Ijaw Elders Forum (IEF), a coalition of Ijaw groups, has written to President Bola Tinubu to demand a review of procedures in disposal of vessels and trucks seized for complicity in oil theft. The letter, dated July 31 and sighted by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday,...
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President Bola Tinubu has said that the Federal Government would leverage digital technology to create Nigeria’s desired socio-economic progress that was necessary to transform the society. He said this during a meeting with a delegation from Google, West Africa, led by its Director, Olumide Balogun, on Wednesday at...
Some residents of Bauchi and Gombe States have called for effective monitoring and supervision of ministers to promote good performances. A cross section of the residents, made the call while reacting to the assigning of portfolios to the ministers by President Bola Tinubu. The News Agency of...
Managing Director of African Development Studies Centre, Amb. Victor Oluwafemi, has commended President Bola Tinubu’s appointment of Mr Wale Edun as Minister ofFinanca and Coordinating Minister of the Economy. The Africa Development Studies Centre is an Abuja-based training and research-based organisation that promotes sustainable development and growth in...
President Bola Tinubu has assured investors that ongoing economic reforms will remove impediments to conducive business operations in Nigeria. He spoke at the State House when he received Mr Ade Adeola, Managing Director of Energy and Natural Resources in Europe, Africa and the Middle East for Standard Chartered...
President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday approved the appointment of the new ministers and also allocated their portfolios. Tinubu’s spokesman, Mr Ajuri Ngelale, disclosed this while briefing State House Correspondents in Abuja, He said that the swearing in is expected by next week after the retreat...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has shared in the joy of celebration with family members, friends, and associates of Gen. Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (Rtd), as the former military President turns 82 on August 17, 2023. President Tinubu in his congratulatory message on Wednesday,...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has praised the solidarity of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) on the political impasse in the Republic of Niger. The President spoke when he received the Special Envoy of President Ali Bongo Ondimba and the...
Nigeria has one of the highest unemployment rates in Africa. According to National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), Nigeria’s unemployment rate stood at 33.3 per cent in the last quarter of 2020 while the rate of unemployment among youths was even higher, 42.5 per cent. The NBS further says...
By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – The Defence Headquarters has debunked social media reports alleging that the Armed Forces of Nigeria (AFN) received request to effect change of leadership in the country. The Director, Defence Information, Brigadier General, Tukur Gusau, who disclosed this in a statement on Sunday,...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has sent a warm message of goodwill and felicitations to veteran journalist and celebrated columnist, Mr. Ray Ekpu, on the occasion of his 75th birthday. The President in a statement on Sunday by his media aide, Ajuri Ngelale,...
On President Tinubu’s ministerial nomination list, I am surprised at our surprise. I am even more disappointed by our collective sense of disappointment. The note of public consternation is palpable and almost universal among Nigerians across all divides. Not only was the list late in submission, it was incomplete...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – On the occasion of the 2023 International Youth Day (IYD), President Bola Tinubu has reaffirmed the commitment of his administration to creating meaningful opportunities for Nigerian youths. From job creation, education and skills development to digital innovation, financial technology, and youth participation...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has thrown his weight behind the ‘Heritage Voyage of Return’ initiative aimed at reuniting Afro-descendants with their African roots, saying the programme will not only re-awaken the historical awareness of society by bringing back memories of what happened many years...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has expressed sadness over the news of the death of Nigeria’s Ambassador to France, Kayode Laro. President Tinubu in a statement issued on Saturday by his media aide, Mr. Ajuri Ngelale, extended his deepest condolences to deceased family,...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Friday in Abuja reassured Nigerians that no stone will be left unturned in his administration’s multifarious efforts to stimulate the economy and make it work for the greatest good of all Nigerians. The President stated this in a...
Your Excellencies, Heads of State and Government; Your Excellency, the President of the ECOWAS Commission; Your Excellency, President of the African Union Commission; Your Excellency, President of the UEMOA Commission; The Special Representative of the Secretary General of the United Nations in West Africa and the Sahel;...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – The Chairman of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, says the regional bloc will continue to champion diplomacy and dialogue, as well as earnest discussions with all parties involved, to restore constitutional governance in the Republic...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has rejoiced with the doyen of accounting in Nigeria and Africa, Chief Akintola Williams, on the joyous occasion of his 104th birthday. The president’s congratulatory message is contained in a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja by his Special...
The 14th Emir of Kano, Sanusi Mohammed, has met with the Niger military leaders who staged a coup two weeks ago. The former Central Bank of Nigeria Governor made this known after a visit to President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday to brief him on his mediation efforts in...