allergic to facts, but reality doesn't need your approval. No apologies, no soft landings - just the truth.

"Alex Otti, in less than two years, paid N72bn of Abia State’s debt. He proudly spent N36bn on a road that no one had managed to construct in 30 years. He’s confident he can increase the minimum wage without the usual borrowing spree that defines most states. And yet, you're asking if he supports subsidy removal on petrol and FX? Did the money drop from the sky? It came from FAAC.

You must be unserious to ask a governor who is a finance expert such a question on air. Do you think he’s a roadside analyst without common sense?

This is the story in nearly every state: increased FAAC, reduced debt burdens, more infrastructure investment, and less borrowing. That’s why not a single governor will criticise the President—he gave the states a new lease of life. Delta State repaid N265.83bn in 2024, exceeded its revenue target by 197%, and you think they won’t sing “on your mandate”? Has anything like this happened in the history of this democratic dispensation?

We moved from states owing salaries, drowning in debt, and begging for bailouts, to states confidently paying off what they owe.

The President took the bullet every leader before him dodged. He took it for the FG and for the states - and he willingly sacrificed his popularity. When election time comes, you’ll see how far the governors are willing to go for him."

You can ignore the facts, but you can’t ignore the results. The states aren’t just surviving - they’re finally breathing. That didn’t happen by accident. History won’t remember who whined the loudest. It will remember who had the guts to make the hard calls - and who benefited from them.

The onus is on your state governments - stop shifting blame to Tinubu for local issues. Increased revenue to the states should result in better service delivery. The President isn’t a magician - stop blaming him for everything, including your erectile dysfunction - especially you his pathological haters!

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27/05/2025

This is what you get when Barr Seyi is your leader . Seyi Tinubu, son of President Tinubu, leads a delegation comprising influencer Davido, Cubana Chief Priest, Ubi Franklyn, Lati, and others, including Sen. Asuquo Ekpeyong, to pay his father a visit.

Indeed, Seyi is the most strategic son of a president I have seen in Nigeria. You may hold a different opinion, but in my view, Barr. Seyi Tinubu is a tactical and strategic son of a president, working diligently and networking for his father's benefit.

The lesson here is the importance of instilling moral values in one's child, even in the midst of wealth and privilege. By staying close to his father, Seyi is acquiring wisdom and knowledge, unlike some of his peers who are known for other reasons due to their family's wealth and influence. I have immense admiration for Tinubu.

*Defections, Tinubu’s endorsement, and 2027 elections*“When the debate is lost, slander becomes the loser’s tool.”It loo...
26/05/2025

*Defections, Tinubu’s endorsement, and 2027 elections*

“When the debate is lost, slander becomes the loser’s tool.”

It looks like the Greek philosopher Socrates had Nigeria in mind when he made the statement above. How does one rationalise a situation where notable opposition figures choose the rather pathetic path of self-immolation instead of putting their political camps in order, strengthening their ranks, and presenting actionable alternative ideas to the people? These opposition figures have made a mountain out of a molehill. They are crying foul over the gale of defections to the governing All Progressives Congress and lamenting the so-called trend toward a one-party state.

Recently, Delta State governor, a former presidential running mate, several senators and House of Representatives members, entire state cabinet and House of Assembly members, and many other chieftains in the opposition camp defected from their various political parties to the APC. More party chieftains, including at least two serving governors and a former Peoples Democratic Party governor from the northwest region, are expected to join the APC soon.

One of the serving governors that is set to cross over to APC is the Akwa Ibom State Governor Umo Eno. Last Thursday, during the state executive council meeting, Governor Eno declared that it was no longer news that he had decided to defect to APC, saying, “Anybody who claims he is not aware of my intention to leave PDP is still living in the 18th Century.” The governor also directed his commissioners and political appointees to move with him to APC as Delta State Governor Sheriff Oborevwori and his appointees and lawmakers sensationally did. The Akwa Ibom State governor added he had long admired President Tinubu from a distance and would want to align with him in APC.

Defections have now become a raging issue in our politics. This gale of defections into APC could be primarily attributed to two factors, notably the appalling state of the major opposition parties and the performance of President Bola Tinubu in just two years in office. The major parties like the PDP, Labour Party and even the Kano-based New Nigerian Peoples Party have been torn apart by internal acrimony and factional crisis. Several leaders of the parties are laying claims to the same leadership positions, fighting and struggling, and dragging their parties in the mud such that their centres can no longer hold. Some of the chieftains and members of these parties now seek accommodation in the governing party.

It is unlikely we would be witnessing the kind of mass exodus to the governing party that we see if the key policies and initiatives of the President Tinubu administration, particularly the removal of the fuel subsidy and abolition of multiple exchange rates, which created initial bump, are not delivering favourable outcomes. Even though the key presidential candidates in 2023 all agreed the two policies had become imperative to salvage the economy, the story would have been markedly different for the APC today if the policies were not yielding good fruits.

In his leadership of the country, President Tinubu had demonstrated rare courage and boldness in making those decisions from which his predecessors shied away. The president and his party are certainly reaping from the current positive political and economic trajectories.

Importantly, however, the recent defections are a natural realignment of politicians, common in our democratic evolution. We do not have to dig too far. I have stated this position elsewhere. It bears restating. In 1999, at the rebirth of democracy and the present political dispensation, the PDP won 21 governorship seats, the defunct All Peoples Party got nine, and the Alliance for Democracy six governors. By 2003, the rampaging PDP machine had “snatched” a total of 28 governors, leaving the ANPP with seven governors, while the AD had just one governor to its name – Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, as he then was. He had survived President Obasanjo’s onslaught on the South-west.
2007 was the era of President Obasanjo’s do-or-die politics. The PDP somehow still had 28 governors.

Under the PDP’s watch, things even went bizarre. Elections became a bazaar. The party organised a sham election everyone dubbed the worst in our electoral history. The late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, who won the 2007 presidential poll, admitted it was massively rigged.

My point, therefore, is defections are not new in our politics. And it is not akin to attempts to impose one party on the country. It’s normal in the run of politics; it’s free entry and free exit. The PDP boasted it would rule for 60 years. However, when the opposition at the time got its acts together and formed a united front with the leading parties in the North and South coalescing to form the present APC, they unseated an incumbent president. They terminated the PDP rule in 2015 after just 16 years. Asiwaju Tinubu, now President, was in the vanguard of that unprecedented effort. He was one of the leaders who cobbled the alliance that propelled General Muhammadu Buhari to power in 2015.

It is relevant to state here that while in opposition, Tinubu never wavered. No matter the provocation or persecution, he refused to jump ship, remaining consistent within the progressive enclave. He continued to build the progressive forces until the APC defeated the PDP in national elections in 2015. The current and disparate opposition must emulate him, build their parties, and aim at forming a united front. Neither President Tinubu nor the APC will do it for them. The President succinctly made this point at last Thursday’s APC National Summit at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa in Abuja.

“I just need to tell those who say a one-party system is no good: you don’t blame a people bailing out of a sinking ship when they have no life jackets. I’m glad for what we have, and I’m expecting more to come. That is the game. Welcome to progress; sweep them clean,” he said.

At that summit, which was themed “Renewed Hope Agenda: The Journey So Far,” the party leadership, its 22 governors, and National Assembly leadership endorsed him for a second term in office. That summit could pass for a mini-convention. The Chairman of the Progressive Governors’ Forum and Governor of Imo, Hope Uzodimma, Senate President Godswill Akpabio and APC National Chairman Abdullahi Ganduje engaged in a battle of wits in their move to adopt President Tinubu as the APC consensus presidential candidate for 2027. Party chieftains and members were also falling heads over heels to be part of the endorsement. It was a celebration with prominent musicians like Wasiu Ayinde Marshal and Dauda Kahutu, alias Rarara, on the bandstand.

President Tinubu and the APC can hardly be blamed for having their day in the sun. The opposition elements allowed the governing party to further flourish with their indiscipline and inability to organise and perplexing tendency to self-destruct.

Indeed, for the opposition to make any appreciable impact in the 2027 elections, those parading themselves as the leaders must be ready to put in the work, forgo self-serving ambitions, and forge a cohesive front. The discord we are witnessing today within the opposition parties aided the election of President Tinubu in 2023. How could the opposition have won in 2023 with a disunited front? Former vice president Atiku Abubakar ran a divisive race as PDP presidential candidate, telling the North he was its candidate who could protect the Northern interest.

His presidential running mate in the 2019 election, Mr. Peter Obi, ran the 2023 election essentially on both ethnic Igbo and Christian religious agenda as the candidate of the Labour Party. He won the entire South-east and had majority votes from the South-South and parts of the core middle-belt states.

Meanwhile, five PDP governors led by the then-governor of Rivers State, Ezenwo Nyesom Wike, had left the party to join ranks with President Tinubu. The PDP clearly lost the debate a long time ago and resorted to cheap slander. At the moment not much has changed within the ranks of opposition parties. With the opposition parties in disarray, still roiled by internal strife and disunity, history is bound to repeat itself in 2027.

— *Tunde Rahman is a Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media & Special Duties*

25/05/2025
Tinubu’s latest appointment of northerners has addressed imbalance – NdumeBorno South senator, Ali Ndume on Saturday sai...
25/05/2025

Tinubu’s latest appointment of northerners has addressed imbalance – Ndume

Borno South senator, Ali Ndume on Saturday said President Bola Tinubu’s recent appointment of northerners into key Federal Government agencies has addressed his concerns about imbalance in appointments.

He said; “President Tinubu is someone who surrenders to constructive criticisms.

“I have known him to be a fair minded, cosmopolitan person. I could recall that our leaders in the North, including my humble self, who felt jolted over recent appointments into key federal positions, raised our voices, screaming against the perceived imbalances.

“The hallmark of a good leader and statesman is to quickly adjusts himself when he takes a decision or makes a policy pronouncement that a large section of the people finds unpopular and uncomfortable with.

“President Ahmed Bola Tinubu has demonstrated several times that he is a responsive leader.”

STATEHOUSE PRESS RELEASEUmahi: All Southeast governors supporting President Tinubu; hints Lagos-Calabar superhighway to ...
20/05/2025

STATEHOUSE PRESS RELEASE

Umahi: All Southeast governors supporting President Tinubu; hints Lagos-Calabar superhighway to be tolled from December

Minister of Works Senator Dave Umahi said all the governors in the Southeast region are supporting President Bola Tinubu and urged the undecided, such as former governor Peter Obi, to join the train.

He also said a section of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway is nearing completion and that users will have to pay a toll starting in December.

Senator Umahi disclosed these in a feature interview for an upcoming State House documentary marking President Tinubu's second anniversary.

Umahi said that all South East governors support President Bola Tinubu's administration, regardless of their political affiliations.

According to the minister, the South East is witnessing a new wave of federal attention and infrastructure development under President Tinubu.

“The Igbo man is enterprising and blessed with God-given wisdom. What Ndi Igbo seek is fairness, Nigeria that treats every zone equally. That is what President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is doing.

“Before, when I was governor and deputy governor, one of our major concerns in Ebonyi State was the lack of federal presence. But today, nobody remembers that issue anymore. Under President Tinubu, at least four federal projects are ongoing in Ebonyi State.”

He noted that while cries of marginalisation used to dominate conversations in the South East, the current administration has made significant progress in addressing long-standing concerns about infrastructure and appointments.

“Today, the South East has a Minister of Works for the first time, and we're seeing real projects—Port Harcourt to Enugu, Enugu to Abakaliki, Enugu to Onitsha, Onitsha to Owerri, and the Second Niger Bridge. The President has already paid 30 per cent of the cost of that bridge.

“All the governors in the South East, regardless of party affiliation, are working with the President. We're even planning a summit to bring together all South-East leaders to endorse the President for the 2027 elections formally. We want our projects to be completed, the country's unity to be strengthened and proper integration of Ndi Igbo.”

Senator Umahi urged key regional opposition figures to align with the President for the greater good of the South East.

“Leadership is not about self—it’s about the people. If someone else is already doing what you would have done for your people, support him. I call on my brother, His Excellency Peter Obi, to join us and work with Mr. President.

“He must be part of this summit where we will collectively endorse President Tinubu for the 2027 election. I say it boldly: the South East is happy with the President”, he said.

Providing updates on four major national projects—the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway, the Sokoto-Badagry Superhighway, the Trans-Saharan Trade Route, and the soon-to-be-procured Ogun-Ondo-Niger Corridor—Senator Umahi described them as transformative investments designed to unlock Nigeria’s economic potential and deepen regional integration.

On the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway, the Minister revealed that over 80 per cent of Section 1—spanning 47.47 kilometres from Ahmadu Bello Way to the Lekki Deep Sea Port and terminating at Eleko Junction—had been completed. Work is also progressing on Section 2, which covers 55 kilometres from Eleko Junction to the Lagos-Ogun border.

“By December, we will toll Section 1 of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway. We project a 10-year return on investment. The road has solar-powered lighting and CCTV infrastructure and offers carbon credit advantages.

“It is more than a road—it is an economic corridor and a catalyst for regional growth. We have completed 30 kilometres of Section 1 and are on track to complete an additional 10 in Section 2. These are six-lane, concrete-paved highways.

“Just days ago, we flagged off Sections 3 and 3B—65 kilometres in total—covering 38 kilometres in Cross River State and 27 kilometres in Akwa Ibom. The host communities' excitement speaks to these projects' transformative impact.”

Commenting on the Sokoto-Badagry Superhighway, the Minister explained its historic significance, noting that the route was conceived during the Shehu Shagari administration over four decades ago.

“The Trans-Saharan Trade Route dates back to colonial-era planning. President Tinubu is now bringing these long-abandoned visions to life.”

Commending the President’s leadership and foresight, Senator Umahi added:
“God gave him the vision for the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway seven years ago. Today, he is actualising that vision. These projects testify to his unwavering commitment to national development and a better future for all Nigerians.”

He reaffirmed that the legacy projects are economically viable, environmentally sustainable, and forward-looking.

Bayo Onanuga
Special Adviser to the President,
( Information and Strategy)
May 20, 2025

BREAKING: EFCC Chairman, Ola Olukoyede hands over the confiscated 750 luxury housing estate seized from former CBN Gover...
20/05/2025

BREAKING: EFCC Chairman, Ola Olukoyede hands over the confiscated 750 luxury housing estate seized from former CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele to the Minister of Housing today

Over 750 luxury duplexes will soon be available for purchase by interested Nigerian buyers as the government seeks to recoup its money.

Ahmed Musa Dangiwa, the Minister of Housing and Urban Development, announced that the housing units will be sold through a clear and competitive process. This procedure will be promoted extensively and overseen through the Renewed Hope Portal.

- Journalist KC

" Nobody can win President Bola Tinubu in 2027...I have not seen anything that will prevent him from winning the electio...
20/05/2025

" Nobody can win President Bola Tinubu in 2027...I have not seen anything that will prevent him from winning the election.
" Who else has what it take to move into the contest with the kind of stamina and strength to be more successful comparatively with Tinubu?
" What is tagged the Arewa Consultative Forum or Northern Elders Forum's position is mere individuals opinions because all sections of the North have not taken a stand on this. "_ Founding Member Arewa Consultative Forum Alh Tanko Yakassai

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