By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu-led administration is committed to implement reforms to curb inflation, ease cost of living and stabilise foreign exchange. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, stated this on Saturday in Minna during the 2024 Press Week of Niger State...
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The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has said Super Eagles’ quarter-final victory at the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) was in tandem with President Bola Tinubu’s ‘renewed hope agenda.’ NFF president, Ibrahim Gusau, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abidjan on Saturday....
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has condoled with his deputy, Vice-President Kashim Shettima, over the death of his stepmother, Hajja Hauwa Kormi. Kormi died on Thursday in Maidugiri after a protracted illness and was survived by five children, stepchildren and many grandchildren. A statement by the...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Aliko Dangote on the award of National Order of the Lion by Senegal. President Macky Sall of Senegal would confer the award on the Nigerian industrialist and President of Dangote Group on Friday. Special Adviser to the President on...
President Bola Tinubu has ordered the Attorney-General of the Federation, Lateef Fagbemi to clear court cases on 1.3 billion dollars deepwater OML 245 oil block in Niger Delta. Others that received the directive are the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Heineken Lokpobiri, and the Economic and Financial Crimes...
President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday, in Abuja decried the labeling and blanket stereotyping of Nigeria as a country with the prevalence of cybercrime and other forms of corrupt practices. Tinubu, represented by Vice-President Kashim Shettima, made the statement at a Public Engagement on Youth, Religion, and the Fight...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has asked the Senate to approve the disengagement of Mr Babatunde Erukere, as the Executive Vice-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC). This is contained in a letter addressed to President of Senate, Godswill Akpabio...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has condemned the killing of two traditional rulers in Ekiti state, the Onimojo of Imojo-Ekiti, Oba Olatunde Samuel Olusola, and the Elesun of Esun-Ekiti, Oba David Babatunde Ogunsola. Tinubu in a statement by his spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, condemned the mindless...
President Bola Tinubu has nominated Mr Oluwole Adama for appointment as the Executive Director, Midstream and Downstream Gas Infrastructure Fund in the Petroleum Regulatory Authority (MDGIF). This is contained in a letter read by Senate President, Godswill Akpabio on Tuesday’s plenary, shortly after the lawmakers’ resumption from Christmas...
The Bloggers and Vloggers, Content Creators Association in Nigeria (BAVCCA) has congratulated the Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) of NNPCL Dr. Mele Kyari and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on the timely and successful re-opening of the Port Harcourt refinery. BAVCCA gave the commendation in communique jointly issued by...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – Former Vice President of Nigeria, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has criticized President Bola Tinubu led Federal Government over its failure to address the spate of Kidnapping and banditry in the country. Atiku stated this in a post via his verified X (formerly Twitter) handle...
Clearly things have deteriorated in Nigeria in the past decade, rather rapidly. Take every facet of the country’s national life and you cannot invalidate this assertion. The economy has now collapsed, evidenced by the exchange rate which keeps on falling inexorably. All across board businesses have been crumbling...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has condoled with retired Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar over the death of his younger sister, Hajiya Salamatu Asabe. The president’s condolence message is contained in a statement issued on Monday in Abuja by his spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale. The president commiserated with Abubakar,...
The Federal Government is set to inaugurate a 37-man Tripartite Committee on National Minimum Wage with a mandate to recommend a new National Minimum Wage for the Country. The planned inauguration of the Committee is sequel to the approval of President Bola Tinubu. This was according to a...
President Bola Tinubu has just jetted out to France on a ‘private visit’. He is not back in the country till sometime in the first week of February. We are not told when precisely to expect him back in the country. That is the much information that...
A member of the House of Representatives, Mr Abiodun Faleke, has appealed to Nigerians to be patient with the administration of President Bola Tinubu in its efforts to reposition the economy. Faleke (APC-Ikeja) made the appeal while addressing his constituents at a town hall meeting on Saturday...
President Bola Tinubu has been urged to appoint his long-term political ally, Chief Amos Gizo, to replace former Labour Minister, Simon Lalong, to fill Plateau’s vacant ministerial slot. Plateau Progressive Movement (PPM), a political group within the All Progressives Congress (APC) fold in Plateau, made the call in...
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on Thursday asked President Bola Tinubu to account for the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL)’s $3.3 billion emergency crude repayment loan. Last August, the NNPCL secured a $3.3 billion emergency crude repayment loan from the African Export-Import Bank to stabilize the...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Mr Bayo Onanuga, said the administration of President Bola Tinubu is not planning to relocate the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) from Abuja to Lagos State. Recalled that the federal government had announced the...
President Bola Tinubu has sa n youths are vibrant, talented, eager to learn, and ready to compete globally. He said this on Wednesday at a meeting with Ms Reeta Roy, the President and Chief Executive Officer of Mastercard Foundation in Abuja. Tinubu said his administration would support public-private...