Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has announced an end to a six-month emergency rule in the country’s oil-rich Rivers State, following a truce in a prolonged political impasse. In a statement he personally signed on Wednesday, Tinubu directed Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara, the deputy governor, and members of theContinue Reading
Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has showered praises on the country’s national women’s basketball team for lifting the African championship title at the 2025 FIBA Women’s AfroBasket for the fifth time in a row, becoming the only country on the continent to achieve that feat. The Nigerian team, also knownContinue Reading
Nigerian President Bola Tinubu on Thursday signed into law four bills that comprehensively reform the West African country’s tax system, a legislative initiative designed to alleviate the economic burden on low-income earners and small businesses. The new law, which garnered broad support from various stakeholders, is anticipated to overhaulContinue Reading
Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has commissioned a China-assisted water supply project in Abuja, the national capital, and pledged commitment to sustainable infrastructure that directly improves citizens’ lives. Executed by Chinese firm CGCOC GROUP Co., Ltd., the 470-million-U.S.-dollar Greater Abuja Water Supply Network, Loops 1, 2, 5, and 6, wasContinue Reading
Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has lauded the completion of an arterial road built by a Chinese firm in Abuja, the capital, saying that infrastructure development is essential to the country’s progress. Tinubu on Wednesday commissioned the 3.64-km arterial road N16, built by CGC Nigeria Limited. The commissioning wasContinue Reading
Nigerian President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday vowed that his administration would ensure that all stolen funds and assets belonging to the West African country would be recovered in the fight against corruption. In a speech delivered on his behalf by Nadungu Gagare, a permanent secretary of political and economicContinue Reading
Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has ordered an immediate overhaul of national security strategies to address escalating armed attacks in the country. “Enough is enough,” Tinubu told a meeting of the country’s security chiefs in Abuja, the capital, on Wednesday. He condemned recent attacks, particularly those in the centralContinue Reading
