To improve the food security situation in the country, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Food Security, Barrister Yejide Ogundipe, has emphasized the critical role research institutes and Colleges of Education must play in boosting food production. The SSA, who spoke at a quarterly meeting of the provosts of national committees of agricultural…

The Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC) has waded into the issues raised by stakeholders regarding the payment of annual dues and fees by Public Interest Entities (PIEs). Director General PEBEC, Princess Zahrah Mustapha Audu, in a statement on Friday, disclosed that her outfit is holding a series of stakeholder engagements to examine concerns surrounding…

The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Public Communications, Sunday Dare, has said President Bola Tinubu is not worried about the next election but about the shared prosperity that he can bring to Nigerians. Dare in a statement on X, Tinubu is also worried about how the reforms he has put in place…

The Presidency has criticised the sanctions approved against Nigeria by the US House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee over widespread killings of Christians and religious violence in the country. The committee issued a report stating that between October 2019 and September 2023, terrorist groups killed 55,910 people and abducted 21,000 others in the country. In the document,…

Popular Anambra-based cleric, Prophet Chukwuemeka Ohanaemere, widely known as Odumeje, has declared his intention to run for Nigeria’s presidency in 2027, stating that the country needs young, digital-minded leaders rather than “old cargoes.” Odumeje made the announcement during a Sunday sermon, a moment that has since gone viral on social media. However, he did not…

Former All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential aspirant, Charles Udeogaranya, has said that former military Head of State, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida's recent clarification regarding the January 1966 coup d'état will pave the way for a Southeast president in the 2027 general elections. Udeogaranya, said this in a statement he released at the weekend, amidst growing calls…

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.) has again been the target of a deliberate misinformation campaign aimed at tarnishing its reputation and undermining the remarkable strides it has made recently. After failing to discredit the accomplishments of the Mele Kyari-led management—most notably the revitalisation of the 60,000-barrel-per-day Port Harcourt Refinery, which had been…

The leadership of Labour Party says it has never zoned its presidential ticket to the South-East. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Mr Obiora Ifoh, stated this in a statement issued in Abuja on Monday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ifoh was reacting to a report making the rounds that the party had…

The Federal Government has reiterated its commitment to combat malnutrition and improve nutrition outcomes across all 774 Local Government Areas (LGAs) in the country. Ibrahim Hassan-Hadejia, Deputy Chief of Staff to the President at the Office of the Vice President, made this statement during a two-day N-774 Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) validation meeting on Thursday…

Some of the West African nations who asked to leave the Economic Community of West African States after recent military takeovers are reportedly taking steps to reengage with the regional bloc within the six-month window set last December. Special Adviser to the President on Media and Public Communication, Sunday Dare, revealed this on Wednesday in…

President Bola Tinubu on Friday congratulated the Most Superior Evangelist Taiwo Oshin on the occasion of his 100th birthday. President Tinubu in a statement by the presidency extolled Baba Oshin of the Adegorushen Alaagbe family and patriarch of the Lasunwo royal family in Ikorodu, Lagos State. Tinubu also lauded the cleric on his centenary birthday,…

Laolu Akande, a former Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN), has said the southern presidency will last for eight years before power returns to the north. Addressing newsmen on Sunday, Akande dismissed those clamouring for power to return to the north as politicians merely making noise. He revealed…