President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Prince Adetokunbo Ademola Ade-John as Senior Special Assistant on Transportation and Mobility. This is contained in a statement issued by the presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, on Thursday in Abuja. The appointment takes effect from August 27, 2026, with a mandate to...
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National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda, has said the economic reforms introduced by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu are laying a solid foundation for long-term growth and positioning Nigeria to achieve a $1 trillion economy by 2030. Yilwatda made the remarks after representing President Tinubu...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has formally reported the recurring xenophobic and Afrophobic attacks against Africans and other nationals in South Africa to the African Union @_AfricanUnion, warning that the incidents undermine the continent’s solidarity, unity and peaceful coexistence. Specifically, he requested prompt collective action from the continent’s leaders, including...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will depart Abuja today for Europe to begin a three-week vacation as part of his annual leave. The presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen on Sunday in Abuja. Mr. Onanuga said the President first stop will be London, United...
The Department of State Services (DSS) has instructed its private counsel, Akinlolu Kehinde, SAN, to take steps to seek adjournment in the case of alleged cyber-bullying it instituted against African Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, until after the next presidential election slated for January 16, 2027. The...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has directed the Minister of Finance and Co-ordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr Taiwo Oyedele, to oversee and coordinate a comprehensive forensic audit of Federal Government systems. The audit will include a review of the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS), Federal Government agencies, and...
Federal Government has awarded contracts for the rehabilitation of 13 police training institutions across the country. This is just as the Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima has charged the National Economic Council (NEC) to sustain ongoing reforms until improvements in the economy translate into jobs, stronger purchasing power, business...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Thursday swore in Mr Abel Olumuyiwa Enitan as the new Head of Civil Service of the Federation (HoCSF). Enitan succeeds Mrs Didi Esther Walson-Jack, who retired after attaining the mandatory retirement age of 60 years. The brief swearing-in ceremony took place at the State House, Abuja,...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has expressed deep sadness over the sudden death of Mr Dotun Oladipo, former Political Editor of The Punch newspaper and Publisher of The Eagle Online, describing his death as a painful loss to Nigeria’s media industry and the nation at large. President Tinubu in a...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has renewed the tenure of the Director-General of the NigerianTelevision Authority (NTA) and the Managing Director of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) for another three-year term. This is contained in a statement issued by the presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga on Sunday in Abuja. It would...
Human rights activist and 2027 presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, has alleged that Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has sealed a political agreement with President Bola Tinubu following the governor’s recent visit to the Presidential Villa. Sowore made the claim in a post published...
Presidency has strongly criticised former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s proposal to restore petrol subsidy if elected president, describing the plan as economically unsustainable, legally complicated and driven by political desperation rather than sound fiscal policy. In a statement issued on Thursday by the Special Adviser to the President on...
Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, has said the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is deliberately spreading infrastructure and economic opportunities beyond major cities to reduce congestion, expand jobs and promote balanced national development across Nigeria. This, he noted, is driven by the administration’s conviction that such state-driven projects...
By President Bola Tinubu is expected to visit Cross River State to officially perform the groundbreaking ceremony for the long-awaited Bakassi Deep Seaport project, the state government has confirmed. The deep seaport, conceived during the administration of former Governor Ben Ayade, is regarded as one of the state’s most...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Mr Abel Olumuyiwa Enitan as the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, effective August 27, 2026. This is contained in a statement issued to newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja by the presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga. According to the statement, Mr Enitan...
Bank of Industry Limited (BOI) has praised President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for his leadership and support after its ₦250 billion Series 1 Fixed Rate Bond was oversubscribed within five days. The bank issued the bond through its BOI Financing SPV Plc under the bank’s $1 billion Multi-Currency Instruments Programme....
President Bola Tinubu has called on Nigerians living abroad to move beyond remittances by investing in key sectors of the country’s economy. The President made the appeal while declaring open the three-day Nigeria Diaspora Economic Conference (NIDEC) 2026 in Toronto, Canada, where he was represented by his Chief of...
Presidential Working Group on the National Policing Bill has extended the deadline for the submission of memoranda and position papers on the proposed legislation to 5:00 p.m. on Friday, August 21, 2026. The extension is aimed at giving individuals, institutions and organisations more time to prepare detailed submissions and...
Minister of Art, Culture, Tourism and Creative Economy, Hannatu Musawa, has disclosed that the Creative sector of the Economy is roughly contributing 2.3% of the GDP, against an official target of N100 billion GDP contribution and 2 million jobs by 2030, under the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola...