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Remi Tinubu’s Multi-Billion Naira Generosity Ledger: The Renewed Hope Initiative’s Cash-Flow Miracle (or Magician’s Hat)

Three years into the First Lady’s unofficial reign of philanthropy, Senator Oluremi Tinubu has turned the Renewed Hope Initiative into Nigeria’s most prolific ATM for good causes dispensing cash, food, scholarships and tricycles with the regularity of a government payroll, yet without the inconvenience of a budget line or constitutional recognition. Publicly announced cash interventions alone tell a tale of accelerating largesse.

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Accountability Is Not a Presidential Favour by Lawson Akhigbe

The response by the President's Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to Cardinal John Onaiyekan's television interview reveals a troubling misunderstanding of constitutional democracy. It also exposes a growing tendency within this administration to confuse criticism with disloyalty and accountability with discourtesy.

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FEC (Federal Executive Council) Approval Process in Nigeria: Overview and Key Details

FEC approvals typically involve Executive Council Memoranda (ECMs) submitted by Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs). Here’s the structured workflow:

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The Samson Strategy: How the Tinubu Government Pulled the Temple Down on Itself Over PFIPC by Lawson Akhigbe

The Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration appears to have forgotten that rule in its handling of the Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council (PFIPC) controversy. In its determination to destroy the credibility of one man, Prince Adeniyi Matthew Adeyemi, it may have inflicted collateral damage on something far more valuable: the credibility of official government documentation itself.

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The Art of the Bureaucratic Shrug: Why Nigerian Public Officials Never Bring a Pen to an Interview by Lawson Akhigbe

he backdrop of the interview was heavy: a massive Senate investigation into the "Safe Schools Initiative," a program conceptualized to protect students after the harrowing 2014 Chibok girls tragedy. We are talking about tracking billions of naira and over $30 million in donor funding. It’s the kind of high-stakes scrutiny that should make any public servant sweat through their starch-pressed Agbada.

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