United States Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, called the President-elect, Bola Tinubu on Tuesday to discuss the importance of maintaining the bilateral relationship between the US and Nigeria. The telephone conversation between Blinken and Tinubu was confirmed by the US Department of State spokesperson, Matthew Miller and Tinubu’s spokesperson, Tunde Rahman. Miller said the US government official spoke with the President-elect “to emphasise his continued commitment to further strengthening the U.S.-Nigeria relationship with the incoming...

On Thursday, May 25, 2023, President-elect Bola Tinubu and Vice President-elect Kashim Shettima will be conferred with the national honours of Grand Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic, GCFR, and Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger, GCON, respectively, by President Muhammadu Buhari. The event is part of the programmes for the inauguration of the President-elect which was unveiled on Thursday by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha....

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has advocated the entrenchment of a culture of integrity across corporate and civil spaces as a way of addressing problems associated with governance, democracy and development in the country. Jonathan made the remark at the 40th anniversary dinner of the Institute of Directors (IoD Nigeria), where he also made a case for closer cooperation among African leaders, especially former and serving presidents, stressing that Africa needs such synergy, to ensure peace and...

President of Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari has again written to the House of Representatives (HoR) requesting the approval for an additional $800 million loan for the National Social Safety Net Programme (NASSP) from the World Bank. The letter titled “Request for approval for additional financing of the National Social Safety Net Programme (scale-up) by the National Assembly” was read by the Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, as plenary resumed on Wednesday. According to Buhari the programme is...

Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the just concluded general elections has expressed shock over the telephone call by US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken to Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, Nigerian president -elect. Atiku  on his Twitter handle said he was appalled at the call, being a  “contradiction to the publicly stated position of the US on Nigeria’s 2023 presidential election “. The former Vice President said as a...

While Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi of the Peoples Democratic Party and Labour Party respectively are challenging the outcome of the February 25 presidential election, Rabiu Kwankwaso, the flag bearer of the New Nigeria People’s Party, NNPP, is mending fences with President-elect, Bola Tinubu. Ahead of Tinubu’s inauguration, Kwankwaso was in Paris, France on Monday to discuss salient issues bordering on official appointments for the incoming administration in line with the plan of the President-elect...

Over 150 adhoc staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, who worked in Anambra during the just concluded elections have protested non payment of their allowances. The visibly angry protesters who thronged the INEC Headquarters in Awka on Tuesday, carrying placards, called for the immediate release of their allowances. The protesters carried placards that inscriptions that depicted their disenchantment with the commission such as; ‘pay us our money’, ‘INEC you can not eat out...