The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Dele Alake, has restated President Bola Tinubu’s commitment to improve the welfare of senior citizens in the country. Alake said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ikoro-Ekiti, his country home. According to the minister, Tinubu is...
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President Bola Tinubu says the Federal Government will support the government and people of Borno following the floods that have ravaged parts of the state. The President, who was received in Maiduguri on Monday by Gov. Babagana Zulum, expressed sadness over the massive losses caused by the flooding. The...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja- President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Nigerian Muslims on this year’s commemoration of the Maulud Nabiy, the birthday of Prophet Muhammad. Tinubu urged Muslims to use the period for deep reflection and remembrance of the Holy Prophet’s exemplary conduct and noble teachings. Mr Bayo Onanuga, the...
By MBAFAN ADE, Abuja – Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against President Bola Tinubu over what it described as the failure by the President to direct the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) to reverse the “apparently unlawful increase in the pump price of petrol, and...
Order in every credible democracy is a balance of compassion and hard policy choices. The hard choices, often of a reform nature, which confront new leaders only make sense if they are for the common good. Otherwise, a barrage of crushing reforms with no tinge of compassion can suffocate the...
President Bola Tinubu on Saturday commended the military for achieving successful operations against security threats in the North-West. The President stated that these successes provided further assurance that security operatives were capable of ensuring the nation’s peace and security. The successful operations followed President Tinubu’s directive to service chiefs...
Nick AguleEmail: nick.agule@yahoo.co.ukX: @NickAgule, FCAFacebook: Nick Agule, FCA President Tinubu never lets an opportunity to slip to showcase the reforms embarked upon by his government chiefly of which are removal of petrol subsidy and unification of foreign exchange rates. Recently in China, the President told a group of Nigerians...
President Bola Tinubu has welcomed the latest report on the country’s trade balance by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). According to the report, Nigeria recorded another trade surplus in the second quarter of 2024, hitting N6.95 trillion, which is 6.60 per cent higher than the N6.52 trillion surplus...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu and His Majesty King Charles III met at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday for a private meeting, highlighting the enduring and cherished relationship between Nigeria and the United Kingdom. This will be the first meeting of the two leaders since they met...
A former chieftain of the All Progressive Congress (APC) , Salihu Lukman, has predicted that Nigerians will ‘vote out’ President Bola Tinubu in 2027, just as they ousted the military regime in 1999. Lukman, a former National Vice Chairman of the party, made this statement on Channels Television’s Politics...
President Bola Tinubu has been described as a veteran captain that would safely land Nigeria from its current turbulent situations. Sen. George Akume, Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), said this when the management of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) visited him on Wednesday in Abuja....
President Bola Tinubu has said his administration is restoring confidence in Nigeria economy through measures aimed at reducing inflation, stabilising the foreign exchange market, and improving fiscal management. Tinubu, represented by his Vice, Kashim Shettima, gave the assurance on Tuesday at the 17th Annual Chartered Institute of Bankers of...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – The Presidency has denied allegations of human rights abuses and violations in Nigeria made by the Trade Union Congress (TUC) in the United Kingdom. Special Adviser to the President, Bayo Onanuga, described the claims as false and misleading. Onanuga explained that the Nigerian government...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has expressed deep concern about the flooding in parts of Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State. NATIONAL ACCORD reports that the worst flood in recent decades has displaced thousands of residents and affected facilities such as the Post office and the Maiduguri...
President Bola Tinubu has been urged to consider reshuffling his cabinet to expedite delivery of his Renewed Hope Agenda to the masses A Public Affairs Analyst, Mr Alexander Orji, gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Lagos. According to him,...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has sympathized with the government and people of Niger over the petrol tanker explosion in the state on Sunday, which claimed the lives of 48 people and livestock. According to the Niger Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and the Federal Road Safety...
Foremost Professor of Political Science, Bolaji Akinyemi, has cautioned President Bola Tinubu’s administration to be careful with Chinese deals. Prof Akinyemi, also a former Director General of the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA), was a guest on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics programme. “Of course, we should be careful...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Tinubu to use his “leadership position and good offices to direct the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), to immediately reverse what it described as the “illegal and unconstitutional” increase in the pump price...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been urged to appoint Abdul’aziz Abdul’aziz, a veteran broadcast journalist as the new presidential spokesperson following the sudden resignation of Chief Ajuri Ngelale. Malam Adamu Aliyu Ngulde, a journalist based in Maiduguri, who made the call in a statement...
A former PDP presidential aspirant, Dr Abdul-Jhalil Tafawa Balewa, has urged Nigerians to be patient with President Bola Tinubu,saying he inherited a near-bankrupt nation ,but trying hard to put things right. Tafawa-Balewa made the statement in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Lagos....