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President Bola Tinubu met French leader Emmanuel Macron at the Élysée Palace for a private dinner during an ongoing holiday. The late-night meeting underscores close diplomatic ties between Abuja and Paris. Both leaders discussed bilateral cooperation over meals. Bayo Onanuga shared photographs of the reception on social media platforms. French officials hosted the Nigerian delegation…
Vice President Kashim Shettima has said that no more than six of the North’s 19 governors supported President Bola Tinubu’s bid for the ruling party’s ticket ahead of the 2023 election, offering a rare public account of how thin the President’s regional backing was at the time. Shettima made the remark on Wednesday, 16…
The Northern States Christian Elders Forum demanded on Thursday, 17 September 2026, that President Bola Tinubu immediately reverse the latest increase in the pump price of petrol. In a hard-hitting statement signed by its chairman, Elder Sunday Oibe, the socio-religious group warned that repeated fuel price hikes threaten to push millions of struggling families past…
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and former Minister of Transportation Rotimi Amaechi met behind closed doors with leaders of the African Democratic Congress in Abuja to hammer out an alliance ahead of the 2027 general elections. The high-level parley brings two perennial heavyweights together in an ambitious bid to stitch together a credible opposition challenge…
Nigeria’s organised labour and main opposition leaders mounted fresh pressure on President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday, 16 September 2026, demanding urgent relief after petrol pump prices hit fresh peaks across the federation. The Nigeria Labour Congress called on the federal government to grant immediate wage awards to workers and supply crude to domestic refineries in…
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar launched a fierce attack on President Bola Tinubu on Monday, 14 September 2026, demanding a forensic audit of federation revenue as petrol pump prices touched 1,470 naira per litre. The African Democratic Congress presidential candidate accused the administration of running an organised system of grand larceny behind opaque deductions from…
Nigeria faces another shutdown of its public universities as the Academic Staff Union of Universities threatens to resume its suspended nationwide strike without further notice. Union president Christopher Piwuna issued the warning on Friday morning following an emergency meeting of the National Executive Council at the University of Abuja. Lecturers point to the incomplete implementation…
President Bola Tinubu’s latest attempt to stop the release of US investigative records has revived a three decade old controversy, but the legal dispute now centres less on whether a 1993 forfeiture occurred and more on whether records from an American law enforcement investigation can be withheld under US privacy and investigative exemptions. Tinubu,…
The proposal by a pro President Bola Tinubu support group for Peter Obi to withdraw from the 2027 presidential race and support the incumbent has opened a larger question about the political arithmetic of the Southeast, and whether an alliance between the region and the Southwest can realistically alter the succession calculations ahead of…
President Bola Tinubu’s three week European leave has arrived at a politically significant moment, with the 2027 presidential campaign already underway and the constitutional question of how presidential powers are handled during a vacation once again relevant to public scrutiny. Tinubu left Abuja on Sunday, August 30, for a three week annual leave, with London,…