South-South Governors Hail Tinubu’s Order on Oil Revenue Remittance
The South-South Governors Forum (SSGF) has commended Bola Tinubu for issuing a new Executive Order mandating the direct remittance of all oil and gas revenues into the Federation Account. The forum, through its Chairman and Governor of Bayelsa State, Douye Diri, described the directive as historic and far-reaching. In a statement issued on Wednesday, Diri […]
Tinubu Congratulates Bye-Election Winners, Praises Wike
Nigeria’s President, Bola Tinubu, on Sunday congratulated winners of Saturday’s by-elections held in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Kano State and Rivers State. In a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, the President urged the victorious candidates to serve with humility, patriotism and dedication, describing the mandate given to […]
PENGASSAN Condemns Tinubu’s Executive Order on Oil Revenues
The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has firmly opposed President Bola Tinubu’s recent Executive Order requiring all oil and gas revenues to be remitted directly into the Federation Account. In a press briefing held in Lagos on Thursday 19 February 2026, PENGASSAN President Festus Osifo labeled the directive a serious […]
Tinubu Signs Order To End Excessive Oil Revenue Deductions
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has signed an Executive Order aimed at strengthening Nigeria’s oil and gas revenue inflows to the Federation Account by removing what he described as unjustified and duplicative deductions permitted under the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) of 2021. According to a statement from the presidency issued by Special Adviser on Information and […]
Tinubu Signs Electoral Act 2026 Amendment into Law
President Bola Tinubu has signed the Electoral Act 2026 (Amendment) Bill into law, resolving several outstanding issues surrounding the legislation. He assented to the bill on Wednesday, just a day after the National Assembly passed it. The law’s passage followed months of debate, review, and amendments by both chambers. The Port City (TCPN) gathered that […]
Tinubu to Health Fellows: Serve Nigeria with Honour, Courage
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has charged young participants of the Federal Government’s National Health Fellowship Programme to serve the country with honour, humility, and courage, assuring them of support to secure their future careers. The President gave the charge on Tuesday in Abuja during the first National Traditional and Religious Leaders Summit on Health, where […]
Wike Breaks Silence After Meeting With Tinubu, Fubara
Former Rivers State Governor and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, reacted barely 48 hours after President Bola Tinubu brokered peace between him and his successor, Governor Siminalayi Fubara. The Port City (TCPN) reported that the reconciliation followed a late-night consultative meeting with key stakeholders at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. Speaking to […]
Tinubu Meets Wike, Fubara, Rivers Leaders in Aso Villa
In an effort to reduce the ongoing political tensions in Rivers State, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu convened a late-night consultative meeting with key stakeholders at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. The closed-door meeting included the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, alongside Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara. News: https://theportcitynews.com/2026/02/09/apc-explains-delay-in-officially-welcoming-fubara/ The President’s high-level intervention […]
NYCN Hails Port Harcourt Mayor, Lauds Tinubu’s Focus on Peace
The Rivers State chapter of the National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) has showered encomiums on the Mayor of Port Harcourt City Local Government Area, Sir Allwell Ihunda, describing him as a model of exemplary leadership and grassroots development. Paying a courtesy visit to the mayor’s office, NYCN Rivers State Chairman, Dr Nwisabari Bani Samuel, […]
Falsification Of Economic Data Of Nigeria
Okay, so one of the things that has been very troubling for me as a concerned citizen is the normalisation of lies and propaganda by this government and its loyalists, especially those from the same ethnic stock as the illegitimate president. When telling lies and fiddling with very important data that has consequences becomes a […]
The Tragedy of Nigeria and Its Leaders
Nigerians are a very unlucky people. We had Buhari whose head was empty as a drum. From all that we know today, whatever disease killed him (my bet was a leukaemia or lymphoma) would have taken him away shortly after 2015 had he not become president. If we can remember, the man disappeared for six […]
Nigeria’s New Ambassador To France
On February 7, the Federal High Court in Lagos issued a warrant for the arrest of Ayodele Oke, former director general of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), and his wife Folasade following an application by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Just before they were due to appear in court, they apparently left the […]