The Director-General of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), Senator Abubakar Yari, has begun nationwide political consultations ahead of President Bola Tinubu’s 2027 re-election campaign. The consultations, described as the first major outing of the campaign structure, will take the former Zamfara State governor across the...
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Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, has said through reforms instituted across diverse sectors in Nigeria, the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is supporting the transformation of indigenous companies into international brands. He observed that companies such as Flutterwave, Moniepoint, Andela and others are leveraging the gains of the...
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has alleged that the Auditor-General’s report showing that cash transfers amounting to ₦33.75 billion to 3.29 million households could not be verified confirms long-standing concerns about the Federal Government’s social intervention programme. In a statement issued on Monday, the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Mallam...
A fresh controversy has emerged over the ongoing Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) litigation involving President Bola Tinubu’s records in the United States (US), with Paul Ibe, media adviser to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, accusing the Presidency of avoiding the central issues raised by the case. In a...
Kaduna State Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Hon. Sadiq Mamman-Lagos, has urged Northern politicians agitating for a change of government in 2027 to allow President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to complete his constitutional tenure. Mamman-Lagos said it was the turn of the South to occupy the presidency, urging...
African Democratic Congress (ADC) has described the exit of global ride-hailing brand Uber from Nigeria, alongside the shutdown or scaling down of operations by several major international companies, as further evidence that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s economic policies are turning Nigeria into a “graveyard of businesses.” In a statement...
The Presidency has moved to clear the air over reports surrounding an ongoing Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) case involving President Bola Ahmed Tinubu before the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, insisting that the matter is purely a civil records-disclosure dispute and not a criminal...
President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Zamfara State Governor, Dr Dauda Lawal, on his birthday on September 2. The President in a statement by his spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, celebrated Dr Lawal on this occasion, describing him as a Renaissance governor who has brought positive change to Zamfara. President Tinubu particularly...
A media aide to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Paul Ibe, has criticised the Federal Government’s projection of growing Nigeria’s economy to $1 trillion by 2030, describing the target as unrealistic under current economic conditions. In a post directed at the Chairman of the Presidential Fiscal Policy and Tax...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has welcomed the encouraging news on Monday from the National Bureau of Statistics, which shows that Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the second quarter of 2026 grew by 4.43 per cent, up from 4.23 per cent in the second quarter of 2025. The report also...
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has endorsed the G-100 (a group of 100 opposition stalwarts) driven process of creating an all-opposition front to challenge the incumbent APC candidate in the 2027 general elections. National Publicity Secretary, Interim National Working Committee of the PDP, Comrade Ini Ememobong, confirmed this in a...
Nigeria’s economy maintained a strong growth trajectory in the second quarter of 2026, with real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) expanding by 4.43 per cent year-on-year, according to the Federal Ministry of Finance. The latest economic performance represents an improvement over the 4.23 per cent recorded in the second quarter...
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the government of President Bola Tinubu and the Department of State Services (DSS) to “immediately withdraw all bogus charges against journalist and activist Omoyele Sowore and end the continuing harassment and intimidation of him over his peaceful exercise of his human...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu currently enjoys the strongest route to re-election in 2027, ahead of his major challengers, Peter Obi and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, according to a political assessment by ADSC META. The report, signed by the organisation’s President and Chief Executive Officer, Sir Victor Walsh Oluwafemi,...
Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sunday Kelvin Aneke, has participated in the inaugural meeting of the high-level Committee established pursuant to the directive of the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to develop a comprehensive National Threat Assessment and Rolling Five-Year...
The Presidency has criticised former Vice President Atiku Abubakar over what it described as conflicting positions on petrol subsidy, accusing the 2023 presidential candidate of sending mixed signals on a key economic policy. In a statement issued on Wednesday, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo...
President Bola Tinubu has directed the Federal Ministry of Works to immediately intervene on the deteriorating Benin-Agbor-Asaba Road and the Ifaki-Kabba-Ado Ekiti Highway linking Ekiti and Kogi states, following growing concerns over the severe hardship being experienced by motorists. The directive was disclosed on Tuesday in a statement issued...
Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has reaffirmed his commitment to restoring fuel subsidy if elected president in 2027, arguing that Nigeria has the resources to shield its citizens from economic hardship. Atiku, who is the African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential hopeful, made the declaration in a post shared on...
Former Vice President and Presidential Candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Atiku Abubakar, has clarified that his proposed petroleum intervention is not a return to Nigeria’s discredited import-subsidy regime, but targeted support for domestic production designed to reduce the cost of living. In a statement issued on Tuesday...
All Progressives Congress (APC) in Plateau State has launched a women-led grassroots mobilisation drive ahead of the 2027 general elections with the inauguration of the Tinubu Torchbearers (TTB), a support group tasked with mobilising women across the state for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Governor Caleb Mutfwang and other APC...