President Bola Tinubu commiserates withthe Government and people of Ogun State over the passing of the former first lady and matriarch of the Onabanjo family, Chief Lucia Onabanjo. Lucia Onabanjo passed away at 101 years on Monday, January 12. The President sympathises with the family, friends, and associates of the late wife of the first civilian Governor of Ogun State, Chief Victor Olabisi Onabanjo.

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President Bola Tinubu is set to present Nigeria’s position on global climate change and sustainability at the ongoing Sustainability Summit in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, disclosed this on Monday while addressing journalists in Abuja, noting that the president would engage world leaders on Nigeria’s climate agenda and sustainable development priorities.

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The North-Central All Progressives Congress (APC) Forum has condemned calls for the resignation of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike. Naija News reports that the Secretary of the APC, Senator Ajibola Basiru, recently asked Wike to resign from his position as minister and concentrate on his obsession with the politics of Rivers State. Reacting in a statement by its Chairman, Saleh Zazzaga, on Monday, the North-Central APC Forum asserted that Wike has made commendable achievements since he became the FCT Minister.

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on Monday urged President Bola Tinubu to pressure security agencies to release detained Abubakar Salim Musa and stop suppressing dissenting voices. The chieftain of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and former presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in a statement personally signed recalled that on the evening of Sunday, January 11, 2026, the official X handle of Amnesty International Nigeria shared details of the arbitrary arrest of the young Nigerian.

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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu arrived in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE), on Sunday ahead of his participation in the 2026 edition of Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW), which begins on Monday. Naija News reports that this was disclosed in a statement on Sunday by Tinubu's Special Advisor on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga. The President's plane landed at the Presidential Wing of Zayed International Airport at exactly 11:30 pm local time.

Stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the South East region have endorsed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for a second term in office, saying that pragmatic politics based on bridge-building, partnership, and aligning with the centre to sustain the gains accruing from the president’ administration had become an imperative for the Igbo nation. They vowed to mobilise massive votes for his re-election in the 2027 general election.

President Bola Tinubu has once again intervened in the ongoing political crisis between Rivers State Governor, Siminalai Fubara and Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike. According to reliable sources, the President summoned Wike for an important meeting abroad in the fresh face-off, which has again escalated tensions in the oil-rich state. According to The Punch, a top presidential source revealed on Saturday that the meeting is expected to take place in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), where Tinubu will visit after a brief stay in France.

GistReel The leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, has warned of growing internal challenges facing President Bola Tinubu and the APC ahead of the 2027 elections. In a statement issued by his media aide, Osho Oluwatosin, the cleric claimed that several state governors would undermine the ruling party’s efforts as the polls approach. Governors May Undermine APC Plans Primate Ayodele said he foresaw about eight APC governors working against the party and President Tinubu before the next general election. According to him, some of the governors may remain within the APC, while others could defect to opposition parties, yet still oppose the president’s re-election bid.

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Dr Olugbemisola Titilayo Odusote as the Director-General of the Nigerian Law School. His Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday. According to the statement, the appointment takes effect on January 10, 2026, for a four-year term. The 54-year-old Odusote is currently the Deputy Director-General and Head of the Lagos Campus and will become the first woman to lead the institution since its establishment in 1962.

…Governor Yusuf going to APC does not guarantee victory in 2027 – Analyst Political tension has escalated in Kano State following an apparent rift between New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) leader Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso and the state Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf over his alleged plan to join the All Progressives Congress (APC) and support President Bola Tinubu in his re-election bid.

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has criticised the Nigerian government, accusing President Bola Tinubu’s administration of embarrassment and moral cowardice over its silence following the arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife by the United States. In a statement issued on Monday by its National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, the party faulted the federal government for failing to respond more than 48 hours after the US operation.

Over 30 people were killed by the terrorists during the Saturday attack on the Niger community.

He said, “The narrative that the picture of Presidents Bola Tinubu and Paul Kagame taken in Paris yesterday was AI-generated is not correct.”