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 …

The Moshood Abiola Polytechnic Abeokuta Muslim Alumni (MAPAMA) has commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over what it called his unwavering commitment to education and youth empowerment in the country. MAPAMA’s commendation followed the launch by the Federal Government of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), aimed at revolutionising access to higher education in Nigeria. In a press statement by its …

President Bola Tinubu has directed a total and comprehensive review of the recently announced governing boards of tertiary institutions in Nigeria before the inauguration and retreat being planned for the nominees. The Federal Ministry of Education recently released names of nominees for chairmen, Pro-Chancellors, and members of the boards and councils of universities, polytechnics, and colleges of education. It also …

President Bola Tinubu has said that Africans must demand from their leaders standards of democratic behaviour that uphold free, fair and credible elections. In his keynote address at the summit on state of democracy in Africa held on Wednesday in Abuja, the President also kicked against incumbent leaders’ attempts to remove constitutionally stipulated term limits, as he called for respect …

What is politics? According to Prof. Harold Lasswell, politics is “who gets what, when, how”. In other words, politics is basically about the allocation of resources. Resources are scare but needs are many, far more than available resources can cope with at any point in time. In economic terms, demand outstrips supply; so, some needs will be met while others …

President Bola Tinubu has extended his condolences to the government and people of the Islamic Republic of Iran over the passing of President Ebrahim Raisi; Iranian foreign minister, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian; and other officials in a helicopter crash. In a statement on Monday by his spokesperson, Chief Ajuri Ngelale, President Tinubu expressed profound grief over the tragedy, and described Raisi as a …

President Bola Tinubu on Thursday received President Bassirou Diomaye Faye of Senegal and called for an alignment of purpose and structure in West Africa to effectively address the challenges confronting the region. The Nigerian President said that West Africa must work together to defeat the hydra-headed problems of terrorism, banditry, human trafficking and poverty. He advised that leaders in the …