Tinubu Gov’t Spends N701m on First Lady’s Foreign Trips in Three Months Amidst Growing Hunger
14 Sep
Politics

Tinubu Gov’t Spends N701m on First Lady’s Foreign Trips in Three Months Amidst Growing Hunger

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Politics tamfitronics A sum of N701 million has been spent on foreign trips for the First Lady, Remi Tinubu, in just three months, Politics Nigeria has learnt.This lavish spending comes at a time when many Nigerians are struggling to make ends meet due to growing hunger and economic hardship.The investigation revealed that the Federal Government spent the funds on trips to five countries, including the United States, France, Mozambique, Ethiopia, and the United Kingdom. The breakdown of the expenses shows that the government paid out: N77.6 million for the First Lady’s trip to the United States on November 17, 2023; N149.7 million for her trip to France on February 24, 2024; N202.3 million for her trip to Mozambique on March 15, 2024; N144.5 million for her trip to Ethiopia on the same day; N126.2 million...
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Sitaram Yechury, revolutionary who loved cinema, cricket
14 Sep
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Sitaram Yechury, revolutionary who loved cinema, cricket

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Politics tamfitronics I knew comrade Sitaram Yechury for 46 years, since the SFI’s third all-India conference at Patna in Feb 1979. The conference selected a five-member team including Yechury and I to establish the SFI’s central office in Delhi. We all had fought, inside and outside the jail, against Indira Gandhi’s tyrannical rule during Emergency. As students’ union chairman of Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru University, Sitaram was particularly notable. He led a protest march to Gandhi’s residence demanding her resignation as JNU chancellor after she refused to relinquish the post despite losing the 1977 general elections. The image of Gandhi listening calmly to the student union’s resolution read by a spirited Sitaram is unforgettable.Sitaram topped exams consistently yet chose to discontinue his PhD studies during Emergency to join people’s struggle. He honed his skills as...
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News24 | FRIDAY BRIEFING | The battle for Tshwane and why you should care
14 Sep
Politics

News24 | FRIDAY BRIEFING | The battle for Tshwane and why you should care

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Politics tamfitronics The battle of Tshwane and why you should careIn its third motion of no confidence submitted this year in the Tshwane mayor, the ANC said the City was experiencing several challenges because of Cilliers Brink's inability to provide necessary leadership and political guidance.ANC councillor Frans Boshielo, who submitted the motion, said the challenges included money to the tune of R6 billion being owed to Eskom and the late submission of five quarterly audit performance committee reports.If the party succeeds, besides removing Brink, it will also oust the multiparty coalition, which consists of the DA, ActionSA, FF Plus, IFP and the ACDP. ActionSA is set to hold a senate meeting on Friday to review its position in the Tshwane coalition. The party has struck a deal...
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“Call Me An APC Mole” – Wike Dares PDP Govs, Leaders
14 Sep
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“Call Me An APC Mole” – Wike Dares PDP Govs, Leaders

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Politics tamfitronics Politics tamfitronics The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, on Friday, dared any Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governor and leader, to come on national television and call him a mole.Wike issued this threat in an interview on a Channels Television Political Programme, Politics Today, in Abuja.The FCT minister said, “Before I accepted my appointment as Minister, I wrote a letter to the PDP in my state, I wrote a letter to the PDP in my zone; I wrote a letter to the PDP national, who in PDP is saying I’m a mole, name names.“The problem we have in this country is that some people think they’re smart. What I want to do I will do, what I don’t want to do I will not do.“I dare any body in PDP,...
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