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...
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President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday received a delegation of Nigerian Muslim leaders, led by Sheikh Dahiru Bauchi, and accepted their mediation in Niger conflict. The leaders were at the State House to consult with the President on the situation in the Republic of Niger. The president had...
In a nationwide address last Monday, President Bola Tinubu announced some palliatives to mitigate the impact of the high cost of living brought about by the fuel subsidy removal. Great speech! Excellent delivery! So, kudos to Mr President! However, a section of Nigerians frowned at the speech because...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday in Abuja expressed his resolute commitment to break the vicious cycle of overreliance on borrowing for public spending, and the resulting burden of debt servicing it places on the management of Nigeria’s limited government revenues. Inaugurating...
● Raps Audu Ogbeh, others for calling for SGF’s removal Coalition for the Survival of Nigeria (CSN), a non-state actor, has drummed support for the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as he continues to confront the socio-economic issues bedeviling the country. The group also commended President Tinubu for...
A ministerial nominee for Delta, Mr Festus Keyamo, on Monday said that he would not disappoint President Bola Tinubu for nominating him as minister designate. Keyamo, a former Minister of State for Employment, Labour and Productivity, also thanked the Senate for its magnanimous consideration, saying he would not disappoint...
The Senate has confirmed 45 ministerial nominees out of the 48 nominees forwarded to it by President Bola Tinubu. The confirmation followed the consideration and approval of the nominees during Monday’s plenary. The nominees include Sen. Abubakar Kyari (Borno ), Abubakar Momoh (Edo), Nyesom Wike (Rivers), Prof. Joseph Utsev...
A coalition of youth organisations known as FCT Mandates Restoration Group, has appealed to President Bola Tinubu, to assign the portfolio of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, to Mr Zephaniah Jisalo. Jisalo, whom they described as “illustrious indigene” is one of the ministerial nominees screened...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over “the failure to publish spending details of about N400bn so far saved as a result of the removal of subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) popularly called...
Nigeria is mobilising countries in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to fight the coup plotters of the Niger Republic to restore democracy. The regional body, led by Nigeria’s president, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has expressed its resolve to use all necessary measures to restore constitutional order in...
Very few presidents get the unhappy privilege of previewing the full gamut of worries that will torment their presidency all within their first 100 days. President Bola Tinubu is lucky to belong in this rare collection. In less than a hundred days in office, he has faced challenges in...
The national leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has advised President Bola Tinubu not to engage the military as a means of restoring democratic government in the Republic of Niger. The party leaders gave the advice in a communique issued after a meeting by the PDP Governors’...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – A member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Maryam Shetty, has reacted to the withdrawal of her ministerial nomination by President Bola Tinubu. Tinubu had withdrew earlier nomination of Dr. Maryam Shetty, nominee from Kano State in the supplementary ministerial list...
The Labour Party in Lagos State has urged President Bola Tinubu to urgently address all the problems militating against a stable electricity supply in the country. The Labour party added that improving the supply of electricity in both urban and rural areas would further reduce the hardship encountered due to the...
Amid terrorism and banditry activities in Nigeria and across its borders, especially in Lake Chad, no retired military general made the 47-man cut of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s entire ministerial nominees, a PRNigeria report has shown. This is even as President Bola Tinubu has sought the Senate’s support for...
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) says the Gwagwalada Independent Power Plant (GIPP) project is a giant step toward achieving its gas and power mandate to add five Gigawatts into the National power generation by 2024 Malam Mele Kyari, Group CEO, NNPC Ltd., made this known on Friday...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu says a comprehensive forensic audit of the Central Bank is underway, while a thorough overhaul of the Civil Service payroll is imminent. The President disclosed this during an audience with the President of the World Bank, Mr. Ajay Banga...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Friday, declared that despite the nation’s current rate of energy supply, his administration is poised to address all the obstacles militating against stable electricity supply in the country. He said his administration will bring solutions to the...
President Bola Tinubu has conveyed the decisions of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on recent military intervention in Niger. The ECOWAS decision is contained in a letter addressed to President of Senate, Godswill Akpiabio and read at plenary on Friday. Tinubu, who is the...
President Bola Tinubu has nominated Mr Festus Keyamo for consideration and approval of Senate, as minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Tinubu also withdrew earlier nomination of Dr.Maryam Shetty nominee from Kano and replaced her with a new nominee Dr Mairiga Mahmud also from Kano. Tinubu...