Bolanle Ahmed Adekunle Tinubu (Bola Tinubu)

Unconvinced Sahara Reporters cited anonymous Defence Intelligence Agency sources who claimed the officers were plotting to overthrow President Bola Ahmed Tinubu during independence day celebrations on 1 October...

As tensions deepen between President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the managing director of the state-owned Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Bashir Bayo Ojulari the government plans to claw back some of the company's financial autonomy...

OIL TAX CHANGES COULD TRIGGER NEW POLITICAL FIGHT The main pushback to President Bola Tinubu's tax changes is coming from the northern governors especially those in the north-east whose states are the main beneficiaries of the frontier fund...

When Nigeria's National Security Advisor Nuhu Ribadu announced the arrest of two senior fighters affiliated with Al Qaida on 17 August officials cited it as another success for President Bola Tinubu...

Tuggar has been trying to rebuild ties after President Bola Tinubu's failed ultimatum as Ecowas leader to Tiani two years ago (AC Vol 64 No 17 General Tiani opens the bidding)...

On most measures President Bola Tinubu has emphatically improved the position of the ruling All Progressives Congress in Nigeria – despite the unpopularity of many of its economic policies...

The IMF routinely calls for domestic reforms echoed by the World Bank which recently praised President Bola Tinubu's exchange rate reforms and subsidy removals for boosting Nigeria's revenues (AC Vol 65 No 16 Days of rage protests test Tinubu's economic plans)...

Both developments could slow if not derail what appeared a month ago to be incumbent President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's almost certain victory in the 2027 elections...

A member of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) Fintiri broke with its former leader Atiku Abubakar and has forged ties with his rival Nyesom Wike the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory who maintains his PDP membership but is fully aligned with the APC and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu...

Last year saw a state visit to France for Nigeria's President Bola Ahmed Tinubu while in 2026 Kenya will host the Africa-France summit...

As President Bola Ahmed Tinubu was preparing to mark two years in power on 29 May his allies in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) declared the 73-year-old would have the party's uncontested nomination to stand for another four-year term in the 2027 national elections...

With the passing of four tax bills this month – described as the most radical revenue reforms in Nigeria's history – President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has won some much-needed economic credibility while weakening his political rivals...

In Lagos where President Bola Tinubu was governor from 1999-2007 the tax consultancy firm Alpha Beta was granted exclusive rights in 2002 to track and reconcile internally generated revenue earning a fee of between 5% and 10%...