President Bola Tinubu has requested the Senate’s approval to secure external loans totaling $6 billion to support government financing needs. The request was conveyed in two separate letters addressed to Senate President Godswill Akpabio and read during Tuesday’s plenary. In the first letter, the President sought approval to obtain a $5 billion loan from Abu…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Monday said Nigeria has begun to overcome the economic challenges that confronted his administration, declaring that state governors are no longer relying on bank loans to pay workers’ salaries. Tinubu made the remark while hosting religious and traditional leaders at an interfaith breaking of fast at the Presidential Villa in…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman, Nentawe Goshwe Yilwatda, has urged Nigerians to celebrate Kogi State youths for donating N100 million towards President Bola Tinubu’s 2027 presidential nomination forms, describing the gesture as a historic milestone. The National Working Committee (NWC) of the APC has directed groups and individuals planning to purchase expression of…
Heavyweight political leaders in Cross River State have resolved to mobilise no fewer than 1.5 million votes for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the 2027 general elections. The decision was reached on Monday at a high-level stakeholders’ meeting of the All Progressives Congress (APC), convened by Governor Bassey Otu at the Calabar International Convention Centre…
The BAT Ideological Group has partnered with the Lagos State University of Science and Technology, Ikorodu, to establish the Bola Ahmed Tinubu Institute of Politics and Policies. The group’s Director of Media and Publicity, Arabinrin Aderonke, said in a statement obtained on Thursday that the move aims to deepen ideological orientation and strengthen political leadership…
The Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led Government plans to borrow N17.89tn in 2026 to fund a widening budget deficit as revenue projections fall sharply below expenditure needs, according to the 2026 budget framework obtained from the Budget Office of the Federation. Official figures in the 2026 Abridged Budget Call Circular issued by the Federal Ministry of Budget…
President Bola Tinubu has forwarded the names of 32 ambassadorial nominees to the Senate for confirmation, without considering anyone from Cross River State. According to a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga on Saturday, the nominees include 17 non-career ambassadors and 15 career ambassadors, who will be…
By Kelvin Obambon President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has initiated a major overhaul of Nigeria’s internal security structure, approving the recruitment of 30,000 additional police officers and ordering the immediate withdrawal of police personnel from Very Important Persons (VIPs) across the country. The directive, announced on Sunday, November 23, 2025, by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to…
By Kelvin Obambon President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has issued a directive for the immediate withdrawal of police officers currently assigned to provide security for Very Important Persons (VIPs) across the country. Henceforth, the responsibility for armed protection of VIPs will shift to the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC). The directive was announced on…
Petroleum marketers have warned that the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, could exceed N1,000 per litre following President Bola Tinubu’s approval of a 15 per cent ad valorem import tariff on fuel imports. The new policy, which takes effect after a 30-day transition period expected to end on 21 November 2025,…
