A former presidential aide, Reno Omokri has called on President Bola Tinubu to cut short his trip to Paris, France. He urged the President to, without delay, come back home to tackle the ravaging insecurity facing the country, insisting that he must show empathy. Last Wednesday, President departed Abuja for Paris, France. According to the Special Adviser to the President …

President Bola Tinubu has directed the immediate rescue of pupils and teachers kidnapped around Eporo-Ekiti area of Ekiti State. The Elesun of Esun in Ajoni, Ikole Local Government Area, Oba Babatunde Ogunsola; and Onimojo of Imojo Ekiti in Oye Local Government Area, Oba Olatunde Olusola; and a driver with Apostolic Faith Secondary School, Emure Ekiti were killed by armed herdsmen …

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has called on Nigerians to support his government’s economic policies despite the difficulties currently experienced, assuring that the policies would soon yield the desired results. The president made the appeal in Zaria at the 43rd convocation ceremony of Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria where 25,432 students graduated with various degrees. Represented by the minister of education, …

Is the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) still around? Is the organisation still in existence? That was the weighty question Prof. Ikechukwu Okoro, a visually impaired Nigerian and Iowa State University don, slammed on me the moment I informed him of my mission in Kampala, Uganda. Okoro and I had met on our way to Addis-Ababa – me, en route Kampala; and …

Vice President Kahsim Shettima says President Bola Tinubu has approved the “Pulaaku Initiative”, a non-kinetic solution to deal with insurgency and banditry in the North, and has equally allocated the sum of N50 billion to the initiative, in its first instance. “Pulaaku” is a Fulani word that loosely means “to be shy”. The Vice President had in July 2023, during …

President Bola Tinubu will depart Abuja for Paris, France, on Wednesday. According to his Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Chief Ajuri Ngelale, the President is on a private visit, which will run till the first week of February. This is President Tinubu’s third to the French capital since he assumed office eight months ago. On 20th …

The United States Secretary of State, Mr. Antony Blinken arrived at the Presidential Villa on Tuesday eveing for an official visit to President Bola Tinubu. He is in Nigeria as part of his tour to West Africa. Blinken had stopped over at Cape Verde and Côte d’Ivoire before arriving in Nigeria. He is expected to leave for Angola thereafter. On …

President Bola Tinubu has assured traditional rulers in the South-South geopolitical zone that his administration is committed to addressing their concerns over development and environmental degradation. During a meeting at the State House, Abuja on Tuesday with the South-South Monarchs Forum, led by His Royal Majesty, Major-General Felix Mujakperuo (rtd), who is both the Chairman of the Delta State Council …

President Bola Tinubu has said that his administration would continue to provide the needed interventions in the oil and gas industry in line with the provisions of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA). Receiving a delegation from the Chevron Corporation, led by the President of Chevron International Exploration and Production, Mr. Clay Neff, on Tuesday in Abuja, President Tinubu said that …

President Bola Tinubu has directed the management of the Nigeria Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) to expand its focus area by extending interest-free loans to Nigerian students interested in skill-development programmes. The President issued this directive at the State House on Monday after a briefing from NELFUND’s Executive Secretary, Mr. Akintunde Sawyerr,  on the build-up to the launch of the programme …