After weeks of dramatic twists in Rivers State, the political gladiators in the oil-rich South-South state reached a truce on Monday after a meeting with President Bola Tinubu at the Aso Villa in Abuja. The meeting had in attendance Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his predecessor, Nyesom Wike,...
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President Bola Tinubu, has assured the international investment community that his administration would ensure that Nigeria remains a top-level destination for offshore and onshore investments. The president gave the assurance when he received the Group Chairman and CEO of Total Energies Worldwide, Mr Patrick Pouyanne, on Monday...
President Bola Tinubu has urged the Board of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) to immediately get to work, warning that non-performance would not be tolerated. Chief Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, in a statement, said Tinubu said this while inaugurating...
The Coalition Of Civil Society Organizations of Nigeria (COCSON) has commended President Bola Tinubu over the recent flag off of the National Cash Transfer Programme which aims at improving consumption and developing savings skills to reduce poverty. The National Secretary General of COCSON, Ademola Folabi, gave the commendation...
Former House of Reps member, Alphonsus Komsol, has urged President Bola Tinubu to replace former Minister of Labour and Employment Simon Lalong with a new minister from the Plateau Central Senatorial Zone, for equity. The All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, made the call in an open letter to...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has sympathised with the government and the people of Borno State over the passing of the Waziri of Borno, Mustapha Mukhtar. The Waziri, who served as the Prime Minister of Borno and Chief Adviser to the Shehu of...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has celebrated his friend and ally, former President Muhammadu Buhari, whom he described as an icon of truth, justice, and patriotism on his 81st birthday. President Tinubu in a statement on Saturday by his spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, extolled...
President Bola Tinubu has assured foreign investors of diligent and predictable fund repatriation, and the streamlining of the tax system. He also urged new foreign ambassadors to prioritise the exploration of new frontiers of trade relations that would be mutually beneficial as they carry out their duties...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has sympathized with the Ezeife family, the people, and the government of Anambra State on the passing of Chief Chukwuemeka Ezeife, CON, former governor of the state. Chief Ezeife, Okwadike of Igbo-Ukwu, was governor of Anambra from 1992...
President Bola Tinubu, on Thursday revealed plans by his administration to address inadequacies of policymaking, hitherto thwarted by a lack of comprehensive data in Nigeria. Mr Stanley Nkwocha, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Communications, Office of the Vice-President, in a statement said Tinubu stated...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has approved the suspension, removal, and replacement of the following Chief Executive Officers under the Federal Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development with the appointment of Mrs. Olubunmi Oluwaseun Kuku as the substantive Managing Director of the Federal Airports Authority of...
The Federal Civil Service Commission (FCSC) will stop the practice of cash and carry in appointment and promotion of civil servants in the country. FCSC Chairman, Prof. Tunji Olaopa, disclosed this to newsmen after their inauguration by President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa on Wednesday in Abuja....
The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC), has called on the Federal Government to remove all bottlenecks delaying the payment of the N35,000 wage award for workers in the country. President of TUC, Mr Festus Osifo, said this while addressing newsmen at the end of the National Executive...
By BARBARA KALU, Enugu – The Ohaneze Ndigbo Worldwide has, again appealed to President Bola Tinubu to release the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. The President-General of Ohaneze Ndigbo Worldwide, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, made the appeal in a statement on Tuesday...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Nigeria’s Super Eagles forward, Victor Osimhen, on winning the CAF 2023 Men’s Player of the Year award. The President in a statement on Tuesday also celebrated the remarkable achievements of Asisat Oshoala of Nigeria’s Super Falcons,...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – President Bola Tinubu has said he will continue to work assiduously and provide the military with the necessary support to keep the troublers of the nation at bay. Speaking at the Chief of Army Staff Annual Conference 2023 in Maiduguri, Borno State,...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Monday in Maiduguri commissioned a fleet of 107 gas and electric-powered buses as well as taxis in the second phase of Governor Babagana Umara Zulum’s metro transport scheme. The scheme aims to cushion effects of fuel subsidy...
President Bola Tinubu has again, expressed grief over loss of lives in the recent and sad bombing mishap in Tudun Biri, Kaduna State. He said that most of the victims tragically lost their lives while reciting the Shadada as they observed maulud, a central statement of faith for...
President Bola Tinubu on Monday in Maiduguri inaugurated 107 Mass Transit vehicles including 50 electric taxis purchased by the Borno Government. Speaking at the ceremony, the President lauded Gov. Babagana Zulum for his foresight and people oriented policies and projects. He disclosed that the Federal Government was planning...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has mourned the death of NTA Broadcaster, Aisha Bello-Mustapha. The president in a statement by his spokesman, Mr. Ajuri Ngelale, described Aisha as one of the great icons of the Nigerian broadcast media. He extended his deepest...