Oluremi, President Bola Tinubu's wife, on Monday sought to draw a line under the controversy surrounding her recent comments on informal businesses, insisting that the Nigerian government's economic empowerment programme is not designed solely for "akara" sellers but also benefits thousands of traders dealing in tomatoes, pepper, vegetables and roasted plantain across the country.

The Yoruba Union, Ìgbìnmó Májékóbájé Ilé-Yorùbá, has knocked Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, over her recent remarks on women’s empowerment, saying she should begin…

Senator Oluremi Tinubu's recent advocacy urging Nigerian youths to embrace the sale of akara, roasted corn and kuli-kuli as empowerment opportunities has triggered intense…