The national president of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) Dr Emeka Rollas, has expressed gratitude to President Bola Tinubu for intervening in the health of Nollywood actor Zack Orji, who recently travelled to the United Kingdom for a post-surgery assessment. In a statement on Saturday, Rollas thanked President Tinubu for his fatherly attention to the creative industry, and also …

The Nigeria National Committee of the International Press Institute (IPI Nigeria) has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to facilitate the freedom of an abducted journalist, Segun Olatunji, from his captors. The Editor of FirstNews, Olatunji was whisked away from his home in Lagos by armed men in two unmarked vans 12 days ago. It was learnt that the men, two …

The family of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has raised the alarm that their son is critically ill in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS). The family claimed that he urgently needed a cardiologist, and urged President Bola Tinubu not to allow him to die in the DSS custody. Kanu has …

President Bola Tinubu on Friday said the ban on foreign trips for government appointees will save the country over N5 billion. This is as he urged Nigerians to patronise made-in-Nigeria products and services to sustain the recent gains of the Naira in the foreign exchange market. He said the recent appreciation of the value of the naira against the dollar …

President Bola Tinubu has approved what he called a befitting burial for the 17 soldiers who were killed while on a peacekeeping mission in Delta State last week. This was as he approved the conferment of post-houmous national honours on the slain soldiers. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, disclosed this in a statement …

Kaduna-based Muslim cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, on Tuesday, sought the government’s permission to approach and have talks with bandits who abducted about 287 schoolchildren from Kuriga Government Secondary and LEA Primary Schools in the Chikun Local Government Area of the state. The Islamic cleric insisted that dialogue was the way to go, calling on President Bola Tinubu to take a …

The Federal Government has renamed the Minna Airport in Niger State after President Bola Tinubu hours to the inauguration of the airport on Monday. The airport had earlier been named after the late Abubakar Imam by the FG when 15 airports in the country were named after some prominent personalities in Nigeria. The state Commissioner for Information, Binta Mamman, disclosed the latest …

The Qatar authorities yesterday reversed their earlier stand on the hosting of a business and investment forum with a Nigerian delegation during the forthcoming visit of President Bola Tinubu to Doha. President Tinubu is scheduled to be in Doha, the Qatari capital, on a two-day official visit, between 2 and 3 March. The Qatari authorities had ruled out the possibility …

The 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has advised President Bola Tinubu to take a lesson from how the President of Argentina, Javier Milei, turned around the economy of his country. President Tinubu’s economic policies, including the removal of fuel subsidy, have resulted in economic hardship, making it difficult for many Nigerians to afford basic …

President Bola Tinubu has created an economic advisory committee comprising the federal government, sub-nationals and the private sector. This resulted from talks between the President and key stakeholders at the State House, Abuja, on Sunday evening. The development came as the falling naira exchange rate, rising inflation and other economic headwinds have continued to worsen the cost of living crisis. …