The President of the United States of America, Joe Biden on Tuesday called President Bola Tinubu on phone. The minister of foreign affairs, Yusuf Tuggar said Biden called Tinubu at about 4 pm Nigerian time. According to Tuggar, the call which lasted for about 30 minutes had both leader conversing on the recent release of…
Presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, said yesterday that contrary to popular opinion, his principal, President Bola Tinubu, did not acquire a new official jet but a refurbished one. “It’s not President Tinubu’s plane, it belongs to the people of Nigeria, it is our property,” Onanuga said on the Sunday edition of Inside Sources with Laolu Akande,…
President Bola Tinubu has approved N10 billion Youth Development Fund aimed at empowering youths in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). This was disclosed by the Minister of the FCT, Mr. Nyesom Wike, on Monday while inaugurating the upgrading of War College/Army Checkpoint Road and other ancillary roads in Ushafa, Bwari Area Council, Abuja. The minister…
The Presidency has officially ruled out any possibility of former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management, Betta Edu, returning to President Bola Tinubu’s cabinet. The announcement came from presidential spokesperson Bayo Onanuga during his appearance in Sunday’s edition of Channels Television’s Politics Today. This declaration ends months of speculation that she might be reinstated…
Presidential spokesman Bayo Onanuga has said that President Bola Tinubu is not T-Pain as commonly called on social media; instead, he feels the pain of Nigerians. Onanuga refuted claims of the president not having feeling, asserting that the President understands the challenges Nigerians face and is committed to improving their situation. Speaking on Channels Television’s…
Former Niger Delta militant leader, Asari Dokubo, has accused President Tinubu of betrayal and neglect. Asari, who made the accusation in a viral video on social media, said Tinubu had betrayed him after working for his emergence as the Nigerian president in the 2023 elections. Dokubo claimed that he spent his money canvassing for votes…
President Bola Tinubu and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar met on Friday during a Jummah prayer at the National Mosque in Abuja. GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that this is their first meeting since the conclusion of the 2023 presidential election. Atiku, presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) was one of Tinubu’s key opponents in…
President Bola Tinubu has implemented a new cost-cutting measure limiting Federal Ministers, Ministers of State, and Heads of Agencies to a maximum of three vehicles in their official convoys. This directive, outlined in a statement personally signed by the president, aims to streamline government operations and reduce expenditures associated with official travel. Additionally, the President…
President Bola Tinubu wielded his big stick on Wednesday, and like a surgeon in a theatre, he used his surgical knife, yanked off five ministers, redeployed 10 and appointed seven fresh nominees as ministers to replace the sacked ones as well as two others — Betta Edu who was initially suspended, and Simon Lalong who…
President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday appointed Shehu Dikko as the Chairman of the National Sports Commission. This appointment comes after the president scraped the Ministry of Sports Development and had its functions transferred to the National Sports Commission in order to develop a vibrant sports economy. The Minister of Sports Development, Senator John Enoh, was…