The presidency has reacted to reports that President Bola Tinubu will dump Vice President Kashim Shettima ahead of the 2027 general elections. Reports had stated that the president is set to choose a different running mate in the buildup to the polls. Speaking in an interview, Bayo Onanuga, the special adviser to the president on…
MKO Abiola The Presidency has urged the family of late Moshood Abiola to file a claim regarding the demand for details of the reported N45 billion debt owed it by the federal government. Abiola’s family demand comes after former Governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido, recently appealed to President Bola Tinubu to compensate the family…
By Johnson Momodu In the sweltering heat of Abuja, where the Aso Rock Villa casts a long shadow over Nigeria’s capital, an unusual alliance is reshaping the nation’s future. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, a veteran strategist with relentless drive, stands at the helm of Africa’s most populous democracy. Across the city, in the red-carpeted chambers…
The presidency has described Senator Ali Ndume’s criticisms of President Bola Tinubu’s administration as cry of a lone-wolf cry within the ruling party, the All Progressives Congress, APC. The presidency said criticisms by Senator Ndume representing Borno south on the platform of APC is reckless and baseless. Ndume, a former chief whip of the senate,…
The federal government plans has given the promise to pay offset N2 trillion out of the over N4 trillion debt owed power generation companies (GenCos) before the end of the next quarter. According to the Special Adviser to the President on Energy, Olu Verheijen, speaking through her representative Eriye Onagoruwa at a Nigerian Electricity Supply…
Pastor Bakare Former presidential aspirant and presiding overseer of the Lagos-based Global Community Citadel Church, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has warned that under President Bola Tinubu, Nigeria risks a popular uprising unless the administration changes course on security and the economy. Addressing worshippers during his Easter State-of-the-Nation broadcast in Ikeja, the former APC presidential aspirant said…
The Presidency on Sunday disowned billboards and other materials promoting the 2027 campaign for President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima nationwide. “We urgently call on individuals and groups funding this 2027 political campaign through the ongoing deployment of materials on billboards nationwide to cease immediately,” it said in a statement signed by Tinubu’s…
The Presidency has reacted to recent speculations surrounding the alleged appointment of several individuals as ambassadors. A series of reports had earlier claimed that federal government had begun screening candidates for diplomatic postings, in a bid to fill vacancies across Nigeria’s 76 embassies and 22 high commissions. Among the names reportedly screened were former governors…
Yakubu The presidency has debunked the rumours that the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Mahmood Yakubu, has been replaced. The presidency called the story ‘fake news.’ Rumours are currently trending on the social media space that the INEC boss was replaced by President Tinubu. However, the Senior Special Adviser to President Bola…
President Bola Tinubu has reacted to the killing of over 50 people in various communities of Bokkos Local Government Area by some yet-to-be-identified gunmen. The president said the killers once arrested would be made to face severe punishment in line with the provisions of the law. In a statement released by Bayo Onanuga, the special…
