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Hardship: Tinubu’s Govt Should Admit Mistakes, Review Policies, Says Shekarau

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1 year ago

August 10, 2024

Nigeria’s economic fortunes have plummeted in the wage of the subsidy removal policy and the floating of the naira – all implemented by the Tinubu government.

A former governor of Kano State says the Bola Tinubu-led government should review its policies and admit to its mistakes.

Nigeria’s economic fortunes have plummeted in the wage of the subsidy removal policy and the floating of the naira – all implemented by the Tinubu government.

The value of the naira which is the nation’s currency has sharply fallen in the wake of these policies, prompting protests by Nigerians.

To address the issues, Shekarau said Tinubu and his team should have a review of its economic policies and admit to mistakes where necessary.

“As we say in the teaching job, the best learning is when you learn through your mistakes,” the former governor said on Friday’s edition of Channels Television’s Politics Today.

“Let the government sit back and identify: ‘What areas have you made some errors? What mistakes have you made? What pronouncements have been made in error? What policies were put in place that are really breeding this kind of crisis of hunger and high cost of living and inflation [food] of 40 percent’?”

Since the famous “subsidy is gone” statement by President Tinubu at his inauguration in May 2023, the price of petrol is now about thrice higher, pushing inflation figures up.

According to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), Nigeria’s inflation figure was at 34 percent in June 2024, making the cost of essential items beyond the reach of millions of people.

Although Tinubu signed a new minimum wage bill into law and introduced a raft of measures to cushion the impacts of the economic policies of his government, thousands of Nigerians in early August poured into the streets across cities in the country to protest over harsh living conditions.

Some of the demands by the demonstrators include a return of subsidy on petrol among others. But in his address following the rallies, Tinubu insisted there was no going back on the policy.

However, Shekarau argued that the Tinubu government should admit to its mistakes.

“Admit there are some wrongs that have been committed; some errors and probably certain things have been taken for granted,” he said. “This is the time to sit back and address them.”

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Nyesom Wike wishes de@th on any politician supporting ‘’betrayers’

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1 hour ago

February 7, 2026

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FCT Minister and former governor of Rivers state, Nyesom Wike, has said that any senator, House of Representatives Member, Minister, or governor who supports betrayers will suffer betrayal in their lives and that such person will join their creator when they experience their own betrayal.

Wike who is currently in a running battle with his godson and incumbent governor of Rivers state, Sim Fubara, said this while speaking at a public function in the state today February 6.

Speaking to the crowd at the public function, Wike said

‘’Wether you are a Senator, House of Reps member, a Minister or Governor, and you support betrayers, people will continue to betray you in life. You see people who betray and support them, betrayal is your portion! Betrayal is your portion! and that day you will not have mouth to say anything and there you will collapse and there you will go and they will announce such person has died because that is the seed you have planted because whatever you plant, you reap and so since you are sowing betrayal, betrayal will always follow you.

Watch! Every governor who is doing his second term and has ambition to put a successor and is supporting betrayals, you will never survive it. Betrayal will follow you. From the day your successor comes in. My own took so many months, your own will start immediately the person has been inaugurated. That is what the gods of the land have told me to tell all of you’’

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How Buhari shocked me 6 months into his administration – Oyegun

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6 hours ago

February 7, 2026

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Chairman, Policy Manifesto Committee of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, John Odigie-Oyegun, says former president Muhammadu Buhari gave him the shock of his life, six months into his administration as Nigeria’s leader.

Oyegun made this disclosure on Friday when he featured in an interview on Arise Television’s ‘Prime Time’.

He revealed that as National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, he went to tell Buhari that he was not delivering his election promises to Nigerians but that the late president told him he would not rule with strictness, but rather wanted to show Nigerians that he is a true civilian president.

The former APC National Chairman lamented that it became business as usual, from there.

“I was national chairman of the APC. Six months or less into our assuming office, fairly alarmed, I went to the late President Buhari for a one-on-one talk. I said Mr President, this is not what the people were expecting. They wanted a bit of the old president Buhari.

“And he explained to me, Mr Chairman, I have learned my lesson. I was shocked. And don’t forget at that time, a lot of prominent Nigerians took their holidays abroad, just to be sure and see what this new sheriff in town will be.

“Buhari told me he wants to now show the people that he’s a true civilian president in Agbada. And by the time we finished the conversation, I said Oh God, we are finished. Because, if he’s not ready to be strict, what’s the point?

“Weeks later, months later, years later, I was proven correct. And of course, it became business as usual, only that they are a new set of tenants in Aso Rock. That was a shocker,” he said.

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Electoral Reform: Dino alleges senate’s plot to rig 2027 election

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1 day ago

February 6, 2026

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Former lawmaker, Dino Melaye Esq, has raised concerns over the Senate’s reported rejection of the electronic transmission of election results.

The move, according to Melaye, is a clear endorsement of election rigging and an indication of a sinister plan to rig the 2027 elections.

In a statement on Friday, the former lawmaker criticized the Senate’s decision, stating that it undermines the credibility of the electoral process.

The African Democratic Congress, ADC chieftain, also stated that the move opens the door for electoral manipulation and fraud.

He further warned that the rejection of electronic transmission of results is a step backwards for democracy in Nigeria.

Melaye called on lawmakers and citizens to stand up against “this blatant attempt to undermine the will of the people and ensure that future elections are free, fair, and transparent”.