President Bola Tinubu on Monday declared a national emergency on food security, urging expanded irrigation infrastructure and participatory water resource management nationwide. Tinubu made the declaration while opening the 6th African Regional Conference on Irrigation and Drainage in Abuja. He was represented by the Secretary to[Read More…]
President Bola Tinubu has removed the chairman, Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited board, Pius Akinyelure, and the Group Chief Executive Officer, Mele Kyari. Tinubu also appointed Bashir Ojulari as Kyari’s replacement with immediate effect. Bayo Onanuga, Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, announced the development in a statement he[Read More…]
Retired Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas, the Administrator of Rivers, has said he would work together with all stakeholders to maintain law and order in the state. Ibas spoke with State House correspondents after his swearing-in by President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Wednesday. Mr Lateef[Read More…]
President Bola Tinubu has appointed Vice Admiral Ibokette Ibas (rtd) as the military administrator in Rivers, amid the political tension in the state. Ibas was Nigeria’s Chief of Naval Staff from July 2015 to January 2021. At a nationwide broadcast on Tuesday, the President appointed Ibas[Read More…]
President Bola Tinubu has laid the foundation of the iconic 40-storey eco-friendly headquarters of the FirstBank Group in Eko Atlantic City. Tinubu, who was represented by Vice President Kashim Shettima, on Wednesday, laid the foundation at the groundbreaking ceremony for the eco-friendly headquarters of the company, which[Read More…]
The National Economic Council (NEC) on Thursday told President Bola Tinubu to immediately withdraw his Tax Reforms Bill from the National Assembly to allow for wider consultations and consensus building. NEC’s call to the president came three days after Northern governors kicked against the Tax Reforms Bill, contending[Read More…]
In a move to cut down the cost of governance, President Bola Tinubu has ordered Federal Ministers, Ministers of State, and Heads of Agencies to limit the cars in their official convoys to just three vehicles. In a statement personally signed by the president, the move is targeted[Read More…]
President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday dismissed five ministers, appointed seven new ones and restructured ministerial portfolios to reinvigorate his administration’s capacity to deliver on his promises to Nigerians. Mr Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President, Information and Strategy, announced the changes after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting.[Read More…]
President Bola Tinubu has returned to Abuja from the United Kingdom after a two-week vacation. The president arrived at the presidential wing of the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport in Abuja at about 7:20 pm Saturday. Tinubu was received by his Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila; the[Read More…]
CAN urges Tinubu to address insecurity, hunger The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, has tasked the Federal Government to urgently address insecurity and economic hardship as well as sectarian crisis ravaging the country. Speaking in a message to felicitate with Muslims on the occasion of the Eid-ul-Maulud celebration, in[Read More…]
