Bola Tinubu

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has blasted President Bola Tinubu’s nomination of Mahmood Yakubu, the immediate past Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, for an ambassadorial post. He recently revealed that he would never nominate a past INEC chairman as an ambassador if he were president. In a press ...

The 2023 presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Dumebi Kachikwu, has urged President Bola Tinubu to be truthful about the insecurity crisis in the country. He recently revealed that BAT should reveal those who keep financing terrorism in Nigeria. Blasting the appointment of the immediate Chief of Defence ...

Nollywood actor Yul Edochie has written an open letter to President Bola Tinubu. He recently expressed deep concern over the critical issues of escalating insecurity and unbearable economic hardship currently plaguing Nigerians. Outlining various issues that he believes require immediate intervention, he revealed that his letter is a direct challenge ...

The Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Policy Communication, Daniel Bwala, has said that almost 70 per cent of those presently working with the President had opposed him politically at one point. He recently revealed that Tinubu once told him that his mum taught him to embrace even those ...

President Bola Tinubu has hailed the Senate for its quick confirmation of General Christopher Musa (retd.) as the new Minister of Defence. He recently described the appointment as timely and crucial for the country. In a post shared via his official X handle, Tinubu revealed that he forwarded Musa’s name ...

Presidential Adviser on Policy Communication, Daniel Bwala, has said that President Tinubu’s government does not negotiate with bandits or any terrorist organisation. He recently revealed that while past governments occasionally resorted to dialogue with violent groups, Tinubu is very much against it. Speaking on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief, Bwala ...

The Peoples Democratic Party has accused President Bola Tinubu’s government of failing to protect Nigerians at home, on the streets, and in their workplaces. PDP recently blasted the administration’s security record, calling for a review of strategies to make the nation safer. Speaking while briefing journalists in Abuja, the party’s ...

Former presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has said that compassion should always guide public office and the conduct of public officers. He recently revealed that the current trend of frivolity will do more harm to Nigeria than good. Responding to a series of decisions and events ...

The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has said that the success or failure of the newly appointed Minister of Defence, General Christopher Gwabin Musa (rtd), will depend entirely on President Bola Tinubu’s political will to confront Nigeria’s worsening insecurity. The group recently revealed that the country cannot afford ...

Senior Special Assistant to President Bola Tinubu on Foreign Affairs and Protocol, Ademola Oshodi, has come out to defend the President’s latest ambassadorial nominations. He recently insisted that the selections prove Tinubu’s judgment of what is best for his government and Nigeria. Speaking during an interview on Channels Television’s programme, ...

Former presidential aide Reno Omokri has appreciated President Bola Tinubu for nominating him as one of 32 new ambassador-designates. He recently described Tinubu as someone who taught him the meaning of forgiveness. In a press statement shared on X, Reno thanked God and Tinubu for his visionary and exemplary leadership, ...

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has assured Nigerians that Nigeria will overcome its security challenges. The party recently insisted that the people behind acts of sabotage will fail eventually. In a press statement issued by its Lagos spokesman, Mr Seye Oladejo, APC urged Nigerians to remain calm and united despite ...

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has urged President Tinubu to set up a panel of inquiry to probe state governors’ use of security votes since May 2015. The group recently welcomed the president’s declaration of “a national security emergency.” In a press statement issued by its deputy director, ...

President Bola Tinubu has declared a security emergency across Nigeria. This comes amid the worsening security situation in the country, and Nigerians have been reacting. In a press statement he personally signed, BAT directed the Department of State Services, DSS, to immediately deploy all the forest guards already trained to ...

The National Secretary of the African Democratic Congress, Rauf Aregbesola, has said that the APC has failed Nigerians completely. He recently revealed that FG has not met the required standard in the economy, security and other critical sectors. Speaking in Osogbo during the unveiling of the ADC, Aregbesola disclosed that ...

President Bola Tinubu has welcomed the release of 24 schoolgirls abducted by terrorists from a school in Maga, Kebbi State. Recall that the girls were kidnapped at dawn on November 17, briefly after a military detachment left the school premises. In a press statement signed by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser ...

Popular comedian I Go Save has reacted to the recent rescue of abducted Nigerians across the country. Recall that President Tinubu recently announced that the 38 Churchgoers abducted by bandits during an attack in Kwara state have been safely rescued. Over the weekend, BAT also mentioned that 51 of the ...

At least 100,000 police officers attached to VIPs and politicians have been withdrawn and redeployed to core policing duties. The officers will help with counter-insurgency operations, as part of a strategy to end terrorist attacks across Nigeria. President Bola Tinubu ordered the withdrawal of police officers at a security meeting ...

President Bola Tinubu has met with the nation’s Service Chiefs amid rising insecurity across Nigeria. He was recently involved in an extended security meeting with the experts at the State House, Abuja. The high-level session, which was still ongoing at press time, had in attendance the Chief of Army Staff, ...

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has rejected calls by the factional Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Umar Turaki, SAN, for the US President Donald Trump’s intervention in Nigeria. He recently insisted that the nation’s democracy is not under threat, and Nigerians have been reacting. Speaking ...