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2023: Groups Urge Tinubu to Consider Marwa as Presidential Running Mate.

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Retired Brigadier General Buba Marwa

 

A multi-regional groups have urged the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to consider Chairman of National Drugs Law and Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa rtd as credible running mate to her presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

The ethnic coalition include North First Initiative (NFI), All Niger-Delta Ethnic Nationalities Congress (ANDENC) and South-West Youths Front (SWYF) believed the APC presidential candidate needs a Vice president whose track record epitomizes competence, capacity and credibility typical in Marwa.

Raising from a joint meeting held yesterday in Kaduna, the groups declared that none of the APC Governors, Ministers, serving and former presently lobbying to secure the position of the runnning mate to Tinubu has the capability and wealth of experience that Marwa possesses.

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In a communique jointly signed by leadership of the three organizations include Comrade Yusuf Alhassan (NFI), Comrade Kingsley Benedict Essien (ANDENC) and Comrade Olasukanmi Agunbiade Kelvin (SWYF), contended that knowledge, skill and abilities of Vice president to handle entrusted responsibilities should be the ultimate priority instead of Muslim-Muslim ticket.

“As always, the essence of the joint meeting is to discuss issues of relevance to both organizations and proffer workable and acceptable solution that would have lasting effects not only on the three regions which the organizations represent, but Nigeria as a whole.

” The 2023 general elections is an important landmark as it will enable Nigerians elect their leaders for another 4 years. That’s why we the members of these three organizations, as bonafide Nigerias, considered the year 2023 as a very crucial year that demands our urgent attention to delve on such issues of significant to our dear nation and it’s future.

” The meeting focused it’s attention to the position of the running mate to the APC presidential candidate Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Many names of serving Governors, Ex- Governors, Ministers and other individuals were suggested but the meeting unanimously focused on Muslim-Muslim ticket and resolved that the current Chairman of National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Brig. Gen. Mohammad Buba Marwa should be considered as running mate to Tinubu”.

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Insecurity: US lawmaker accuses Matawalle of bribe attempt to silence recommendation calling for his sack

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April 21, 2026

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Governor Matawalle

 

Kimberly Daniels, a United States Democratic member of the Florida House of Representatives for District 14, has alleged that Nigeria’s minister of state for defense, Bello Matawalle, attempted to bribe a US official to deflect the narrative of the United World Congress of Diplomats, UN-WCD, report.

The lawmaker made the claim in a viral video released on her official Facebook account on Monday.

She said Matawalle’s alleged move was to cover up the UN-WCD report on Christian genocide in Nigeria, which indicted him.

Daniels insisted that no amount of pressure can silence her stand against the killings of Christians in Nigeria.

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“A US elected official was offered money by Nigeria’s minister of state defense, Bello Matawalle, to change the narrative of the UN-WCD Christian genocide in Nigeria report,” she said in the viral video.

Recall that Daniels, who doubled as the chairperson of UN-WCD, had called for President Bola Tinubu to remove Matawalle over alleged complicity in the killings in Plateau, Benue, Kaduna, and other parts of Nigeria.

Matawalle is yet to officially reply the US lawmaker.

Daniels alleged that following her recent press statement on what she described as targeted killings of Christians in Nigeria, she came under pressure from individuals she linked to the minister, including what she characterised as attempts to discredit her report and “buy support” from US-based elected officials.

According to her, an unnamed American lawmaker allegedly received an offer of financial inducement to publicly counter her position and defend the Nigerian defence leadership.

She claimed to have received evidence of a communication, including a prepared statement and promotional material, purportedly linked to the minister.

She also claimed that the bribery attempt is meant to divide America elected officials not knowing that they are united.

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Just In:President Tinubu Sacks Minister Of Finance

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April 21, 2026

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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved a minor cabinet reshuffle in the membership of the Federal Executive Council.

According to a memo signed by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator George Akume, two cabinet members, Mr. Wale Edun and Arc. Ahmed Musa Dangiwa are to leave the cabinet while their replacements have been named.

Edun, until the latest development, was the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy. He has been directed to hand over to Mr. Taiwo Oyedele who is now to take over as Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy. Oyedele was formerly a Minister of State in the ministry.

Also Mr. Muttaqha Rabe Darma (PhD .) has been named as the ministerial nominee and minister designate for the Housing and Urban Development Ministry.

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The memo also directed Dangiwa to hand over to the Minister of State in the ministry.

The memo stated that “all handing over and taking over processes should be completed on or before close of business on Thursday 23rd April, 2026.”

Explaining the President’s decision, Akume said: “These changes are aimed at strengthening cohesion, synergy in governance as well as achieving more impactful delivery on the economy to Nigerians, through the Renewed Hope Agenda.”

He said the President, in approving the cabinet reshuffle, has fully exercised his powers as conferred on him by Sections 147 and 148 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (1999, as amended).

The President thanked the outgoing ministers for their services to the nation while wishing them the best in all their future endeavours.

The President, Akume noted, equally assured all cabinet members that “the process of reinvigoration shall be continuous.”

Signed:

Yomi Odunuga,
Special Adviser, Media and Publicity to the Secretary to the Government of the Federation

21-04-2026

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JUST IN: FG Files 13 Count Charges Against Alleged Coup Plotters

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April 21, 2026

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By Yusuf Danjuma Yunusa

The Federal Government has filed a 13-count charge before the Federal High Court in Abuja against individuals accused of plotting to overthrow President Bola Tinubu. Among those named in the suit are a retired major general, a retired naval captain, a serving police inspector, and three other suspects.

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According to security sources, the coup was scheduled to be executed on Nigeria’s Independence Day. However, the plot was uncovered after preparations and plans were leaked, leading to its successful disruption.

The development prompted the Federal Government to cancel the Independence Day programme—a move described as highly unusual by political observers.

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