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Olujimi Says Peter Obi Can’t Stop Tinubu in 2027 Presidential Election
Former Ekiti State Deputy Governor, Biodun Olujimi, believes Peter Obi won’t pose a real challenge to President Bola Tinubu’s re-election bid in 2027. Speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today, Olujimi said Obi’s strong showing in the last election was largely due to his eloquence, but that won’t be enough next time.
She argued that the strategy Obi used in 2023 has run its course and won’t yield the same results. According to her, “The kind of rhetoric that worked for him last time won’t cut it again unless he finds a new approach. Tinubu is a seasoned politician who understands the game.”
Olujimi, who once served as Senate Minority Leader, added that Tinubu’s deep-rooted political experience makes him a tough opponent to beat in the next election.
TV anchor Rufai Oseni makes headlines as he speaks on fuel subsidy in Nigeria. He shared that Nigeria can have fuel subsidy without the long queues at filling stations.
“When we were still paying subsidies, there were no long queues. We were subsidising. So you can still have a subsidy regime going on, and there will be no long queues because production was close by. Dangote had it. That’s just it. That argument also falls flat.
“The biggest beneficiaries of subsidy are not Nigerians. They are crony capitalists that have big infrastructure, and they do contracts. They have been the biggest beneficiaries of the subsidy,” he said.
Lagos State Governor, Sanwo-Olu, speaks to those in the electricity sector about the usual blackouts in the state.
He speaks on ways things can change in the state and how electricity can be provided.
“We need to drop corporate egos, abandon long-standing excuses, and confront the harsh realities obstructing progress in the power sector.”
“We, state governments, used to give excuses that everything is centralised, so the Federal Government has unbundled it now. What have we done in a year and a half?” Sanwo-Olu asked.
“We take two steps forward, we go five steps backward,” he said.
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has declared Thursday, August 20, a work-free day for public servants in the state to mark the Isese Festival.
Speaking on the celebration, he said “Ìṣẹ̀ṣe is not a relic. It is a living expression of our traditions and a celebration of Yoruba spirituality as an important part of Nigeria’s cultural and religious landscape,” he said.
He added “When the drums sound in Lagos on Thursday, they answer drums in Havana, in Salvador, in Port of Spain. Fifty-five million people and counting. Lagos is not observing a local holiday. Lagos is standing at the centre of a global heritage,” Aregbe said.
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