When President Bola Tinubu took office at the helm of Africa’s largest democracy, he said in his inaugural address that Nigeria is “too great a nation and too grounded as a people to rob ourselves of our finest destiny”. It was a statement of commitment to govern and not rule, to consult and dialogue but never dictate. Now that we …

The government of President Bola Tinubu has a four year contract with Nigerians. It has done one year already. All considered, it is a bit too early for a verdict. I said this to say that this regime took over a broken system; and anyone who expected it to turn things around in one year was not realistic or not …

But for the ministerial presentations on the achievements of the President Bola Tinubu administration in its first year, christened Ministerial Sectoral Update, which began on Tuesday 21 May at the National Press Centre in Abuja, many may not have known or appreciated the quantum of work that has been done by the government within such a short period of one …

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has berated former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar over his admonition of the Bola Tinubu administration, which is a year old in office today. In a statement on Tuesday by the ruling party’s National Publicity Secretary, Barrister Felix Morka, APC said the 2023 presidential candidate of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) “lives in …

Last week here in this column, we warned President Bola Tinubu to beware because Ondo State people were unhappy with the measly offering he offered them as per his Board appointments. The state and its people, who supported the president handsomely in the 25 February 2023 presidential election, got one of the least number of appointments – six out of the …

One year after being in the saddle, President Bola Tinubu will be the first person to admit that the ride has been bumpy. He is also the first to say he is unfazed by the turbulence as he remains focused on the marathon of the next three years. The past year has been months of baby steps, months of laying …

To celebrate his first anniversary on Wednesday as the leader of Nigeria, President Bola Tinubu will address a joint session of the National Assembly, which has lined up a programme to commemorate 25 years of the nation’s democratic journey at both the executive and legislative levels. According to a statement on Tuesday by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Mr. …

President Bola Tinubu has described the Lagos-Calabar coastal highway as a symbol of hope, unity, and prosperity for Nigerians. The 700 kilometre Lagos-Calabar road is intended to link the former Nigerian capital to Cross River, passing through Ogun, Ondo, Delta, Bayelsa, Rivers, and Akwa Ibom States. The project has necessitated the demolition of some buildings and has faced significant criticism …

Ahead of the first anniversary of his administration on 29 May, President Bola Tinubu on Saturday departed Abuja for Lagos to begin a commissioning spree of projects completed under his administration. According to a statement on Saturday by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Mr. Bayo Onanuga, the President will on Sunday inaugurate the concrete-paved road to the nation’s …

It wasn’t five months after President Bola Tinubu took office when folks started asking, how far? In middle class and elite social circles in Nigeria, that question, or its variant – how market? – is often reserved for people whose sympathy for a cause or person is imperiled. I often pushed back by saying that given the enormity of problems …