•Tinunu and Shettima The presidency has said the absence of President Bola Tinubu and Vice-President Kashim Shettima will not create any leadership vacuum in the country. Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, in a statement yesterday, said physical presence was not necessary to perform their duties. Onanug...
Ordinarily, Tuesday, October 1, 2024 will pass on as a day of merriment, in line with tradition, to celebrate Nigeria’s independence from colonial rule in 1960. But there are signs that aside the expected burst of conviviality, pomp and panoply, this year’s Independence Day, the 64th, may be different, reports Daily Trust. As the government, [...
•Tinubu The presidency has confirmed that a cabinet reshuffle is imminent. The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, revealed this to journalists at the State House today Wednesday, September 25. Onanuga, who spoke at a press briefing, along with Senior Special Assistant to the President on Digital and New...
•Kukah and Tinubu The presidency has refuted a claim by the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto, Matthew Kukah, that President Bola Tinubu did not sign the peace accord during the 2023 presidential election. Kukah on Sunday, during the Edo election security town hall meeting in Benin, said Tinubu snubbed the 2023 peace accord. Reacting to Kukah’s [&hell...
•Peter Obi and Donald Trump Peter Obi Media Office (POMR) has described as empty propaganda the comparison between Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 election, and former US President Donald Trump. Last week, an aide to President Bola Tinubu compared Obi to Trump, saying they both distort facts, [&hel...
•Tinubu and Shettima The presidency today reacted to allegations of a rift between President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima. Stanley Nkwocha, Shettima’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Communications, emphasised that the Vice President is a “colossal member” of Tinubu’s administration and enjoys the “total confidence and ...
•Tinubu and state governors The presidency yesterday cleared the air on the controversy over the N573 billion received by states. It said the fund is a World Bank loan, which the federal government guaranteed, and not a grant, reports The Nation. It explained that the issue of whether it was a grant or a loan […]
•Tinubu Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, has affirmed that citizens have the right to protest and that no one can stop them from doing so. Ngelale made this statement during an interview on TVC, addressing concerns about the government’s stance on the peaceful protests planned for August 1–10. [&h...
•US President Joe Biden US President Joe Biden will give what could be his final Oval Office speech Wednesday to explain why he dropped out of November’s election and deny that he will spend six months as a lame duck. With the world’s eyes already on a looming clash between Vice President Kamala Harris and […]
•Atiku and Tinubu Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has defended the constitutional right of Nigerian citizens to engage in peaceful protest, amid growing economic challenges and reports of planned demonstrations. In a statement today via X, Atiku emphasised the legal basis for public demonstrations, saying, “For the avoidance of doubt, the...

