Tight Race: LETTER FROM ABROAD TO MICHELLE OBAMA

By Azu Ishiekwene

Dear former First Lady,

You asked the question that millions outside the US have been asking for weeks if not months: Why can’t America see former President Donald Trump for who he is – a congenital liar, a narcissist, a fascist, and a demagogue?

TikTok Girl: FEDERAL POLY NEKEDE INVESTIGATES STUDENT IN SHOW OF SHAME ON SOCIAL MEDIA (VIDEO)

By Gloria Acholonu (Imo State Correspondent)

The authorities of Federal Polytechnic Nekede, Owerri, Imo state, South East Nigeria, said it has commenced a full investigation into the identity of the student who gloated on social media TikTok about how she allegedly graduated with the help of God and her private part.

TINUBU APPOINTS ANOTHER LAGOS ACOLYTE, HAKEEM MURI-OKUNOLA, AS CHIEF PRIVATE SECRETARY

• * Senator Femi Ojudu's Daughter, Moremi, Also Picked As Presidential Adviser
• As Ex-Lagos State Deputy Governor, Adejoke Orelope Adefulire, Returns As SSA On MDGs

By Janet Bassey (Governance Reporter)

Nigeria's Presidency, on Saturday, rolled out more names of new appointees of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

TINUBU APPOINTS IBRAHIM IDA AS CAC CHAIRMAN, NOMINATES SEVEN AS NATIONAL POPULATION COMMISSIONERS

* Confirms Bala Bello As Special Adviser

By Janet Bassey (Governance Correspondent)

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Sen. Dr Ibrahim Ida as Chairman of the Corporate Affairs Commission and nominated seven people to fill vacant commissioner positions at the National Population Commission.

Ida holds an MSc in Banking & Finance from the University of Ibadan (1983) and an LLB from the University of Abuja (2003).

Before being elected to the Senate in 2017 to represent Katsina Central, he served as the Commissioner of Finance for Katsina State and as the Permanent Secretary of the Federal Civil Service.

The seven people nominated as Federal Commissioners to represent their respective states in the National Population Commission are:

1. Kolawole Oladipupo Alabi - Ekiti State
2. Nasiru Mu'azu - Zamfara State
3. Usman Abubakar Tuggar - Bauchi State
4. Dr Isaka Alada Yahaya – Kwara State
5. Prof. Sadiq Isah Radda – Katsina State
6. Suleiman Umar – Jigawa State and
7. Hon. Chiso Abdullahi Dattijo – Sokoto State.

The appointments, which complement other Federal Commissioners already sworn in, are subject to confirmation by the National Assembly:

The President also appointed Dr Yusuf Mohammed of Kano State as Chairman of the Federal Polytechnic, Kaltungo.

President Tinubu confirmed the appointment of Bala Mohammed Bello as his Special Adviser on Political Economy.

Bello, from Taraba State, holds a Bachelor's Degree in Accounting and an MBA from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. Before this appointment, he was a Deputy Governor at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). He also served as Executive Director (Corporate Services) at the Nigerian Export-Import Bank from 2017 to 2022.

President Tinubu strongly believes in the capacities of the appointees to put in their best to further the administration's commitment to a better lease of life for Nigerians. NNL.

TINUBU APPOINTS NEW CHAIRMAN, BOARD, MD/CEO FOR NDDC

By Janet Bassey (Governance Reporter, in Abuja)

President Bola Ahmed Representative, on Tuesday, approved the appointment of a new Chairman, Board and Management of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).

TINUBU AS FORCE MAJUERE

By Steve Osuji

SOS, it’s an emergency: Nigeria under President Bola Tinubu is in an emergency situation. The next four year of Tinubu’s administration must be regarded in law as a FORCE MAJUERE; a season of extended social and economic crisis without end.

Tinubu At 72: AKPABIO CELEBRATES PRESIDENT, DESCRIBES HIM AS A TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADER, DEVELOPMENT DEMOCRAT

Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-chief)

President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Obot Akpabio, CON has congratulated President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on the occasion of his 72nd birthday hailing him as a transformational leader.

TINUBU BITING THE BULLET FROM DAY ONE

By Azu Ishiekwene

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is under fire for announcing that petrol subsidy is gone from day one. His inauguration address also touched on a unified currency exchange, high interest rate and power, among others.

TINUBU INTENSIFIES ‘POGROM' AGAINST IGBO

* Two Ministers To Southeast, 12 To Southwest

By Steve Osuji

WE THOUGHT BUHARI HATED IGBO: Ndigbo believed the immediate past president, Muhammadu Buhari hated them. He did. He does. As number one, he showed it; he proved it and he virtually said it with such Freudian slips like, “dot in a circle,” language they understand and “ 97% to 5%.” Buhari, like the average Fulani, does hide his feelings. Igbo knew/knows that there’s no love lost between them and Buhari. President Buhari showed Igbo hot pepper over two terms or eight years.

TINUBU MOURNS ROTIMI AKEREDOLU, FORMER ONDO STATE GOVERNOR

• * Describes Him As A 'Fighter, Fearless Defender Of Truth And The Masses'

By Janet Bassey (Governance Reporter)

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Wednesday, expressed his heartfelt condolences on the passage of the former Ondo State Governor, Chief Olurotimi Akeredolu, who reportedly died from leukaemia disease.

TINUBU NOMINATES LAMIDO ABUBAKAR YUGUDA AS CBN DEPUTY GOVERNOR

By Janet Bassey (Governance Correspondent)

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the appointment of Lamido Abubakar Yuguda as Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, subject to confirmation by the Senate.

Tinubu Reveals: HOW I URGED AKEREDOLU TO RUN FOR ONDO STATE GOVERNORSHIP

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief)

Nigeria's President, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Wednesday revealed how he advised the late Rotimi Akeredolu to view for Ondo State Governorship position in 2012.

TINUBU SACKS POLICE IG, EGBETOKUN, APPOINTS TUNJI DISU AS REPLACEMENT

By Our Reporter

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has removed Inspector-General of Police Kayode Egbetokun from office, according to a report by Sahara Reporters.

TINUBU SEEKS STRONGER COLLABORATION WITH NORTHERN TRADITIONAL RULERS ON SECURITY, DEVELOPMENT

By Chinwendu Agoha (Media & Governance Correspondent)

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has reaffirmed the Federal Government’s commitment to strengthening collaboration with traditional institutions as part of efforts to advance peace, security, national cohesion, and sustainable development across Nigeria.

TINUBU TASKS NEW ENVOYS ON INVESTMENT DRIVE, REORDERS FOREIGN POLICY PRIORITIES

By Our Reporter

President Bola Tinubu has charged Nigeria’s newly appointed ambassadors and high commissioners to aggressively pursue foreign investments, strengthen strategic partnerships and reposition the country’s global image in line with evolving diplomatic realities.

TINUBU TO EMBARK ON STATE VISIT TO TÜRKIYE

By Janet Bassey (Governance Reporter)

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will depart Abuja on Monday, January 26, for a state visit to the Republic of Türkiye.

TINUBU URGES NIGERIANS TO EMBRACE AKINTOLA'S LEGACY OF COURAGE, UNITY AND POLITICS OF COOPERATION

By Our Reporter

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has called on Nigerians to imbibe the enduring qualities of courage, resilience, unity and politics of cooperation exemplified by the late Chief Samuel Ladoke Akintola, while consciously eschewing bitterness, acrimony and divisive tendencies in national life.

TINUBU VISITS BUHARI, INTIMATES HIM ABOUT DECISION TO RUN FOR 2023 PRESIDENCY

By Janet Bassey (Governance Reporter)

Former governor of Lagos State and a leader in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Monday, visited President Muhammadu Buhari at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa Abuja and intimated the President of his resolve to vie for the 2023 Presidential election.

TINUBU VISITS NIGER STATE, AS GOV BAGO NAMES MINNA AIRPORT TERMINAL AFTER HIM

By Princess Simon (Bureau Chief North Central, in Minna)

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is expected in Minna, Niger state capital on a one-day official visit to commission remodeled and upgraded Minna airport terminal named after him.

Tinubu's 1st Year: THE UGLY FACE OF YORUBA

By Steve Osuji

Let me wager that all the true Omoluabi's are in retreat right now. The ‘real' ones never joined the Tinubu train ab initio, anyway. The borderline ones who would give Bola Tinubu a chance, hoping to see whether just maybe there’s something they missed, are completely disillusioned now, after only one year.