Chief Bisi Akande, former governor of Osun State, has broken his silence on the seeming political feud between President Bola Tinubu and former Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo. In the buildup to the 2023 election, Osinbajo, then Vice-President, contested the primary election alongside Tinubu and other ruling party chieftains. The development reportedly strained his relationship with…
The Federal Government has secured a $1.1 billion loan from African Development Bank, AfDB, to provide electricity for 5 million people by the end of 2026. Special Adviser to the President, (Information & Strategy), bayo Onanuga, who disclosed this in a statement, said President Bola Tinubu made this known at the just concluded two-day Mission…
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, ex-Kaduna State governor Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, and other prominent politicians have been accused of planning to overthrow President Bola Tinubu. The allegation was made by a group known as Joint Action on Democracy (JAD). According to JAD, these politicians are aggrieved because President Tinubu has initiated reforms that are already…
The Debt Management Office (DMO) has debunked recent media reports claiming that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu inherited N21 trillion in public debt which arose to N142 trillion. In a statement issued by the DMO on Monday, the agency said the actual total public debt as of June 30, 2023 after President Tinubu took office stood…
President Bola Tinubu has returned to Abuja after Tanzania, GISTSMATE MEDIA is reporting. He had left Nigeria for the East African country to participate in the Africa Heads of State Energy Summit in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Two days later, the presidential aircraft touched down at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport at approximately 7:40 PM….
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, has said Nigeria is rich enough to fund the frequent foreign trips embarked upon by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu since assumption of office. Tinubu’s trips abroad had come under public scrutiny on the back of the economic hardship in the country with residents raising concerns over his large entourage….
The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi has said that presidents need not travel the whole world to attract foreign investments into the country. Obi in a post made on his X account said investments flow naturally where the environment is conducive as there would not be any need to force it….
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that President Bola Tinubu is set to depart Abuja on Sunday for Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The President will attend the Africa Heads of State Energy Summit, scheduled to take place on January 27-28, 2025. According to a statement released by Presidential Spokesperson Bayo Onanuga on Saturday, the summit aims to advance…
President Bola Tinubu on Friday, January 24, received delegates from the European Union, Republic of Finland and the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria. The designates were present at the Presidential Villa in Aso Rock, Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city to present their letter of credence to the president. This was disclosed in a series of videos…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed board chairpersons for 42 federal organisations and a secretary to the board of the Civil Defence, Immigration, and Prisons Services. The President has also appointed a new managing director for the Nigerian Railway Corporation and a director-general for the National Board for Technology Incubation (NBTI). President Tinubu directs the…