Nigerian Affairs Journal
@NigAffairs • 29,797 subscribers
We deliver news in real time, bringing fast, reliable updates on politics, business, culture, and current affairs. Email - [email protected]
Shorts
Videos
Seun: So, you will go all out for President Tinubu in 2027? Governor Adeleke: Big time. I will. Seun: But you are in accord party, are you going to work with Oyetola and the others in APC to do so? Governor Adeleke: I won't mind. I will work with them. I'm doing it for the president.
Nigerian Affairs Journal117,485 Aufrufe • vor 1 Tag
BREAKING: Governor Seyi Makinde has unveiled Lawal Daura, the former DSS DG, as his running mate for the 2027 presidential election during the APM National Convention in Bauchi State. Lawal replaces Ibrahim Adamu Bala, who was earlier announced as Makinde's running mate, but was intended to be a placeholder. The former DSS DG joined the APM a few days ago after resigning from the ADC due to losing the Katsina ADC governorship ticket.
Nigerian Affairs Journal203,941 Aufrufe • vor 4 Tagen
BREAKING: Governor Adeleke hits back at Governor Okpebholo over the Edo governor's 'dancing' remarks about him Adeleke said: I'm a bulldozer. Let them bring the 30-something governors. They are all my friends. They all call me later to say they're just playing ooo. They're not the ones to vote. Some of them are well educated, not one Governor Okpebholo who came to my state. What type of name is that? You came to my state and you didn't have clearance from me. These people are not civilised.
Nigerian Affairs Journal297,559 Aufrufe • vor 6 Tagen
President Tinubu did well when he called me to say he was embarrassed over the freezing of the Osun State First Bank account by the EFCC. Tinubu said during the call that the Adeleke family is well respected in Nigeria and the international community and that he won't do anything..... - Governor Adeleke spoke at the Arise TV Townhall debate for the Osun State governorship election.
Nigerian Affairs Journal238,191 Aufrufe • vor 6 Tagen
When Buhari got the ticket, there was an issue with campaign funding, and Buhari was not a money person. So Timipre Sylva and I went to see one of the big-time rich people and held the meeting on his yacht because the man didn't want to be seen with Buhari's people. After the meeting, he agreed to support Buhari with funds, but while coming out of the yacht, a police officer saw us. Timipre was worried that the meeting would get to Jonathan’s ears, and it did. The man was summoned to Abuja and threatened, and that was how we lost that funding. That was when we went to Tinubu and explained the issue to him. Through him, we raised sufficient funds to run Buhari's campaign. Not only that, Osinbajo ran a separate campaign from Buhari, and it was also funded by Tinubu. Bola also hired consultants from America who were doing professional work on Buhari's image. They were the same people who ran Obama's campaign, and I know that cost him over N2 billion. Whenever there was a need for expenditure, he didn't go to the campaign purse. He spent from his own purse. - Former SGF Babachir Lawal
Nigerian Affairs Journal656,458 Aufrufe • vor 22 Tagen
So because I'm a governor, I should abandon my own town (Ede)? I brought in experts to look for land to site the airport, and they only found land in Ede. There's nothing I can do about that. - Governor Adeleke responds to claims that he is concentrating development mainly in his local government area more than other areas.
Nigerian Affairs Journal137,342 Aufrufe • vor 6 Tagen
El-Rufai and Tinubu were never friends. It got to a stage where El-Rufai went to Lagos and tried to undermine Tinubu at a conference where he boasted about dealing with godfathers - Former SGF Babachir Lawal spoke on claims that El-Rufai led the Northern governors to support Tinubu in 2023
Nigerian Affairs Journal539,025 Aufrufe • vor 22 Tagen
President Tinubu has 34 and a half governors. The only governor that is not with him is Governor Seyi Makinde. Alex Otti is there...forget about that. The half is Governor Bala Mohammed. We met with him until 3am, and he was supposed to defect the next day, but he called us in the morning saying he has changed his mind because he was advised not to move to a party with a strong presidential candidate. Bala Mohammed is on the fence. He may work with us, or he may work with President Tinubu. - NDC Chieftain Buba Galadima spoke at the inauguration of the NDC National Reconciliation Committee set up to resolve post-primary election disputes ahead of the 2027 general elections.
Nigerian Affairs Journal208,765 Aufrufe • vor 10 Tagen
Osun APC governorship candidate Bola Oyebamiji responds to claims that he was the finance commissioner when half salaries were paid to civil servants during Aregbesola's tenure as Osun State Governor Oyebamiji said when he was brought in as Commissioner, he immediately spearheaded the state's push for the Paris Club refund, which resulted in President Buhari approving N16 billion for Osun State and this led to the state resuming the payment of full salaries to civil servants.
Nigerian Affairs Journal102,136 Aufrufe • vor 6 Tagen
On the day of the APC convention in 2014, the North West was supporting Kwankwaso and Atiku while the South West was waiting for Tinubu's direction. The South East was supporting Okorocha, and he was likely to win the presidential ticket based on our numbers. So we decided to visit Governor Nyako and Governor Wamakko to convince them to support Buhari. They didn't listen much, so we went to Tinubu at night. We met with him, showed him the data on Buhari's previous votes in the North, and convinced him to align the South West with Buhari. That night, Bola didn't sleep. He went back to Governor Nyako and Governor Wamakko and persuaded both to support Buhari. That was when we got the North West votes back for Buhari. At the convention, Buhari had the North West and South West and picked up votes from other zones while the other candidates split the remaining votes. So anytime Buhari complained about Tinubu, I would bring up the history, and Buhari, being a man of conscience, would agree. The complaints were about Tinubu's upbringing and education. He had access to files on Tinubu, but I told him, "You knew all this when you asked for his support, and he gave it to us. So why bite the finger that fed us?" Buhari agreed and changed. I was one of the people who knew firsthand what Tinubu did to facilitate Buhari's presidency, and I never let Buhari forget it. - Former SGF Babachir Lawal
Nigerian Affairs Journal416,611 Aufrufe • vor 22 Tagen
INEC is neutral. They've never intimidated anybody. If political opponents are crying wolf, maybe they're afraid of their own shadows and the uncertainties in the company they keep, not me - President Tinubu spoke to a delegation of Catholic Bishops who visited him at the Presidential Villa
Nigerian Affairs Journal302,908 Aufrufe • vor 20 Tagen
President Tinubu, I'm the Chief Security Officer of Osun State, and I'm passing this message to you. Osun will not accept any rigging. If anybody tries to do otherwise, the political crisis of 1983, when some people tried to rig Michael Ajasin out of power in Ondo State, may repeat itself again. President Tinubu, the Accord Party has endorsed you as its presidential candidate. Why are we suffering again? - Governor Adeleke sends a message to President Tinubu ahead of the August 15 governorship election in Osun State
Nigerian Affairs Journal177,087 Aufrufe • vor 14 Tagen
I returned all the mission schools to the church during my tenure as Lagos State Governor. One of you, Cardinal Anthony Okogie, is alive to testify to that. But the schools are in the states. Preach to them, the governors of your states. They do the job. There is no need for a constitutional amendment for that. - President Tinubu declined the request of the Catholic Bishops to consider the return of mission schools, redirecting the bishops to engage the state governors.
Nigerian Affairs Journal251,492 Aufrufe • vor 20 Tagen
BREAKING: Minister of Works David Umahi has officially announced that the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway will henceforth be known as the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu Coastal Highway. He said, “That highway is named President Bola Ahmed Tinubu Coastal Highway. By the powers conferred on me as Minister of Works, in consultation with my Permanent Secretary, the Honourable Minister of State, directors and staff of the ministry, we decided to name it after him because of his dream for it.”
Nigerian Affairs Journal335,261 Aufrufe • vor 1 Monat
President Tinubu receives Mrs Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya SAN, President-Elect of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), at the Presidential Villa. She was accompanied to the meeting by some senior lawyers and other lawyers who were on her campaign team.
Nigerian Affairs Journal200,923 Aufrufe • vor 20 Tagen
President Tinubu was an excellent human being before he became president. If you're in a problem, he'll go to whatever length to solve it. He was a good listener, took advice, and was kind. I used to liken him to Buhari because he was also very kind and sympathetic to people. He was an excellent human being, but he goes on to become president, and something happened. I know the time he changed, and I told him. Around 2022, Tinubu relocated to Abuja to pursue his presidential ambition, and our people, the northerners who were his friends, surrounded him, and he was caged. They introduced him to religious bigots who claimed they knew Buhari, and that was when he started changing. I had access to him then in Abuja. He's someone you can like. Bola has given some people a stupendous amount of money to help them out of crises without expecting anything. But the thing about Tinubu is that he has a gift. He can see in you future returns in advance. He does things like that. He was a good man at that time, but he has lost his soul now. He's someone who's in charge all the time, but he doesn't look in charge anymore as long as he gets his own share of whatever he's looking for. The rest they can loot however they want. I wish he could go back to what he was before. Nigeria will be great. - Former SGF Babachir Lawal
Nigerian Affairs Journal214,707 Aufrufe • vor 22 Tagen
I am supporting President Tinubu for the presidency and OK Chinda to be the next governor of Rivers State. I am part of the rainbow coalition (Wike's political group), and I'm back to my political family. - Governor Sim Fubara spoke today in Rivers State
Nigerian Affairs Journal252,652 Aufrufe • vor 26 Tagen
Minister Oyetola and Bola Oyebamiji, the Osun APC governorship candidate, both went to President Tinubu and insisted that the Osogbo-Akoda-Gbongan road must be done. - Oba Abdulrasheed Adewale Akanbi, Olowo of Iwo, spoke today at the flag-off of the construction of the Osogbo-Akoda-Gbongan road in Osun State
Nigerian Affairs Journal86,109 Aufrufe • vor 11 Tagen
I understand that the Chairman of Accord Party has thrown in the towel and is now supporting the APC in the governorship election. - Senate President Akpabio announces at the APC final campaign rally for Osun APC governorship candidate Bola Oyebamiji
Nigerian Affairs Journal29,008 Aufrufe • vor 4 Tagen
President Tinubu is not a healthy man. Nigerians are not fooled when he goes to France. I've said it before. He has done four years. He should face his health. Bola is not even someone who is materialistic. He wakes up in the morning and eats banana and groundnut, and that's his food. What I know he likes most is silk cigarettes. He smokes. He likes that a lot. He can't do without it. I don't know if he has stopped. - Former SGF Babachir Lawal
Nigerian Affairs Journal158,520 Aufrufe • vor 22 Tagen