President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved a sweeping reconstitution of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited board, removing the chairman, Chief Pius Akinyelure and the group chief executive officer, Mallam Mele Kolo Kyari. President Tinubu removed all other board members appointed with Akinyelure and Kyari in November 2023. The new 11-man board has Engineer…
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dele Momodu, has criticised President Bola Tinubu’s declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State, describing it as “anti-democratic”. In a move that was greeted with backlash, Tinubu suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy Ngozi Odu, and the Rivers State House of Assembly for six months…
Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun state has felicitated with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on the occasion of his Seventy Three birthday anniversary, describing the number one citizen of the nation as “a resourceful democrat with tested decades of democratic activism” In a birthday message personally signed by him, Governor Adeleke recalled the huge contributions of…
President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday, flagged off the movement of the torch of unity ahead of the 22nd National Sports Festival (Gateway Games Ogun State 2025), holding from May 16 to May 30, 2025. Tinubu lit the torch at the forecourt of the State House, Abuja, at about 02:15 pm when he received a delegation…
The Initiator of a Non-Governmental organisation, Dr. Rhoda Makinde Initiative (DROMI), has called on Nigerians not to see the present economic challenges being faced by the country as something only government must tackle. Dr. Makinde, who is the wife of lawmaker representing Ondo East/Ondo West Federal constituency at the National Assembly, stated this during a…
Tinubu offers ex-INEC Chairman, Jega appointment President Bola Tinubu has appointed former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega, as Co-Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Implementation of Livestock Reforms. President Tinubu announced this in Abuja at the inauguration of the committee, which will address the obstacles to agricultural productivity and…
The leadership and members of the Ondo Redemption Front (ORF) has called on President Bola Tinubu to use his office to ascertain the true state of health of Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Rotimi Akeredolu as same has been shrouded in secrecy over the months. ORF urged the President Tinubu, as the leader of the ruling…
The President, Bola Tinubu, on Monday, in Abuja, urged striking health union workers to return to work, promising to resolve their grievances “We will resolve all the issues. Please go back to work,” Tinubu told the leadership of the Joint Health Sector Unions during a meeting at the State House, on Monday. The PUNCH reports…
The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, has described the inauguration of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as Nigeria’s president as a new chapter for the country. CAN president, Archbishop Daniel Okoh, who said this in a statement yesterday, urged the new administration under Tinubu’s leadership to bring positive change and progress to the country. According to…
The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Thursday slammed a fine of N40 million on a former Presidential candidate, Chief Ambrose Albert Owuru for filing a frivolous suit to stop the inauguration of the President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu on May 29. The appellate court ordered the politician to pay the fine of N10 million each…
