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FACTS, NOT FEAR: A POINT-BY-POINT RESPONSE TO ATIKU ABUBAKAR ON NIGERIA’S REFORM JOURNEY
Politics thrives on disagreement. Democracy demands it. But disagreements must be rooted in facts, not frozen snapshots of history. When yesterday’s data are presented as today’s reality, the public deserves context. Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, in his typical pastime, has accused the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of fiscal recklessness, citing excess borrowing […]
PRESIDENT TINUBU MOURNS WITH THE OLUBADAN, GOVERNOR MAKINDE OVER THE PASSING OF OLOYE LEKAN ALABI
President Bola Tinubu has expressed sadness over the passing of Oloye Lekan Alabi, a veteran journalist and public relations icon, on Saturday in Lagos at the age of 76. Oloye Alabi was a prominent figure within Nigeria’s traditional institution, holding the esteemed title of Abese Olubadan of Ibadanland, one of the high chiefs in the […]
CARDINAL ONAIYEKAN’S ABUSE OF CLERICAL PRIVILEGE
By Temitope Ajayi There is something fundamentally inappropriate about Cardinal John Onaiyekan granting a television interview to offer his own account and interpretation of what transpired during the private meeting between the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria and President Bola Tinubu. It is, in my view, an abuse of clerical privilege. The bishops requested an […]
PRESIDENT TINUBU CONGRATULATES MUHAMMED ALIMI ABDULRAZAQ, THE MUTAWALIN ILORIN, AT 70
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu congratulates renowned legal luminary, elder statesman, and distinguished public servant, Dr Muhammed Alimi AbdulRazaq, the Mutawalin of Ilorin, on his 70th birthday, describing him as an accomplished legal practitioner, respected community leader, and patriotic Nigerian whose exemplary career has inspired many within and beyond the legal profession. President Tinubu notes AbdulRazaq’s […]
NAHCON: SAUDI’S PROPOSAL TO MIGRATE NIGERIAN PILGRIMS TO PRIVATE TOUR OPERATOR MODEL TO BE IMPLEMENTED IN PHASES
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has said the proposed business-to-business model for future hajj operations recommended by the Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah will be implemented in phases. Chairman of the Commission, Amb. Ismail Abba Yussuf, made the disclosure while fielding questions from State House correspondents at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. He […]
CHIDI AMUTA’S ‘ABUJA GANGSTER CHRONICLES’ AND THE MIND OF AN INCURABLE CYNIC
By Fredrick Nwabufo A principal ingredient of participatory governance is the robustness of views. No government is a monolith of knowledge; hence, a plurality of opinions, thoughts, and criticisms must be welcomed with avid and dispassionate interest. In fact, democracy by its very conception is a theorem of divergence—divergence of thoughts, beliefs, pursuits, persuasions, and […]
Ex-Finance Minister, Alhaji Alhaji* VP SHETTIMA IN SOKOTO, LEADS MOURNERS AT BURIAL OF EX-FINANCE MINISTER, ALHAJI ALHAJI
The Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, Thursday, led mourners at the Janai’za (funeral rites) of the former Nigerian Minister of Finance and Sardauna of Sokoto, Alhaji Abubakar Alhaji. The elder statesman, who passed on earlier in the day at the age of 88 after a brief illness, had served as Minister of National Planning, and […]
PRESIDENT TINUBU MOURNS FORMER FINANCE MINISTER, ALHAJI ABUBAKAR ALHAJI; CONDOLES SULTANATE AND GOVERNMENT OF SOKOTO STATE
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has expressed profound sadness over the passing of elder statesman, former Minister of Finance, and distinguished diplomat, Alhaji Abubakar Alhaji, who died at the age of 85. Alhaji Abubakar Alhaji was an iconic figure in Nigeria’s public administration, whose illustrious career spanned decades of dedicated service as a permanent secretary, federal […]
EXPANSION OF ARMY DIVISIONS WILL CURTAIL INSECURITY; THERE WILL BE ADEQUATE GUARDRAILS TO FORESTALL ABUSE OF STATE POLICE
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has stated that the creation of four additional divisions of the Nigerian Army to complement the existing eight was to ensure that the military responded swiftly to acts of insecurity wherever they happened. He added that the 12 divisions are now better motivated to tackle the insecurity in the country that […]
PRESIDENT TINUBU CELEBRATES HIGH CHIEF GILBERT TAMISAN GRANT AT 80
President Bola Tinubu congratulates High Chief Gilbert Tamisan Grant, the Agura-Otiri of Warri, on his 80th birthday, July 31. Chief Grant is one of Nigeria’s foremost indigenous petroleum engineers. He began his career as a Petroleum/Reservoir Engineer with Gulf Oil Company Nigeria Limited (now Chevron Nigeria Limited) in 1970. He later joined the Nigerian National […]
IMMEDIATE DISSOLUTION OF THE PRESIDENTIAL IMPLEMENTATION COMMITTEE ON ALIENATION OF FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PROPERTIES (PIC)
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu (GCFR) has approved the immediate dissolution of the Presidential Implementation Committee (PIC) on the Alienation of Federal Government Properties. Henceforth, all matters relating to the activities of the Committee will be coordinated by the Honourable Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi (HAGF). The PIC was established […]
PRESIDENT TINUBU SALUTES DR THOMPSON ABAYOMI OSHIN ON HIS CENTENNIAL BIRTHDAY
President Bola Tinubu congratulates Dr Thompson Abayomi Oshin, a renowned healthcare professional, educator, and humanitarian, on his 100th birthday on July 30. Dr Oshin, widely regarded as the father of physiotherapy in Nigeria, is a pioneer of physiotherapy in Africa. He is the first head and consultant physiotherapist at the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, […]
