The Special Adviser to the president on information and strategy, Bayo Onanuga has said that President Bola Tinubu will choose his 2027 running mate after the next convention of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Onanuga disclosed this in an interview with Daily Trust, following the speculation about President Tinubu’s alleged plan to drop Kashim Shettima as his running mate for …

President Bola Tinubu Thursday in Kaduna State, commended the Governor of Kaduna State, Senator Uba Sani, for leading the process of restoration of peace, and harmony in the state. President Tinubu, who was on an official visit to the state, inaugurated the Institute of Vocational Training and Skills Development in Rigachikun, Igabi Local Council, 300-bed Bola Ahmed Tinubu Specialist Hospital, …

President Bola Tinubu has directed the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, and the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Christopher Musa, to immediately arrest killer herders who perpetrated the heinous killing of over 100 people in Yelewata community in Benue State. President Tinubu gave the directive while addressing stakeholders at the Government House, Markudi. The meeting included the Secretary …

The Senate leadership on Tuesday said it would accompany President Bola Tinubu to Benue State today (Wednesday), to condole with the people of Yelewata village over the massacre of their kinsmen by suspected herdsmen recently. The Chairman of Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Senator Yemi Adaramodu, disclosed this yesterday while briefing journalists on the activities of the Senate …

It is two years and two weeks since President Bola Ahmed Tinubu took over power from former President Muhammadu Buhari. His four year tenure started 29 May 2023. Until Buhari declared 12 June Democracy Day in June 2018, as part of his strategy to win a second term, ahead of the 2019 elections, 29 May used to declared Democracy Day …

President Bola Tinubu has directed security chiefs to implement his earlier directive to bring lasting peace and security to Benue State. President Tinubu renewed his order in the wake of the latest round of reprisal attacks that led to the death of many people. On the president’s directive, intelligence chiefs, the police and the military have arrived in the state …

Around this period in 1993, precisely on 12 June 1993, the day of that historic election, this writer operated in two different but mutually reinforcing capacities. While I was the Political Correspondent of the old Daily Times, covering the then-unfolding electoral process in Abuja, I was also an officer in the Nigerian Election Monitoring Group monitoring the poll in the …

President Bola Tinubu met on Saturday evening with some key figures from the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in what many see as an early move toward political realignment ahead of the 2027 general elections. The meeting, held at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, was led by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, and included his close …

Twenty-six years of practicing democracy, rather than widening the frontiers of the system and consolidating on the gains, Nigeria is at the risk of drifting to a one-party state. That is a major feature of President Bola Tinubu’s reelection agenda. It is one ambition that is characterised by desperation. Since the desire assumed fever pitch, everything is being brought into …

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Nyesom Wike, has fired at critics of the recently inaugurated Bola Ahmed Tinubu International Conference Centre (ICC), saying they lack good taste. President Bola Tinubu had earlier inaugurated the renovated Conference Centre on Tuesday. Following the inauguration, former Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 elections, Peter Obi, criticised …