President Bola Tinubu has said that he fully understands what Nigerians are going through but that the present economic reform is necessary to build a resilient country and guarantee the future of the young ones. Receiving the delegation of the Catholic Bishop’s Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) on Friday at the State House in Abuja, the President highlighted the importance of citizens …

President Bola Tinubu has approved the upgrade of the Maiduguri Airport, Borno State, to international status. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Public Communications, Sunday Dare, announced this on Thursday via his verified X handle, @SundayDareSD. Dare said the latest approval concludes the establishment of at least one international airport across the country’s six geopolitical zones. He …

President Bola Tinubu is currently hosting principal officers of both chambers of the National Assembly to an Iftar dinner at the State House, Abuja. The lawmakers arrived at the forecourt of the Villa in two Toyota Coaster buses at about 7 pm. Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, joined the meeting afterward. Wednesday’s dinner is the second Iftar the President is hosting …

President Bola Tinubu is currently meeting with the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudasiru Obasa, and other lawmakers from the state. The PUNCH spotted the lawmakers arriving in a Coaster bus a few minutes past 2:00 pm (local time) on Wednesday, after which security officials ushered them into the President’s office complex. While Mojisola Meranda, who was …

President Bola Tinubu on Saturday congratulated his ‘longtime ally and friend,’ former Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, on his 68th birthday. Tinubu conveyed his felicitations through a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, titled ‘President Tinubu hails longtime associate, former Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, 68.‘ Osinbajo was vice president of Nigeria from 2015 to 2023. …

Although the February 20, 2027 presidential election is exactly 715 days away, the polity is already aflutter with posturing and permutations. Potential aspirants and their foot soldiers are already consulting and networking in search of votes-delivering alignments and re-alignments. Mid-last month, Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje, the National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, said the North would back President …

President Bola Tinubu has turned down a N942 billion proposal by the National Population Commission (NPC) for the conduct of the national housing and population census. Impeccable sources privy to the discussions between President Tinubu and the commission’s top officials on Monday, 24 February at the State House told Saturday PUNCH that the the President insisted on cost-cutting measures. According …

President Bola Tinubu has assured all 774 fellows under the newly launched National Health Fellows Programme of automatic employment after their one-year tenure. ‘You are hired’, President Tinubu declared during the programme’s launch at the State House Conference Centre, Abuja, on Thursday. In April 2024, the President approved the National Health Fellows Programme, a key initiative under his Renewed Hope …

First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu has said that the Senate chamber is a place of honour, and not for controversy. According to her spokesperson, Bukola Kukoyi on her X account on Thursday, the First Lady was reacting to the ongoing sexual harassment allegations by Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, who represents Kogi Central, against Senate President Godswill Akpabio. Ahead of the International …

President Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, presided over the Federal Executive Council meeting at the State House, Abuja. Wednesday’s meeting is the fourth in 2025 and the 25th in the administration since the inaugural session held on 28 August 2023. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, on Monday revealed that the council members will converge again on Wednesday …