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President Bola Tinubu has described the death of former Super Eagles head coach and renowned football administrator, Festus Adegboye Onigbinde, as a profound loss to Nigerian football, praising the late sports icon for his pioneering contributions to the development of the game in the country. In a condolence message issued through his Special Adviser…
A senior official of the All Progressives Congress has issued a sweeping dismissal of Nigeria’s opposition parties, declaring them intellectually bankrupt and existentially unprepared to contest the 2027 general elections while asserting that the ruling party has already secured insurmountable political and governance advantages under President Bola Tinubu’s administration. Tolu Bankole, who serves as the…
President Bola Tinubu has moved to split the state’s monopoly on power transmission by creating the Grid Asset Management Company (GAMCO). The Federal Executive Council approved the plan on Wednesday to address the chronic instability of the national grid. Nigeria privatised its generation and distribution arms over a decade ago but kept the transmission lines…
The National Police Council has unanimously endorsed the appointment of Olatunji Disu as the substantive Inspector-General of Police, bringing formal closure to a succession process that began with the abrupt resignation of former IGP Kayode Egbetokun last week. The endorsement came on Monday following a meeting at the State House in Abuja, which lasted…
President Bola Tinubu has approved a fresh five-year term for Ahmed Abubakar Audi as the Commandant-General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC). The reappointment, effective from Friday, 27 February 2026, ensures continuity at the helm of the paramilitary agency. Audi was first appointed to the role in 2021 by former President Muhammadu…
A coalition of opposition figures gathered in Abuja on Thursday to denounce the Electoral Act 2026. Led by the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), the group described the new law as a “death knell” for competitive democracy. President Bola Tinubu signed the Act last week, following a swift passage…
President Bola Tinubu has finally asked the Senate to dismantle the federation’s centralised policing model. Speaking at an interfaith dinner in Abuja, the President urged lawmakers to amend the 1999 Constitution to permit subnational police forces. The shift reflects a grim admission: the federal government can no longer secure the hinterlands on its own. Decades…
Legal experts and stakeholders are weighing in on President Bola Tinubu’s recent executive order that halts revenue deductions by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited and other agencies, highlighting tensions between presidential authority and legislative supremacy under Nigeria’s 1999 Constitution. The directive, aimed at curbing what the administration views as excessive deductions from oil…
The Nigerian presidency has a penchant for polite fiction. On Tuesday, the official word was that Kayode Egbetokun, the Inspector-General of Police, had resigned to attend to “family issues.” The reality is more clinical. Mr. Egbetokun was summoned to the Villa on Monday evening and told his time was up. In the language of Abuja’s…
As the All Progressives Congress counts down to its national convention slated for March 27 and 28, the clearest signal yet from within the party’s inner circle is that President Bola Tinubu has made his preference known: retain Professor Nentawe Yilwatda as national chairman and Dr. Ajibola Basiru as national secretary, a position that…
