President Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, called on the military across Africa to unite in addressing insecurity and other threats to the continent’s unity and stability. He gave this charge when he declared open the second edition of the Africa Military Games at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja. President Tinubu, represented at the event by Vice President Kashim Shettima, described …

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved N5 billion for investment in research activities for 2024 through the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) National Research Fund. The Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, announced this while addressing reporters before the commencement of this year’s edition of TETFund National Research Fair and Exhibition on Sunday in Abuja. The minister said the initiative …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Sunday faulted President Bola Tinubu for decorating the visiting Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, with the Nigerian second highest national honour of the Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger (GCON). Speaking with The PUNCH on Sunday, the Deputy National Youth Leader of the PDP, Timothy Osadolor, described the President’s action as misplaced …

Ogbeni Rauf Adesoji Aregbesola – remember him? I would not have needed to ask this sort of “foolish question”, as it were, but for the fact that, in this our obodo NIgeria, yesterday’s men of power and influence soon become today’s inconsequentials, hardly noticed or remembered by anyone anymore! Yesterday, they could make anyone an instant millionaire or billionaire or …

With no fewer than 25,000 Nigerian civil servants having accessed the recently established consumer credit scheme, the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of CREDICORP, Engr. Uzoma Nwagba has re-assured Nigerians of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s commitment to using the scheme to provide access to life enhancing goods and services for the citizenry. Engr. Nwagba gave the assurance recently when he led …

President Bola Tinubu will welcome Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a State Visit at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Sunday. The visit will mark a pivotal moment in the Nigeria-India relations, as it is the first by an Indian Prime Minister since Dr Manmohan Singh’s visited in 2007, which laid the groundwork for a strategic partnership between the …

President Bola Tinubu has returned to Abuja after a one-day travel to Riyadh in Saudi Arabia for the just concluded extraordinary Arab-Islamic summit. President Tinubu arrived at the presidential wing of the Nnamdi Azikwe International Aiport, Abuja, around 8 pm on Tuesday. On ground to receive the President was the Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila, and security heads, among others. …

President Bola Tinubu on Monday congratulated the Serving Overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church, Pastor Tunde Bakare, on his 70th birthday. President Tinubu, alongside governors of Lagos and Ogun states, Babajide Sanwo-Olu and Dapo Abiodun, respectively, extolled the political vibrancy of Bakare in Nigeria, and his spiritual leadership at the church over the years. The President and governors spoke …

The Chief Executive Officer of Nigeria Consumer Credit Corporation, Uzoma Nwagba, has stressed the commitment of President Bola Tinubu to using the scheme to provide access to life-enhancing goods and services for the citizenry. Nwagba stated this when he received the Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Esther Walson-Jack, according to a statement made available to Newsmen on Monday. …

The Middle Belt Forum (MBF), has urged President Bola Tinubu to rethink his economic policies, saying that the dual policies of removal of petrol subsidy and floating of the Naira have impoverished the masses and placed an enormous burden on Nigerians. The National President of MBF, Dr. Bitrus Pogu who spoke weekend in Makurdi said: “It does not require an …