Press Releases

President Bola Tinubu has expressed grief over the passing of Justice Mukhtar Muhammad Dodo (rtd), who died on Sunday at the age of 70. The late jurist, who hailed from Katsina State, had a long and illustrious career in the Judiciary before his retirement. He served as Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court of Nigeria […]

The Federal Government of Nigeria’s Investment in Digital and Creative Enterprises (iDICE) programme has announced plans to launch two additional funds for the technology and creative sectors in 2026, targeting investments in Nigerian start-ups across the country. The announcement comes as the Chair of the iDICE Steering Committee, Vice President Kashim Shettima, described the formal […]

I congratulate Professor Chukwuma Soludo on his re-election as the governor of Anambra State. The overwhelming victory he recorded in Saturday’s poll has now made him the third governor in the state’s political history to win a second term. I must also congratulate the people of Anambra State, the security agencies and the Independent National […]

President Bola Tinubu receives the President of Sierra Leone and Chairperson of ECOWAS, Julius Maada Bio, in the State House, Abuja. Friday, November 7, 2025  

The Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, has departed Belem, Brazil, for Abuja after a successful diplomatic engagement in the South American country where he represented President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the 30th Session of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 30). This is just as Nigeria has reaffirmed its determination to continue to use […]

President Bola Tinubu extends warm greetings to His Royal Highness, Muhammed Haliru Dantoro Kitoro IV (Mai Borgu), Emir of Borgu Kingdom, as he marks 10 years on the throne. President Tinubu congratulates the 17th Emir of Borgu on the remarkable journey of serving his people and the country. The President, who is the Jagaban of […]

President Bola Tinubu congratulates Ms Omoyemi Akerele, founder of the Lagos Fashion Week, on winning the 2025 Earthshot Prize. Ms Akerele’s Lagos Fashion Week emerged as the only African enterprise and one of the five winners of the £5 million Earthshot Prize for 2025 at the award ceremony held at the Museum of Tomorrow in […]

Nigeria has implored the international community to significantly increase global financing to protect and restore nature’s economic value through predictable, equitable, and accessible funding mechanisms. According to Nigerian Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, since forests, landscapes, and oceans are shared resources that are outside the jurisdiction of any single nation, their protection requires global solidarity. […]

Nigeria has positioned itself as West Africa’s climate action leader following its submission of the region’s first 3rd National Determined Contribution (NDC 3.0) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). This comes as Vice President Kashim Shettima prepares to unveil Nigeria’s green transition roadmap to world leaders, positioning the country to turn […]

Nigerian Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, has charged world leaders to move beyond pledging to performance,  and from dialogue to taking reasonable action in tackling climate change and its  attendant natural disasters that have claimed innocent lives and rendered many homeless across the globe. “Let COP30 be remembered as the moment when the world moved […]

I extend my warmest felicitations to Dr Reuben Abati, renowned journalist and former presidential adviser, on his 60th birthday, November 7, 2025. A public intellectual, author, columnist, law graduate and broadcaster, Dr Abati has distinguished himself wherever he has traversed: in the university as a student and later as a Graduate Assistant, as Chairman of […]

President Bola Tinubu, on Thursday in Abuja, swore in Dr Bernard Mohammed Doroh from Plateau State and Dr Kinsley Tochukwu Udeh (SAN) from Enugu State as ministers. The ministers took the oath of office at the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting, held at the Council Chambers of the State House. The Senate confirmed Dr Doro […]