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Bolanle Ahmed Adekunle Tinubu (Bola Tinubu)

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


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As external support ebbs, states seek to plug the revenue gap

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)...


Buhari’s legacy and opposition alliance slow Tinubu’s bandwagon

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...


Tinubu wants to borrow $24 billion ahead of 2027 elections

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...


Tinubu’s tax revolution tightens his grip

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%...


Tinubu exudes confidence as opposition starts to fold

As a political boss President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has run rings around his rivals...

NORTHERN DISSATISFACTION One blind spot in President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's re-election strategy remains northern Nigeria...

TAX REFORMS: ZACCH ADEDEJI AT THE HELM As Nigeria's parliament prepares to pass President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's radical tax reforms Zacch Adedeji chair of the Federal Inland Revenue Service stands to gain the most...

TINUBU'S AIDES CELEBRATE A 2027 VICTORY EARLY The next national elections are just under two years away but posters extolling the virtues of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu line the roads of Abuja and Lagos Nigeria's commercial capital...


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Ex-officials from Shell and Total take over state oil company NNPC

Appointing Bashir Ojulari as Group Managing Director who with his new team formally took over the management of the state-owned Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on 5 April fits with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's goals of restoring Nigeria's oil production to 2 million barrels a day (b/d) by 2027 and to 3m b/d by 2030 (AC Vol 65 No 25 Tinubu prepares to present 2025 budget)...

Kida was earlier bidding for the Managing Director post at NNPC helped by the lobbying efforts of his business partner the Franco-Lebanese billionaire Gilbert Chagoury the financial advisor to military ruler General Sani Abacha and now to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu (AC Vol 65 No 8 Abacha consigliere in storm over $11 billion superhighway linking Lagos and Calabar)...

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