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FG Requests Dangote, Elumelu, Others’ Assistance In Road Construction

– Minister of Works, David Umahi, Aliko Dangote, Tony Elumelu, others at the meeting By Adeola Idris  The federal government Renewed Hope Agenda, has urged Alhaji Aliko Dangote, Tony Elumelu, and others to be involved in the concessionaires and investment on road infrastructure as done in advanced economies of the world. Minister of Works, David Umahi made the call when he played host to two… []

Centre Counters SERAP On Increased Budget For National Assembly

– NASS Building By Bunmi Onakan  The Save Humanity Advocacy Centre (SHAC) has described the lawsuit filed by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and others against the National Assembly leadership as a complete waste of time. In a statement signed by Dr. Joyce Ogwu, the Centre said the suit challenging the increase of budgetary allocation for lawmakers was a mere distraction and another… []

Wike Names Those Frustrating Tinubu’s Government

– Wike By Adeola Idris  The Minister of FCT, Nyesom Wike, has alleged that some politicians are making sure that President Tinubu’s Government doesn’t survive. In an interview with journalists, the FCT minister accused politicians of exaggerating specific attacks to deliberately create tension in the country. Responding to accusations of being distracted by Rivers politics, Wike questioned the timing of attacks, emphasizing that they occur… []

Tinubu Leaves For France On A Private Visit

– President Bola Ahmed Tinubu By Bunmi Onakan Nigerian President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu has departed Abuja for Paris, France, on a private visit. Chief Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President on Media & Publicity, announced this in a statement on Wednesday. Ngelale, who did not go into details said the president will return to the country in the first week of February, 2024. This… []

Japa:How 32,462 Nigerians Applied For Passports In Two Weeks

– Nigerian international passport By Bunmi Onakan The rate at which Nigerians are desperate to leave the country for greener pasture reached its crescendo in the new year as 32,462 persons have so far applied for international passports and uploaded their documents from the Nigeria Immigration Service site between January 8 and 21,2024. Of these applications, 15,113 have reportedly been approved for biometric capture and… []

DSS Arrests Miyetti Allah’s President

The President of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Alhaji Bello Bodejo, has been arrested by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) over the creation of an unlawful Nomad’s Vigilante Group in Nasarawa State. Sources revealed that the arrest took place at Miyetti Allah’s Head Office in Nasarawa State, with the military providing support to ensure the suspect did not escape. The operation began with… []

Keyamo: Flying Nigeria’s Aviation Sector To New Heights

– Festus Keyamo  By Cletus Agada It is no longer news that the honourable Minister of Aviation, Mr. Festus Keyamo, S.A.N. directed that the headquarters of the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) be relocated back to Lagos. This directive was not difficult to comply with because the Abuja Headquarters status was just on paper as the day-to-day administrative and operational activities of the agency… []

Nigerian States That May Start Enjoying 24-hours Electricity Power Supply Soon (See full list)

– Electric power line By Adeola Idris  Three northern Nigerian states, Kano, Katsina and Jigawa may start enjoying 24-hours of electricity power supply soon. The possibility comes amid preparation by the Kano Electricity Distribution Company’s (KEDCO) new core investors to roll out an ambitious plan to build up to 200MW of incremental capacity through 100 mini-grids and embedded generation. In a statement issued recently during… []

Ohanaeze Ndigbo Disassociates Self From Youths Leader For Supporting Suspended Minister, Betta Edu

– Betta Edu By Nnamdi Kingsley  Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo in a statement issued on Friday signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Dr Alex Ogbonnia has disassociated itself from another Igbo youth and its leader, Mr. Chukwuma Okpalaezeukwu who said the suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta Edu, should be given the benefit of doubt. Describing the statement as reckless,… []

Sack CBN Governor, Declare State of Emergency On Forex, 100 CSOs Tell Tinubu As They Threatens Mass Action

  – CBN Governor, Yemi Cardoso By Bunmi Onakan  As many as 100 non-governmental organizations, under the aegis of Economic Freedom Fighters, Nigeria (EFFN), have demanded that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu immediately sack the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Olayemi Cardoso for his ineptitude and lack of direction and to also declare a state of emergency on the economy. At a… []

Vice Chancellors Are Molesting Us, Misappropriating TETFUND Projects- Students Write Tinubu

– President Bola Ahmed Tinubu By Adeola Idris  A student group, the Concerned Public Tertiary Institutions’ Students Association (CoPTISA) has accused some rectors and vice chancellors of government-owned tertiary institutions of molesting students abusing the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND) for personal gains. CoPTISA has appealed to President Tinubu in a letter to urgently act and get to the root of the malfeasance in the… []

FG Reviews Civil Defence, Immigration, Others Recruitment Guidelines To Favour Women

– President Bola Tinubu By Adeola Idris  Plan to review the guidelines for recruitment into the Civil Defence, Fire, Correctional, and Immigration Services has been announced by the Federal Government. FG has said henceforth 35% of recruitment into the services would be allocated to women. The Nigeria Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, who disclosed this on Friday in Abuja at the end of the meeting… []

FG Moves FAAN Headquarters To Lagos For Proper Operation

– President Bola Ahmed Tinubu By Adeola Idris  The Federal Government of Nigeria has officially moved the headquarters of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) from Abuja to Lagos. The decision, announced by the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, through a memo dated January 15, 2024, and signed by the Managing Director of FAAN, Mrs. Olubunmi Kuku, is aimed at potentially… []

Groups Reveal Alleged Plot To Implicate Gbajabiamila In Betta Edu’s Case

– Femi Gbajabiamila By Adeola Idris  It is alleged that interests within and outside the presidential villa are scheming to take over the job of the Chief of Staff to the President, Mr. Femi Gbajabiamila, by linking the former Speaker of the House of Representatives to the transactions carried out by the suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu, a group, Northern… []

FG Reaffirms Commencement Of Student Loan In January

– President Bola Ahmed Tinubu By Adeola Idris  The Federal Government on Wednesday noted that the January commencement of the student loan scheme with plans for the timely access of students to the credit facility within 30 days is still intact. The Minister of State for Education, Yusuf Sununu, disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents after the Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting presided over… []

FG Promises To Continue Electricity Subsidy To Ease Burden – NERC

– File photo of power line By Bunmi Onakan  Chairman of Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), Sanusi Garba says the federal government will continue to subsidise electricity to ease the financial burden on Nigerians amid the economic challenges in the country. Garba made this known during a news conference in Abuja on Wednesday. “Government has decided for now, arising from the cost of living crisis… []

Tinubu Appoints Ambassador Akawor As RMAFC Federal Commissioner

– Amb. Desmond Akawor By Adeola Idris  The appointment of Ambassador Desmond Akawor as a Federal Commissioner of the Revenue Mobilization, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) has been approved by President Bola Tinubu. The appointment is pending the confirmation of the Nigerian Senate. The new RMAFC Federal Commissioner, according to a release issued on yesterday by presidential spokesperson, Ajuri Ngelale, who represents Rivers State, is… []

I Deserve To Be Listed In Guinness World Records – Tinubu

– President Bola Ahmed Tinubu By Adeola Idris  At the 10th German-Nigerian Business Forum in Berlin, Germany, President Bola Tinubu bluntly declared that he deserves to be listed in the Guinness World Records for the reforms he has made since assuming office on May 29, 2023. Tinubu stated that during his time as governor of Lagos State between 1999 and 2007, he moved the state… []

Obasanjo Condemns Appeal Court’s Nullification Of Millions Votes

– Former President Olusegun Obasanjo  By Adeola Idris  Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has expressed his concern over the abnormality of a few individuals, referred to as judges, having the power to overturn the decisions made by millions of voters during elections. Obasanjo strongly criticized the authority granted to a select group of judges, deeming it as “completely unacceptable.” His comments were prompted by recent judgments… []

Minister Explains Why President Tinubu Released 4,068 Inmates From Prisons

– President Bola Ahmed Tinubu By Bunmi Onakan  The President Bola Tinubu-led Federal Government has released a total of 4068 inmates in all the custodial centres across the country in an effort to decongest the custodial centres in the country. Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, made this known while flagging off payment of fines and compensations for inmates held on accounts of their inability… []