President Bola Tinubu has conferred national honours on at least 1,062 individuals, Nigerians and foreign nationals, living and posthumous, in nearly three years in office, findings by The PUNCH have shown.
The number of conferments exceeds the total awarded by his immediate predecessor, the late President Muhammadu Buhari, in his entire eight years, and is three times more than the conferment made by former President Goodluck Jonathan in his single major investiture of 2014.
Findings by our correspondent also show that the bulk of Tinubu’s honours were ratified on October 9, 2025, when the National Council of State, meeting at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, Abuja, approved the report of the National Honours Award Committee for 2024 and 2025.
The Permanent Secretary, Cabinet Affairs Office, Dr Emanso Umobong, told State House correspondents after the meeting that the committee, reconstituted in August 2021 under the chairmanship of Justice Sidi Bage, had screened over 5,000 nominations and recommended 824 recipients for the regular 2024/2025 National Honours and 135 individuals for special presidential awards, a combined 959 honourees.
Aside from the 2025 batch, the President has, on his own volition, conferred additional honours throughout the period. These include fallen and serving members of the Armed Forces.
