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...
President Bola Tinubu
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...
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...