President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has wished President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Vice President Kashim Shettima, GCON, the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, members of the National Assembly and Officers and Men of the Armed Forces, a happy and prosperous New Year. The Senate President,in a New Year message personally … Read more
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has called on President Bola Tinubu to direct the Code of Conduct Bureau to publish his declared assets. SERAP also urged Tinubu to encourage Vice-President Kashim Shettima, ministers, state governors, and National Assembly leaders to follow suit. This was stated in a press release shared on Sunday … Read more
President Bola Tinubu has advised Nigerians to apply austerity measures by switching off electrical gadgets to save electricity bills. He said “It’s not negative to learn to manage. You learn to control your electricity bill, switch off the light, let’s learn to manage,” Tinubu said on Monday in a chat with reporters at his Bourdillon … Read more
President Bola Tinubu has accused organisers for the deadly stampedes that occurred during the distribution of relief materials in three states. Recall in the past week, chaotic scenes in Ibadan, Anambra and Abuja led to the deaths of over 60 people, including children, as crowds scrambled for food items. During a Presidential Media Chat on … Read more
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Monday said that the borrowing envisaged in the 2025 budget was targeted at providing critical infrastructure. The President, in his maiden media chat, said the country had a serious infrastructure shortage. “We have to put money on the long-term matching projects, we don’t have the short-term funds to manage long-term … Read more
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Monday said he had no regret removing fuel subsidy. The president, who stated this during his first media chat, said fuel subsidy removal was necessary to prevent the country from bankruptcy. Tinubu had, during his inauguration as president on May 29, 2023, announced the immediate removal of fuel subsidy, with … Read more
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described the three recent food stampedes in Nigeria as “an ugly testament to the alarming level of misery, poverty, hunger, starvation, sense of hopelessness and desperation for survival currently plaguing our nation” under the President Bola Tinubu-led All Progressives Congress (APC) government. In a statement on Sunday, … Read more
Nigeria’s President, Bola Tinubu, has described Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State, as a bridge-builder and model political leader, following the calibre of persons across political divides that graced his son’s wedding in Asaba. President Tinubu stated this at the wedding between Mr Clinton Oborevwori and his hearthrob Knowledge Davidson at the Living Faith Church, … Read more
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 stampedes victims in Abuja and Okija, Anambra. The two tragedies claimed many lives and left many others injured. Tinubu was scheduled to watch the boat parade and other activities … Read more
President Bola Tinubu has said that the 2025 budget forecasts that inflation will decline from current 34.6% to 15% next year. He said this during his presentation of the N47.9 trillion 2025 budget proposal to a joint session of the National Assembly on Wednesday. The President also said that the exchange rate will improve from … Read more