By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – Saudi Arabian Government has pledged to invest in the revamp of Nigeria’s refineries, as well as provide financial support to sustain President Bola Tinubu’s government on its foreign exchange reforms. Saudi Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman made the pledge...
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The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, says the 2023 supplementary budget is a bold and pragmatic response to address the current economic challenges in the country. Idris stated this in a statement by his Special Assistant on Media, Mr Rabiu Ibrahim, on Thursday in...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Mr. Mohammed Abba Isa to serve as the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Disability Matters. The appointment is in President Tinubu’s determination to ensure that every segment of society is sufficiently catered to within...
Vice President Kashim Shettima has reiterated President Bola Tinubu’s commitment to the overall development of the Niger Delta and other parts of the country. Mr Stanley Nkwocha, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Communications, Office of the Vice President, said this in a statement on...
A group has called on President Bola Tinubu to assent to the Ogoni Bill of Rights as adopted by the people of the land. The group include People Advancement Centre(PAC), Ogoni People Assembly, Partners for Electoral Reform and Social Action. Mr Akpobar Celestine, PAC Team Leader made the appeal...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of twenty (20) qualified Nigerians to serve as Federal Commissioners in the National Population Commission (NPC) with nine current Federal Commissioners being appointed to a second term in office. The president’s approval was contained in...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu on Thursday departed Abuja for Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to attend the first Saudi-Africa Summit. Presidential spokesman Ajuri Ngelale, who disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja, said that the summit would take place in Riyadh on Friday. He...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday signed the 2023 N2.176 trillion Supplementary Appropriation Act into law. The budget is to strengthen security architecture and address critical infrastructure deficit, among other considerations. Presidential spokesman, Chief Ajuri Ngelale, made this known in a statement...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Dr. Abdu Mukhtar to serve as the National Coordinator of the Presidential ‘Unlocking Healthcare Value-Chain’ Initiative, which is domiciled under the Federal Ministry of Health & Social Welfare. The president’s approval was contained in...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of three new Executive Commissioners at the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) pending their confirmation by the Senate. They are Mr Bashir Indabawa, (Northwest), Executive Commissioner, Exploration and Acreage Management; Mr Enorense Amadasun (South-South); Executive...
The Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD) union has urged its members across the country to go about their normal duties in actualising the Renewed Hope Agenda of the President Bola Tinubu as it concerns the oil sector. President of the union, Mr Lucky Osesua, gave the charge in a...
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, the principal opposition party, should have had the simplest time winning the Nigerian presidential election in 2023. Muhammadu Buhari’s unprecedentedly bad and divisive leadership served as a powerful campaign against the All Progressives Congress, APC. To effortlessly retake control of the centre, the...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has faulted claim by Mr Peter Obi, the Labour Party (LP) candidate, that the Supreme Court judgment on 2023 presidential election was doctored in favour of President Bola Tinubu. The APC National Publicity Secretary, Felix Motka said this in a statement in...
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), has said it is collaborating with the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) and other stakeholders to reconcile alleged indebtedness by the company and Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC). Mr Olufemi Soneye, Chief Corporate Communications Officer, NNPC Ltd, said this...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – The Presidency on Monday called on the Labour Party (LP) Presidential candidate, Peter Obi, to “prove his belief in Nigeria.” Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Mr Bayo Onanuga stated this in a statement issued on Monday in Abuja....
President Bola Tinubu is to attend the Arab-African and Saudi-Africa summits holding this week in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Chief Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, disclosed this on Sunday while briefing State House Correspondents in Abuja. He said that the attendance...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against President Bola Tinubu over “the failure to probe the grim allegations that over US$15 billion oil revenues, and N200 billion budgeted to repair the refineries in Nigeria are missing and unaccounted...
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara has thanked President Bola Tinubu for his “fatherly intervention” in the political crisis that rocked the state recently. Governor Fubar expressed his gratitude to the president in a statement issued to newsmen in Port Harcourt on Saturday....
A private aircraft, with registration number 5N-AMM, conveying the Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu and his entourage, has crash-landed in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. According to SaharaReporters, the incident occurred on Friday evening, while the three cabin crews and the seven passengers were all rescued from the...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has directed the reactivation of the Presidential Delivery Tracker to empower Nigerians to track the implementation of projects across the country in real time. Speaking at the closing session of the three-day Cabinet Retreat, on Friday in Abuja,...