President Bola Tinubu on Friday conferred the second highest national honour of Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger on the Awujale and paramount ruler of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Adetona, for his immeasurable and invaluable contributions to national development. President Tinubu gave the honour at the 90th birthday ceremony of the paramount ruler held at the Oba Sikiru Adetona …

President Bola Tinubu, on Thursday, celebrated the Awujale and Paramount Ruler of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Adetona, on the special occasion of his 90th birthday. In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, President Tinubu poured encomiums on Oba Adetona, describing him as “a dependable ally”. The statement was titled ‘President Tinubu celebrates Oba Sikiru Kayode …

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is billed to perform the groundbreaking of several projects at the National Fire Academy, Sheda in Abuja, the training arm of the Federal Fire Service (FFS) on 28 May. This was disclosed yesterday by the minister of interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, in Abuja, after inspecting some ongoing expansion projects at the Fire Service Academy. The minister …

President Bola Tinubu, on Thursday, expressed his determination to make Nigeria self-sufficient in food production before leaving office. The President spoke in Niger State during the groundbreaking ceremony for the 84km, N169.7 billion Bida-Minna Road construction in the Kakakpagi, Katch Local Government Area of the state. President Tinubu, who was represented by the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed …

The Presidency has announced that President Bola Tinubu and his aides will return to Nigeria from Europe today. The President travelled for a meeting with the Dutch Prime Minister, Mark Rutte, over two weeks ago, from where he took a trip to Saudi Arabia to attend a special World Economic Forum (WEF). He subsequently travelled to Europe after the summit …

The New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) yesterday told President Bola Tinubu to tread with maximum caution over an alleged signing of defence pact with the French Government or United States. The NNPP national publicity secretary, Ladipo Johnson, who raised the alarm over such a pact, said it would have disastrous implications for Nigeria’s internal peace as well as her relationship …

President Bola Tinubu and Senate President Godswill Akpabio, on Wednesday, asked the judiciary to commence a reform of the justice sector. President Tinubu said the judiciary needed critical reforms to address systemic challenges and serve justice to Nigerians. Speaking at the National Summit on Justice, 2024, held at the National Judicial Institute, Abuja, the President also demanded accountability from the …

President Bola Tinubu and other prominent citizens have backed chess Grandmaster, Tunde Onakoya, in his attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the longest unbeaten chess marathon. Onakoya’s 58-hour quest to break the Guinness World record for the longest unbeaten chess marathon began Wednesday, 17 April at 10 am in Times Square, New York and according to Tiltify, he …

President Bola Tinubu has directed the Federal Ministry of Education to include graduates of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) in the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme. President Tinubu also resolved the longstanding admission of NOUN Law graduates into Nigeria Law School, for equal opportunities. He made the disclosure during his presentation at the 13th convocation ceremony of …

Advocacy group, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Tinubu to release to it copies of the loan agreements obtained by the governments of former Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo, the late Umaru Yar’Adua, Goodluck Jonathan and Muhammadu Buhari. It also called on the President to make public “the spending details of any such loans as well as the …