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South Korean President Yeol invites Tinubu on state visit

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol extended an invitation to his Nigerian counterpart, Bola Tinubu, to visit the Asian country soon in order to strengthen bilateral relations. The Ambassadors and High Commissioners of the United States of America, the United Kingdom, and Saudi Arabia to Nigeria expressed their countries’ support for the new administration. Yeol’s message was conveyed by the South Korean delegation at a post-inauguration lunch at the State House Conference Centre in Abuja...

Onanuga: How we marketed Tinubu to the Nigerian electorate

Bayo Onanuga, the Director of Media and Publicity for the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council, goes down memory lane in this interview to explain the various political undercurrents before the party primaries. He explains how he and his team were able to market Tinubu to Nigerians. How did it feel to be at the helm of the Asiwaju Tinubu Presidential Campaign’s messaging? You know, the campaign was divided into two parts: the primary...

Skillful politician – Ibrahim Babangida makes demands from Tinubu

Former Nigerian President Gen. Ibrahim Babangida has urged Bola Ahmed Tinubu to be a president for all Nigerians as he assumes leadership of the country. Babangida praised Tinubu as a skilled politician and urged him to reorganize Nigeria’s armed forces and galvanize the country’s economic heavyweights. Babangida, speaking on Arise Television yesterday, urged Nigerians to be patient with Tinubu’s new administration. He emphasized that Tinubu requires all skills to unite Nigeria, stating that the country...

Breaking: Youths in Lagos set police statio ablaze

In a purported display of rage, a group of youths stormed a police station in Olayiwola Close in the Oregun area of Ikeja, Lagos State, early this morning. According to reports, the assailants then set fire to the police station, injuring a police officer on duty. The motive for the attack is currently unknown. According to reports, the injured officer, who suffered a head injury, was immediately rushed to an emergency centre at the Lagos-Ibadan...

Breaking: Tinubu sworn in as President

Bola Tinubu, President-elect, and Kashim Shettima, Vice President-elect, have been sworn in as President and Vice President of Nigeria, respectively. On Monday, the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Kayode Ariwoola, administered the Oath of Office. The Independent National Electoral Commission declared Tinubu, a former Senator and governor of Lagos State, the winner of the February 2023 presidential election. Read Also: Tinubu Takes Oath as Nigeria’s 16th President Today The candidate of the All Progressives Congress received 8,794,726...

Tinubu Takes Oath as Nigeria’s 16th President Today

Asiwaju Bola Tinubu will be sworn in as Nigeria’s 16th president today in Abuja. Adedayo Akinwale examines Tinubu’s 80-page Action Plan to Transform the Nation in this report. Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential candidate, launched an ambitious 80-page Action plan titled Renewed Hope 2023 in October 2022. The document outlined his vision for Nigeria if he were elected president. Tinubu was declared the winner of the February 25, 2023, presidential election...

Buhari orders Osinbajo, all outgoing officials to declare their assets

President Muhammadu Buhari directed Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and all other departing federal government officials to declare their assets on Friday, May 26. The President was also said to have received his Declaration of Assets Form from Prof. Isah Mohammed, Chairman of the Code of Conduct Bureau, CCB. The President was presented with the Declaration of Assets Form at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. It is a constitutional requirement that public officials declare their assets...

Buhari to address Nigerians on Sunday as he leaves office

On Sunday, May 28, at 7 a.m., President Muhammadu Buhari will make his final broadcast as President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces. This was revealed in a statement issued on Saturday by Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity. “Television, radio stations, and other electronic media outlets are urged to connect to the network services of the Nigerian Television Authority and Radio Nigeria for the broadcast,” Adesina said. Read...

Yeni Kuti: Fela was an icon but not a good father

Yeni Kuti, the late Fela Anikulapo-Kuti’s daughter, has stated that her father was not a good father. She, on the other hand, described the late musician as an icon and a role model. In a recent interview with media personality Chude Jideonwo, she stated this. Yeni stated that she never confronted her father about not being a good father, but the late singer and his first son, Femi, were constantly at odds. “He [Fela] was...

Disqualification suit: Atiku failed to pervert justice – Fani-Kayode claims

Femi Fani-Kayode, a senior member of the All Progressives Congress, has reacted to the Supreme Court’s decision on President-elect Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima. According to Fani-Kayode, the ruling shows that the 2023 Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar and his party failed to intimidate or compromise the judges. He claimed that Atiku’s plan to pervert justice failed. “Atiku Abubakar and his Peoples Destruction Party’s nonsense case has finally been dismissed...