Leaders of the defunct Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) have reiterated their loyalty to the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the President Bola Tinubu-led administration. In a press statement on Wednesday in Abuja, the leaders dismissed recent claims and media reports suggesting that they were defecting to opposition political...
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By DAVID IORJA, Abuja- President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has inaugurated a high-level committee on the forthcoming national population and housing census on Wednesday. The committee will submit an interim report within three weeks. The President in a statement on Wednesday by his spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, said the census is...
Seyi Tinubu, the son of President Bola Tinubu, is up and about; touring Nigeria from north to south, east and west. The First Son of Nigeria has been full of doings. He has done welfare and other humanitarian services. If he wasn’t paying school fees, he’s offsetting hospital bills...
An interest group, Patriots for the Advancement of Peace and Social Development (PAPSD), has urged President Bola Tinubu and lovers of democracy to ignore calls for declaration of a state of emergency in Zamfara. The PAPSD Executive Director, Dr Sani Shinkafi, made the call in a statement issued on...
By AMOS MATHEW, Kaduna – President Bola Tinubu has flagged off the reconstruction of the Abuja-Kaduna-Zaria-Kano federal highway, a critical road which is vital to the socio-economic life of Northern Nigeria. Speaking at the event on behalf of the President, Governor Uba Sani described the road as a major...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja- President Bola Ahmed Tinubu received a State Department representative from President Donald J. Trump led administration, Mr. Massad Boulos, Senior Advisor for Africa, on Thursday in Paris. A statement issued by the presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, said the meeting focused on developing a strategic economic...
A Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain in Lagos State, Dr Adetokunbo Pearse, has said the opposition coalition formed to unseat President Bola Tinubu in 2027 will achieve nothing . Pearse, a former member, Atiku Abubakar 2023 presidential campaign council, said this an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria...
President Bola Tinubu has assured the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) of his government’s support to ensure the advancement of its Open and Distance Learning (ODL) structure. Tinubu gave the assurance on Saturday in Abuja at the 14th convocation of the university, where the Speaker of the House...
President Bola Tinubu has condoled the family, friends, and associates of Christian Chukwu, Nigerian football icon, who died on Saturday at the age of 74. “The President joins the football community in mourning a legend whose contributions to the beautiful game elevated Nigeria’s status globally,” Mr Bayo Onanuga, his...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s removal of fuel subsidy on May 29th, 2023, will always be remembered for its audacity. And the President himself will be in history books for his uncommon courage. Now, less than two years later, the alternative is steadily paying-off, not only for motorists and transporters,...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume (APC Borno South) has kicked against lopsidedness in federal or political appointments by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, which according to him, has favoured one section or ethnic group, contrary to the dictates of the Federal Character guidelines. Ndume said, he...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja- The business community is mourning the loss of Pascal Dozie, the pioneering founder of Diamond Bank, who died on Tuesday, April 8, 2025, just a day before his 86th birthday. Born on April 9, 1939, in Egbu, Owerri, Imo State, Dozie was a respected financial...
President Bola Tinubu has formally announced the institutionalisation of April 7 every year as National Police Day to honour fallen heroes of the force and acknowledge the heroics of its personnel. Tinubu, represented by Vice-President Kashim Shettima, announced this during the maiden edition of the National Police Day celebrations...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja- President Bola Tinubu, and former president Olusegun Obasanjo have condoled with the government and people of Oyo State over the death of Dr Victor Olunloyo, the former governor of old Oyo State. Tinubu in a condolence message by his spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, extended sympathy to...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has promised that the gunmen who killed many people in communities in Plateau State will be apprehended and face severe punishment under the law. The President extended his condolences to the families of the victims in Ruwi, Hurti, and Tadai communities...
President Bola Tinubu will visit some of the area councils of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to identify with rural dwellers as part of activities to celebrate his second year in office. FCT Minister Nyesom Wike stated this after he inspected some ongoing projects in Kwali, Gwagwalada and Bwari...
Vice President Kashim Shettima has said President Bola Tinubu is working diligently to reposition the nation’s health sector, through enhanced financing, workforce training, and digital integration. Shettima made these remarks on Saturday during the inauguration of the Sulaiman Adegunwa Trauma Centre at Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital. The ceremony,...
President Bola Tinubu has restated his commitment to preserving Nigeria’s diverse cultures by supporting initiatives that promote the country’s rich cultures. Tinubu stated this on Saturday during the official coronation of Oba Abimbola Owoade, the Alaafin of Oyo, held at Olivet Baptist High School in Oyo. The President, who...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has expressed sorrow over the death of Sen. Solomon Otegbola, the Asiwaju of Aworiland. In a condolence message to the Otegbola family and the people of Aworiland, the President described the late Senator as “a man of immense dignity, principle, and...
By AMOS MATHEW, Kaduna – Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), has commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led Administration for the appointment of Ahmad Musa Kida as the new board Chairman and Bashir Bayo Ojulari as the Group Managing Director to pilot the affairs of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited....