The literary world and admirers across Nigeria and beyond continue to honour Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka as celebrations for his 90th birthday extend into their second week. On Tuesday evening, Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu hosted a special dinner at…
*Tinubu writes National Assembly to raise 2024 budget by ₦6.2t (Channels)*Final year student stabbed to death over N150 in Bayelsa (Punch)
Tinubu writes National Assembly to raise 2024 budget by ₦6.2t (Channels) President Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, requested the Senate to amend the 2024 Appropriation Act and the 2023 Finance Act by increasing the budget by ₦6.2tn. Tinubu’s request is contained…
*Tinubu launches National Resettlement Scheme for conflict victims (Nation)*N2b pension fraud: Court orders final forfeiture of Abdulrasheed Maina’s property (Sun)
Tinubu launches National Resettlement Scheme for conflict victims (Nation) President Bola Tinubu, has called on Nigerians to come together in solidarity against the common threats that undermine the nation’s collective well-being, saying that Nigeria has endured too much. The president…
Tinubu congratulates Starmer on UK election victory
President Bola Tinubu has congratulated the leader of the Labour Party in the United Kingdom (UK), Sir Keir Starmer, on his party’s victory in the country’s general election. In a statement issued on Friday, July 5, by his special adviser…
*Suicide Bombing: Atiku warns Tinubu not ton turn N’east to theatre of terrorism(NewTelegraph)*WHO steps in as cholera outbreak hits Kirikiri prison in Lagos (Vanguard)
Suicide Bombing: Atiku warns Tinubu not ton turn N’east to theatre of terrorism(NewTelegraph) Nigeria’s former Vice President and presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the last election, Atiku Abubakar, has condemned the bomb attack in Borno State,…
Tinubu, US condemn ‘horrific’ Borno blasts, mourn victims
President Bola Tinubu has condemned Saturday’s suicide bomb blast in Borno State, describing it as a desperate act of terror. Eighteen people were killed when four suicide bombers set off improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in Gwoza, in the north-eastern state.…
Tinubu congratulates Fashola on 61st birthday
President Bola Tinubu, on Saturday, congratulated a former Governor of Lagos State and ex-Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, on his 61st birthday. The former minister was the Chief of Staff when Tinubu was the Governor of Lagos State…
Heated debate erupts in House of Reps over Tinubu’s budget request
The House of Representatives on Thursday engaged in a heated debate over President Bola Tinubu’s request to extend the implementation period of the N21.83 trillion capital component of the 2023 budget. Also debated was the extension of the N2.17 trillion…
Agbekoya rallies support for Tinubu’s administration, demands protection of farmers
A Yoruba pressure group, the Agbekoya Parapo, has expressed strong support for the administration of President Bola Tinubu barring the economic hardship being faced just as it called for a recourse to the 2014 National Confab, restructuring, and return to…
Northern politicians using Buhari to undermine Tinubu’s 2027 ambition, alleges Shehu Sani
Human rights activist, Senator Shehu Sani, has alleged that recent Sallah visits by prominent northern politicians to former President Muhammadu Buhari at his Daura residence in Katsina State were strategic moves aimed at undermining President Bola Tinubu in the 2027…
