President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Uba Sani, Governor of Kaduna State, as Renewed Hope Ambassador and deputy director-general for party outreach, engagement, and mobilisation. The appointment is with immediate effect. The President, as the leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), appointed Governor Sani to the role for his salient leadership and organisational abilities. The Governor’s responsibilities will include working in close collaboration with the Director-general of Renewed Hope Ambassador and the party hierarchy, particularly the national chairman of the APC, to ensure harmony, inclusiveness, and strategic coordination across all levels of mobilisation and engagement architecture. President Tinubu expects…
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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Tuesday, 17 February, 2026, urged the young fellows of the Federal Government’s National Health Fellowship Programme to serve with honour, humility and courage, assuring them that the government will work assiduously to secure their career paths. President Tinubu said this during the first National Traditional and Religious Leaders Summit on Health in Abuja. The President described the Fellows as the driving force towards achieving the Renewed National Health Alliance. The National Health Fellows are carefully selected from each of the 774 Local Governments in Nigeria. This is the Second Cohort of the Fellows, selected to…
By Abimbola Tooki Nigeria is no stranger to robust debate. What it must resist, especially at a time of institutional reform, is the weaponisation of grievance by those who once sat at the very heart of power. The recent conduct of Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai fits a troubling pattern: a dramatic pivot from insider to incendiary critic, driven less by principle than by personal disappointment following his failure to secure a ministerial role in the administration of Bola Ahmed Tinubu. This is not dissent. It is pique dressed up as patriotism. The Ministerial Rejection That Triggered a Political U-turn El-Rufai’s nomination…
I join the rest of the world and the people of the United States of America to mourn the passing of civil rights icon and renowned Baptist preacher, Reverend Jesse Jackson, who passed away this morning at the age of 84. Reverend Jackson was a servant-leader who captured the global imagination as a young activist, alongside civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., fighting for the dignity of black people, the oppressed, and the voiceless in the United States and across the world. Although he built a career working as a preacher and active political organiser, Reverend Jackson became a…
By Yarima Haruna, Birnin Kebbi President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has commended the Governor of Kebbi state for projects execution across the state. He commended the Emir of Argungu and the Sultan of Sokoto for their patience to honour him at the grand final of Argungu international fishing festival. Tinubu commended the organisers of the event describing governor Idris as a team leader saying it has propeller the state to tourism. He reaffirmed his government commitments to to end insecurity in Nigeria. “We will win war against any form of banditry in the country, farmers will return to the their farms…
By Lanre Adewole December 26, 2022, then presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu made voters a solemn promise and entered into a quasi obligatory contract with them. At a programme tagged “Business Lunch with Asiwaju, he said and I quote verbatim as extracted from the clip of the event, aired by TVC; his television station; “By all means, you (addressing attendees and pitching to his potential voter elsewhere since he would not be everyone’s pick even if he possessed mojo to decree his promise into existence) must have electricity and you will not pay for…
President Bola Tinubu has commiserated with traders and people of Kano State over the devastating fire outbreak at Kano’s Singer Market over the weekend. The fire, which started on Saturday evening, 14 February, 2026, raged into Sunday morning, 15 February, 2026, causing significant damage to the food market. President Tinubu, who had earlier reached out to Kano State Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf to obtain a situation report on the fire, described the incident as tragic. The President was particularly alarmed that the latest incident came less than two weeks after another fire destroyed dozens of shops and property at the…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has asked Vice President Kashim Shettima to lead a high-powered Federal Government delegation to Kano to express sympathy and support for victims of the Singer Market fire disaster. The delegation, scheduled to depart Abuja tomorrow, Monday, 16 February, 2026, will convey President Tinubu’s condolences to the traders who lost billions of Naira in the weekend fire that engulfed the market, marking the second incident in just two weeks. The delegation will also pledge, on behalf of the government, financial assistance to aid the victims and support Kano State in facilitating the quick reopening of the market.…
The Chairman of the Southern Governors’ Forum and Governor of Ogun State, Dapo Abiodun, has commiserated with the Government and people of Kano State over the devastating fire outbreak at Singa Market in Kano. The inferno reportedly destroyed properties worth over ₦5 billion, affected more than 1,000 businesses, and left seven persons missing. In a statement issued on Sunday, 15 February, 2026, in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, Abiodun described the incident as one of the most unfortunate tragedies in the history of the market. He sympathised with traders who lost valuable goods and properties, urging them not to lose…
Kebbi: Beyond Borders, Tinubu’s Re-opening of Kamba Borders, a Stroke of Economic Diplomacy By Sunday Dare “This border reopening reflects a balanced and pragmatic approach to governance that recognises the link between economic inclusion, regional diplomacy, and national security”. The recent opening of the Kamba and Tsamiya border routes by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is both timely and strategic. The livelihoods of northern communities that straddle the Nigeria–Niger border have been significantly revived. Nigeria–Niger relations have been strengthened, and commercial activities, particularly the automobile, transport, and logistics business across both sides of the border, are back in full swing. Beyond…