President Bola Tinubu has directed the mandatory procurement of compressed-natural-gas-powered vehicles by all government ministries, departments, and agencies. According to a statement by his spokesperson, Chief Ajuri Ngelale, the move is in line with the President’s commitment to ensure energy security, drive utility, and cut high fuel costs. Ngelale said President Tinubu’s directive is also in furtherance of the country’s …

President Bola Tinubu on Monday launched a campaign to promote inclusive education, skill development, and gender equity. Tagged, #WeAreEqual, it is an initiative of the Organisation of African First Ladies for Development (OAFLAD). The campaign has been launched in 15 African countries in different iterations, focusing on health, education, economic empowerment, and gender-based violence. The Nigerian component of the programme …

I do not believe that the president of any country will deliberately wreck everything. Their problem may be arrogance or ignorance – or arrogance in ignorance. Or, they may be worshipping wrong gods or feeding their gods with what they must not eat. You remember Sir Shina Peters’ song for Moshood Abiola on the billionaire’s implacable friends who refused to …

Last week, Nigeria was faced with what Yoruba call egbinrin ote. When afflictions come in multiple, they become a plague. A plague is almost synonymous with Yoruba’s egbinrin ote. Literally, egbinrin ote is leaves of conspiracy. When you pluck a single leaf out of the branch of a tree of conspiracy, another leaf sprouts immediately to replace it. Any attempt …

The intangibles of leadership are as potent and profound as the corporeal manifestations of governance. A people must not only see the brick-and-mortar elements of leadership; they must also feel and sense leadership in its quantum of compassion, healing, solace, and capacity to inspire unity, as well as foster peace and progress. In fact, the incorporeal constituents of leadership are …

Since his first trip abroad as President of Nigeria to Paris in June last year, where he joined other world leaders at the New Global Financial Pact Summit convened by President Emmanuel Macron, President Bola Tinubu has undertaken many other important trips where he has drawn global attention to the new realities in Nigeria and indeed Africa. On those trips, …

The scholar and researcher had taken a trip to an open market. There, he met a female fishmonger. Attracted by the casual attention this researcher paid to a croaker fish on display on her stall, the lady attempted to win this potential buyer to her stall. So, she began to dish out a mesh of adulations and panegyrics of the …

The lobbies and lounges of the Nicon Hilton Hotel (now Transcorp Hilton) and Sheraton Hotels and Towers (now Abuja Continental Hotel) were very boisterous in the early days of the Olusegun Obasanjo administration in 1999. Both hotels were the biggest and best those years and they accommodated the cream of the political class who gravitated to the Federal Capital Territory …

Being a speech by President Bola Tinubu, on the occasion of the 2024 May Day celebration, held on Wednesday, 1 May 2024, at the Eagle Square, Abuja. My dear compatriots and fellow workers in the service of our great country, Today, I join you to share in the essence of this day and to express my deepest gratitude and admiration …

President Bola Tinubu is expected to lead a walk to commemorate 25 years of Nigeria’s unbroken democracy on 29th May. Unlike the previous civilian administrations, Nigeria’s Fourth Republic has remained unbroken since the then General Olusegun Obasanjo (rtd.) was sworn in as President on 29th May 1999. At the completion of a maximum two-term of four years each in 2007, …