You’re comparing two administrations without acknowledging the difference in the resources available to them.
One of the biggest game changers under Wike was the removal of the FCTA from the Treasury Single Account (TSA). That gave the FCTA the operational liquidity and financial flexibility to fund and execute projects without the bureaucratic bottlenecks that previously slowed project delivery. Muhammad Musa Bello never had that advantage.
Now compare the budgets:
2025 (Wike): ₦1.78 trillion, with about ₦1.29 trillion (72.3%) dedicated to capital projects.
2023 (Musa Bello): ₦607.9 billion.
2022: ₦607.9 billion statutory budget (with reduced federal allocation).
2021: ₦299.9 billion, including about ₦163 billion for capital projects.
2020: ₦28.4 billion revised budget due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Give Wike credit for what he’s doing, but don’t ignore the fiscal realities that separated the two administrations.
JUST IN: Femi Gbajabiamila reportedly forged a law, used it to collect ₦54bilion from the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), claiming it was an order from Pres. Tinubu. Bayo Onanuga backs him.
He allegedly demanded 4% of NUPRC’s revenue, to be split into two. 2.5% and 1.5%, the latter will be for “upgrading of crude oil and gas metering and transparency systems” — this doesn’t exist in this context. It was his way of illegally collecting the money to himself.
Gbaja assumed office as Chief of Staff in June 2023. The incident occurred in July 2023, just weeks after Bola Ahmed Tinubu was sworn in.
Bayo Onanuga insists the money was not illegal and that it was released under a lawful order from the President. Which is concerning, because the President does not have the legal authority to issue such orders.
Apparently, the Presidential Chief of Staff also reached out to FIRS, NIMASA and Nigerian Customs with similar tactics.
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Vice President, Kassim Shettima was unhappy yesterday seeing the clip of President Tinubu and NSA Mallam Nuhu Ribadu together watching the inauguration of the Door To Door Movement for Tinubu’s 2027 Presidential Campaign organized by Tompolo.
Both men are interested in the 2031 Presidential election race.
At the moment, Nuhu Ribadu has an edge due to his close relationship with the President, he’s more influential and powerful than the VP in this administration.
Some of the inner caucus of the President have tried to get Ribadu fired by telling the President he’s over crossing his boundaries but the President doesn’t buy into it.
Shettima and the President are recently just getting along, the VP was worried about not getting carried along and the President not giving him enough power to operate.
The VP’s choice to be Governor of Borno State in 2027 failed, the Governor of the state, Zulum succeeded in picking his successor, it almost got heated between both men but the President intervened and told his VP to allow the Governor have his way, the VP’s preferred candidate was compensated with an automatic ticket for senate.
El-Rufai’s Personal Doctor Being Arrested is Healthcare Being Weaponised - El-Rufai
If doctors become afraid to offer opinions, what does it say? This situation is no longer about El-Rufai anymore; professionals are being muscled in so that they are afraid to give professional opinions.
Asiya El-Rufai, El-Rufai’s Wife
List and names of people arrested in other to indict Mallam Nasir El-Rufai.
Mr Ahmadu Sule of TMDK
Mr Jimi Lawal
Mr Joel Adoga
Mr Bashir Saidu
Mr Jafaru Sani
Umar Waziri
Samuel Aruwan
Mrs Shizzer Nasara
All arrested and investigated yet they could tie anything to Mallam Nasiru El-Rufai.
Mallam El-Rufai was out of the country but he came back to honor the invitation of the anti graft agencies, a person that going to jump bail will not do that, so I don't under where the fear of jumping bail is coming from
- Haj Aisha El-Rufai.
Mallam El-Rufai Was Granted Bail With Terms That Are Not Viable - El-Rufai
A bail term with 2 sureties, N200 million each, and properties worth N200 million in GRA Kaduna, with attestation from the traditional council of Kaduna State. Efforts to get these became impossible.
Asiya El-Rufai, El-Rufai’s Wife
If Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tunubu wants to show Nasir Ahmed Elrufa’i his political prowess, he should allow a level playing ground for the two men to test their acumen.
This is not a fair contest!
Release the man and fight it out fairly. Let’s see everyone’s weight.
Northern Governors Inaugurate Security Trust Fund Board, Pledge ₦1 Billion Monthly to Fight Insecurity
Board of Trustees Appointments:
Co-Chairs
a) Alhaji Mahmoud Yayale Ahmed, CFR
b) General Martin Luther Agwai, CFR
Nominated Members
1. Lt Gen. Umar Farouk Yahaya (rtd) – Sokoto | Former Chief of Army Staff
2. DIG Hafiz Mohd Inuwa (rtd) – Jigawa | Deputy Inspector General of Police i/c Research & Statistics Force HQs
3. AVM Kabiru Aliyu (rtd) – Taraba | Director of Sports, Defence HQs
4. Prof. Usman Tar – Borno | Commissioner for Security, Borno State
5. AVM Napoleon Bali (rtd) – Plateau | Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
6. Maj. General A. M. Dikko (rtd) – Niger | National Coordinator, National Center for Control of Small Arms & Light Weapons
7. AIG Sunday Babaji (rtd) – Gombe | AIG FCID Annex Kaduna
8. AVM Farouk Omeiza Umar (rtd) – Kogi | Chief of Policy and Plans, Defence HQs
9. Maj. Gen. Muhammad Sani (rtd) – Kano | Chief of Army Standards & Evaluation
10. Muhammad Mujtaba Isa – Zamfara | former Head of Service
11. Alh. Adamu Tanko Umar – Nasarawa | Chief Superintendent of Customs (rtd)
12. Malam Abubakar Mustafa – Kaduna | former Head of Service
13. DIG Sani Usman Mohammed (rtd) – Bauchi | Chief Security Officer, Bauchi State
14. Maj-Gen. Bello Sarkin Yaki (rtd) – Kebbi | Coordinator, Counter Terrorism Center, Office of the National Security Adviser
15. Barr. Boss Mustafa, CFR – Adamawa | Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation
16. Alhaji Falalu Bawale – Katsina | Head of the Civil Service, Katsina
17. Brig. Gen. Ibrahim Bolakala Agbab (rtd) – Kwara | Chief of Staff, 82 Division, NA
18. Maj. Gen John Seyina Malu (rtd) – Benue | Chief of Defence Standards and Evaluation
19. IGP Usman Alkali Baba (rtd) – Yobe | Former Inspector General of Police
WHAT DOES THE ICPC WANT WITH EL-RUFAI?
Once Again, I ask: What Does The ICPC Want With Mallam Nasir El-Rufai?
From the Commission's persistence and vehemence in objecting to bail being granted by the state high court on clearly bailable charges ...
To the Commission's overly aggressive reaction to pictures taken with some individuals while he was in an unrestricted waiting area in the hospital ...
To the Commission's sudden forwardness and enthusiasm with issuing public statements intentionally worded to sell certain deliberate narratives to the unsuspecting public ...
Everything smacks of a deliberate intention to achieve a predetermined objective, which is definitely not about accountability.
We have maintained that we are not against accountability, but when an accused person who is undergoing trail - not for treason or murder - is treated with such high handedness, uncommon cruelty and aggression and as though he is already a convict, it raises questions as to the real motive.
Such conduct by the Commission which are not applied to other individuals in similar circumstances surely need extra scrutiny by Nigerians and surely prompt the question - what exactly does the ICPC want with El-Rufai and why?
We honestly hope and pray that nothing untoward happens to Mallam El-Rufai - whether intentionally or by accident.
One thing is certain though. We are watching, Nigerians are watching, the world is watching and surely God is watching.
Innalillahi wa'inna ilaihi raji'un, wannan mutumin da kuke gani lecturer ne a Maun University Kano. Anman yakan shiga university's dayawa yayi lecturing. Shekara biyu kenan daya hana yarinyan mutane gama makaranta. 💔
Idan tayi project takai, sai yace bahaka ba yace saita sake shine suka hada baki da mujinta. Sukayi masa wayyo yace su Hadu a Cikin BuK saboda yayi lalata da ita dan kutumar uba. Mara imani matar aure zaka nema? Annabi yace babu ni babu. Wanda ya nemi matan wani, Allah yakara tona muku asiri maza masu bin matan aure, da kuma lecturers masu cutar da yaran jama'a.
This is a lecturer according to the story, he has been deliberately disapproving a married woman’s project in an attempt to sleep with her. They hatched a sting operation to caught him red handed and it worked out perfectly.
This represents a disturbing abuse of institutional power, a profound breach of professional ethics, and a deeply unsettling indictment of academic misconduct. This is disgustingly sad.
Mr. President, Sir, I campaigned for you. I stood up and went to every nook and cranny of Kaduna State for you. My husband stood by your side. Is this what our family deserves? The ball is in your court, Mr. President. All these can stop if you say a word. We believe that you are a father, and we know you can empathise.
Please, I am not asking you to tell them not to prosecute him, but we are asking you to allow him the basic human rights that the Constitution you swore to uphold and defend guarantees.
Let them give him the bail that he can afford. If he is guilty, let the court decide. If he is innocent, let the court decide.
- Hajiya Asiya El-Rufai, wife of former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai, yesterday appealed to President Tinubu to grant her husband fair bail terms.
Bola Tinubu jailed the man who risked the most for him in the North for 2023 and is now looking desperately for a replacement but there will ever only be one Nasir El-Rufai in Nigeria’s history.
Ribadu failed,
Shettima faltered,
Akume, Modu Sheriff, Uba Sani etc - dreamers.
STATE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE: “PRESIDENT TINUBU ORDERS ICPC TO INVESTIGATE THE PRESIDENTIAL FOREIGN INTERVENTION PROMOTION COUNCIL.”
ME: These guys really think Nigerians are fools! You want a “thorough investigation,” but you have already cleared the principal suspect, Femi Gbajabiamila, raided the home of the other accused person, and arrested his father in his place, and now you want Nigerians to believe this is an investigation?
This is not an investigation; it is a classic COVER-UP! #GangofThieves #SOWORE2027
Wallahi if you gathered the entire Dantata family in one place, Dangote included, and emptied every account they own, they still would not produce ₦61 trillion, over 40 billion dollars, in CASH. Even Elon Musk, the richest man on the planet, does not have that kind of money lying idle. To raise the $44 billion he paid for Twitter, he had to sell over $20 billion of his Tesla shares, take a $13 billion loan from a consortium of banks, and BEG co-investors for another $7 billion. That is what it takes for the world’s wealthiest man to gather a sum smaller than what you people claim one man in Kano kept in cash. Our problem with numbers is beginning to border on mental illness.