Federal Government of Nigeria has taken a major step toward restoring financial stability and investor confidence in the electricity market with the finalization of the implementation framework for the Presidential Power Sector Debt Reduction Plan, a landmark initiative approved by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to address structural bottlenecks and...
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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Tuesday, October 14, 2025 congratulated the Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Olanipekun Olukoyede, on his birthday, affirming his courage and professionalism in driving the nation’s anti- corruption fight. According to the President in a Press Release by Bayo...
President Bola Tinubu has called on the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), to designate resource theft particularly illegal mining, and mineral smuggling as international crimes, warning that the menace poses a grave threat to the peace, stability, and economic prosperity of the subregion The President made the...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has welcomed the news of Shell’s $2 billion Final Investment Decision (FID) on a new gas project in the shallow offshore HI Field, in OML 144. A statement issued by the presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, said the new Non-Associated Gas (NAG) development project will deliver...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has described Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo, as a pride of the accountancy profession, commending his professionalism, integrity, and application of sound financial principles in governance. The President gave the commendation when he received a delegation from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria...
As the 2027 elections begin to take shape, former Ogun State Governor and current Senator representing Ogun East, Chief Gbenga Daniel, has urged Nigerians to rally behind President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for a second term in office. Speaking during the Bola Ahmed Tinubu-Otunba Gbenga Daniel (BATOGD) Mid-term Community Assessment...
All Progressives Congress (APC) in Delta State has thrown its full weight behind President Bola Tinubu and Governor Sheriff Oborevwori, endorsing both leaders as the party’s sole flagbearers for the 2027 presidential and governorship elections. This unanimous decision came during the party’s inaugural Stakeholders Meeting held at the Government...
President Bola Tinubu will depart Abuja on Sunday, October 12, for Rome, the capital of Italy, to participate in the Aqaba Process Heads of State and Government Level Meeting, with special focus on the security crisis in West Africa. The meeting, which will begin on October 14, will bring...
Nigerians began the week on the note of a sizzling report by an online newspaper, Premium Times. The report centred around allegations that our own very Honourable Minister of Innovation, Science and Techonology, Chief Geoffrey Uche Nnaji, forged his university degree as well as National Youth Service Corp (NYSC)...
Former Vice President and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has called for the immediate release or due prosecution of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, describing his prolonged detention as a “stain on the rule of law.”...
Former Governor of Abia State and current senator representing Abia North, Orji Uzor Kalu, has thrown his weight behind President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s re-election bid, insisting that no opposition figure—including seasoned contenders like Atiku Abubakar, Peter Obi, or former President Goodluck Jonathan—stands a chance against the incumbent in the...
President Bola Tinubu has officially signed the Nigeria Police Training Institutions Establishment Bill, 2024 into law, granting formal recognition to 48 police training institutions nationwide. Sponsored by Senator Ahmed Malam-Madori (APC–Jigawa North East), the legislation is designed to institutionalize police education, enhance professional development, and integrate global best practices...
As part of efforts to improve power supply in tertiary institutions across the country, the Executive Secretary of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETfund), Architect Sonny Echono has announced that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s approval of N200 billion additional funding through other sources to address the issue of power on...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has declined to give his assent to two legislative proposals recently passed by the National Assembly, citing significant flaws in both bills. NATIONAL ACCORD reports that the bills in question are the Nigerian Institute of Transport Technology Establishment Bill, 2025, and the National Library Trust...
In a political shake-up that has gripped the nation, Nigeria’s Minister of Innovation, Science, and Technology, Uche Geoffrey Nnaji, has officially tendered his resignation following intense scrutiny over the authenticity of his academic and NYSC credentials. Presidential spokesman Bayo Onanuga confirmed the development in a brief statement released Tuesday,...
President Bola Tinubu has formally requested the House of Representatives to approve the Federal Government’s plan to secure $2.34 billion in external funding. According to details read by House Speaker Rep. Abba Tajudeen during Tuesday’s plenary session, the president also sought legislative backing for a proposed $500 million sovereign...
President Bola Tinubu has directed the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) to immediately review and reduce the cost of the 2026 Hajj pilgrimage, following concerns over high exchange rate assumptions in the earlier fare projections. The announcement was made by the Deputy Chief of Staff to the President,...
The legal battle between Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Uche Nnaji, and the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), over claims of certificate forgery, hit a temporary roadblock on Monday as the Federal High Court in Abuja adjourned proceedings due to incomplete filings from the university’s legal team. The...
Thousands of Nigerians under the banner of Partners for National Economic Progress (PANEP) on Monday shutdown Kaduna city in protest, calling on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to crush those sabotaging efforts to achieve local refining of petroleum products. The protesters, who converged on the Murtala Mohammed Square before marching...
Convener of the Lagos4Lagos Movement and former PDP governorship candidate in Lagos State, Dr. Abdul-Azeez Adediran (popularly known as Jandor), has advised former President Goodluck Jonathan to disregard calls urging him to contest in the 2027 presidential election. In an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on...