The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors Forum has stressed the urgent need for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to review his policies, which have thrown many Nigerians into untold hardship. The forum made the call in a communique in Jos, Plateau State capital by its chairman, Bauchi State Governor Bala Mohammed, after their two-day meeting, which ended on Saturday. “The forum …

Labour Party (LP) has again denied working clandestinely for President Bola Tinubu and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the 2027 general election. The National Publicity Secretary of LP, Obiora Ifoh, clarified the party’s position in a statement in Abuja, on Friday. Ifoh’s rebuttal was in response to a viral video where a popular human rights lawyer, Deji …

President Bola Tinubu has hailed the creation of the Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty, championed by President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of Brazil. President Tinubu described the alliance as pivotal in the global fight against hunger and poverty. At the 19th G20 Leaders Summit opening session in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Monday, he lauded the initiative and …

Organised Labour, at the weekend in Ibadan, Oyo State, urged President Bola Tinubu to reverse the floating of the national currency and energy cost to lessen the hardship across the country. Under the aegis of the National Union of Shop and Distributive Employees (NUSDE), Organised Labour noted that Nigerians and businesses are passing through very difficult times and that the …

Seasons of politicking have always excited me through the ages. They come with multidimensional appeal and inspiration for both the creative writer and the recorder of history in motion, the journalist. They are characterised by sights and sounds, specific to the season. They throw up slogans and sound bites, rhymes and rhythms, frills and thrills, which ring and re-echo in …

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said that Nigeria is speedily becoming a bad case under the leadership of President Bola Tinubu, who he referred to as Emilokan and Baba-go-slow. In the buildup to last year’s presidential election, Tinubu has given himself the moniker, emilokan (Yoruba for “it’s my turn”) explaining how he had backed the rise to the presidency of …

The Yoruba believe in the law of causation, a principle of philosophy which says that, every change in nature is produced by some cause. To buttress this, they posit authoritatively that a tree will never fall in the forest and kill peasants at home. Following this causative trail, they also say that rafters will never sink and kill a passerby …

President Bola Tinubu has signed the instruments of accession for six Conventions of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO). The action paves the way for Nigeria to officially deposit these instruments of accesion at the IMO headquarters, which serves as the repository for such conventions. This move is expected to enhance Nigeria’s maritime governance and align its practices with international standards, …

The Presidency has again faulted the economic proposal canvassed by former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, saying that the proposition of the 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party was “devoid of realistic alternatives”. In a statement on Sunday, the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Mr. Bayo Onanuga kicked against Atiku’s suggestion of a consultation …

President Bola Tinubu has ordered rescheduling the Federal Executive Council meeting till another date to be announced. Initially scheduled for today, the council meeting was postponed in honour of the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Taoreed Lagbaja, who passed away on Tuesday night. General Lagbaja served as the Chief of Army Staff from 19 June 2023, till his death …