UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly, who is on a 4-day trip to Africa, is anticipated to meet with Nigerian President, Bola Tinubu on Wednesday. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Cleverly is visiting three nations and will spend two days in Nigeria. He is...
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U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres have backed Nigeria’s efforts toward the restoration of constitutional order in Niger Republic. This is contained in a statement by Dele Alake, presidential spokesman. The presidency said that the support was made in separate telephone...
African Development Bank (AfDB) on Monday in Abuja commended the President Tinubu administration for unifying the naira exchange rate saying it would breath air of transparency into Forex. The bank’s president, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, said this on Monday in Abuja at the 2nd Edition of Nigeria Employers’ Summit. The...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Ahmed Tinubu Thursday in Lagos said he could have chosen to maintain the hitherto multiple foreign exchange systems and benefit from it, but instead opted to unify the official and parallel market rates to save the country from financial hemorrhage. Speaking at...
By BARBARA KALU, Owerri – President Bola Tinubu has been urged to appoint a southerner as the next Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The National Coordinator of Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) , Mr Emmanuel Onwubiko, made the call in a statement issued to...
As French President, UN Sec. Gen. call for new world financial order By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Ahmed Tinubu Thursday in Paris-France joined world leaders on the consensus for redesigning the global financial architecture, which will favour poverty reduction, debt restructuring or cancellation, and more consideration for...
Air Vice Marshal Hassan Abubakar has been appointed as the 22nd Chief of the Air Staff by the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic Nigeria, Bola Tinubu, on Monday. According to his profile released by the NAF Headquarters, Abubakar was born on Sept. 11,...
A Pro-democracy Group, the National Democratic Coalition (NADECO) has urged President Bola Tinubu to return Nigeria to a Federal Constitutional Governance upon which the nation secured her independence. The Secretary-General of NADECO, Pa Ayo Opadokun said this in a message to commemorate Nigeria’s Democracy Day anniversary on Monday in...
Fuel station owners and pump attendants in Kano are lamenting low patronage as patrons have reduced volume of purchases following pump price increases. Pump price of petrol was increased from N195 per litre to between N540 and N570 per litre upon the pronouncement of fuel subsidy withdrawal by President...
The Presidential Eection Petition Court (PEPC) on Friday admitted two video flash drive in evidence brought by Mr Peter Obi through a subpoenaed witness to prove his petition against president Bola Tinubu Obi and his Labour Party (LP) are petitioners in the petition marked CA/PEPC/03/2023 challenging the election which...
The applicants and their lawyer, Stanley Agumaeme, in a suit seeking extension of ex-President Muhammadu Buhari’s tenure pending the determination of the petitions before Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) have abandoned the case. Justice Inyang Ekwo made this known on Friday in a ruling on the suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/656/23...
Mr Peter Obi and the Labour Party (LP) on Wed tendered more documents before the presidential election petition court (PEPC). Documents presented were form EC8B series from four states, EC8C, from 13 states, EC8D from 36 states and FCT, lastly, form EC8D(A) which is the national result. Mr Peter...
The House of Representative has urged President Bola Tinubu to constitute a high level Presidential committee to undertake a holistic review of the processes of the Nigeria Air project. Rep. Nnolim Nnaji the Chairman of the committee on Aviation said this in Abuja after careful evaluation of the issues...
Senate on Tuesday at plenary gave expeditious approval to a request by President Bola Tinubu to appoint 20 Special Advisers. Tinubu’s request was earlier contained in a letter read by President of Senate, Ahmad Lawan . In the request Tinubu did not list the names of the 20 special...
The meeting between the federal government and the labour unions ended on Monday with a resolution to reconvene on June 19 to agree on implementation framework on resolutions reached. Mr Femi Gbajabiamila, Speaker of the House of Representatives, who led the government side, disclosed this at the end of...
The National Industrial Court on Monday granted an order restraining the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) from embarking on their planned Wednesday industrial action. Justice Olufunke Anuwe also ordered that there should not be strike of any nature, pending the hearing and determination of the...
The Convener of Project 774, Mr Adamu Ahmed, has expressed optimism that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will transform the fortunes of Nigeria with his leadership skills. Ahmed who made this known in a statement in Abuja on Monday congratulated Tinubu on his assumption of office as the 16th President...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – A Former Commissioner for Information, Edo State, Prince Kassim Afegbua, has alleged that the planned strike by The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) reportedly slated for Wednesday 7 June is politically motivated; because the Ajaero-led NLC has ‘become a partisan Congress, doing the bidding of...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to “set up a presidential panel of enquiry to promptly probe the grim allegations that US$2.1 billion and N3.1 trillion public funds of oil revenues and budgeted as fuel subsidy payments are...
The Senator representing Kogi West in the National Assembly, Smart Adeyemi, says legislative experiences of President Bola Tinubu and his vice, Kashim Shettima, will help them perform excellently. Adeyemi, who was also an All Progressives Congress (APC) aspirant in Kogi governorship election, said this in an interview with the...