Senior Pastor of the Citadel Global Community Church (formerly known as the Latter Rain Church), Pastor Tunde Bakare, on Sunday, expressed optimism that God would establish a new nation, stating emphatically that Nigeria would flourish again. In his State of the Nation address, Bakare harshly criticised President Bola Tinubu, his administration and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) for introducing …

President Bola Tinubu on Saturday said his administration would make adequate provision for the enhancement of the operational capability of security and law enforcement agencies and improved welfare of personnel in its renewed drive to address security and related concerns across the country. At the Passing Out Parade of the fifth Regular Course of the Nigeria Police Academy, Wudil, Kano …

It’s been over three weeks since the military junta led by General Abdourahamane Tchiani sacked the administration of democratically elected President Mohamed Bazoum of Niger Republic – our next door neighbor – on 26th July. During the period, leaders and heads of governments in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have held two extra-ordinary summits in Abuja to …

President Bola Tinubu has thrown his weight behind the Heritage Voyage of Return initiative aimed at reuniting Afro-descendants with their African roots, saying the programme will not only re-awaken the historical awareness of society by bringing back memories of what happened many years ago, but will also create economic benefits. Receiving a delegation from Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, along with …

The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) of the United Kingdom government has asked President Bola Tinubu to use the money saved from fuel subsidy removal to fund education in the country. FCDO’s representative, Ian Attfield, who made the call at the end of the Inclusive Education project in Nigeria, (Supporting Mainstreaming Inclusion so all can Learn Equally, SMILE), in …

If President Bola Ahmed Tinubu hit the ground running, it was because problems chased him into office. Yet, it wasn’t long before he tripped on a matter in which his genius has been acknowledged: forming his cabinet. One of his credentials for eight years as governor of Lagos, and even outside public office for 16 years, has been his gift …

A delegation of leaders of major Islamic groups in Nigeria on Wednesday met with President Bola Tinubu and got his approval to dialogue with their colleagues (Islamic Scholars) in the Niger Republic on how to restore peace and democratic government in the country. The clerics (Ulamas), who are opposed to war with the Nigerien military, as threatened by the Economic …

The National Population Commission (NPC) has said that it has put everything in place to conduct the 2023 population and housing census. During an interactive session on Wednesday with media executive in Yola, the state capital, on the status of preparations for the census, the Federal Commissioner in Adamawa State, Mr. Clifford Zirra stated that the commission was only waiting …

The Director-General of World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on Tuesday said, as the person at the helm of the world body, she alongside her team would do their best to support Nigeria at this difficult time. She stated this while speaking with State House correspondents after meeting with President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The WTO …

President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday appointed a 400-level student in the Economics Department of the University of Ibadan, Miss Orire Agbaje, as one of the members of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. President Tinubu inaugurated the committee with about 70 members, one of whom is Agbaje, who is the President of …