President Bola Tinubu has written to the Senate seeking the confirmation of the appointments of 19 persons as Chairman, Managing Director/CEO and Members of the Board of the North-Central Development Commission (NCDC). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Senate President Godswill Akpabio, read Tinubu’s letter during...
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President Bola Tinubu has commended the Nigerian Army for their efforts in providing security along the Illela–Sokoto–Badagry Super highway project. The Minister of Defence, Mohammed Badaru, made this known during an operational visit to troops stationed at the Forward Operations Base Laager in Kebbi. This is contained in a...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja- President Bola Tinubu has offered his warmest congratulations to His Holiness Leo XIV on his election as the Bishop of Rome and the new leader of the Roman Catholic Church. The President in a statement on Thursday by his media aide Bayo Onanuga, felicitated The...
President Bola Tinubu, on Thursday, affirmed his commitment to the development of the South-East, promising to integrate Anambra and the entire region into the Federal Government’s economic development plan. Tinubu made the pledge when he paid a one-day working visit to the state to inaugurate projects completed by Gov....
Defence Minister, Alhaji Muhammad Badaru-Abubakar, on Thursday, has said President Bola Tinubu appreciates the improved security situation in the country, particularly in Kebbi. He made the disclosure in an interview with Journalists shortly after a courtesy visit on Gov. Nasir Idris at Government House, Birnin Kebbi. The News Agency...
President Bola Tinubu on Thursday said that recent government policies are not meant to punish Nigerians, but are necessary interventions to prevent the economy from collapsing. Tinubu made this known at the 55th Annual Conference of the Nigerian Institute of Estate Surveyors and Valuers (NIESV) in Abuja. The president...
President Bola Tinubu has communicated the Senate seeking confirmation of appointees for the South West, North Central and South South Development Commissions. Listed as appointees are nineteen persons for the North Central Development Commission, with Cosmas Akiyir as Chairman and Cyril Yeltsin as Managing Director. The South West Development...
Minister of Works, Mr Dave Umahi,has announced that President Bola Tinubu will inaugurate a 30-kilometer, over 70 per cent completed portion of Section One of the Lagos-Calabar coastal highway before May 25. Umahi made this statement while briefing State House Correspondents following the fifth Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting...
President Bola Tinubu has approved the deployment of two newly appointed Federal Permanent Secretaries to key ministries. This is contained in a statement issued by Mr Eno Olotu, Director, Public Relations, Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (HCSF), on Monday in Abuja. Olotu said...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – The Oodua People’s Congress (OPC), has warned against what it perceives as plans by some “self-appointed” leaders of the North “to blackmail” President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and prematurely return the presidency to their region. The Yoruba socio-cultural group, in a statement on Monday by...
Minister of Power, Mr Adebayo Adelabu on Sunday said that a meeting has been scheduled between President Bola Tinubu and the leadership of the power generation companies (GenCos) over a N4-trillion debt. Special Adviser, Strategic Communications and Media Relations to the Minister of Power, Mr Bolaji Tunji, said this...
Beneficiaries of the empowerment programme organised by the Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goals (OSSAP-SDGs) and the Renewed Hope Initiative (RHI), on Friday in Port Harcourt, Rivers The Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goals (OSSAP-SDGs)...
President Bola Tinubu on Friday lauded Nigerian soldiers, describing them as brave, gallant officers and defenders of the nation. The president made the remark during his official visit to the frontline troops in Katsina State on Friday. “I stand before you today not just as your President and Commander-in-Chief,...
President Bola Tinubu has said the Federal Government plans to complete the 284 kilometre Kano-Jigawa-Katsina-Maradi rail project by 2026. Tinubu stated this on Friday in Katsina, at the inauguration of the Katsina State Agricultural Mechanisation Centre and a 24-kilometre Eastern Bypass, all established by the state government. “Federal Government...
President Bola Tinubu has called on governors to remain focused on delivering tangible results that improve the lives of their people, urging them to disregard armchair critics. The President gave the charge during a two-day visit to Katsina, adding that the accurate measure of leadership is a positive, visible...
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has announced plans to inaugurate some projects across the nine states of the Niger Delta region before May 29. Managing Director of the NDDC, Dr Samuel Ogbuku, told journalists in Port Harcourt on Friday that the inaugurations would form part of the activities...
Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra has announced that President Bola Tinubu would visit the state on May 8 to inaugurate some projects. Soludo made the announcement while addressing members of the Nigeria Labour Congress on Thursday in Awka, during the 2025 Workers’ Day celebration. According to the governor, the President...
President Bola Tinubu on Thursday thanked Nigerian workers for their patriotism, perseverance and promised to cushion economic hardship. Tinubu represented by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Muhammed Dingyadi, said this at the 2025 International Worker’s Day celebration in Abuja The President described workers as the “backbone of our...
President Bola Tinubu will pay a one day working visit to Katsina State on Friday. The State Commissioner for Information, Dr Bala Salisu-Zango, made the disclosure during a press briefing on Wednesday in Katsina. He said that the President would commission two out of the numerous projects executed by...
When on August 26, 2024, President Bola Tinubu appointed Mr. Oluwatosin Adeola Ajayi as the Director-General, Department of State Services (DSS), I got tons of calls from several serving and retired officers of the Service. The calls were two-pronged – congratulatory; and “to pray that your friend delivers. “To...