National honours

June 12 (THEWILL) — President Bola Tinubu on Friday paid glowing tribute to the heroes and heroines of Nigeria’s pro-democracy struggle, honouring scores of activists, journalists, politicians, and military officers who played pivotal roles in the historic June 12...

October 14, (THEWILL) – After an initial resistance, President Bola Tinubu yielded to pressure and conferred the nation’s second highest national honour, the Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger (GCON), on the Speaker of the House of...

February 13, (THEWILL) - President Bola Tinubu has awarded the members of the Super Eagles national team and their officials with the prestigious national honour of Member of the Order of the Niger (MON) for their impressive performance at...

May 30, (THEWILL) - Nigerian comedian and actor, Ayo Makun, also known as AY, has stated reasons for not rejecting the national honour bestowed on him on May 29th. The former President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, had bestowed a national...

May 29, (THEWILL) - Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has congratulated former Governors of the State, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola and Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola, as well as David Adeleke, aka Davido, and other indigenes of the State, who bagged...

May 28, (THEWILL) - Just a day to the official exit of President Muhammadu Buhari as President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, a former Secretary-General of the Commonwealth Nations, Emeka Anyaoku; the...

May 28, (THEWILL) - President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the award of national honours to some entertainers and socialites for their significant contributions to the country. The Ministry of Special Duties and Intergovernmental Affairs announced the awards in various cadres. David...

May 18, (THEWILL) - Ahead of the May 29 inauguration, President Muhammadu Buhari, will on Thursday, May 25, confer national honours on President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Kashim Shettima, the vice-president-elect. Tinubu will be conferred with the Grand Commander...

He is only 31, the youngest Member of the Order of the Niger (MON) awardee and the brain behind one of the biggest rice mills in Nigeria worth N2.5 billion. He is Sadiq Abubakar Falau. He runs FaLGates Foods,...

October 20, (THEWILL) - A socio-political group in the aegis of Akwa Ibom Integrity Alliance, has condemned in strong terms the loud silence of the federal government on the eleventh-hour removal of the names of two prominent indigenes of...