{"schema":"hottub-news/story/v1","story":"st_zotkmpjelup2p6xubyga","title":"‘Bola Is His Name, President Is His Office’ — Atiku’s Aide Defends Independence Day Speech","title_en":null,"outlets":2,"brief":null,"page":"https://hottub.news/stories/bola-is-his-name-atikus-camp-defends-independence-day-address-zotkmpjelu","count":2,"items":[{"id":"n_caezglhfrncroqfnteda","seq":1375165,"kind":"article","title":"‘Bola Is His Name, President Is His Office’ — Atiku’s Aide Defends Independence Day Speech","url":"https://www.naijanews.com/2026/10/02/bola-name-president-office-atiku-aide-independence-day-speech","summary":"Media aide to the African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, Paul Ibe, has defended his principal’s Independence Day speech. Naija News reports... The post ‘Bola Is His Name, President Is His Office’ — Atiku’s Aide Defends Independence Day Speech appeared first on Naija News .","published":"2026-10-02T12:54:50Z","seen":"2026-10-02T15:22:50Z","lang":"en","country":"NG","source":{"id":"kite-naijanews-com-2ded80","name":"naijanews.com","domain":"naijanews.com"},"via":"kite-naijanews-com-2ded80","topics":["politics","atiku abubakar","bola tinubu","paul ibe"],"authors":["Justina Otio"],"entities":[{"id":"Q104843037","name":"Atiku","type":"person"}],"story":"st_zotkmpjelup2p6xubyga","category":"politics","category_p":0.8100000023841858,"sentiment":"neutral","tone":0.029999999329447746,"political":0.8100000023841858},{"id":"n_zotkmpjelup2p6xubyga","seq":1338819,"kind":"article","title":"‘Bola Is His Name’ – Atiku’s Camp Defends Independence Day Address","url":"https://thisday.com.ng/bola-is-his-name-atikus-camp-defends-independence-day-address","summary":"Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s camp has defended his decision to repeatedly refer to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as “Bola”. According to camp of the former vice president, there is no law requiring Nigerians to address the President by his official title. The defence followed criticism of Atiku’s manner of addressing Tinubu during his Independence […]","published":"2026-10-02T11:25:06Z","seen":"2026-10-02T12:18:44Z","lang":"en","country":"NG","source":{"id":"kite-thisday-com-ng-1951be","name":"thisday.com.ng","domain":"thisday.com.ng"},"via":"kite-thisday-com-ng-1951be","topics":["headlines"],"authors":["todaynews"],"entities":[{"id":"Q104843037","name":"Atiku","type":"person"}],"story":"st_zotkmpjelup2p6xubyga","category":"politics","category_p":0.5699999928474426,"sentiment":"neutral","tone":0.1899999976158142,"political":0.7200000286102295}]}