President Bola Tinubu has announced that a scholarship programme for students from the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) to study in Nigerian universities will commence in the next academic year. This was contained in a press statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Information & Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, on Monday. Speaking at a joint press conference with …

A Nigerian medical student at the American International University in Saint Lucia, Bob Chikwem described his encounter with President Bola Tinubu and Prime Minister Philip J. Pierre as inspiring. Amadi, who is preparing for the clinical phase of his medical training at the American International University in Saint Lucia, had a memorable encounter with the Nigerian leader and the Lucian …

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has boasted of wooing at least five more governors to its camp amid a wave of defections by opposition bigwigs, federal lawmakers, and endorsements for President Bola Tinubu’s re-election. The move comes in the wake of Friday’s resignation of the immediate past National Chairman of the APC, Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje. The revelation, made in …

Last Monday, as noiselessly as a phantom, President Bola Tinubu brought home his strange friend. While an Igbo proverb says the footsteps of a man cannot create a stampede, Alexander Zingman, the president’s Belarusian friend’s sloppy footsteps created more than a stampede. It was as though the great South African poet, Mazisi Kunene’s lines were being chanted to scare us. …

The Presidency on Sunday defended President Bola Tinubu’s ongoing state visit to Saint Lucia, describing it as a landmark diplomatic and cultural mission. It said the visit is rekindling Nigeria’s ancestral and strategic ties with the Caribbean nation and the wider CARICOM bloc. In a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, the …

President Bola Tinubu stated that a fundamental transformation has been achieved in empowering citizens and fostering thriving enterprises, with over 100,000 Nigerians accessing the new national consumer credit scheme. He made the statement on Friday in Abuja at the 32nd Annual Meetings of the Afreximbank, where he conferred a national honour, Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger (GCON), …

Barring any last-minute change, the anti-Tinubu coalition is set to announce the African Democratic Congress (ADC) as its adopted platform. Sunday PUNCH also gathered that former Senate President, David Mark, would serve as the Interim National Chairman of the party. The decisions were reportedly taken by leaders of the anti-Tinubu group, including former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Labour Party’s (LP) …

The Northern Elders Forum (NEF), yesterday, called on President Bola Tinubu to declare a state of emergency in northern Nigeria over the unabating insecurity challenges, as it condemned the killing of over 20 soldiers in Bangi, Mariga Local Government Area of Niger State. In a statement by the Spokesperson of NEF, Prof. Abubakar Jiddere, the NEF expressed pain over the …

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu yesterday hosted President Brice Oligui Nguema of Gabon at the State House in Abuja, as both leaders held talks aimed at strengthening bilateral relations and deepening economic cooperation between Nigeria and the Central African nation. The closed-door meeting marked a renewed push for greater South-South collaboration, with both nations seeking closer diplomatic and investment-driven ties. Speaking …

President Bola Tinubu will, on Friday, embark on a two-nation diplomatic mission to the Caribbean and South America, with official engagements in Saint Lucia and Brazil, as part of Nigeria’s efforts to expand its influence and strengthen ties within the Global South. According to a statement on Thursday by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Mr. Bayo Onanuga, President …