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 Tinubu
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...
Nyesom Wike is the 17th Federal Capital Territory (FCT) minister. Since 1999, the starting block of the 4th Republic, Wike is the 8th minister of Nigeria’s fast-transforming capital. But even as one in a class of 17 members, Wike stands out. He always does. As governor of Rivers state...
Reforms, especially stringent ones are initiated and implemented by sovereign states around the world, to address systemic, structural issues that might have blocked their development. However, decisive and fearless leadership is needed for reforms to be undertaken successfully, as some reforms may come with pain, as they upset the...
Reforms, especially stringent ones are initiated and implemented by sovereign states around the world, to address systemic, structural issues that might have blocked their development. However, decisive and fearless leadership is needed for reforms to be undertaken successfully, as some reforms may come with pain, as they upset the...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has urged the management of Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) to do all within its powers to ensure Nigeria derives maximum benefits from its gas reserves rather than allowing them to be flared. The President said this Wednesday at the State House, where he received...
President Bola Tinubu has expressed condolences to the family, friends, and colleagues of Taiwo Hassan (Ogogo), the veteran Nollywood actor, filmmaker, and screenwriter, following his demise. The president in a statement on Monday by his media aide, described Hassan, popularly known as Ogogo, as a distinguished artiste whose career spanned...
African Democratic Congress (ADC) has criticised the composition of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s 2027 campaign council, describing it as a platform that accommodates individuals with unresolved corruption allegations rather than a conventional political campaign team. In a statement issued on Sunday by its National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi,...
President Bola Tinubu has expressed deep sorrow over the boat accident in Gorau Community of Goronyo Local Government Area of Sokoto State, which claimed many lives and left others missing. Tinubu in a statement by his spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, described the incident as a tragedy and extended his heartfelt...
President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Maryam Ibrahim Dan’ Azumi, a remarkable daughter of Gombe State and a proud Nigerian, for emerging as the winner in the women’s category at the 46th King Abdulaziz International Qur’anic Competition in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. President Tinubu in a statement by his...
I am endlessly enthralled by a recent viral social media story. A bright young man in Kenya became enamored of the legal profession by being in the vicinity of a law office and attending courts regularly to observe the ways of lawyers and judges. So, he assumed himself a...
The Executive Chairman of the Nigeria Revenue Service (NRS), Zacch Adedeji, has dismissed online reports linking the NRS to an imaginary fraud related to the Frontier Exploration Fund, calling it sponsored fake news. The report had alleged the transfer of $279 million from the Fund’s account to some unnamed...
On the dichotomy of kingly power and clerical obligations, there is an undisputed demarcation. Unto kings is given the power to guarantee the orderly governance of the state and the welfare of citizens in a republic. But the ultimate preoccupation of the divine is the good of all humanity....
The Minister of State for Defence, Dr Bello Matawalle, is passionately pushing a President Tinubu agenda on national security. On Wednesday, July 29, 2026, Matawalle, was in Kaduna to inaugurate the Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria (DICON) Institute of Technology. The trip was without fanfare but it was loud...
At just 50, Matthew Tonlagha’s life has orbited the full cycle of human accomplishments. From general welfare, education support, healthcare provision, community development, youth empowerment, job and wealth creation, and security of lives and physical infrastructure. In case, you don’t know him, Tonlagha is the Chairman of Maton Engineering...
I have fallen victim to two sets of phone calls in recent weeks about political developments in Nigeria. Between foreign friends and associates on one hand and my local elite readers and friends on the other. The foreigners have uniformly expressed consternation at recent political developments in Nigeria. They...
A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) will on Tuesday deliver judgment in a N5.5 billion defamation suit filed by two operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) against the Incorporated Trustees of Socio- Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP). The group had on September 9,...
Nigerian politicians have once again carried out another successful coup against the people. They have fired up a nationwide frenzy about the 2027 general elections just as the democratic space in which those elections will take place is dying. Those yearning for paradise had better hang their hopes up...
Tiv women in Takum and Donga Local Government Areas of Taraba State have appealed to President Bola Tinubu and Governor Agbu Kefas to facilitate the urgent deployment of security personnel to their communities to enable them return to their farms. The women, drawn from affected communities including Adu, Gbundu,...