Lamido to El-Rufai: Personal Grievances Should Not Be Basis for Tinubu’s Removal Says, ‘if you allow emotions to dictate your decisions, you will never lead objectively’
Chuks Okocha in Abuja and John Shiklam in Kaduna Former governor of Jigawa State,
Alhaji Sule Lamido, criticised the call by immediate past governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, for the unseating of President Bola
Tinubu in 2027, saying it is based on personal grievances. Lamido said national interest should be the overriding consideration
in such political discussions. El-Rufai, who recently defected from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to Social Democratic
Party (SDP), had in an interview on Saturday, with the BBC Hausa service, called on opposition politicians to join SDP to defeat Tinubu in 2027.
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Afreximbank: Africa Stabilising $1.2tn Debt Profile, Significant Reduction Expected by 2027
Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja
With Africa's total debt hitting $1.2 trillion, Afreximbank has said that governments on the continent must embrace fiscal discipline, noting that L-R: Dean, Lagos Business School, Pan-Atlantic University, Prof. Olayinka David-West; Chief Information Security Officer, RMB Nigeria, Ifeyemi Ifedayo; Chief Executive Officer of RMB from 2027, citizens will begin to Nigeria, Bayo Ajayi; Executive Director and Group Chief Technical Officer, Digital Jewels Africa, President of ISACA Lagos Chapter, Mr. Tokunbo Taiwo; Executive Director/Chief Investment see a significant reduction in their Officer, Ministry of Finance Incorporated (MOFI), Dr. Femi Ogunseinde; and Executive Director, Business Development, Nigeria Interbank Settlements System (NIBSS), Mrs. Ngover nations’ debt profiles. Ihyembe-Nwankwo, during the Rand Merchant Bank Nigeria Economic Forum 2025 in Lagos… recently Continued on page 5
Fubara Frustrating Budget Presentation, 27 Lawmakers Claim as Rivers Crisis Festers
Deny receiving his correspondence N’Delta youths urge Tinubu to drive peace Women support Fubara's peace moves, urge Wike, Assembly members to sheathe swords Ogoni stakeholders push for peaceful dialogue with FG on oil resumption Emmanuel Ugwu-Nwogo in Umuahia and Blessing Ibunge in Port Harcourt Twenty-seven members of Rivers State House of Assembly, led by Speaker Martins Amaewhule, have accused Governor Siminalayi Fubara of frustrating implementation of the Supreme Court judgement on the 2025 state budget re-presentation.
The lawmakers claimed that the governor was not willing to comply with the apex court order, especially the aspect requiring him to re-present the 2025 Appropriation Bill to the Assembly. They also denied receiving any correspondence from the governor on the budget re-presentation. The media was awash last week Continued on page 5
LEEMON IKPEA CONFERRED WITH DOCTOR OF ENGINEERING...
L-R: The Chancellor of the Federal University of Petroleum Resources (FUPRE) and the Akarigbo & Paramount Ruler of Remo Land, His Royal Majesty, Oba Babatunde Adewale Ajayi; Founder/Chairman of Lee Engineering Group and Allied Companies Limited, Chief Leemon Ikpea; and his wife, Mrs. Justina Ikpea, during the conferment of an honorary Doctor of Engineering on Chief Ikpea by the Petroleum University, Effurun, at the weekend