President Ahmed Bola Tinubu has approved the posting of the 65 ambassadors whose nominations were confirmed last December, assigning them to their respective host countries. Former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, has been posted to Qatar as Nigeria’s Ambassador, while former presidential spokesman, Reno Omokri, was posted to Mexico City, and ex-Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, was sent to Germany. This is contained in a statement by the President’s Special...

Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s presidential candidate in the 2023 election, has blamed Nigeria’s persistent poverty on poor leadership and the culture of celebrating public officials who mismanage or steal public resources. Obi spoke on Thursday in Abuja during a courtesy visit by a delegation of the Association of Skilled and Vocational Artisans of Nigeria (ASVAN), led by its national president, Obijuru Everest. In a statement issued by Ibrahim Umar, spokesperson of the Peter Obi...