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 …

The Presidency has observed, with dismay, the increasing number of billboards in some cities promoting the 2027 campaign for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima. Worth noting is that some of these billboards with pictures of the President and his wife, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, emblazoned on them are springing up in Abuja and Kano in particular. While …

The Presidency has apologised for the errors in the list of appointments made by President Bola Tinubu since 29 May 2023. PUNCH Online reports that the list was to counter the narrative about Tinubu’s alleged lopsided appointments, which was brought to the public by the Senator representing Borno South, Ali Ndume. In a recent interview with Arise Television, Ndume, an …

The Presidency has debunked widespread reports claiming that President Bola Tinubu has sacked the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Professor Mahmood Yakubu. The reports, which went viral early Monday, alleged that Yakubu had been removed from office and replaced with a certain Professor Bashiru Olamilekan in what was described as a “sweeping change” in the electoral body’s leadership. …

Ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) of the Federal Government, alongside the Presidency, spent at least N1.99 billion on foreign trips, training and estacodes in France between May 2023 and September 2024, according to the PUNCH report. The findings are based on an analysis of data from GovSpend, a transparency platform by BudgIT that tracks public expenditure. The funds covered airfare, …