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#FixPolitics rates Tinubu’s midterm performance low

#FixPolitics has rated Tinubu’s midterm performance, calling for more actions on electoral and economic reforms, strengthening of anti-graft institutions and security agencies Leading civil society organisation, #FixPolitics initiative, has released a hard-hitting evaluation of President Bola Tinubu administration’s midterm performance, decrying democratic decline, economic hardship, and persistent insecurity. It charged the administration to do more on electoral and economic reforms, strengthen anti-graft institutions and security agencies. In a statement signed by its Executive Director, Anthony...

Tinubu assents bills establishing 3 tertiary institutions in south east

President Tinubu has signed  bills establishing three tertiary institution in the south-east into law President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has signed into law two bills sponsored by the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Benjamin Okezie Kalu, establishing Federal College of Education, Bende, Abia State and the Federal University of Medical and Health Sciences, Item Bende, Abia State into law. This was revealed in a statement by Levinus Nwabughiogu, the Chief Press Secretary to...

Reps go after CBN, NIRSAL, BOI over N1.12tr agric cash

NIRSAL Microfinance Bank has disclosed that insecurity has been a major setback to the full implementation of the agricultural loan scheme The House of Representatives Committee on Nutrition and Food Security has launched an investigation into the alleged mismanagement of over ₦1.12 trillion expended under the Anchor Borrowers Programme (ABP), an agricultural intervention initiative of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The probe also extends to the NIRSAL Microfinance Bank, which reportedly disbursed ₦215 billion...

Tinubu signed 51 bills in 2 years as Reps give scorecard

With a total 2,263 bills, 51 signed into law and 189 passed, the House of Representatives laud achievements at midterm  The House of Representatives has disclosed that no fewer than 51 harmonised bills passed by the chamber within the past two years have been assented to by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. House Spokesperson, Rep. Akin Rotimi Jr., said this in a statement on Friday, providing a comprehensive breakdown of the legislative progress recorded so far....

National Assembly shifts plenary resumption to June 24

The National Assembly adjourned plenary resumption to June 24 to allow members celebrate midterm with constituents  The National Assembly has postponed the resumption of plenary sessions from the earlier scheduled date of June 17 to June 24, 2025. Both chambers had adjourned on May 28, 2025, to allow for the Sallah festivities and Democracy Day celebrations, with plans to reconvene on June 17. However, a new resumption date was announced on Thursday during the joint...

Tinubu hails democracy, pays tribute to MKO, Kudirat, others

Tinubu listed key figures in the pro-democracy struggle, including civil rights activists, journalists, and politicians who were either jailed, exiled, tortured or killed. President Bola Tinubu has declared that democracy in Nigeria has “risen from the ashes” since the country’s return to civilian rule in 1999. Addressing a joint sitting of the national assembly to commemorate Democracy Day on Thursday, 12 June 2025, Tinubu paid tribute to both well-known and unsung heroes of Nigeria’s democratic...

Democracy Day: Tinubu highlights economic gains 

President Tinubu, on democracy day, lauded socio-economic achievements recorded so far in his administration, seeks legislative backing to sustain reforms President Bola Tinubu on Thursday outlined a series of socioeconomic achievements recorded under his administration over the past two years, as Nigeria marked 26 years of uninterrupted democratic rule. Addressing a joint sitting of the National Assembly in Abuja as part of activities to commemorate Democracy Day, the President praised the sustained cooperation among the...

Democracy Day Address By President Bola Tinubu

ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT BOLA AHMED TINUBU, GCFR AT THE JOINT SESSION OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY IN COMMEMORATION OF DEMOCRACY DAY, 2025 THURSDAY, 12TH JUNE 2025 Protocol: With profound honour, I stand before this joint session of our National Assembly; a parliament that embodies the will of the Nigerian people. Today, as I entered this grand edifice built from the sweat and toil of our democratic yearning, my heart stirred. It was a blend of accomplishment...

Ibas defends Rivers ₦1.48trn 2025 budget before Reps Committee 

While defending the Rivers State 2025 budget before the House, State Administrator Ibas lamented acts of sabotage by certain suspended officials The Sole Administrator of Rivers State, Ibok-Ete Ibas, on Wednesday  defended the state’s proposed ₦1.48 trillion 2025 budget before the House Special Committee overseeing the emergency rule in Rivers State He outlined an ambitious fiscal blueprint designed to rebuild infrastructure, improve social services, and foster inclusive growth amid the ongoing state of emergency. During...

Resettling IDPs and gender quota in armed forces | GESI Tracker

In this episode of the Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) tracker, we spotlight a motion calling for the reintegration of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), and a bill calling for at least 15 percent of women’s representation in the armed forces.  Reintegrating Internally Displaced Persons In the House of Representatives, Rep. Felix Uche Nwaeke (PDP, Rivers) raised a motion drawing urgent attention to the estimated 3.3 million Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Nigeria as of...

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