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Bolanle Ahmed Adekunle Tinubu (Bola Tinubu)

Date of Birth: 29 March 1952
Place of Birth: Lagos


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Tinubu struggles to rebalance the budget

The Central Bank of Nigeria's second successive postponement of a bi-monthly meeting of its influential monetary policy committee (MPC) in November points to dissension behind the scenes of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's All Progressives Congress (APC) administration...


Tinubu tightens grip, opposition regroups

A third election in oil-producing Bayelsa state was also won by a candidate close to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu although he was nominally in an opposition party...

Ruling party man in the opposition Part of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's plan to retain power beyond 2027 rests on Nyesom Wike former Governor of Rivers State who defected from the PDP ahead of the presidential polls earlier this year in exchange for a seat in Tinubu's cabinet (AC Vol 63 No 18 Opposition fall-out shakes up election plans)...


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Riyadh re-launches its Africa courtship

That could explain the presence in Riyadh of Eritrea's Issayas Afewerki and South Sudan's Salva Kiir in addition to regional heavyweights including Nigerian President Bola Tinubu Kenyan President William Ruto Rwanda's Paul Kagame and Ethiopian premier Abiy Ahmed...

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Low turnout at governor elections

President Bola Tinubu's ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) had a convincing win in two out of three state elections at the weekend as turnout slumped below 30%...

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Hedge fund-backed firm loses bet against Abuja

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu welcomed a verdict that forensically dismantled the grounds for an award against Nigeria with interest exceeding US$11 billion a third of the country's reported foreign exchange reserves and more than it spends a year on health and education (Dispatches 24/10/23 Abuja gets $11bn claim on gas deal overturned in London's High Court)...

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The end of Tinubu's beginning

That so many Nigerians expected the Supreme Court to confirm Bola Tinubu's victory in this year's Presidential elections reflects a consensus about the judiciary rather than the merits of the head of state...


Debt and geopolitics slow Africa's growth

Major oil-producer Nigeria has removed fuel subsidies under President Bola Tinubu officially unified its previously multiple exchange rates and allowed the Naira/US$ exchange rate to depreciate considerably...

Taiwo Oyedele President Bola Tinubu's advisor on tax reform has impressed many with his plans to simplify tax codes and stop widespread tax evasion and avoidance...


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Scholz dashes for gas

Scholz met with President Bola Tinubu on Sunday with officials in Berlin briefing that trade and investment and migration would be the main agenda items...

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