Bola Ahmed Tinubu

Labour Unions Protest Over Fuel Subsidy Removal In Lagos, Nigeria

balancing act

Nigerian unions suspend strike after talks, amid mounting hardships Nigeria’s labor unions abruptly halted a planned general strike just 24 hours after launching it, following a meeting between union leaders and Presid...
President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress party in Abuja, Nigeria

kanu do or don't?

Nigeria: Tinubu under pressure to grant amnesty to terrorists, as gunmen kill 230  President Bola Tinubu’s first 45 days in office marked by bloodshed in Nigeria’s northwest, north-central and southeast regions. While the military se...
© File photo of Godswill Akpabio. (rights reserved)

political intricacies

Nigeria: Will Senate President Akpabio graft claims compromise independence? For years, Nigeria’s newly elected senate president Godswill Akpabio has had anti-graft agencies breathing down his neck – baggage that analysts fear ...
Bola Ahmed Tinubu declared winner in Nigeria’s presidential election

nail biter

Nigeria: Will Tinubu be sworn in on Monday? There is no doubt that Tinubu, a former governor of Lagos State and current president-elect, is a master strategist and natural born winner who has al...

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Lagos State Speaker Mudashiru Obasa. (Photo: Wikipedia)

off the hook

Nigeria’s anti-graft agency quietly unfreezes bank accounts of key Tinubu ally A judge gave the order behind closed doors to release the bank accounts of Lagos Speaker Mudashiru Obasa, who is close to President Bola Tinubu.
Lady Justice statue stands outside the Court of Appeal in Abuja

dashed hopes

Nigerian court upholds Tinubu’s victory; Atiku fights on Nigeria’s presidential election petition court has upheld Bola Tinubu’s victory, deflating hopes of opposition parties for an overturning of the outco...
Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu arrives for the venue of the 5th mid-year coordination meeting of the African Union, at the United Nations (UN) offices in Gigiri, Nairobi, on July 16, 2023.

POLITICAL PYROTECHNICS

Tinubu’s first 100 days: Strong start gives way to uncertainty Nigeria has high hopes for its new president, and the markets have rewarded his reforms with a ratings upgrade. But criticism over his cabinet selecti...

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Lagos State Speaker Mudashiru Obasa. (Photo: Wikipedia)

off the hook

Nigeria’s anti-graft agency quietly unfreezes bank accounts of key Tinubu ally A judge gave the order behind closed doors to release the bank accounts of Lagos Speaker Mudashiru Obasa, who is close to President Bola Tinubu.
Lady Justice statue stands outside the Court of Appeal in Abuja

dashed hopes

Nigerian court upholds Tinubu’s victory; Atiku fights on Nigeria’s presidential election petition court has upheld Bola Tinubu’s victory, deflating hopes of opposition parties for an overturning of the outco...
Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu arrives for the venue of the 5th mid-year coordination meeting of the African Union, at the United Nations (UN) offices in Gigiri, Nairobi, on July 16, 2023.

POLITICAL PYROTECHNICS

Tinubu’s first 100 days: Strong start gives way to uncertainty Nigeria has high hopes for its new president, and the markets have rewarded his reforms with a ratings upgrade. But criticism over his cabinet selecti...

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Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu.

anti-graft fight

Nigeria: Will Tinubu prioritise war on corruption despite claims against him? Despite many allegations of corruption hanging over his head, including alleged drug trafficking that has formed the basis for a lawsuit seeking the a...
Remi Tinubu © Remi Tinubu (credit TheWhistler)

power couple

Remi Tinubu: Nigeria’s incoming iron lady Holding the record as the longest-serving female senator in the history of Nigeria, Remi Tinubu will become first lady on 29 May. She will likely brin...
© President-elect Bola Tinubu on 22 February 2023. (photo: @officialABAT)

down time

Nigeria: Tinubu receives medical checkup at Paris hospital Nigeria’s President-elect, Bola Tinubu, who was elected a month ago, has arrived in Paris from his country for a short rest, his aides say.
Bola Ahmed Tinubu declared winner in Nigeria’s presidential election

corridors of power

Nigeria: Team Tinubu, meet the incoming powerbrokers Bola Tinubu and Kashim Shettima of the All Progressives Congress will be inaugurated as president and vice-president in the morning of 29 May at the E...
A lawyer walks through the compound at the Federal High Court in Ikoyi district in Lagos © A lawyer walks through the compound at the Federal High Court in Ikoyi district in Lagos, Nigeria, May 8, 2018. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye

uphold or dismiss?

Nigeria 2023: Controversial Supreme Court to pick next president  With Bola Tinubu of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) declared president-elect by Nigeria’s electoral commission and the rejection of the res...
© Presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC) Bola Tinubu looks on as he attends a party campaign rally at Teslim Balogun Stadium in Lagos, on November 26, 2022. (Photo by PIUS UTOMI EKPEI / AFP)

agenda bender

Nigeria: 10 things on President-elect Tinubu’s to-do list Nigeria’s election shows a deeply divided country. That division is one area the president-elect Bola Tinubu promises to address upon assuming office ...