By Bola BOLAWOLE PRESIDENT BOLA Ahmed Tinubu’s decision to skip the ongoing 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly, the third such abstention in a row, has raised eyebrows and sparked speculations. Expectedly, opposition politicians have wasted no time in feasting on the official announcement that the vice-president, Kashim Shet...
By Rimamnde Shawulu 18 presidential candidates. Who can build the votes to win Nigeria in 2027? INEC’s final candidate list has clarified the presidential field. Bola Tinubu, Atiku Abubakar, Peter Obi and Seyi Makinde are among the candidates—but the opposition still faces a difficult question: can competing presidential candidates co...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter THE ONGOING United States (US) court battle over access to records relating to President Bola Tinubu remains a civil dispute under the Freedom of Information Act, with no criminal finding against the President, the Presidency has said. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the clarification followed what it desc...
By Bola BOLAWOLE YOU MUST have heard it said that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has the Nigerian media in his pockets. You may want to wonder how “deep” Tinubu’s pockets are that he can swallow all Nigerian media organizations! In some sense, that idiomatic expression can be true: Tinubu belongs to the tribe of a […]
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia PRESIDENT BOLA Tinubu has ordered a comprehensive forensic audit of Federal Government systems to uncover weaknesses exploited for fraud and strengthen controls across government institutions. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the President directed the Minister of Finance and Co-ordinating Minister of the Economy, M...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter NIGERIA’s DEFENCE and security agencies are set to operate under a unified strategic framework after President Bola Tinubu ordered the immediate preparation of a comprehensive National Threat Assessment (NTA) and a rolling five-year Strategic Defence Operations Plan (SDOP). JKNewsMedia.com reports that ...
By Nduka Uzuakpundu THIS IS stating the truth. Bola Ahmed Tinubu (G. C. F. R.), President and Commander-in-Chief of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, said, the other day, that all was fair in politics. He did not say, precisely, that, as in war, all – including the use of armoured tanks, rifles, F-16 fighter jets, […]
By Bola BOLAWOLE “TINUBU HAS called the independence of the EFCC into question – except the EFCC can emulate the president by summoning up courage to tell him ‘No, Sir, we have the powers to do what we did and do not take instructions from you!’ Anything short of that compromises the EFCC, damaging its […]
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter FEDERAL GOVERNMENT has approved a new investment framework aimed at unlocking up to US$50 billion in deep offshore investment and reviving large, capital-intensive offshore developments that have remained stalled for decades. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the reform establishes a transparent, rules-based...
By Rimamnde Shawulu Now what happens next that President Tinubu can order the EFCC? President Tinubu has directed the EFCC to end its court-backed action freezing an Osun State Government account. Watch here: The EFCC linked the action to an investigation into the alleged handling of about N11 billion. Osun rejected the allegations and describ...
