The official campaign slogan for the Bola Tinubu/ Kashim Shettima campaign, in the build up to the 2023 presidential elections, was ‘Renewed Hope.’ Apart from the emilokan statement by the then presidential aspirant to assert that it was his turn to be president of Nigeria, the Renewed Hope became the most popular catch-phrase then. After [&he...
The African Democratic Congress has faulted the President Bola Tinubu-led Federal Government over what it called budget confusion, poor project implementation, and frequent policy reversals. In a statement today, the ADC’s National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, said the government’s preoccupation with re-election politics, at the expe...
•Lt.Gen. Wahidi Shaibu The newly appointed Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. Gen. Wahidi Shaibu, has promised to prioritise the doctrine of Soldier-First during his tenure. He hinted at the need to make changes in the appointment of commanders within a few weeks, reports The Nation. Shaibu, who was the Theatre Commander in the Northeast [&hellip...
•Federal Executive Council meeting In a bid to curtail incessant industrial actions by trade unions, the federal government has approved the National Industrial Relations Policy, NIRP, 2025, to check strikes. This came as the government said that the contentious circular that precipitated the recent strike by health workers has been withdrawn,...
•Chief Executive, NUPRC, Gbenga Komolafe The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission has told oil producers that it is set to implement the ‘drill or drop’ policy. The Chief Executive of the NUPRC, Gbenga Komolafe, disclosed this when he received a delegation from the Independent Petroleum Producers Group at the commission’s headquar...
•FCT minister, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has denied claims that the building of homes for judges in Abuja is for the purpose of pocketing the judges for political gains. He said that the construction of homes for judges is not his policy, but part of welfare packages […]
•Tinubu Nigeria’s former Ambassador to The Philippines, Dr Yemi Farounbi, today said the President Bola Tinubu of today is not the same he knew in the days of their activism as members of the pro-democracy group, the National Democratic Coalition (NADECO). Farounbi expressed concerns over the frequency of policy changes of the Tinubu administr...
•Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu Lagos State Government has extended the work-from-home policy for civil servants due to the rising cost of living. In a statement yesterday, Lagos State Head of Service, Bode Agoro, said the government has extended the “flexible work initiative” for another three months to assuage the effects of the removal of petr...
The Campaign for Equal Rights and Opportunities for all Nigerians, CERON, has condemned the plan of the federal government to restrain Nigerian children below 18 years from registering for WAEC, NECO and JAMB examinations saying the policy belongs to the archives. Recall that the Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman had recently on nation...
The Chairman of BUA Cement, Alhaji Abdul Samad Rabiu, yesterday recounted how cement dealers frustrated his company’s N3, 500/bag policy, last year. He spoke at the 8th Annual General Meeting of the company in Abuja, reports Vanguard. He said that while his company sold over a million tones of cement to dealers at N3, 500, […]

