A fresh war of words has erupted over the long-running controversy surrounding United States law-enforcement records linked to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, with a US-based political advisory and lobbying firm urging the public to focus on the records at the centre of an ongoing Freedom of Information Act dispute rather than what it described as […]
A long-running legal dispute over U.S. government records connected to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has taken another turn after a Washington-based political advisory and lobbying firm said it intends to place a video transcript before a federal court. Von Batten-Montague-York said the proposed evidence relates to comments allegedly made by Adewale Tinubu, described by the […]
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The renewed controversy over historical U.S. law-enforcement records concerning President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has triggered a fresh call from the Yoruba Ronu Leadership Forum for prominent Nigerian statesmen to publicly address the issue. The group wants former President Olusegun Obasanjo, former military Head of State General Abdulsalami Abubakar, former Commonwealth Secretary-General Chief Emeka Anyaoku, Nobel […]
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Former Edo State lawmaker Ehiozuwa Agbonayinma has explained why he is pressing the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to revisit long-standing financial crime allegations involving former Vice President Atiku Abubakar. Agbonayinma, who represented Egor/Ikpoba-Okha Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, said his demand was not based on a new allegation against Atiku but […]
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A United States-based political advisory and lobbying firm, Von Batten-Montague-York, has said it does not expect President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to be arrested if he attends the 2026 United Nations General Assembly in New York, but claims the Nigerian leader could face significant public embarrassment over long-running allegations concerning his past in the United States. […]
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A fresh dispute has emerged over the United States court proceedings involving records connected to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, after a US-based political advisory and lobbying firm accused the Nigerian Presidency of giving the public a misleading account of the litigation. The controversy follows a September 3 statement by the Presidency insisting that the matter […]
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ABUJA — President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s assertion that Northern Nigeria stands to be the biggest beneficiary of his administration’s economic reforms has triggered a sharp disagreement among major Northern interest groups, exposing a wider debate over whether Nigeria’s improving macroeconomic indicators are translating into meaningful gains for ordinary citizens. While the presidency and the All […]
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Former Vice-President and African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential candidate for the 2027 election, Atiku Abubakar, has pledged to ensure that statutory allocations meant for Nigeria’s 774 local government areas are paid directly into council accounts if he wins the presidency. Atiku said his proposed administration would make local government financial autonomy a key component of […]
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ABUJA — Nigeria’s opposition parties are intensifying efforts to prevent another split-vote outcome in the 2027 presidential election, with six political parties backing a structured coalition process that includes a proposed single four-year transition government. The proposal emerged at an opposition summit in Abuja where political leaders, presidential candidates and senior party officials began laying […]
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Former Kogi West Senator and African Democratic Congress (ADC) chieftain Dino Melaye has criticised President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s decision to embark on a three-week vacation in Europe, questioning the length and timing of the President’s absence from Nigeria. Melaye’s criticism came shortly after the Presidency announced that Tinubu had departed Abuja for Europe as part […]
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ABUJA — Nigeria’s opposition parties are returning to the coalition table with a problem that has repeatedly frustrated attempts to challenge the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC): agreeing not only on the need for a stronger opposition, but on who should ultimately lead it. As opposition leaders prepare for the G-100’s summit in Abuja on […]
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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has asked a federal court in the United States to reject a bid for the release of investigative records concerning allegations dating back to the early 1990s, arguing that disclosure would violate his privacy rights. The latest development has pushed the long-running Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) dispute involving Tinubu and […]
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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is facing renewed scrutiny in the United States over a long-running Freedom of Information Act case involving federal law-enforcement records connected to allegations dating back to the early 1990s. The latest controversy followed a statement by Washington-based policy advisory and lobbying firm Von Batten-Montague-York, which accused the Nigerian president of asking […]
