Nigerian Coalition of Civil Society Organisations (NCCSO) has condemned the Federal Government’s decision to defer the 15% import duty on Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) and Diesel until the first quarter of 2026, describing it as a deliberate move that “strangulates local refineries and empowers foreign importers.” The coalition’s National...
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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has charged Nigerian editors to uphold truth, balance, and professionalism as anchors of national unity and democratic growth. Speaking on Wednesday at the Annual Conference of the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) held at the State House, Abuja, President Tinubu said the media remains central...
Senate has approved President Bola Tinubu’s request to borrow ₦1.15 trillion from the domestic debt market to fund part of the deficit in the 2025 budget. The decision was reached during Wednesday’s plenary after lawmakers adopted the report of the Senate Committee on Local and Foreign Debts, presented by...
Senator Orji Uzor Kalu has declared that President Bola Tinubu and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) will be unbeatable in the 2027 presidential election, describing the contest as “Tinubu versus Tinubu.” Speaking at a press conference in Abuja on Tuesday, the former Abia governor said the APC remains...
A youth-focused wing of the All Progressives Congress (APC), known as the Youth Structure for Asiwaju, has unveiled plans to rally six million young Nigerians in support of President Bola Tinubu’s re-election bid in 2027. Speaking with journalists on Monday at the APC National Secretariat in Abuja, the group’s...
President Bola Tinubu on Friday evening received President Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Although details of the meeting were not disclosed, it was believed to have focused on regional peace, security, and economic integration within West Africa. President Bio, who currently chairs the...
Akwa Ibom State Governor, Umo Eno, has performed the groundbreaking for the Federal Housing Authority (FHA) Renewed Hope Estate at Ekpene Ukim in Uruan Local Government Area. The groundbreaking performed on Thursday, 6 November, 2025, marked the formal commencement of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Housing Project in...
President Bola Tinubu on Friday hosted the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. The Sultan, who also serves as the President-General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), held a private meeting with the President behind closed doors. This visit...
A think tank group, the Independent Media and Policy Initiative (IMPI), has said the US President Donald Trump redesignated Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC) on the basis of jaundiced, obtrusive data provided by local and international groups with ulterior motives.In a policy statement signed by...
Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved a series of major road construction and rehabilitation projects worth more than ₦400 billion as part of the federal government’s drive to improve road infrastructure across the country. Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, announced the approvals while briefing State House correspondents after Thursday’s...
House of Representatives is preparing to submit a detailed report on the root causes of the Plateau crisis to President Bola Tinubu, according to the Chairman of the House Ad Hoc Committee on the Plateau Crisis, Rep. Wale Ahmed (APC–Lagos). Ahmed disclosed this in Abuja on Thursday during the...
By AMOS MATHEW, Kaduna – Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Abubakar Kyari, has commended Governor Uba Sani for transforming the agricultural and agro-industrial landscape of Kaduna State within just two and a half years in office. Speaking when he led a delegation of Commissioners of Agriculture from...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has expressed a sense of loss at the passing of Major General Abdullahi Mohammed Adangba (rtd.), a former Chief of Staff to Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and Umaru Yar’Adua. General Mohammed, who died at the age of 86, left indelible marks on the nation’s security architecture, particularly...
President Bola Tinubu has asked the National Assembly to approve a new ₦1.15 trillion loan from the domestic debt market to help cover the deficit in the 2025 national budget. The President’s appeal was contained in a letter presented during Tuesday’s plenary session and read aloud by the Senate...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja- Residents of Yenagoa, the capital city of Bayelsa State, were enthralled by renewed hope on Monday, as Vice President Bola Tinubu formally received Governor Douye Diri and his teeming supporters into the All Progressives Congress (APC). President Tinubu described the occasion as one of “those...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja- President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has received Professor Ademola Adenle, a Nigerian scholar and sustainability expert who recently won the inaugural World Academy of Sciences–M.S. Swaminathan Award for Food and Peace. President Tinubu in a statement by his media aide, Bayo Onanuga, congratulated Adenle for winning...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja- President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of five new Permanent Secretaries to fill existing vacancies within the Federal Civil Service. The announcement was made by the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Mrs. Didi Walson-Jack, through a statement released by Mrs. Eno...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja- Islamic cleric Sheikh Ahmad Gumi has urged President Bola Tinubu to take a firm diplomatic stand against U.S. President Donald Trump, following a statement allegedly threatening military action against Nigeria. In a post on his verified Facebook page on Sunday, Gumi described Trump’s reported comment...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja- A meeting is being planned between Nigeria’s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and U.S. President Donald Trump, as both leaders prepare to discuss security cooperation and clear up recent misunderstandings surrounding Nigeria’s internal challenges. Special Adviser to the President on Policy Communication, Daniel Bwala, made this...
President Bola Tinubu has officially welcomed a group of prominent defectors from the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) into the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in a major political development for Southern Kaduna. The defection of over 10 influential figures was celebrated at a grand rally held in Kafanchan,...