The African Democratic Congress Presidential Campaign Council (ADC-PCC) has criticised President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over what it described as his lack of empathy for Nigerians facing insecurity, hunger and economic hardship, urging him to learn lessons in responsive leadership from French President Emmanuel Macron. The council’s reaction follows reports...
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The return of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to Nigeria after about one month in Europe has continued to generate reactions, with Paul Ibe, an aide to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar raising fresh concerns over the trip. In a statement on Tuesday, Ibe said the President’s return did not...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has returned to Nigeria after his working vacation in the United Kingdom and France, declaring that he is ready to resume official duties. Speaking shortly after arriving in the country on Tuesday, the President said: “I’m here, ready to work and ready to go.” The...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is hale and hearty and remains focused on delivering on his mandate despite being away from Abuja on a working vacation, the Presidency has said. The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, said Tinubu’s absence from the Federal Capital Territory...
President Bola Tinubu has witnessed the signing of Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) between the Ogun State Government and global logistics company DP World for the development of the Gateway Deep Seaport and a Special Blue Economy Zone, projects valued at more than $7 billion. Minister of Marine and Blue...
Presidential media aide, Daniel Bwala has defended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s authority to govern Nigeria despite being outside the country, dismissing opposition criticism over the absence of both the President and Vice President Kashim Shettima. Bwala, in a post on his verified X account, said it was “funny” that...
A media aide to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Paul Ibe, has questioned who is currently exercising presidential powers in Nigeria following the expiration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s announced three-week vacation. In a statement on Tuesday, Ibe said the development had raised constitutional concerns and called on the...
President Tinubu will return to Nigeria at the weekend, following the extension of his working vacation by a few days. The presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, disclosed this in a statement issued via his verified X handle on Monday. It would be recalled that President Tinubu departed Nigeria on August...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu today, as part of his working vacation, held extensive talks in Paris with Mr Vincent Bolloré of the Bolloré Group, whose media and digital interests include Canal+, MultiChoice and Universal Music Group. Details of the meeting was shared in a statement by the presidential spokesman,...
For years, Africa has been called a continent of untapped potential. Potential doesn’t build roads. Potential doesn’t feed people. Potential hasn’t made Africa the global powerhouse it is meant to be. Despite having over 60% of the world’s usable arable land left untilled and miles upon miles of the...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja- Brighton & Hove Albion Women FC has announced the signing of Nigerian goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie from Paris FC. Nnadozie, who is also the CAF Goalkeeper of the Year, will join the club on July 1, once her contract with Paris FC ends. Women’s head coach...
Ballon d’Or award ceremony will take place on September 22 this year and the number of awards for women and men will be equal for the first time, organisers said on Monday. Awards for best women’s goalkeeper, best young women’s player and the top women’s scorer in a club...
The last time Kim Kardashian faced the men that police say robbed her, she was bound with zip ties and held at gunpoint, and feared she might die. On Tuesday, nearly a decade later, she returns to Paris to testify against them. One of the most recognisable figures on...
The Nigerian political opposition is scoring desired attention from the Tinubu’s disappearing antics. In apparent response to the growing outcry of opposition voices and the enlightened citizenry about the President’s prolonged absence in a bad time, the Presidency has just issued a second statement explaining and justifying Tinubu’s mysterious...