By DAVID IORJA, Abuja- President Bola Tinubu has rejoiced with his Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila, on his birthday today, June 25. Gbajabiamila, a lawyer, served as Speaker of the House of Representatives from 2019 to 2023. President Tinubu in a statement bubyhis media aide, Bayo Onanuga, underscored Gbajabiamila’s salutary contributions...
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Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, has stressed the need for creative funding solutions for the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA). Gbajabiamila emphasised the importance of thinking outside the box, during his visit to NEMA’s headquarters in Abuja on Wednesday, He proposed that state governments could contribute...
The Presidency will take concrete steps to remove Nigeria from the grey list of the global Financial Action Task Force (FATF), before the May 2025 deadline. The Chief of Staff to the President, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila, gave the assurance during a fact-finding visit to the office of the Nigerian...
Vice-President Kashim Shettima has said President Bola Tinubu is not working against the interests of Northern Nigeria. Shettima spoke on Wednesday in Kano while receiving a Federal Government’s delegation led by the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Bajabiamila, on a condolence visit over the death of...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has extended warm congratulations to his Chief of Staff, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila, on his birthday. Tinubu, in a statement by his spokesman , Chief Ajuri Ngelale, described Gbajabiamila as a statesman and prolific public administrator. He said Gbajabiamila was also an...
When Femi Gbajabiamila assumed office as the chief of staff to the president, many thought he would fail to abide by his promise which include to chase out darkness. But within a year in Office, the light that he promised began to illuminate in many areas. Free from one-sidedness,...
He is currently the Chief of Staff to President Bola Tinubu. He has seen his political life course from the Legislature to the Executive. It’s not clear if Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila ever dreamt of this fortune as he stepped on the canvas of politics at the turn of...
The President ,Mr Femi Gbajabiamila on Sunday thanked members of Surulere 1 Federal Constituency for voting overwhelmingly for APC in Saturday’s by-election. Gbajabiamila, in a statement he issued in Lagos,said the victory of APC and its candidate, Mr Fuad Laguda ,in the by-election was a clear testament to the...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Mr Fuad Laguda, winner of the Surulere Federal Constituency I by-election in Lagos State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that Laguda had in the build up to the election, said he...
APC Candidate in the ongoing Surulere Federal Constituency I by-election in Lagos State, Mr Fuad Laguda, says he is waiting to be congratulated as the winner. Laguda expressed this confidence while addressing newsmen shortly after casting his vote at Randle Primary School on Saturday. The candidate, who cast...
The By-election in Surulere 1 Federal Constituency of Lagos State, kicked off with early arrival of election materials. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that INEC officials were seen at polling units as early as 7 30 a.m., with voting starting almost simultaneously at the polling units...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Lagos State, has said only 121, 111 registered voters possesses Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) to vote at Saturday’s by-election in Surulere 1 Federal Constituency of the state. The INEC’s spokesman in Lagos State, Alhaji Taiwo Gbadegesin disclosed this in an interview...
The Lagos State Government will soon establish a medical university to boost the training of health professionals and address the problem of brain drain in the health sector. Gov. Babajide Sanwo-olu disclosed this at the inauguration of the Femi Gbajabiamila General Hospital on Tuesday in Surulere,...
I saw a ridiculous and defamatory propaganda from the usual quarters regarding the 2024 Appropriation Bil, particularly the provision of N21,221,703,748.00 under the Office of the Chief of Staff to the President. Although, people who spread such lies and propaganda deserve a perpetual life of ignominy, they are...
The meeting between the Federal Government and the labour unions have started at the Presidential Villa, Abuja with the aim of averting the industrial action planned by the unions. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that a scheduled meeting at the villa on Friday was cancelled when...
The House of Representatives has invited the Director-General, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Mr Mustapha Ahmed over 2023 flood predictions in the country. This followed the adoption of a motion by Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila, during plenary in Abuja on Wednesday. Presenting the motion, Gbajabiamila, said there was need for...
More details have emerged on how former Speaker of the House of Representatives and current Chief of Staff to the President, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, saved the telecom industry from a strange Bill pushed to the 9th Assembly by former minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami. Pantami who...
Katsina State Governor, Dikko Radda, said the appointments of two key leadership positions in President Bola Tinubu led administration were well deserved. Tinubu had appointed Femi Gbajabiamila, ex-Speaker of House of Representatives as Chief of Staff and Sen George Akume as Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF)....
Memories and emotions went high on Wednesday during the valedictory session of the House of Representatives, as Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila officially dissolved the 9th assembly. Rep. Alhassan Ado-Doguwa, the Majority Leader of the House, had moved a motion to commence the valedictory session, while Rep Ndudi Elumelu, the Minority...
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...