President Bola Tinubu has written to the Senate, forwarding for confirmation, 65 ambassadorial nominees. The President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, read the President’s request on Thursday. The list consists of 34 Career Ambassadors and High Commissioners and 31 Non-Career Ambassadors and High Commissioners, totalling 65 nominees altogether. Notable nominees among the 34 career…
Governor Alex Otti of Abia State has disclosed that his visit to President Bola Tinubu was based on Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. Otti explained that his visit to Tinubu was not centered around plans to defeat to the All Progressives Congress, APC. The governor, who gave the explanation through…
Presidential Adviser on Policy Communication, Daniel Bwala, says President Bola Tinubu’s administration maintains a firm policy against negotiating with bandits or any terrorist group. Speaking on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief on Wednesday, Bwala said previous governments sometimes engaged violent groups because of Nigeria’s complex security challenges. But he stressed that Tinubu has adopted a…
The Presidency has defended the inclusion of former INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu; ex-Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode; and former presidential aide, Reno Omokri, in President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s recently submitted ambassadorial nominees, citing a combination of loyalty, national service, and strategic competence. Demola Oshodi, Senior Special Assistant (Protocol) to the President, spoke on Arise News The…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that President Bola Tinubu is currently meeting with heads of security agencies at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The security meeting is taking place less than 24 hours after the Minister of Defence, Abubakar Badaru, resigned his appointment. The security heads are led by the Chief of Defence Staff, CDS General Olufemi Oluyede….
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Tuesday met with Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Governor Otti’s meeting with President Tinubu is believed to be part of ongoing engagements aimed at securing the release of the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. The meeting comes…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has nominated former Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Gwabin Musa (rtd), as Nigeria’s new Minister of Defence. His nomination was transmitted to the Senate on Tuesday in a letter addressed to Senate President Godswill Akpabio. The President’s communication with the Senate was made public in a statement issued by…
Following the recent resignation of Nigeria’s Minister of Defence, Alhaji Mohammed Badaru Abubakar, a strong wave of public and professional opinion is sweeping across the nation urging President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to make a decisive and strategic choice in appointing a new Defence Minister. At the centre of these calls is Lt. General Abdulrahman Bello…
The Presidency has called on Nigerians to actively help monitor compliance with President Bola Tinubu’s directive to withdraw police escorts for VIPs. The appeal was made by the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Public Communication, Daniel Bwala, during an interview on TVC on Sunday, where he highlighted the administration’s commitment to enforcing the order…
Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, a former political adviser to President Bola Tinubu, says he wished the president does not seek re-election in the 2027 presidential race. Baba-Ahmed said this during an interview on ‘Sunday Politics’, a programme on Channels Television. According to him, Tinubu has not demonstrated the hunger or drive of someone committed to fixing Nigeria….