The Presidency on Sunday defended President Bola Tinubu’s ongoing state visit to Saint Lucia, describing it as a landmark diplomatic and cultural mission. It said the visit is rekindling Nigeria’s ancestral and strategic ties with the Caribbean nation and the wider CARICOM bloc. In a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, the …

The Presidency has dismissed reports claiming that Senator George Akume has been replaced as Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF). It described the information as false and misleading. A statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga reaffirmed that Akume remains in his position. ‘There has been no change in the status …

The Special Adviser to the president on information and strategy, Bayo Onanuga has said that President Bola Tinubu will choose his 2027 running mate after the next convention of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Onanuga disclosed this in an interview with Daily Trust, following the speculation about President Tinubu’s alleged plan to drop Kashim Shettima as his running mate for …

Son of the late Chief MKO Abiola, Jamiu Abiola, has said Nigeria would have achieved far greater economic development if his father had been allowed to assume the presidency after the 1993 presidential election. Speaking during Channels Television’s 12 June Special Forum on Thursday, held to mark 26 years of uninterrupted democracy, Jamiu reflected on the global economic environment at …

The Presidency has begun internal approval processes to resolve the N2 trillion legacy debt owed to electricity generation companies before the end of the coming quarter, as part of efforts to stabilise Nigeria’s power sector. A representative of the Special Adviser to the President on Energy, Eriye Onagoruwa, disclosed this on Monday at the second Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI) …

The Presidency on Sunday described as fake and malicious a widely circulated statement claiming that President Bola Tinubu rejected a working visit invitation from the White House due to domestic priorities and aircraft constraints. The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga debunked the viral statement via his official X (formerly Twitter) page, dismissing the claims …

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has claimed that the presidency is in panic mode over plans to build a broad political coalition ahead of the 2027 general elections. His statement followed remarks by the Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Policy Communication, Daniel Bwala, who advised Atiku to abandon his presidential ambition, citing a divine lack of mandate and …

Former Special Adviser on Political Matters to President Bola Tinubu, Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, has declared that no politician could win the presidency in 2027 without the support of the north. Speaking in a video interview in Kaduna over the weekend, Baba-Ahmed, who appeared alongside Professor Usman Yusuf, former Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), emphasised that the …

The presidency has said President Bola Tinubu is ‘fully engaged in governance’ while being away from the country. A statement by Bayo Onanuga, presidential media aide, said President Tinubu would return to Nigeria after the Easter holiday. On 2 April, President Tinubu departed Nigeria for France on a two-week ‘working visit’. The presidency had said during President Tinubu’s stay in …

The Presidency yesterday clarified that the investigative records on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu which a United States court ordered the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to release are not new. Presidential Adviser on Information and Strategy Bayo Onanuga said there is nothing revealing in the 30-year-old reports. Also, one of the President’s counsel during …