President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Honourable Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, Ghana’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, on her election as the incoming Secretary-General of the Commonwealth. President Tinubu on Saturday also expressed confidence that Botchwey’s leadership experience will bring renewed energy to the Commonwealth’s efforts to advance meaningful economic and political partnerships that drive…

Former majority leader of the Senate, Mohammed Ali Ndume, has hailed the recent bold de-dollarisation policy of the Federal Government, and described it as “right steps in the right direction.” He particularly said it will strengthen the naira and boost transatlantic trades with other nations of the world who don’t depend on the United States…

President Bola Tinubu and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar were among the high-profile guests at the wedding ceremony of Fauziyya

President Bola Tinubu on Friday met with the Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, Speaker of the House of Reps

  Analysts—Baba Yusuf and Femi Odeere—are urging President Bola Tinubu to relinquish his position as Minister of Petroleum and appoint a qualified Nigerian to the role. The duo argued that since Tinubu formed his cabinet in August 2023, his leadership of the petroleum ministry has not improved the nation’s daily oil production. They pointed out…

The Coalition of Southeast Youths, a leading pan-Igbo political pressure group, has hailed President Bola Tinubu's decision to restructure his cabinet, saying the action was overdue. The group has also joined other civil society organisations and opinion leaders in demanding a further rejigging of the cabinet, including the merger of the Ministry of Police Affairs…

President Bola Tinubu has expressed condolences to the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited and the families of victims involved in the helicopter crash near Bonny Finima, Rivers State. In a statement issued Friday by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Tinubu offered his “deepest sympathies” to those affected by…

Sly Ezeokenwa, the factional National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance(APGA), says the appointment of Mrs Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu as a minister is an audacious and laudable move by President Bola Tinubu. Ezeokenwa, who was elected as APGA National Chairman in 2023 following the completion of a two-term eight years tenure by the former National…

The National President of the Political Science Association of Nigeria (PSAN), Prof. Hassan Ajisafe Saliu, has advised President Bola Tinubu to, as a matter of urgency, "reconnect Nigerians to his government" to prove his patriotism to the country. This is as he described President Tinubu as an unfortunate president who inherited offshoots of piled-up misgovernance.…

The Federal Executive Council has approved the establishment of the Creative Economy Development Fund (CEDF) alongside the implementation of the Intellectual Property (IP) Monetisation Pilot. The approval was made on Wednesday at the Federal Executive Council meeting chaired by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. In a memo presented to the Council, the Minister of Art, Culture…

The Benue State National Assembly and Federal Appointees Caucus have applauded President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for retaining the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Sen. George Akume. A spokesperson for the caucus, Hon. Phillip Agbese, in a statement, also expressed satisfaction with the retention of the Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Prof.…

Chairman, Senate Committee on Federal Character, Allwell Onyesoh of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Rivers East, has defended President Bola Tinubu over his decision to reshuffle the cabinet. President Tinubu, on Wednesday, announced the reassignment of ten ministers to new ministerial portfolios, discharged six ministers, and nominated seven new ministers for transmission to the Senate…