President Bola Tinubu

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on President Bola Tinubu to order an urgent investigation into alleged financial irregularities involving more than ₦78.8 billion under the Federal Government’s cash transfer and social protection programmes.

The story now being told by the Tinubu administration is increasingly difficult to ignore: when an incumbent government begins to feel politically threatened, the institutions of state suddenly become intensely interested in its opponents.

In a statement issued on Thursday by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, the Presidency stressed that the case before the United States District Court for the District of Columbia is strictly a civil dispute over access to government records.

The appointment is significant because Von Batten’s firm was hired by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar earlier this year under a $1.2 million, 12-month agreement to provide government-affairs and strategic-advisory services in the United States.

A statement to the effect, said the appointment took effect on August 27, 2026, and is subject to the terms and conditions of service contained in the Certain Political, Public and Judicial Office Holders (Salaries and Allowances, etc.) (Amendment) Act, 2008.

Von Batten-Montague-York, L.C., in a statement posted on its X account on Wednesday, alleged that its founder, Dr Karl Von Batten, received an unsolicited offer of $3 million “a few days ago”, alongside an invitation to a confidential meeting in London.

The Federal Workers Forum has asked President Bola Tinubu and the National Assembly to urgently overhaul the federal civil service salary structure, proposing N300,000 as the new minimum wage and N1.5 million for Level 17 officers. The workers...

President Bola Tinubu has paid a glowing tribute to Vice-President Kashim Shettima as he clocks 60, describing him as a trusted ally, patriot and valued partner whose loyalty, wisdom and sense of duty remain invaluable to his administration.

President Bola Tinubu devoted a substantial part of his latest statement, released on X, attacking the economic position of His Excellency, Atiku Abubakar, yet declined, rather theatrically, to mention him by name, claiming that he would not “dignify” opposition leaders.

The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Public Communications, Sunday Dare, made the allegations in a statement in which he described recent reports attributed to a Washington-based consultant as politically motivated claims being packaged as sensitive United States intelligence.