fergie001: President Bola Tinubu has declared that Nigeria has already met its revenue target for the year in August — affirming that the country’s economy is now stable, resilient, and less vulnerable to external shocks, regardless of what global actors like US President Donald Trump may do.
The President made this known while receiving a delegation of former members of the defunct Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Tuesday, including governors, lawmakers, and other political leaders drawn from across the federation.
“Today, I can stand here before you to brag — Nigeria is not borrowing. We have met our revenue target for the year and we met it in August. Let Trump do his worst, we are stable,” Tinubu said.
He attributed this progress to improved non-oil revenue performance, asserting that Nigeria now has no reason to fear international economic developments, citing robust mechanisms already in place to keep the nation on course.
“If non-oil revenue is going well, then we have no fear of whatever Trump is doing on the other side,” Tinubu stated.
According to him, when he took over, the exchange rate had ballooned to N1,900 to the US dollar. But thanks to reforms and fiscal discipline, the rate has stabilised around N1,450, without the need for elite-level backchannel connections to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
“Nobody is trading pieces of paper for exchange rate anymore. You don’t have to know a CBN governor to get forex. All you have to do is export, import, and create jobs for the people,” he said.
Tinubu noted that his administration was focused on “fixing the economy” and “bringing hope to the people,” describing agriculture as the backbone of Nigeria’s long-term food security plan.
He revealed that he had just signed off on a major agricultural mechanisation programme that will be deployed in every region, complete with training centres and support infrastructure.
“We are doing mechanisation and training — that is our backbone: food sovereignty, food security. If we remove hunger, we have defeated poverty,” he said.
Addressing the CPC bloc of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) directly, the President assured them of his continued commitment to their shared ideals, while acknowledging the delays in political appointments.
He noted that ambassadorial positions were still available but insisted that fixing the economy was his primary focus.
“I couldn’t appoint everybody at once, and thank you for your patience. I still have some slots for ambassadorial positions that so many people are craving for. But it’s not easy stitching those names,” he said.
Tinubu spoke warmly of his long-standing political relationships with the CPC bloc, recalling the early days of the merger talks leading to the formation of APC.
“You brought back the memory of the beginning of the alliance. When we sat down to fashion out which way. We disagreed to agree. We even argued on symbol — he [Buhari] insisted on parliament, and I insisted on broom. He’s so stubborn,” Tinubu jocularly said.
Reflecting on his commitment to building on the legacies of the late President Muhammadu Buhari, Tinubu praised the virtues of honesty, justice, and discipline that he said he inherited from his predecessor.
“Part of what we inherited from Buhari was his honesty, transparency, justice. That’s all. You won’t have anything less than that,” he said.
The President also commended the unity and loyalty of CPC stakeholders, stating that their solidarity strengthens his resolve to work even harder.
“When I see people like you, my determination is to work harder. We are certain we are going to succeed,” Tinubu said, promising to build a ‘Buhari House’ that would serve as a symbol of joy and prosperity in honour of the late President.
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, who led the CPC delegation, assured Tinubu of their unwavering loyalty and pledged grassroots mobilisation in support of the administration’s second term in 2027.
“I want to seize this opportunity, Mr. President, to assure you of the unconditional support of all former members of the CPC,” Abbas said.
He dismissed notions that the CPC bloc was fractured or not aligned with the current administration, declaring: “From the calibre of people you see here, you will be convinced that the notion that CPC is broken or not with this administration is a lie.”
He further commended Tinubu for standing by the Buhari family and the CPC political family during the former President’s passing, noting that the burial was handled with unprecedented dignity and honour.
“It was unprecedented in the history of Nigeria for any former leader to be accorded such kind of respect,” Abbas said, citing the presidential delegations to the UK and the personal presence of Tinubu and the First Lady at multiple events in Katsina and Kaduna.
“We are together today with you, tomorrow and forever,” he concluded.
Also speaking, Senator Tanko Al-Makura, a former governor of Nasarawa State and leader of The Buhari Organisation (TBO), offered heartfelt appreciation to Tinubu for what he described as a dignified, transparent, and loyalty-driven handling of Buhari’s death.
“You did not only bury Muhammadu Buhari but honoured him and ensured a befitting state burial with full military honours,” Al-Makura said.
He praised Tinubu for sharing a vision with Buhari that was founded not on “political assemblage” or benefits, but on values of discipline, justice, economic sovereignty, and responsible governance.
“You and President Muhammadu Buhari shared more than a political alliance. You were united by purpose and vision, not benefits,” Al-Makura said.
He said the Renewed Hope Agenda was not just a slogan, but a “scientific, pragmatic, and rewarding blueprint for national restoration.”
Pledging the full support of CPC loyalists nationwide, Al-Makura added, “Our loyalty and commitment to you and your government is irrevocable.”
ogododo: Special Adviser to the President on Media and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, has described those calling for the removal of President Bola Tinubu from office as “power-hungry politicians” who feel politically displaced.
He spoke against the backdrop of comments of former Kaduna State governor, Mallam Nasir el-ERufai, that the President would not be re-elected in 2027.
The former Kaduna governor had, in an interview on Channels Television’s Politics programme on Sunday night, said: “I was governor of Kaduna State; I was one of Bola Tinubu’s biggest campaigners, but I couldn’t deliver the state to him. Bola Tinubu himself couldn’t win his state with his own governor in place. So, these things are not as theoretical as people want them to be.
“If you want to engage in self-delusion, you are free to do so. I will not tell you how we are going to win, but I tell you very clearly, the worst-case scenario in the 2027 elections is that no winner will emerge in the first round.
“We may have to go for a runoff, and Bola Tinubu will not be on the ballot for the runoff because he will, at best, be third in the election. He has no pathway to win. I have done the maths, I have done the analysis; he cannot, he will, at best, be third.
“But he can deceive himself; he may think, oh, you know, I have money, because they have taken all the money in the country, I have INEC, I have the police, I have the army. You know what, President Tinubu, invite ex-President Goodluck Jonathan for a chat, and ask him if he didn’t have all these in 2015, and we got him out. Is the case still the same? Similar to 2015? It’s worse.
“It’s like those who say Tinubu has never lost an election. That can be contested, but it’s okay, he’s a political strategist, he’s this, he’s that. Wait.
“I naturally have said, if you want to learn some lessons, invite ex-President Goodluck Jonathan for a chat over coffee, and ask him what happened in 2015. That’s all.’’
But reacting yesterday, Onanuga, in a statement via his X handle, accused el-Rufai of being at the forefront of the campaign of removing the President, despite admitting in the past that four years was not enough for any leader to deliver “meaningful changes.”
He said: “Nasir El-Rufai confesses here that four years is not enough for a political office holder to make ‘meaningful changes’. Yet he is at the forefront of the gang of political desperados plotting President Tinubu’s ouster, just two years into his tenure. What a contradiction!
“In contrast to the political laggards and underachievers who were once governors in Anambra, Rivers and Kaduna states, President Tinubu and his team have implemented meaningful changes in our country over the past two years, positioning us on the path of prosperity.’’
He argued that Tinubu’s administration had achieved significant progress within two years, citing increased foreign reserves, growth in the stock market, harmonisation of the exchange rate, and four consecutive months of inflation decline.
“Phenomenal wealth creation in the stock market has seen ASI skyrocket from 53,000 points to over 140,000 points. Over N26 trillion in additional wealth has been created in the market under Tinubu’s watch,” he said.
Onanuga also pointed to reforms in education and social welfare, including student loans through NELFUND and cash transfers to vulnerable households.
He added that states and local governments were receiving more funds from the centre, enabling them to embark on capital projects and create jobs.
“The governors said they have never had it so good,” he noted, insisting that those behind the alleged plot were acting out of desperation.
He wrote further: “Yet, these power-hungry politicians want the President, who has achieved so much, to be removed, all because they have become politically displaced and irrelevant. May they never succeed in their plot against our nation and people.’’
The presidential spokesman said El-Rufai’s past comments would be used against him during political campaigns.
“Please save the video. We shall confront Nasir with it when electioneering starts,” Onanuga noted..
helinues: Fact checking is not an attack. Reno is only telling the likes of Elrufai, Peter Obi that they didn't get their facts right
Mr bias judge, "fact checking" from your beloved reno is not an attack but it's an attack to you and your likes when it's Obi that is doing the fact checking
helinues: The notorious criminal, gentle the Yahoo has been on rampage for some weeks now killing people at will.
I read just yesterday about a soldier and his fiance that was killed by the same gentle the Yahoo.
Why has Peter Obi refused to comment on it. Those are the issues affecting his home region but unfortunately, charity means nothing to Peter Obi hence being silent
The same charity means nothing to you, if not you would have opened a thread about the kpaings and skull mining that has been and is still going on in ogunstate.
franchasng: Criticizing and pointing out a sitting government's lapses is quite different from coming out to lie that President or a popular political figure told you this or invited you and paid you bribe to do this and this when in reality it's not true, try and understand the difference and stop being economical with the truth.
Criticism is not the same thing with lying or defamation of character.
Character defamation is a serious crime anywhere in the world.
But all over the world, people criticize and condemn sitting government, it's never a crime.
Max24: This is the exact same point Adeyanj was making. He has been vindicated. Obis supporters act as a mob. Such can engage in jungle justice because of Obi which shouldnt be the case.
And tinibu supporters act like angels Clap for yourself you are doing well
helinues: The Obidients shouldn't just unfollow Deji, let them deactivate all their social media accounts to show they mean business.
Nonsense and ingredients
See who was lying and boasting about none existent good conduct on NL. So you want obidients to deactivate their accounts so that you and your likes will start doing as you like unchallenged clap for yourself.
The big question I have for you is, did deji lie against Obi or not?
If truly he lied against Obi, why are you defending deji and his nonsense behaviour?
Dazzay: One can only but imagine how one helinues has been at the forefront calling out Peter Obi, a private citizen, to always speak about insecurity in south east. Even though he is right by doing so, but as the saying goes that he that comes to equity must come with a clean hand, and that charity should begin at home. For the records, helinues is from Ogun state and never for once has he opened a thread to condemn the ritual killings going on in Ogun state in particular and south west in general. Or is he suffering from selective amnesia?
helinues no fit come with clean hands and he does not believe that charity beings at home. Not in this world will he believe such things.
helinues: Sebi the people involved have been undermining the decades old communal clash in Ebonyi state.
No one can blame herdsmen again for this
As far as you don show your face for here, na herdsmen attack there is nothing like "Amasiri warrior" Lekki toll gate and your denial comes to mind 😭😭😭
Ofunaofu: A renowned journalist, author and columnist, Ike Abonyi, has denounced claims by Human Rights Activist and Lawyer, Deji Adeyanju, that the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), in the 2023 elections, Peter Obi offered him money for support. Abonyi, who said he was present during the meeting which he brokered between Adeyanju and Obi in the run up to the 2023 elections, explained that Obi never made any such offer.
In a statement released in Abuja, on Friday, Abonyi who was reacting to Adeyanju’s tweet on the issue said claims made by Adeyanju were far from the truth.
Abonyi wrote, “I am at pains joining issues with a friend in public but at this instance, I cannot keep mum and allow untruths to thrive. My friend Deji Adeyanju just tweeted that why he stopped supporting the Labour Party, Presidential Candidate, Mr Peter Obi, was when he told him that he invested Anambra state money in his family business.
“I was at the meeting Deji had with Obi and was there all through and left with him after about three hours of frank discussion of Obi telling his life story in and out of government, none of which is new as he had said similar things repeatedly in public. I was shocked to my marrow reading from Deji what I did not hear. In my shock today, July 26, 2022, after reading the post, I wrote this to him -“Deji, Did you and Obi meet again or the one I was present. Haba! Deji, I’m shocked, you are free to support whoever without all these funny blackmails. You didn’t even factor my friendship with you.”
Speaking further Abonyi said, “On July 9, 2022, after a similar negative post on Obi that he can accept an appointment from the APC Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, I had again written to Deji.
“My brother, good morning, when did it get to this point? Am still in shock. Obi is not looking for a job that Tinubu will be offering. As my friend even, if you no longer believe in the Obi project, I encourage you to stay on issues that will enhance your own reputation.
“Deji has not responded to any of my posts to him and has not picked up my calls. I had wanted us to resolve it as friends without my coming out publicly by urging him to withdraw his posts because they are not based on facts.
” As a journalist of long standing and as a Christian, I don’t need to be an Obi-centric person to resolve issues that border on facts and falsehood. No money was offered during or after the meeting, and there was no promise of any to the best of the knowledge.
“Deji is on record several times as having declared Obi to be the best candidate and had publicly encouraged Obi to leave PDP to seek his ambition on another platform. He is also free to do a U-turn in supporting him, depending on what appeals to him, but should not base that on what is not true.
What do you expect from ronubandits if not hate for Ndigbo and lies and propaganda? Am not surprised one bit deji is doing exactly what his people are known for.
iwaeda: Barrister Deji Adeyanju @adeyanjudeji has repeatedly said that he has evidence to show that Mr Peter Obi @PeterObi is a fraud and that Mr Peter Obi should sue him. This is a lawyer speaking!
As a supporter of Mr Peter Obi, I am interested in the evidence the Barrister has. I would not be one to give support to anyone that is fraudulent so this case will offer me and millions of others the opportunity to have access to the evidence Barrister Deji has so we know whether to continue our support for Mr Peter Obi or withdraw it.
Mr Peter Obi going to court is the civil thing to do. Where one is defamed especially from a LAWYER, then one should go to court.
If Mr Peter Obi had used machinery of the State to get Barrister Deji arrested and thrown into jail like many of the dictators we fight are doing then I would be leading a #FreeDejiAdeyanju and calling out Mr Peter Obi!
Don't just show us the video of what Ojukwu'said about defending Biafra. We need you to also show us the video of Ojukwu and Gowon in aburi Ghana and the agreement that was made between the two of them. Tell us what made Ojukwu to declare the sovereign state of Biafra and was ready to defend it.
Secondly, we all know that Ojukwu did not just wake up one day and declared Biafra just for the fun of it something prompted it. And that thing that prompted it is something you lots has been lying about.
kokomilala: @Mbanda, it's convenient and easy enough for them to say that. For us, it's an afterthought. Why wasn't Awo installed as the PM? Your position, therefore flounders against the weight of empirical evidence and historical facts that suggest it was an Igbo coup.
No sooner he took office than he abolished the regions and unified every government function. This is typical of a cultural problem of the Igbos, to dominate everywhere they go. It was the counter coup 6 months later and ultimately the civil war that stopped this nonsense and condemned the Igbos as CONQUERED PEOPLE.
We know your evil attempts these days to revise history to suit your agenda. We also know of your fruitless efforts to rewrite Yoruba history. It will all come to nothing. From SA to India, from Lagos to Accra, the world knows you people as people who flip the truth.
The reason why Awolowo wasn't installed as a PM at the end of the whole saga is because, the coup was sabotaged by some Igbo officers including Ojukwu.
Why are you lots running away from the truth? Some of the participants of the coup came out and gave reasons why they struck and, you are here trying to twist the truth all in a bid to tag Igbos as the culprits. But you forgot that the truth remains the truth no matter how you may try to hide it.
I will rather take the account of the participants of the coup and, that of IBB who was an insider than the rubbish that is coming from you. If you like hug electric transformer the coup was awolowo/yoruba coup it doesn't matter what you think or how you feel.
Meanwhile below is another proof to show that all you have in your arsenal as history are all LIES and PROPAGANDA you know nothing.
Alliswell248: So we should allow an Igbo person to be ruling us in Yoruba land You are not serious Go to Kano, Kaduna and try such nonsense.
Is Gbadebo Rhodes Vivour and Igbo man? Kano and Kaduna you mentioned are civilised more than you lots. The states you mentioned have never stopped Igbos in voting whoever they choose it's only in Lagos we see such nonsense.
helinues: When last have you seen Peter Obi and his wife madam Margaret together?
Peter Obi has been moving around as if he's not a married man, neglecting his responsibility as the father of the house all in the name of politics
Let's check it, if Peter Obi and his wife are still in good terms, she would have advised his husband to slow everything down as he's over doing it but I doubt .
It could be the marital issue that's making him to stop thinking over things before reacting. He could have been consumed with that
Another major problem with you is that you are always partial in your judgements. Aisha buhari was silent for years even before your so-called buhari died officially. But you didn't deem it fit to say anything about the ugly situation. Now you've rushed to open a thread about Obi and his marital life and this is exactly the same thing you turned a blind eye to in buhari's case. Tomorrow now, you will tell whoever that cares to listen to you how you are eligible to get a job with your good behaviour on NL
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