Amaechi: I Told Tinubu Point-blank, I Won't Work With Him Before 2023 Elections Tinubu has weaponised poverty, says Atiku Rufai: Nigerians allowed urban bandits to take over leadership Kasim Sumaina in Abuja
The former Minister of Transportation,
Mr. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, yesterday disclosed that he met President Bola Tinubu in Yola, Adamawa State, before
the 2023 general election, and told him that he won't work with him. Ex-Vice President Abubakar has
also accused the President Tinubu-led government of deliberately using poverty as a political weapon, claiming that
economic hardship was being manipulated to control and suppress the population. This is just as a former governor of
Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai has Continued on page 5
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Opposition Coalition in Dilemma over Choice of New Party, Fails to Meet Chuks Okocha in Abuja
L-R: Deputy Senate President, Senator Barau Jibrin; Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio; President Bola Tinubu; Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodimma; and Minister of Works, Senator David Umahi, at the inauguration of the Phase 1 of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway and flag-off of new projects to mark second year in office of the president in Lagos…yesterday
The National Opposition Coalition Group led by the former Senate Continued on page 5
At Inauguration of Lagos-Calabar Highway,Tinubu Canvasses Protection of National Infrastructure Asks Nigerians to be patient with him Warns developers, landowners against illegal construction Akpabio to govs: Don’t hand over power to incapable successors See story on page 5 Umahi seeks 2% of sales from Dangote, BUA Cement
CELEBRATING NEWEST COUPLE…
L-R: Ondo State Governor, Mr. Lucky Aiyedatiwa; Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodimma; Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu; his wife, Ibijoke; Wife of the Vice President, Hajia Nana Shettima; Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima; newlyweds, Lanre Onanuga and Fadekemi (nee Abiru); Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio; Bride's parents, Senator Adetokunbo Abiru; his wife, Mrs. Feyisola Abiru; Groom's parents, Mrs. Oluyemi Onanuga; and Prince Olabode Onanuga; and Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, at the wedding reception of Lanre and Fadekemi in Lagos...yesterday PHOTO: KUNLE OGUNFUYI