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Nigeria: Tinubu govt paying opposition leaders N50m each – Atiku reveals
28 Jan

Nigeria: Tinubu govt paying opposition leaders N50m each – Atiku reveals

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Former Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has accused President Bola Tinubu’s government of paying opposition leaders N50 million each to undermine Nigeria’s democratic process. Atiku disclosed this at a national conference on strengthening democracy, organized by various civic organizations in Abuja on Monday. He, however, cautioned that Nigeria’s democracy was at risk of collapse if urgent action wasn’t taken. According to Atiku: “I want to say it here publicly. I met with a political party leadership in the present opposition, and they told me flatly that this government gives them N50 million each. “If we are not…
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Tinubu Assures Oil Sector Stability With Naira For Crude Deal
30 Oct

Tinubu Assures Oil Sector Stability With Naira For Crude Deal

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President Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday, commended the Implementation Committee on the Naira-based sales of crude oil and refined products and asked the members to resolve any teething problems. In a review meeting at the State House, Abuja, the President said using the Naira was conceived to remove the exchange rate hurdle. “Whatever solution we proffer in crude oil and refined products sales in Naira should not take us back to our experience in the last 40 years." “There can be cost and revenue adjustment in the oil sector, but the issue is that the government will not have to go…
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Criticism As Nigerian State Names Airport After Tinubu
11 Mar

Criticism As Nigerian State Names Airport After Tinubu

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Nigeria's central Niger state has renamed a newly renovated local airport after President Bola Tinubu, sparking criticism. The state's spokesperson Hajia Binta Mammam said the Minna International Airport was renamed in recognition of the president's development of the state. However, some Nigerians have criticised the move, questioning its economic significance. Mr Tinubu is expected in Minna, the state's capital, on Monday to commission the remodelled airport and flag off an agricultural processing zone. The airport was formerly known as Abubakar Imam International Airport, named after a Nigerian writer and journalist, who pioneered the first Hausa language newspaper in northern Nigeria.…
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