Every first day of May, nations across the world pause to honour the dignity of labour and the men and women whose sweat and toil sustain civilisation. In Nigeria, Workers’ Day has always carried a particular poignancy, a moment to celebrate the resilience of a workforce that endures much...
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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will depart Abuja on Saturday, May 2nd, on a visit to Kenya, Rwanda and France. Special Adviser to the President (Information & Strategy), Bayo Onanuga, announced this in a statement issued on Friday in Abuja He said President Tinubu’s first stop will be in France, after...
I heartily congratulate Mohammed Idris Malagi, the Minister of Information and National Orientation, on his 60th birthday on May 2, 2026. Mohammed is an excellent communicator, public relations executive, and media leader who has brought finesse, credibility, and gravitas to public communication in our administration. His reputation precedes him. He has...
National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Professor Nentawe Yilwatda, has congratulated all the workers in the country on the occasion of the 2026 Workers’ Day celebration, commending their resilience, patriotism, and unwavering contributions to Nigeria’s growth and development. In a statement signed by Abimbola Tooki, his...
Nigeria’s Vice President, Kashim Shettima, has called for unity and restraint among political actors as activities ahead of the 2027 general elections begin to gather momentum, warning against actions that could fracture structures of the All Progressives Congress (APC) In a strongly worded statement on Thursday titled “2027: Don’t...
President Bola Tinubu has charged Nigeria’s newly appointed ambassadors and high commissioners to aggressively pursue foreign investments, strengthen strategic partnerships and reposition the country’s global image in line with evolving diplomatic realities. Speaking on Monday at the opening of an induction course for the envoys at the Ministry of...
Member representing Pankshin, Kanke and Kanam Federal Constituency, Yusuf Adamu Gagdi, has defended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu against claims that his administration is pushing Nigeria toward a one-party state. Speaking during a media parley with journalists, bloggers and content creators at his Rayfield residence in Jos, Gagdi said recent...
It was in 2016 that Nigeria first lost top army commanders – Lt. Col. K. Yusuf, Col. B.U. Umar, Lt. Col. Mohammed Abu Ali and Lt. Col. O. Umusu in the war against religious terrorists. Yet another heroic Lt. Col. Ibrahim Sakaba was murdered by terrorists in 2018 as...
President Bola Tinubu has reaffirmed Nigeria’s commitment to global peace and expressed strong solidarity with countries in the Gulf region following recent attacks linked to the escalating tensions involving the United States, Israel, and Iran. In a statement on Thursday, Tinubu stressed Nigeria’s longstanding position as a supporter of...
Borno State Governor Babagana Zulum, has expressed gratitude to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for approving N68 billion operational support to the Maiduguri Emergency Power Plant (MEPP). The Emergency Plant project, initiated in 2021 as a presidential intervention, was a critical response to the prolonged power outage caused by insurgents...
Plateau State government on Thursday arraigned four suspects arrested by the Department of State Services (DSS) in connection with the April 2026 killings in Angwa Rukuba, Jos North LGA of the state. The matter was, however, adjourned till April 30. Justices Danladi Longden and Gegeliah Fwomyon, who presided over...
Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has tendered his resignation and proposed the establishment of a coordinating Minister of Energy to drive integrated reforms across Nigeria’s power, gas and related sectors This is contained in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Strategic Communications and Media Relations, Bolaji Tunji,...
Nigeria’s Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, is expected to resign from his position in the coming days, a development that is already generating debate over the timing of his exit and the future of ongoing reforms in the country’s struggling electricity sector. The disclosure was made on Tuesday by...
President Bola Tinubu’s Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila, has been caught on video openly advising Leke Abejide, a key figure in the African Democratic Congress (ADC), to remain in the party and “fight them… scatter them.” In the viral video, Gbajabiamila, while speaking with Abejide, urged him not to...
Some Nigerians and armchair analysts are often quick to criticise the Federal Government for perceived shortcomings in security, highlighting isolated incidents such as kidnappings, improvised explosive devices, suicide bombings, and attacks in parts of the country. Such perceptions, however, tend to downplay and discount the heroic exploits of members...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has approved the appointment of Dr. Fatima Suleiman Zuntu as the new Director-General/ Chief Executive Officer of National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA). The president’s approval was contained in a statement issued on Monday in Abuja by the Head, Information & Public Relations, Office of the...
TChief Press Secretary (CPS) to the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mr. Adedayo Oketola, has said that a purported X (formerly Twitter) account attributed to the Commission’s Chairman, Prof. Joash Ojo Amupitan, SAN, is fake and part of a coordinated disinformation campaign. In a public statement...
African Democratic Congress (ADC) has criticised the Federal Government over reported plans to reintegrate hundreds of repentant terrorists into society, warning that such a move could undermine national security and deepen the trauma of victims of insurgency. In a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, the...
All Progressives Congress (APC) has pushed back against what it described as attempts by critics to undermine the achievements of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, accusing opposition figures of deliberately spreading misleading narratives. In a statement issued in Sokoto, Malam Yusuf Dingyadi, Senior Special Assistant to the APC National Chairman,...
