President Tinubu
27 May 2024
May 29, 2024, will mark exactly one year since President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration came to power. The president didn’t waste as much
25 May 2024
The Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, on Friday said that all 21 electronic gates (E-gates) at Lagos airports would be
21 May 2024
Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has expressed concern over what he described as the fiscal indiscipline of the
21 May 2024
The much-awaited public presentation of the book, Leading From The Streets: Media Interventions by a Public Intellectual, 1999-2019, authore
19 May 2024
The Muslim Ummah of South West Nigeria (MUSWSN), a faith-based, non-governmental and non-political organisation, has called on the Federal Government to urgently address the root causes of insecurity in Nigeria. The President of MUSWEN, Alhaji Rasaki Oladejo made the call during a Public Health lecture series organised by MUSWEN Health Committee on Sunday in Ibadan.…
15 May 2024
President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday received the report of the High Powered Presidential Committee (HPPC) on Nigeria's Extended Continental Shelf Project with a commendation to the team of experts who worked hard over the years to advance the project, which aims to extend Nigeria's maritime boundaries in accordance with the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), 1982.
15 May 2024
Life in Nigeria has become miserable for the larger population as 2024 is one of the hardest years Nigerians have ever undergone after the ugly experience of civil war.
13 May 2024
Some Nigerians in the United States have praised President Bola Tinubu for maintaining neutrality in the ongoing Rivers State crisis between Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his predecessor, Nyesom Wike. Under the auspices of the Association of Nigerian Professionals in Diaspora (ANProD), the Nigerians said President Tinubu's refusal to take sides with Wike is healthy for democracy.…
6 May 2024
Some of the challenges faced by the police officers in Nigeria include the fact that they are inadequately trained, live in dilapidated barracks, and are poorly paid, an issue that has been associated with corruption.
21 Apr 2024
Tracking many stories of remarkable progress currently taking place in Nigeria can be a challenging task. This is so because these important stories are lost to some who daily indulge in the cacophony of adverse reports. These negative news often dominate the headlines.
18 Apr 2024
The leadership of the Ijaw Youths Network (IYN) has called on President Bola Tinubu to ignore sponsored media attacks on the productive pipeline surveillance contract awarded to Tantita Security Services Limited by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL).
18 Apr 2024
The Leader of pan-Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere, Reuben Fasoranti, yesterday, led a delegation of the group to President Tinubu at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.
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