The Minister of Works, David Umahi, has ordered the immediate deployment of ministry officials and engineers from China Harbour Operations and Maintenance Company to restore and find a lasting solution to persistent flooding on the Abuja-Keffi-Akwanga-Lafia-Makurdi road, after torrential rains disrupted traffic and forced President Bola Tinubu to cancel his visit to Yelwata, Benue State. The President was expected in …

Nigeria’s leadership of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) may have come to an end. President Bola Tinubu assumed leadership of ECOWAS and will be serving out his second term as the Chairman of ECOWAS Head of States and Government at this weekend’s summit at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. First elected on 9 July, …

Following the killings of hundreds of Benue State residents by armed herders, President Bola Tinubu has assured the state governor, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia of his readiness to work with him to achieve a lasting peace. The President visited the state on Wednesday to meet with stakeholders and sympathise with the victims of the killings and the state government. While …

The Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) has commended President Bola Tinubu for granting a posthumous pardon to the nine Ogoni activists executed in 1995 under the regime of late General Sani Abacha. In a statement on Thursday, MOSOP President, Fegalo Nsuke, described the gesture as a historic and courageous step toward justice and national healing. Those …

President Bola Tinubu on Thursday announced national honours for dozens of Nigerians as part of events marking Nigeria’s Democracy Day. Among the notable honorees he announced during his State of the Nation address at the National Assembly on Thursday were the late Kudirat Abiola, who received a Commander of the Federal Republic title, and Nobel laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka, who …

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President Bola Tinubu has called for more prayers for the military and security agencies currently making sacrifices to keep the nation safe, particularly those confronting terrorists and bandits. The President, who observed the Eid-al-Adha prayers at the Eid ground in Dodan Barracks, Lagos, told reporters that the security agencies and vulnerable citizens should top the prayer list. ‘We should remember …

President Bola Tinubu has inaugurated three Nigerian Navy Ships – NNS SHERE, NNS FARO, and NNS IKOGOSI – and three AW109 Trekker helicopters: 501, 502, and 503 into the Nigerian Navy fleet. At the inauguration on Saturday in Lagos, the President, who was represented by the Minister of State for Defence, Dr, Bello Matawalle, said that the addition of the …

How time flies! May we not be indebted! Because if you promise to pay back in four years’ time and then go to bed, thinking you still have time, four years will stealthily creep on you like the biblical thief in the night and become tomorrow before you knew it! Hence the saying of the wise that a thousand years …

President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday transmitted three letters to the National Assembly requesting legislative approval for a new external borrowing plan amounting to over $21.5 billion, and a domestic bond issuance of ₦757.9 billion to settle outstanding national pension liabilities. Tinubu made these requests in three separate letters transmitted to the National Assembly, which were read on the floor of …