The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) has commended President Bola Tinubu for instructing the Attorney General of the Federation, Prince Lateef Fagbemi to ensure the immediate release of the minors detained during the #EndBadGovernance protests across Nigeria. This directive was announced by the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mallam Mohammed Idris, who confirmed the President’s commitment to reuniting …

President Bola Tinubu on Monday assured Nigerians that his administration’s economic recovery plan was on the right path to realizing the nation’s dreams and aspirations. While inaugurating seven new ministers at the State House, Abuja, on Monday after their confirmation by the Senate, President Tinubu noted that his administration had steered the nation away from bankruptcy and stopped scavengers, profiteers and …

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has directed that all the minors facing prosecution in court over their alleged involvement in the #EndBadGovernance protest last August should immediately be released without prejudice to the law. President Tinubu also directed the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, Dr. Nentawe Yilwatda to see to the welfare of the minors. The Minister of Information …

President Bola Tinubu has sworn in seven newly-appointed ministers at the Council Chambers, Aso Rock Presidential Villa in Abuja. Those sworn in included Ambassador Bianca Odinaka Odumegwu-Ojukwu (Minister of State for Foreign Affairs), Dr. Nentawe Yilwatda (Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction), Muhammadu Maigari Dingyadi (Minister of Labour and Employment). Others were Dr. Jumoke Oduwole (Minister of Industry, Trade …

The Presidency has said that if a former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar had won last year’s presidential election as the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, he would have “plunged Nigeria into a worse situation or run a regime of cronyism”. Reacting to Atiku’s most recent criticism of the Bola Tinubu administration, the President’s spokesman, Mr. Bayo Onanuga said …

If the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in last year’s presidential election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar had won, his administration would have tackled corruption in the oil sector by repositioning the NNPC Limited (NNPCL), which he described as a “huge beneficiary of the status quo”. In  statement on Sunday, Atiku, who was Nigeria’s Vice President between 1999 and 2007, said …

The Independent Media and Policy Initiative (IMPI) has said that, contrary to suggestions in a section of the media, the economic reforms of the Bola Tinubu administration are based on a clear plan to steer the country away from the tragic path of another oil-rich country, Venezuela. In a statement on Sunday, IMPI’s Chairman, Dr. Niyi Akinsiju said that the …

In a gripping but evergreen musical rendition of a Yoruba folklore, late Fuji music lord, Ayinde Barrister, once deployed the canvas of the forest to paint the inequality of the world. In his Fuji New Waves album, he also depicted the acrimonies that follow the sharing of jointly hunted games. What the anecdote tells us is that, if we listen …

Those who created the T-pain label for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu must be grinning from ear-to-ear for the phenomenal success they have recorded! Not that they said anything new or that Nigerians were not familiar with the phenomenon they graphically painted but because the Tinubu government allowed it to get under its skin. When you respond to certain attacks, you …

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, speaking on Tuesday in Abuja, commended the Implementation Committee on the Naira-based sales of crude oil and refined products and asked the members to resolve any teething problems. In a review meeting at the State House, the President said that using the Naira was conceived to remove the exchange rate hurdle. “Whatever solution we proffer in …