By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has approved the establishment of an Inter-Ministerial Committee to oversee the state burial of former President Muhammadu Buhari. In a statement released on Monday in Abuja, the Director of Information and Public Relations at the Office of the Secretary to the...
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By DAVID IORJA, Abuja- Vice President Kashim Shettima has arrived in London, accompanied by the Chief of Staff to the President, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, to pay his respects to the late former President Muhammadu Buhari. VP Shettima disclosed this on Monday in a post via his official X handle...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja- Federal Government has ordered that national flags across Nigeria be flown at half-mast for seven days in honor of the late former President Muhammadu Buhari, who passed away on Sunday, July 13, 2025. President Bola Tinubu gave the directive as a mark of respect to...
A former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Lagos State, Abdul-Azeez Adediran, popularly known as Jandor, has asserted that the party’s weak grassroots structure is the reason it continues to lose elections in the state. Jandor, who recently defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), made this...
1. Since assuming office, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has committed and, in some cases, openly endorsed acts that amount to grave violations of the Nigerian Constitution. These violations, cloaked in political expediency, threaten not only the credibility of his regime but also the very foundations of Nigeria’s fledgling democracy....
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja- Office of the Vice President has denied allegations that Senator Kashim Shettima’s remarks at a book launch were linked to recent media reports on the suspension of Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara. In a statement, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media &...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – African Democratic Congress (ADC) has denied allegations that it is planning to overthrow the President Bola Tinubu government before 2027. The Interim National Publicity Secretary of ADC, Bolaji Abdullahi, in a statement on Friday, described the allegation as a baseless and false narrative aimed...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- Labour Party (LP) has announced plans to expel its former presidential candidate, Peter Obi, due to his continued association with a political coalition formed by Atiku Abubakar and other politicians to challenge President Bola Tinubu led administration. According to Labour Party chieftain Abayomi Arabambi, Obi’s...
Federal Government has issued over 3.5 million passports in under two years and saved more than ₦1 billion annually through system reforms. Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, made this known at the inauguration of the ministry’s new passport front office in Abuja. Tunji-Ojo explained that the reforms align...
Rep. Aderemi Oseni has launched a strategic mobilisation for President Bola Tinubu’s re-election in 2027 in Oyo State, with the inauguration of Remi Oseni Committee of Friends (ROCOF) across the 33 local government areas of the state. Oseni declared ROCOF a non-political and non-religious group, but a movement that...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) has categorically denied allegations that it has been used to peddle drugs since President Bola Tinubu took office. In a statement signed by Franklin Alao, NIPOST Director, Corporate Communications, the service described the allegations as baseless and without merit. Alao...
New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has denied claims that its 2023 presidential candidate, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, will run for presidency on its platform in 2027. According to the NNPP National Chairman, Dr. Agbo Major, Kwankwaso and Elder Buba Galadima were long expelled from the party for anti-party activities. “We...
By DAVID IORJA , Abuja- President Bola Tinubu has inaugurated several projects in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), declaring that the era of empty promises and abandoned projects is over. Represented by Vice President Kashim Shettima, Tinubu said his administration is committed to bridging the gap between promise and...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja- The nation is in mourning following the passing of legendary Super Eagles goalkeeper, Peter Rufai, at 61. Prominent figures, including President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, former presidential candidates Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi, have paid tribute to the football icon. President Tinubu in a statement by...
A Lagos State PDP Chieftain, Prince Laja Adeoye, has expressed disappointment over former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s involvement in the African Democratic Congress (ADC), a platform adopted by his opposition coalition to unseat President Bola Tinubu in 2027. Adeoye, a House of Representatives hopeful in Oshodi-Isolo Federal Constituency, criticized...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Kogi State Government has said it will partner with the Energy Commission of Nigeria (ECN) to improve energy access through clean and renewable sources, in line with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda. This was reaffirmed during a working visit by the Kogi...
The gates of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) secretariat were shut down on Monday as workers, under the aegis of the Joint Action Congress (JUAC), embarked on a protest over unresolved welfare issues. The workers, who are demanding immediate attention to their plight, cited non-payment of overhead costs...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Stakeholders of All Progressives Congress (APC) from Nasarawa State have called on President Bola Tinubu and the leaders of the party in the country to make Senator Umaru Al-Makura, it’s next National Chairman The stakeholders made the call in a Statement made available to...
A former Senator and human rights activist, Shehu Sani, has dismissed the opposition coalition aimed at unseating President Bola Tinubu in 2027 as “dead on arrival.” Sani expressed his views in a recent interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. *“A Coalition of Frustrated Individuals”* Sani...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Federal Government has declared a state of emergency on the construction of the Suleja-Minna road due to the poor quality of work and abandonment of the project by the contractor, Salini Nigeria Limited. Minister of Works, David Umahi, made the declaration on Saturday during...