The Nigerian governance road show rolled into Benue state earlier this week. The president and a motley collection of officialdom rolled into the state to see why so many innocent people are dying unnecessary deaths in the hands of nameless killers. As it turns out, the president and his...
President Bola Tinubu
President Tinubu visited Benue State on Wednesday, June 18, supposedly on a condolence visit. Among other things, he called for unity, collaboration, and composition of a “committee” in search of solutions. Barely 72 hours after the visit, the representative of the Makurdi/Guma Constituency, where the Yelewata massacre happened a...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – Kaduna State Police Command has clarified a viral video showing a young APC supporter attempting to access a restricted area during President Bola Tinubu’s visit to Kaduna. According to the Command’s spokesperson, Mansir Hassan, the individual in the video is Umar Mohammed, a mentally...
President Bola Tinubu has commended the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, for his efforts in developing Abuja into a world-class capital city. The President made this commendation while inaugurating the first phase of Arterial Road N5 (Obafemi Awolowo Way) in Abuja, a project that is...
By MARY RONKE, Ilorin – President Bola Tinubu has reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to prioritizing reforms that enhance the ease of doing business, expand critical infrastructure, and stimulate sustainable growth in the real sectors of the economy. This assurance was made during the 65th Annual General Meeting/Conference of the...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – President Bola Tinubu is set to visit Kaduna State today, Thursday, to inaugurate several key developmental projects executed by Governor Uba Sani led administration. The projects include a 300-bed Specialist Hospital in Millennium City, Institute of Vocational Training and Skills Development, road projects, and...
President Bola Tinubu has taken a significant step towards ending the ongoing killings in Benue and its environs by directing the constitution of a peace resolution committee. The committee, which will comprise representatives from government, traditional leaders, youths, and women, will work towards finding lasting solutions to the crisis....
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – President and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of Nigeria, Bola Ahmed Tinubu has assured that he would work with other stakeholders to bring lasting peace in Benue State and Nigeria at large. Speaking in Makurdi during a town hall meeting with...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- The Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF) is holding a closed-door meeting with the National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu, and Minister of Defence, Mohammed Abubakar, at the NGF Secretariat in Abuja. The meeting, led by the Forum Chairman, Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara, comes on the...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Yobe State Governor and Chairman of the Lake Chad Governors Forum, Mai Mala Buni, has commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for approving the reconstruction of key roads in the Lake Chad Basin. The roads, including Dikwa-Ngala and Bama-Banki, will be reconstructed under the Dangote...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in very strong terms has condemned the gruesome massacre of over 200 Nigerians including children in Benue State, describing it as another horrifying chapter in the history of our nation under the unresponsive All Progressives Congress (APC) government. The party...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja- Former presidential aide Reno Omokri has thrown his weight behind President Bola Tinubu’s call for state policing, describing it as the right solution to address insecurity in Nigeria, particularly in the wake of recent attacks in Benue State. Omokri expressed his unequivocal support for the...
Subject: Exposing the Emerging Monopoly Threat in Nigeria’s Petroleum Sector by Aliko Dangote Your Excellency,President Bola Ahmed Tinubu,President, Federal Republic of Nigeria,State House, Abuja. Your Excellency, Fellow Nigerians, With utmost respect and patriotic concern, we write to bring to your urgent attention the growing alarm and apprehension across the...
President Bola Tinubu has been urged to declare armed herders causing mayhem in the country as terrorist group. The Chairman of Igbo-Etiti Local Government Area in Enugu State, Dr. Eric Odo, made the plea at a two-day meeting organized by ActionAid Nigeria in Enugu . He emphasized that such...
Mr President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu 1. If your security chiefs disobeyed your order to implement your earlier directive to bring peace to Benue, the solution is to sack them! A sergeant cannot ignore orders from even a 2nd Lt without suffering consequences. You make yourself look weak that...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has congratulated the former Head of State and elder statesman, General Abdulsalami Abubakar (rtd), on the occasion of his 83rd birthday. President Tinubu in his congratulatory message issued by his media aide, Bayo Onanuga, saluted Gen. Abdusalami for his decades of...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja- Anambra State governor Chukwuma Soludo, has declared that President Bola Tinubu led administration salvaged Nigeria’s public finances from the brink of collapse. In an address delivered on June 12 at The Platform Nigeria, hosted by Pastor Poju Oyemade and The Covenant Nation, Governor Soludo praised...
Hafsat Abiola, daughter of the late Chief M.K.O Abiola, has commended President Bola Tinubu for conferring a posthumous award on her mother, Kudirat Abiola. Kudirat Abiola was honoured with the Commander of the Federal Republic (CFR) title for her role in the campaign to validate the annulled June 12,...
Pro-democracy activist Dr. Layo Adebiyi has warned that any coalition formed against President Bola Tinubu’s second term will collapse before the 2027 election. Speaking at a news conference in Ikeja to commemorate June 12 Democracy Day, Adebiyi described Tinubu as a political continuation of Chief Obafemi Awolowo and Chief...