Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved a series of major road construction and rehabilitation projects worth more than ₦400 billion as part of the federal government’s drive to improve road infrastructure across the country. Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, announced the approvals while briefing State House correspondents after Thursday’s...
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House of Representatives is preparing to submit a detailed report on the root causes of the Plateau crisis to President Bola Tinubu, according to the Chairman of the House Ad Hoc Committee on the Plateau Crisis, Rep. Wale Ahmed (APC–Lagos). Ahmed disclosed this in Abuja on Thursday during the...
By AMOS MATHEW, Kaduna – Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Abubakar Kyari, has commended Governor Uba Sani for transforming the agricultural and agro-industrial landscape of Kaduna State within just two and a half years in office. Speaking when he led a delegation of Commissioners of Agriculture from...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has expressed a sense of loss at the passing of Major General Abdullahi Mohammed Adangba (rtd.), a former Chief of Staff to Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and Umaru Yar’Adua. General Mohammed, who died at the age of 86, left indelible marks on the nation’s security architecture, particularly...
President Bola Tinubu has asked the National Assembly to approve a new ₦1.15 trillion loan from the domestic debt market to help cover the deficit in the 2025 national budget. The President’s appeal was contained in a letter presented during Tuesday’s plenary session and read aloud by the Senate...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja- Residents of Yenagoa, the capital city of Bayelsa State, were enthralled by renewed hope on Monday, as Vice President Bola Tinubu formally received Governor Douye Diri and his teeming supporters into the All Progressives Congress (APC). President Tinubu described the occasion as one of “those...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja- President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has received Professor Ademola Adenle, a Nigerian scholar and sustainability expert who recently won the inaugural World Academy of Sciences–M.S. Swaminathan Award for Food and Peace. President Tinubu in a statement by his media aide, Bayo Onanuga, congratulated Adenle for winning...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja- President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of five new Permanent Secretaries to fill existing vacancies within the Federal Civil Service. The announcement was made by the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Mrs. Didi Walson-Jack, through a statement released by Mrs. Eno...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja- Islamic cleric Sheikh Ahmad Gumi has urged President Bola Tinubu to take a firm diplomatic stand against U.S. President Donald Trump, following a statement allegedly threatening military action against Nigeria. In a post on his verified Facebook page on Sunday, Gumi described Trump’s reported comment...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja- A meeting is being planned between Nigeria’s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and U.S. President Donald Trump, as both leaders prepare to discuss security cooperation and clear up recent misunderstandings surrounding Nigeria’s internal challenges. Special Adviser to the President on Policy Communication, Daniel Bwala, made this...
President Bola Tinubu has officially welcomed a group of prominent defectors from the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) into the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in a major political development for Southern Kaduna. The defection of over 10 influential figures was celebrated at a grand rally held in Kafanchan,...
Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator George Akume, on Friday inaugurated the President Bola Tinubu Support Group 2027 in Makurdi, Benue State. Senator Akume, represented by Senator Jacob Gyado at the event, commended the group’s Chief Convener and Coordinator, Mr. Mathias Byuan, for taking the initiative...
Nigerian Senate is poised to confirm the newly appointed Service Chiefs on Wednesday, according to Senate President Godswill Akpabio. Akpabio made the announcement during Tuesday’s plenary session after reading a letter from President Bola Tinubu requesting the Senate’s approval for the appointments. Emphasizing the urgency of the process, Akpabio...
President Bola Tinubu has nominated Dr. Bernard Doro for a ministerial position, urging the Senate to confirm the appointment without delay. This request was formally communicated in a letter addressed to Senate President Godswill Akpabio, which was read aloud during Wednesday’s plenary session. “I am pleased to forward to...
President Bola Tinubu has approved a two-year extension of tenure for the Surveyor-General of the Federation, Mr. AbuduGaniyu Adebomehin, with the renewed term set to begin on January 5, 2026. The announcement was made on Wednesday in Abuja through a statement issued by Presidential Spokesperson, Bayo Onanuga. According to...
Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani, has commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the Department of State Services (DSS) for their coordinated covert operations that led to the dismantling of a gunrunning syndicate and recovery of a large cache of arms and ammunition in the state. The governor described the...
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has declared that he would use 20 days to show “social media presidents and Nigerians” what the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu led administration has done in the educational sector in Abuja. Wike spoke during the commissioning the newly Provided Engineering...
President Bola Tinubu has forwarded a letter to the Senate seeking the confirmation of Dr Bernard Mohammed Doro from Plateau State as a Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. President spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, confirmed this in a statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja. Mr. Onanuga said Dr Doro’s...
Vice President Kashim Shettima has assured stakeholders and development partners of the commitment of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to promoting girl-child education across Nigeria. He said among other government interventions in girl-child education, the school feeding programme remains essential. Speaking during a meeting with a PLAN International delegation led...
Lagos chapter of Ohanaeze Ndigbo has declared its full support for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s re-election bid in 2027, expressing confidence in his ability to secure another term. Speaking during a reconciliation gathering in Lagos on Monday, Chief Sunday Udeh, President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo in the state, described President...