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Flight restrictions at the Yakubu Gowon Airport and a schedule overrun caused by a bilateral security meeting with the President of Chad combined to prevent President Bola Tinubu from driving into Jos township during his condolence visit to Plateau State, the Presidency said on Friday, responding to mounting public criticism over the manner of…
President Bola Tinubu has requested the National Assembly to approve an upward revision of the 2026 Appropriation Bill by N9 trillion, raising the proposed budget from N58.4 trillion to N67.4 trillion. The request was contained in a letter read on the Senate floor on Tuesday by the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, during…
Ten countries, including the United Kingdom, the United States and France, have formally granted agrément to Nigeria’s ambassadorial nominees, the Federal Government announced on Monday, marking a significant step in President Bola Tinubu’s effort to fill diplomatic vacancies that have persisted since he took office in May 2023. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson,…
Former Senate President Bukola Saraki has cleared President Bola Tinubu of any involvement in the legal and political persecution he endured during the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari, while also firmly rejecting claims that he is currently working for the president or the ruling All Progressives Congress. Saraki made the clarifications during an…
Nigeria’s Federal Government has launched a new Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Business Incubation Certification programme in 14 universities, setting a target to extend it to all federal universities by 2027 and all federal tertiary institutions by 2028. The Minister of Education, Maruf Alausa, announced the rollout on Friday in Abuja, presenting the initiative as a policy…
A faction of the Peoples Democratic Party under the influence of Nyesom Wike, Nigeria’s Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, has categorically rejected suggestions that it intends to support President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 general elections, insisting instead that the party will field its own presidential candidate when the time arrives for primary…
Credibility concerns have taken centre stage in Nigeria’s public communication space following the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations’ assessment of an interview granted by Presidential aide Daniel Bwala on an international broadcast platform. The Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) said the recent appearance of the Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Media…
President Bola Tinubu arrived in Lagos at 1:15 am on Friday, 20 March 2026, concluding a historic two-day state visit to the United Kingdom. The trip, the first by a Nigerian leader in 37 years, yielded a £746 million financing agreement to modernise the Lagos Port Complex and Tin Can Island Port. Backed by UK…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu used the final day of his United Kingdom state visit to promote Nigerian culture as the nation’s most potent export. Speaking at London’s Tate Modern, the President framed the ‘Nigerian Modernism’ exhibition as a demonstration of soft power. The gallery gathered diplomats and business leaders to view works from the mid-20th…
The African Democratic Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party have issued sharp criticisms of President Bola Tinubu’s handling of national security following coordinated suicide bombings in Maiduguri that killed at least 23 people and injured over 100 others, with both opposition parties demanding the president’s immediate return from his state visit to the United…
