A former Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai has said that he has heard about his possible arrest. A leader in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), who was denied ministerial clearance by the Senate in 2023 on failure to pass security screening, has been locked in a war of words with some members of the President Bola Tinubu administration. …

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has taken legal action against President Bola Tinubu over his alleged failure to prosecute contractors who received over N167 billion from 31 Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) for projects that were never executed. The lawsuit, filed last Friday at the Federal High Court in Lagos, also listed the Attorney General of the Federation …

As former Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi turns 60 today, President Bola Tinubu has joined a multitude of well-wishers to celebrate his milestone birthday. In a message he personally signed, President Tinubu recalled Fayemi’s pro-democracy struggles and dedication to his fatherland while holding public offices, which included serving as Minister. ‘Dr. Fayemi has exemplified service as an academic, …

2025 has already started full throttle, and our Renewed Hope Agenda is in full swing. In just under two years, we are seeing tangible progress, as our efforts aimed at economic transformation begin to bear fruit under President Bola Tinubu. 1. We’re working relentlessly to curb inflation and restore credibility to our monetary framework. By transforming the foreign exchange regime, …

Following the meeting of the leadership and some members of the Lagos State House of Assembly with President Bola Tinubu in Abuja on Wednesday, the House on Thursday expressed support for the President, commending his administration’s economic policies and their impact on the citizens. Last Monday, the Governor’s Advisory Council (GAC) held a meeting with the Assemly members at Lagos …

President Bola Tinubu has asked the National Assembly to increase the proposed 2025 budget from N49.7 trillion to N54.2 trillion, an increase of N4.5 trillion over that present the President last December. President Tinubu’s request was contained in a letter read by Senate President Godswill Akpabio on the floor of the red chamber on Wednesday. Last year, the Senate and …

President Bola Tinubu will depart Abuja on Wednesday for Paris, France, on a private visit en route to Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital. According to a statement on X by his spokesperson, while in France, President Tinubu will meet with his French counterpart, President Emmanuel Macron. Onanuga said that the President will arrive in Addis Ababa early next week for …

President Bola Tinubu has congratulate Nigerian music sensation, Temilade Openiyi (popularly known as Tems) on winning the Best African Music Performance award at the 67th annual Grammy Awards held in Los Angeles, United States, on Sunday night. The President commended the singer for her unique artistry, which has brought pride to Nigeria on the global stage for the second time. …

Irish poet and playwright, Oscar Wilde, in his lowest moment in prison, drew a comparison of how he sank from being one of the greatest writers of the late 20th century, into a bisexual pedophile. Son of Anglo-Irish intellectuals, Wilde was a writer with lacerating wit. He equally dressed flamboyantly and garnished his writings in flamboyant imagery. He was however …

The recent alert by former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar can only make meanings if taken from what would have been the lot of Nigeria’s democracy had the then Lagos State governor, Bola Tinubu and his allies not taken strategic steps to leave the crisis-ridden Alliance for Democracy (AD) to form the Action Congress (AC) in 2006. In the 1999 general …