Stephen Angbulu
Nigeria, China plan collaboration on military training, arms production
• China announces CN¥1bn grant for Nigeria, others, to train over 7,000 military personnel The Federal Government says it is deepening its security partnership with the People’s Republic of China...
10th January 2025
China considers Nigeria’s request to expand currency swap deal
The People’s Republic of China Government says it would consider Nigeria’s request to expand the bilateral currency swap agreement. China’s Foreign Minister, Wang Yi, revealed this when he b...
9th January 2025
Tinubu decorates ADC with new rank
President Bola Tinubu has decorated his Aide-de-Camp, Lt. Col. Nurudeen Yusuf, with the rank of Colonel. The decoration took place on Thursday at the President’s office complex at the Presidential V...
9th January 2025
Nigerians suffering from Tinubu’s policies, says Bauchi gov
Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has criticised President Bola Tinubu, saying his economic reform policies are putting the North and Nigerians at large under strain. Mohammed said he is not on go...
8th January 2025
Benue plans to revive farming in 2025 as security improves
The Benue State Government has announced plans to boost food production through an intensified farming campaign in 2025. The government stated that collaboration with the presidency would provide farm...
8th January 2025
NAPTIP begins rehabilitation of Nigerian rescued from Iraqi traffickers
The Director General of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, Binta Bello, says one of the women rescued from a human traffickers’ den in Iraq, Odunayo Isaac, is now und...
8th January 2025
UPDATED: Tinubu returns to Abuja after Yuletide break, Ghana trip
President Bola Tinubu has returned to Abuja after spending nearly three weeks in Lagos. The Airbus A330 carrying the President and his personal aides arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airpor...
7th January 2025
Tinubu celebrates NNPCL boss at 60
President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday congratulated the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, Mele Kyari, on Tuesday, as he turns 60 on January 8. Tinubu describ...
7th January 2025
Tinubu attends Ghanaian President-elect Mahama’s inauguration today
President Bola Tinubu will depart Abuja on Monday, January 6, for Accra, the capital of the Republic of Ghana, to attend the inauguration of President-elect John Dramani Mahama on January 7. “Tinubu...
6th January 2025
Tinubu to attend Mahama’s inauguration as Ghanaian President
President Bola Tinubu will depart Abuja on Monday, January 6, for Accra, the capital of the Republic of Ghana, to attend the inauguration of President-elect John Dramani Mahama on January 7. “Tinubu...
5th January 2025
Did Tinubu really accept a boxing challenge?
When I first saw pictures of President Bola Tinubu receiving a golden glove from the world-renowned boxer Anthony Joshua, part of me thought the President had agreed to fight him in the ring. Joshua v...
5th January 2025
I’ll complete $3bn P’Harcourt-Maiduguri rail line – Tinubu
President Bola Tinubu has said his administration will complete the Eastern Rail line connecting Port Harcourt in the oil-rich Niger Delta to Maiduguri in northeastern Nigeria. Tinubu gave the assuran...
5th January 2025
Tinubu promises to complete $3bn P’Harcourt—Maiduguri rail line
President Bola Tinubu said his administration will complete the Eastern Rail line connecting Port Harcourt in the oil-rich Niger Delta to Maiduguri in North-Eastern Nigeria. Tinubu gave the assurance ...
4th January 2025
Tinubu harps on LG autonomy as govs pay New Year visit
President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday said his administration is in no battle with state governors over the controversial local government autonomy. Tinubu, however, called for collaboration from the 36 ...
2nd January 2025
Let’s resist efforts to enslave Nigerians, Tinubu tells N’Assembly leaders
President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday said his administration will fight off those who are determined to enslave Nigeria and its people. Tinubu said his administration was encouraged by the National Asse...
2nd January 2025
Tinubu vows to resist enslavers trying to capture Nigeria
President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday said his administration will fight off those who are determined to enslave Nigeria and its people. Tinubu noted that his administration is encouraged by the National...
1st January 2025
No hostility with govs over local govt autonomy, says Tinubu
President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday said that his administration is in no battle with state governors over the controversial local government autonomy. Tinubu, however, called for collaboration from th...
1st January 2025
Tinubu, Obasanjo, world leaders eulogise Carter
President Bola Tinubu, former President Olusegun Obasanjo alongside other world leaders, on Monday, paid glowing tributes to former US President Jimmy Carter, who passed away on Sunday at the age of 1...
31st December 2024
Withdraw your threat against Tinubu, presidency tells Bauchi gov
The Presidency on Monday demanded that the Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, retract what it called his “inflammatory” statement on the Tax Reform Bill. It said Mohammed’s statement, “We�...
30th December 2024
Tinubu approves establishment of varsity in Southern Kaduna
President Bola Tinubu has consented to a proposal to establish a federal university in Southern Kaduna. Vice President Kashim Shettima revealed this “at the weekend during a condolence visit to the ...
30th December 2024
Mother, children escape death as car rams into houses in Jigawa
A woman and her children narrowly escaped death, while four houses were burnt to ashes when a motor vehicle veered uncontrollably off the road and rammed into a residential house, causing widespread d...
30th December 2024
Saudi’s $1.2bn investment to create more jobs for Nigerians - FG
The Minister of Finance, Wale Edun, on Sunday, said more local jobs are expected in the coming year as a result of Saudi Arabia’s drive to ramp up investment in key sectors of the economy. Ed...
29th December 2024
Tchiani’s claims and Tinubu’s travels — the risk of appearances
I knew that my friend Sadiq was innocent. But some of us saw him leaving for the class alone when every other student was seated in the school hall for the HIV/AIDS awareness day. It was one of those ...
29th December 2024
NAPTIP reunites 1,200 trafficked victims with families
About 1,200 victims of human trafficking were reunited with their families in one year, the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons has said. NAPTIP revealed this in a three-ye...
24th December 2024
1200 trafficking victims reunited with families in one year — Report
About 1,200 victims of trafficking in Nigeria were reunited with their families in one year, according to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons. NAPTIP revealed this in a t...
23rd December 2024
Tinubu’s media chat airs 9pm Monday
The first Presidential Media Chat with President Bola Tinubu will be broadcast at 9 p.m. on Monday, December 23, on the Nigerian Television Authority and Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria. Special ...
23rd December 2024
Shettima mourns, offers prayers for victims of stampedes
Vice President Kashim Shettima on Sunday described the various stampedes nationwide as a nationwide tragedy, offering prayers for persons who lost their lives in tragic occurrences. Shettima extended ...
22nd December 2024
Akpabio’s hype man gig, a yearly poem & a homesick president
Years ago, I saw a cartoon in a national daily. It depicted caricatured images of Vice President Namadi Sambo standing behind a nervous President Goodluck Jonathan, whispering, “It’s a yearly poem...
22nd December 2024
Tinubu cancels official engagements to honour Abuja, Anambra stampede victims
President Bola Tinubu has cancelled all his official events in Lagos on Saturday, including his attendance at the 2024 Lagos Boat Regatta in honour of the stampede victims in Abuja and Okija, Anambra ...
21st December 2024
Shettima returns to Abuja after Saudi, UAE trips
Vice President Kashim Shettima has returned to Abuja after performing the lesser hajj (Umrah) at the Holy Mosque of Makkah (Masjid al-Haram) in Saudi Arabia. Shettima’s Senior Special Assistant on M...
20th December 2024
Tinubu mourns Voice of Nigeria journalist, Salami
President Bola Tinubu on Friday, extended his heartfelt condolences to the Nigerian Union of Journalists following the passing of Rafat Salami, the recently elected Treasurer of the International Pres...
20th December 2024