President Bola Tinubu, has congratulated the Comptroller-General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi, MFR, on his unanimous re-election as Chairperson of the World Customs Organisation (WCO) Council during the organisation’s 147th and 148th Council Sessions held in Brussels, Belgium, describing the achievement as a historic endorsement of his visionary leadership and...
President Bola Tinubu
Goodnight, Alhaji Kola Oseni, goodnight, my brother It is with a heavy heart and deep sadness that I received the news of Alhaji Kola Oseni’s passing. Though he is no longer with us, the memories of the time we shared and the legacy he left will endure. Alhaji Kola Oseni was...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has launched Power Force, a new national initiative that will train 5,000 young Nigerians to support the accelerated deployment of smart electricity meters across the country, create employment opportunities, and strengthen ongoing power sector reforms. The Executive Secretary, Presidential Metering Initiative, Mrs. Olu Verheijen, disclosed...
The controversy surrounding the alleged Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC) has escalated after Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi accused the Presidency of concealing the agency’s existence while the Federal Government insisted it is fictitious and confirmed criminal charges against him. Speaking to journalists on Thursday, Adeyemi alleged that Chief of...
Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has described President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Four Legacy Highway Projects as bold investments that will transform Nigeria’s economy, deepen national integration and create lasting prosperity for millions of Nigerians. Speaking at the flag-off of Section One (Akwanga–Jos, 125km) of the Akwanga–Jos–Bauchi–Gombe...
The Presidency has dismissed claims linking the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, to the appointment of Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi Matthew, describing the allegations as false and insisting that the suspect operated a fictitious presidential agency using forged documents. In a statement issued on Wednesday by the...
Federal Government has inaugurated the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) Ministerial Implementation and Monitoring Committee for Smart Schools, Bilingual Schools and Alternative Schools as part of renewed efforts to ensure that educational investments across the country deliver tangible benefits to Nigerian children. Speaking at the inauguration, the Minister of...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Monday, administered the Oath of Office to eight Federal Commissioners, two for the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) and six for the National Population Commission (NPC). The two RMAFC Commissioners are Hajiya Amina Ibrahim Gamawa and Abdullahi Mukhtar Muhammad. The six National...
President Bola Tinubu has directed a fresh round of evacuations for Nigerian nationals stranded in South Africa following the continued wave of xenophobic protests and anti-immigrant threats in parts of the country. The latest update was disclosed on Monday by the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu,...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has officially commissioned the newly rehabilitated and expanded road network from Karu Interchange to Customs Clinic Junction, including other adjoining roads in Karu, Abuja Municipal Area Council, (AMAC). Speaking at the ceremony on Monday, June 29, 2026, the President described the 15km road project with...
Federal Government has described the 2026 National MSME Awards as a clear demonstration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s unwavering commitment to positioning Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) as the foundation of Nigeria’s economic prosperity under the Renewed Hope Agenda. Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, stated...
Director-General of the National Identity Management Commission(NIMC), Dr. Abisoye Coker-Odusote has applauded President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for signing into law the NIMC Bill 2026. Speaking at the event which held at the Presidential Villa, Odusote said the Friday event marked a defining moment in the history of identity management...
Presidential spokesman Bayo Onanuga has dismissed claims that President Bola Tinubu promised not to seek a second term if he failed to deliver stable electricity across Nigeria within four years. The clarification follows renewed public attention to remarks Tinubu made during a business luncheon in December 2022 ahead of...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has paid glowing tribute to the Leader of the House of Representatives, Professor Julius Omozuanvbo Kayode Ihonvbere, on the occasion of his 70th birthday, describing him as a distinguished statesman, scholar and patriot whose life has been defined by selfless service to Nigeria. In a...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Professor Oluwatoyin Temitayo Ogundipe as chairman of the governing board of the National Universities Commission (NUC). He succeeds Emeritus Professor Olufemi Raphael Aina, who resigned his appointment after less than one year in office. President Tinubu appointed Professor Aina in July last year, and...
Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, has showered praises on the late Alhaja Abibatu Mogaji, mother of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, describing her as a woman whose love went far beyond her family and shaped Nigeria’s moral imagination. According to him, the leadership given by the late revered Iyaloja-General of...
President Bola Tinubu has granted a final six-month tenure extension to the Comptroller General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi. As Comptroller General of Customs, Adeniyi’s first tenure extension ought to have expired on August 1, 2026. The six-month extension, which will expire in February 2027, is to enable him to...