A solemn atmosphere enveloped Our Saviour’s Church, Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS), Lagos, on Friday as President Bola Tinubu, Senate President, Godswill Akpabio; Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu and his Ogun State counterpart, Governor Dapo Abiodun, and several dignitaries joined relatives and well-wishers to bid farewell to Olusegun Awolowo.The expansive hall brimmed with prayers, hymns, Bible…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has nominated General Christopher Gwabin Musa as the new Minister of Defence. In a letter to Senate President Godswill Akpabio, President Tinubu conveyed General Musa’s nomination as the successor to Alhaji Mohammed Badaru Abubakar, who resigned on Monday. General Musa, 58, on December 25, is a distinguished soldier who served as…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has sent the names of 32 ambassadorial nominees to the Senate for confirmation, days after he sent the first batch of three names. In two separate letters to the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, President Tinubu asked the Senate to consider and confirm expeditiously 15 nominees as career ambassadors and 17 nominees…
The Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered President Bola Tinubu to direct the Attorney General of the Federation to publish the names of individuals implicated in the alleged misappropriation of over N6 trillion intended for the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) from 2000 to 2019. This significant ruling was delivered on Monday, November 10,…
A forty-four members of the House of Representatives under the aegis of Parliamentary Action Group in Defense of Justice and Democracy on Tuesday urged President Bola Tinubu to invoke his constitutional powers to effect the immediate release of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu from detention. The members who comprise federal lawmakers from the North and South made…
A former director of the Department of State Services (DSS), Mike Ejiofor, has advised the Federal Government to take US President Donald Trump’s Christian genocide claims and threat of military action seriously. Ejiofor, who was a guest on Channels Television’s Politics Today, told the Nigerian government to explore diplomatic means to resolve the issue. “I…
The leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, has advised President Bola Ahmed Tinubu not to beg President Donald Trump over the recent military threats against Nigeria due to reported killings of Christians. In a statement signed by his media aide, Osho Oluwatosin, Primate Ayodele urged Tinubu not to put himself in a…
A former presidential candidate, Dr. Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, has said that the responsibility for the ongoing diplomatic crisis between Nigeria and the United States over alleged Christian genocide lies squarely with the inept and corrupt administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, not with U.S. President Donald Trump, who is also facing mounting pressure from his political…
•As New Service Chiefs assume duty•Vow to sustain fight against terrorists,bandits, others •Oluyede promises accountability, discipline, others President Bola Tinubu on Thursday gave marching orders to the nation’s new security chiefs, saying that their topmost priority must be to end the security crisis the country is facing. The president, who said the time for entertaining…
…says Nigeria is committed to Global Financial Transparency President Bola Ahmed Tinubu GCFR has welcomed Nigeria’s delisting from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) grey list. The FATF announced the delisting at its Plenary in Paris, France, on Saturday The FATF is the world’s foremost standard-setting body for combating money laundering, terrorist financing and proliferation financing….
