Driver removes passenger alleging Tinubu’s 50% transport discount

"Tinubu said 50% off, I paid 10K" - Driver evicts passenger who claimed Tinubu declared 50% discount on transport fare

A Nigerian driver caused a scene by forcibly removing a passenger from his bus who claimed that President Bola Tinubu announced a 50% discount on transport expenses. The passenger explained that he boarded the car intending to travel to Cross River and had paid the driver ₦10,000, citing President Tinubu’s announcement of a 50% discount on transportation.

"Tinubu said 50% off, I paid 10K" - Driver evicts passenger who claimed Tinubu declared 50% discount on transport fare

Passenger. However, the driver disregarded the claim, forcefully ejecting the passenger from the bus. The driver insisted that Bola Tinubu couldn’t dictate the bus fare as he’s the owner and purchaser of the fuel used. Meanwhile, the passenger persisted, citing the president’s announcement of a 50% transportation discount. The video garnered attention, prompting many individuals to flood the comment section to share their observations. See some reactions below:  aymilano: “‎no now…it can only be with a transport companies and they will tell you before you enter.people dey always get information wrongly i don’t know why.” Frank George: “‎Oga Driver u must listing to the president or u will face the Routh.” Josephpoku17: “‎Not be another person life dey for danger, na you wey de listen to Tinubu” user7844566801471: “‎Thats the problem we have in this country we are no listing to our leaders.” markadakole: “‎Tinubu himself don’t even know when he voice out some things.” Chioma: “‎you guys have carry 2023 heades award ceremony the best joke of 2023.” olorunkemiawolesi: “‎A man that has lost his cognitive capacity tell Una 50% …Una take am serious.” Mayortee05#olamidelv: “‎Not all the transport na, there are accredited transporter outisted for it.” chukwudiernest960: “‎i support driver tinubu no buy fuel for him na.” WATCH VIDEO: @asg.me Tinubu thank you very much 🥹😩 #fyp #foryou #foryoupage #trending #viral #tinubu ♬ Egwu – Chike & Mohbad

Toke Makinwa reacts after Nigerians dragged her for being in President Tinubu’s COP28 delegation in Dubai

Toke Makinwa reacts after Nigerians dragged her for being in President Tinubu's COP28 delegation in Dubai

Nigerian media personality Toke Makinwa found herself at the center of controversy as she faced backlash from Nigerians for being part of President Tinubu’s delegation to COP28 in Dubai. The criticism, which gained traction on various social media, questioned Toke Makinwa’s qualifications to attend such a high-profile international meeting with the President. To address the criticism, Toke took to her social media page, specifically on X, to share her perspective.

Toke Makinwa reacts after Nigerians dragged her for being in President Tinubu's COP28 delegation in Dubai

In a post, she responded defiantly, emphasing the significance of her presence among world leaders, royalty, climate change advocates, and industry game changers at COP28. Toke Makinwa emphasized the importance of the gathering in Dubai, where global figures convened to discuss strategies for saving the planet. She wrote; ‘’When world leaders, Royalty, Climate change advocates and industry game changers gather to meet in Dubai  to discuss how to save the planet, #Cop28 May your name be what the whole country decides to trend. (Amen). See you all at Cop30 in Rio Signed, Item number 7. #Cop28Dubai” In another post on X, Toke Makinwa wrote; “Hi Twitter, by the way, it’s been a minute. At this point, I think my ass also needs its own account. Off to dinner in Dubai” See below;

Peter Obi speaks on absence at Supreme Court during Tinubu’s victory

Peter Obi speaks on absence at Supreme Court during Tinubu's victory

Peter Obi speaks on absence at Supreme Court during Tinubu's victory

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the February 25th general elections, Peter Obi clarifies his absence at the Supreme Court during Tinubu’s victory. It would be recalled that the Supreme Court decisively rejected all the arguments put forth by Atiku and the PDP against Tinubu. It encompassed issues of eligibility, compliance with the Electoral Act, securing 25% of the votes in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), and allegations of electoral misconduct. Speaking on his absence, Peter Obi cited a pre-scheduled international trip as the reason for his inability to attend. He made this announcement on Monday during a World Press Conference held at the LP campaign headquarters in Abuja. “About a fortnight ago, I was traveling abroad on a prior scheduled engagement when I received the notice that the Supreme Court would give judgment on 26th October 2023 on our challenge to the ruling of the Presidential Election Petitions Court. That judgment has since been delivered as scheduled. “The leadership of the Labour Party has already pronounced its position on the judgment. As someone who has previously benefited from the rulings of the Supreme Court on electoral matters, I have, after a period of deep and sober reflection, decided to personally and formally react to the recent judgment as most Nigerians have. Because we are confronted with very weighty issues of national interest, I will speak forthrightly.” More details later …

Seyi Law questions Tinubu’s presidential yacht budget

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Seyi Law questions Tinubu’s decision to purchase presidential yacht, withdraws supportSeyi Law questions Tinubu’s decision to purchase presidential yacht, withdraws support Comedian Seyi Law has questioned the decision of the president of Nigeria, Tinubu to purchase presidential yatch. The comedian who has expressed his support for the Tinubu regime countlessly, to the extent his daughter received death threats because of his affiliation. However, few days back, a supplementary loan budget was released which showed that the presidency set aside the sum of 5 billion Naira for a presidential yacht. This budget has brought about concern from the general public, especially as the economic situation in the country is dwindling and many are struggling to survive. Seyi Law questions Tinubu’s decision to purchase presidential yacht, withdraws support Seyi Law questions Tinubu’s decision to purchase presidential yacht, withdraws support Comedian, Seyi Law. Seyi Law, an ardent supporter of the Tinubu led-regime expressed his disappointment at the 5 billion Naira budget for the presidential yacht. In his words; “I am absolutely not in support of the procurement of the presidential yacht. It is quite insensitive to the plight of Nigerians at this moment to even rationalise it. I call on the president, @officialABAT, to once again prove to Nigerians that he listens. Thank you, your Excellency.” See post below: Seyi Law questions Tinubu’s decision to purchase presidential yacht, withdraws support Seyi Law questions Tinubu’s decision to purchase presidential yacht, withdraws support

Nigerians prays for success of Bola Tinubu’s administration

Nigerians Bola Tinubu Administration

In a video that has surfaced online, a small group of Nigerians were captured fervently praying for the success of the current president, Bola Tinubu. The inauguration of Bola Tinubu as the 16th president of the federal republic of Nigeria took place on May 29, 2023.

However, with over a month into his administration, the country has been witnessing widespread complaints on social media due to the rising prices of fuel, electricity, school fees, and other essential commodities. Amidst these challenging circumstances, a group of individuals, numbering over 5, were seen in the video holding the president’s official portrait while offering prayers for his success.

This display of patriotism and support has sparked mixed reactions among Nigerians. One person who viewed the video expressed their astonishment, wondering if the situation has escalated to such a level, saying, “E don reach like this?”. Meanwhile, on the comment section, several other Nigerians have also shared their opinions in response to the actions of these prayerful citizens. See some reactions below: @OkpokpoI: “E don reach like this?. We no dey ever wise , we allow sentiments, religious and tribalism to cloud our decisions during elections.” @notreallyAsamon: “Prayed since this countries first birthday.. everything is still declining.. had the chance to better and yet. Back to praying i guess. Cus no one has done that before.” @dembele806: “And inshallah he will succeed, tell me who doesn’t want a better Nigeria.” @bigfront09: “Awon oloriburku, you think God is not aware we are in a mess, a mess we all out ourselves on.” @omo_ola_eluku: “He will surely succeed, We the fortunate 8.7m organic voters believes in his track records and competencies.” @FreshChijioke: “If Tinubu can arrange id1ots as Bishops, nothing again he can not arrange. We are looking forward to court judgement.” WATCH VIDEO BELOW:  Nigerians seen praying on a ‘mountain’ with president Tinubu’s official portrait for him to succeed in his administration.pic.twitter.com/cyU0tqkRZd — Instablog9ja (@instablog9ja) July 23, 2023

Breakdown of how Tinubu’s palliative package will be shared

Subsidy Removal: Breakdown of how Tinubu's ₦‎819bn palliative package will be shared

A detailed breakdown of how President Bola Tinubu’s N819 billion palliative package will be shared has been revealed, showing that Lawmakers in the National Assembly will get ₦‎70 billion allocation. According to the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Benjamin Kalu, the passage of the N500 billion requested by President Tinubu will chiefly address the sufferings of Nigerians occasioned by the removal of fuel subsidy while also taking care of other infrastructural challenges brought by the 2022 flood disaster nationwide.

Subsidy Removal: Breakdown of how Tinubu's ₦‎819bn palliative package will be shared

President Bola Tinubu The request which seeks to amend the 2022 supplementary appropriation act to extract N500 billion from the budget was titled “A Bill for an Act to Authorize the issuance of the sum of (N500, 000, 000, 000.00) five hundred billion, Naira, only from the 2022 Supplementary Appropriations of (N819, 536, 937, 815.00) only for the provisions of palliatives to Nigerians to cushion the effect of fuel subsidy removal”. It will be recalled that Tinubu had on Wednesday, July 12, 2023, requested the passage of the N500 billion from the supplementary budget for subsidy palliatives. Recall also that the national assembly had in December 2022 passed a supplementary budget of N819 billion earmarked for Agriculture – N69 billion. Similarly, Works Ministry was to be given N704 billion, the federal capital territory administration, FCTA, N30 billion while the Ministry of Water Resources got N15.5 billion. The N819 billion supplementary budget will now be used for the following purposes. The breakdown of the funds indicated that the N500 billion component of the N819 billion was meant for fuel subsidy palliative, N185.2 billion was for the Ministry of Works, N19.2 billion was now earmarked for Ministry of Agriculture, N100 million was for the Ministry of Water Resources, N35 billion for National Judicial Council, the FCTA to get N10 billion and N70 billion earmarked for the national assembly infrastructure. Briefing journalists alongside the principal officers of the House after the plenary session, the deputy speaker, Hon. Benjamin Kalu emphasized that what the House passed was to cushion the effect of the fuel subsidy on Nigerians. He said: “We took a decision today in view of the current pain that everybody is complaining about as a result of the bold steps taken by Mr President. He removed the oil subsidy but not to be insensitive to the ends and the welfare of the people and in line with the provision of the constitution he needed to complete the process by engaging the parliament to do their bit for that particular bill to become act. “But while the debate was going on, there were some presentations that were misrepresented. “There are various components of that bill. The bill did not speak about one component. That bill which is about N819 billion was not only for palliatives and so, the breakdown was not only for palliatives, discussion was not only about palliatives. The palliatives component of that particular bill was on N500 billion that is to cushion the impact of the oil subsidy, because you know Mr. President from what we understood believes that we can delay gratification for a greater gain tomorrow. So, we suffer a little bit now because of the impact of the subsidy and then when we get our country into autopilot with regards to our economy, we will now begin to enjoy the decision of the oil subsidy. “But having said that we will feel the pain now, that is what you and I are feeling and the wisdom of Mr President said parliament approve N500 million, let us put it towards making a socio-economic impact directly on the lives on Nigerians. That was what the parliament passed today. “And I want to assure you that we have done our bit and I am sure the senators will also do their bit today or in few days coming to enable us immediately attack this matter of urgent public importance which is the welfare of Nigerians. “Other components have to do with Ministry of Works and these monies are domiciled in various ministries. “The greater component which is the N500 billion for palliatives is with ministry of finance and you have another component which has to do with taking care of alleviating the severe impact of flooding that took place in 2022 and affected various road infrastructure across the nation, that component is receiving about N185 billion or thereabout. “Other components have to do with the massive destruction of our farmlands which was as a result of flooding that we experienced and that sector will be receiving outside the N500 billion for the palliatives, that sector will be receiving about N19.2 billion and it is going to be domiciled or housed by federal ministry of agriculture. “And there are other needs of the nation that were also captured in the other components of the bill including the judicial service commission which is N35 billion and others. “So, I just wanted to make it clear with the leadership that what we did today was not just for the palliatives so that the narrative that will be out there will not be that we passed a palliative bill to take care of the Judicial Commission, to take care of National Assembly. “And it is the National Assembly infrastructure that we are talking about when we mentioned component that has to do with National Assembly for infrastructure. But the major part of the whole bill we passed today was to help Nigerians who due to the removal of subsidy are feeling the impact.”

“Tinubu’s office does not exist until court decides” – Afenifere

"Tinubu's office does not exist until court decides" – Afenifere

Pa Ayo Adebanjo, leader of the Yoruba socio-political organization, Afenifere, has stated that he would not recognize President Bola Tinubu’s administration until the court gives a final judgement upholding Tinubu as the winner of the 2023 presidential election. The Afenifere leader while making the remark explained that the election which brought Tinubu was flawed, hence he can’t be recognized as president. Ayo Adebanjo, leader of the Yoruba socio-political organization Speaking on Arise Television, Adebanjo said the presidential election was inconclusive with the ongoing presidential Election Petition Tribunal. According to Adebanjo: “Afenifere’s stance, for now, is not to comment on Tinubu’s administration because we believe that the elections are not completed yet; it’s still in progress, that is why we are in court, so commenting on someone who is there and who we don’t believe should be there until the final decision of the court will be probative and reprobative. “We are not talking about his ability, we are talking about the process of his getting there, which is flawed. How can you build something on nothing, he is enjoying a lacuna, nothing is settled until it’s finally settled, that’s our stance. “I refuse to comment on somebody that is not existing yet until the final arbiter of the court, our party may be wrong but that is our own stance. I can’t recognize him in an office that I believe doesn’t exist.”

“Tinubu’s victory is spiritual, you can’t win in court” ― Primate Ayodele tells Atiku, Obi

"Tinubu's election victory is spiritual, you can't win in court" ― Primate Ayodele tells Atiku, Peter Obi

Primate Elijah Ayodele, leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church has told the presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, and Peter Obi of the Labour Party, LP, to withdraw their cases against President Bola Tinubu, stating that Tinubu’s victory is spiritual, hence Atiku and Obi cannot win their cases in court. Primate Ayodele said this on Saturday in Lagos while also stating that Tinubu would put all the lawyers and judges in a calabash and throw it away.

Primate Elijah Ayodele According to Ayodele, Tinubu’s mantra of Emi Lokan carry’s spiritual and positive energy. He stressed that Atiku and Obi are just wasting their time trying to unseat Tinubu. Ayodele said: “Tinubu’s victory is more spiritual than physical, when he said ’emi lokan’, people didn’t understand. That ’emi lokan’ mantra has a lot of spiritual and positive energy. “Atiku and Obi are not ready, they think Tinubu will just sit down and fold his hands? He (Tinubu) will put all the lawyers and judges in one calabash and throw them inside water. “Tinubu is spiritually desperate and only God can take him out of the way. Atiku and Obi are just wasting their time, they are not ready to take the number one position. “They are just noise makers who go on the internet to rant, will the internet give them victory? Tinubu’s victory is totally spiritual.” He also maintained that the senate under the leadership of Godswill Akpabio would be a rubber stamp. “The Senate under Akpabio will be a rubber stamp, I don’t see anybody being serious; even the opposition will soon join the ruling party because the radical ones will be silenced,” he added.

“My wife never had romantic affair with Tinubu’s son” ― Jack-Rich

"My wife didn't have romantic affair with Tinubu's son" ― Jack-Rich

Tein Jack-Rich, a former presidential aspirant, has dismissed the purported allegations of infidelity and sex scandal levelled against his wife, Elizabeth and Seyi Tinubu, son of the president. The allegations were leveled by Jackson Ude, who served as an aide in President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration.

Jack Rich and Seyi Tinubu Jack-Rich, who is the President of BelemaOil Producing Limited, described Ude’s claims, accusing him of allowing his wife, “Elizabeth, to have a sexual relationship with Seyi Tinubu, the son of President Bola Tinubu,” as “provocative, malicious, preposterous, unwarranted, distasteful, and unsubstantiated publication by politically sponsored agents.” In a statement, the family said: “Dear fellow Nigerians, the attention of the family of Tein T.S. Jack-Rich CON, has been drawn to the recent provocative, malicious, preposterous, unwarranted, distasteful, and unsubstantiated publication by politically sponsored agents within the past two days, making several spurious allegations against the person and family of Jack-Rich, all with the intention of maligning his name and reputation. “It is also sad that this is with the aim of gaining cheap political relevance within the emerging political space. “On behalf of the family, we wish to state unequivocally clearly, and with all sense of responsibility that the entirety of the allegations are not only unfounded and childish, but also depict the nature and character of the persons and evil elements behind them; who are also well known by their political brigandage and desperation for political relevance. “Just another figment of the convoluted imagination of persons who see him as a major obstacle to their desperate dreams, aspirations, and political desperation for survival because they have lost their own political roots. “Let it be re-emphasised here again that Tein Jack-Rich did not, will not, and will never need to bribe anyone for any political appointment in a party he just recently served as the Vice-Chairman, Finance Committee, of the Presidential Campaign, that his party won”.

Peter Obi reacts to Tinubu’s long convoy, says “leaders must show example”

Peter Obi reacts to Tinubu’s long convoy, says "leaders must show example"

Mr Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 election has reacted to the trending videos on social media space showing President Bola Tinubu’s long convoy in Lagos, stating that leaders who ask followers to sacrifice for a better Nigeria must also lead by example. Obi spoke on Thursday at St Faith Cathedral, Church of Nigeria Anglican Communion, Awka, during the burial Mass of the late Dean Emeritus of the Church of Nigeria, the Most Reverend Maxwell Anikwenwa, who died at 83.

Peter Obi reacts to Tinubu’s long convoy, says "leaders must show example"

President Tinubu and Peter Obi According to Peter Obi, there was a need to cut down on the cost of governance, and that has always been his position about governance. He said: “I have not seen the video you talked about, but let me tell you what I have always said: that present Nigeria requires that all those who serve and lead must do so by example. “The behaviour, character, and public conduct of those who serve must be in consonance with what society requires today. You cannot continue to preach to the people to sacrifice without sacrificing. “The sacrifice must start with the leaders, visibly, measurably at all times, because the people are suffering and we must all be at the forefront of the suffering.” Obi, while speaking on the life of the late Archbishop Anikwenwa, said: “He is not just a pastor of God, but a great Nigerian who contributed to this country beyond his pastoral work in building a better Nigeria. “He is involved in advocating for a better Nigeria, good governance, and others. He was a great Nigerian and a great Igbo man, and I am not surprised about the number of people at [this] burial ceremony today.” Earlier, several prominent Nigerians, including; Anambra State governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, his deputy, Dr Onyekachi Ibezim, Senator Victor Umeh, and Archbishop Province of the Niger and Bishop of Awka Diocese, Most Reverend Dr Chibuzo Ibezim, paid tribute to Anikwenwa. Archbishop Metropolitan and Primate of All Nigeria, Most Reverend Dr Henry Ndukuba, described Anikwenwa as a soldier of Christ, saying that he is a rich reservoir of knowledge and church history. “He was a man who did all to please God, a soldier of Christ indeed. His death is not just a loss to the diocese but to the church and the country at large, as he holds a special award of the country. “He was a disciplinarian and a great timekeeper, and he was always mindful of it. I call on his wife and children to be comforted by the fact that Baba lived a great life.”