The All Progressives Congress (APC) Youth Vanguard has warned a former Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello to stop disgracing the party over his running battle with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). In a statement on Sunday by the Coordinator of APC Youth Vanguard, Mr. Rasheed Sanusi, the group wondered why the former governor “has been evading …

The Presidency has allayed fears that the Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) initiative of President Bola Tinubu’s government could be dangerous. Earlier on Thursday, local media source, Free Malaysia Today, quoted the Malaysia’s transport minister, Anthony Loke, to have announced several measures aimed at phasing out the use of CNG for vehicles and CNG-powered vehicles, citing safety concerns. According to Loke, …

Contrary to media reports, Nigeria was not snubbed in the election into the 18-member Human Rights Council of the United Nations for the 2025-2027 term. According to a statement on Sunday by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Mr. Bayo Onanuga, Nigeria “did not stand as a candidate for this cycle of elections, just like it …

The Presidency has replied to reactions trailing the departure of President Bola Tinubu from the United Kingdom to France, saying the President is still on a two-week leave. The Special Adviser to President Tinubu on Information and Strategy, Mr Bayo Onanuga, had in a statement on 2 October announced Tinubu’s departure for a two-week vacation. Onanuga’s short statement had read, …

The Presidency on Tuesday said that the invitation extended by the Department of State Services (DSS) to the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Joe Ajaero has nothing to do with his role as the country’s No. 1 labour leader. Ajaero was arrested by the DSS on his way out of the country to conference of the Trade …

The Presidency has denied the alleged frosty relationship between President Bola Tinubu and his deputy, Senator Kashim Shettima, describing it as a lie from the pit of hell. It also said that in the history of Nigeria’s Presidency, no vice president has enjoyed the total confidence and full support of his principal like Shettima. These among others were contained in …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Labour Party (LP), on Monday, berated the President Bola Tinubu-led Federal Government for purchasing a new presidential jet worth $100 million without the approval of the National Assembly. The PDP Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Ibrahim Abdullahi, and Deputy Youth Leader, Timothy Osadolor, described the action of the government as insensitive, while Nigerians are …

The Federal Government has said it has mobilised $2.2 billion in external finance for the Nigeria health sector renewal investment initiative. This came as President Bola Tinubu approved the establishment of the Sector-wide Coordinating Office-Programme Management Unit domiciled in the Office of the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare. A statement on Friday by the President’s Special Adviser on …

The Presidency has unmasked the masterminds of a planned nationwide protests against President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration, identifying them as supporters of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the last election, Peter Obi. It urged security agents to interrogate the “agents of destabilisation” behind the demonstrations. Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, in …

The Presidency has reacted to a report published in the New York Times criticising the Nigerian economy as facing the worst trajectory in a generation. Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Mr. Bayo Onanuga, responded on Sunday to the report by Ruth Maclean and Ismail Auwal. According to the Presidency, the feature story, titled ‘Nigeria Confronts Its …