Security personnel on parade at the President-elect Bola Tinubu’s inauguration at Eagle Square, Abuja. The personnel were dressed in yellow, dark green and red military kits as the band played at the ongoing event. Punch
President-elect, Bola Tinubu and Vice President-elect, Kashim Shettima have both been sworn in as President and Vice President of Nigeria, respectively. The Oath of Office was administered by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Kayode Ariwoola, on Monday. Tinubu, a former Senator and governor of Lagos State was declared the winner of the February 2023 presidential…
My fellow Nigerian brothers, sisters and friends of Nigeria. I address you today, in my last assignment as a democratically elected President of our great and well-endowed nation, with a deep sense of gratitude to God, a great deal of appreciation to the Nigerian people and a modest sense of fulfilment. Today we mark and…
The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has hailed the outgoing president, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), ahead of the handover of power to President-elect Bola Tinubu. Sanwo-Olu, who appreciated Buhari for his national honours, also wish the president well in his future endeavors. The governor made this known in a tweet on Monday. He…
As President Muhammadu Buhari leaves office today, he has apologised to Nigerians over some decisions he took that brought pains and sufferings to the citizenry. However, Buhari, who will hand over to President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, today, gave himself a pass mark, saying he is leaving Nigeria better than he met it in 2015. This…
The Civil Defence Correctional Fire and Immigration Services Board has approved over 17,000 senior officers’ 2022 promotional results. For the Nigerian Correctional Service, 8,365 officers were promoted; 3,472 in the Nigeria Immigration Service; 327 officers in the Federal Fire Service; and 5,167 officers in the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps. The Chairman of the…
The wife of the President-elect, Mrs. Oluremi Tinubu, has said that her family doesn’t need the wealth of Nigeria to survive. According to Mrs. Tinubu, God has already blessed the family with what is needed to survive. She made the remarks on Sunday during a speech at the presidential inauguration interdenominational church service at the…
The Executive Governor of Osun state, Senator Ademola Adeleke has congratulated former Governors of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola, David Adeleke (Davido) and other indigenes of Osun who bagged different national honours awards as conferred by President Muhammadu Buhari. In a statement by the Spokesperson to the Governor, Mallam Olawale Rasheed, the Governor…
The Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, and his wife, Dolapo, Oluremi, wife of the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, attended the presidential inauguration interdenominational church service at the National Christian Centre in Abuja on Sunday. Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, Senator-elect Godswill Akpabio, and other dignitaries attended the service. The service is one of…
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement intercepted illicit drugs hidden in black soap at a courier firm in Lagos State. The Director, Media & Advocacy of the agency, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a post shared on his Facebook page on Sunday. He shared pictures and videos of the black soap and wrote, “Underneath…
