No fewer than 650 Nigerians studying at ESM University, Benin Republic, have appealed to President Bola Tinubu for assistance following the derecognition of the university by the Federal Government. The Federal Government recently banned Nigerians from enrolling in some universities in Benin and Togo after discovering that over 22,500...
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By DAVID IORJA, Abuja- President Bola Tinubu will depart Abuja for Beijing, China, on Thursday on an official visit. A statement by his spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, said Tinubu would have a brief layover in the United Arab Emirates. “In China, the President will meet with President Xi Jinping and...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has expressed deep concerns over the news of the devastation wreaked by floods on communities and farmlands across the country. A statement on Wednesday by his spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, said that the president was particularly worried about the plight of bereaved...
The Correctional Officers Pencom Retirees Association of Nigeria (COPRAN), says the contributory Pension Commission (PenCom) scheme is worsening the challenges of retirees. COPRAN, in a petition to President Bola Tinubu, Senate President, Speaker House of Representatives, Minister of Labour, and Human Rights Commission, among others, said that pensioners were...
President Bola Tinubu will depart for Beijing, China, in the first week of September, during which he will sign several MOUs with President Xi Jinping, his Chinese counterpart. The President’s Spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, said this while briefing State House correspondents on Tuesday. He said the President would also visit...
President Bola Tinubu has welcomed the latest report of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on the state of the economy. The report had indicated that the country’s Gross National Product (GDP) posted another growth. According to NBS, the real GDP grew by 3.2 per cent year on year...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of new Directors-General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) and the Department of State Services (DSS). Presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, who made this known in a statement on Monday, said Ambassador Mohammed Mohammed was the new Director-General...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has extended his condolences to the Governor of Borno State, Professor Babagana Zulum, over the passing of his Commissioner of Finance, Honourable Ahmed Ali Ahmed. President Tinubu in a statement by his spokesman, Mr. Ajuri Ngelale, also condoled with the family...
Sen. Ned Nwoko (PDP-Delta), has called on President Bola Tinubu to replace the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs with a National Social Security Agency,. Nwoko made the call in an open letter addressed to Tinubu in Abuja on Monday. The letter is titled ‘’Reimagining Nigeria’s Social Safety Net: A Call...
President Bola Tinubu on Sunday congratulated the Governor of Borno, Prof. Babagana Zulum, on his 55th birthday, saying he embodied the pragmatism and energy of youth. Tinubu, in a statement by his spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, said that the governor also sympathised with the sobriety, prudence, and wisdom of the...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has expressed his condolences to the people of Ningi Emirate and the Bauchi State government following the passing of Alhaji Yunusa Danyaya, the Emir of Ningi. The first-class traditional ruler passed away in the early hours of Sunday. President Tinubu in...
The Senate Deputy Chief Whip, Sen. Onyekachi Nwebonyi, has urged the Federal Government to investigate the late fertiliser distribution to states by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. Nwebonyi (APC—Ebonyi North) made the call on Saturday at his home town, Mbeke, Ishieke, Ebonyi Local Government Area while...
Chief Emeka Anyaoku, has urged President Bola Tinubu to urgently listen to calls for a new people-oriented constitution and set modalities in place to achieve it. Anyaoku, a former Secretary-General of Commonwealth, gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Sunday....
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Community, community engagement, Abiodun Essiest has launched “Citizens Assembly” in Benue State during a town hall meeting for the North Central Nigeria. Recall that President Tinubu had appointed 6 Special Assistants for the purpose for...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia. – A federal lawmaker, Abubakar Hassan Nalaraba, has thanked President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, over the recent approval for the takeover and conversion of Dalhatu Araf Specialist Hospital, Lafia to Federal University of Lafia Teaching Hospital. Nalaraba, who represents Awe/Doma/Keana Federal Constituency of Nasarawa State, in...
By YUSHAU A. SHUAIB The recent attempts to forcibly remove the Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), Justice Danladi Yakubu Umar, are profoundly troubling and raise serious concerns about the independence of our key democratic institutions. According to a highly placed source, there is an apparent plot...
President Bola Tinubu has sworn in Justice KudiratKekere-Ekun as the 23rd and second female Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), in acting capacity pending confirmation by the Senate. She takes over from Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, who retired on Aug. 22 at the age of 70.(NAN)
President Bola Tinubu has charged the participants of the National Defence College (NDC) Course 32, to be vigilant and proactive in addressing the myriad of regional and global threats. Tibubu, represented by Vice President Kashim Shettima, made the call at the graduation of the participants on Friday in Abuja....
President Bola Tinubu has pledged to continue promoting the rule of law and ease the administration of justice in Nigeria. He made this commitment during the swearing-in ceremony of Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun as Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) at the State House in Abuja. Tinubu emphasised his administration’s...
By JOY ADARA , Abuja – The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited has denied the allegations made by former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar’s claimed that the company was hijacked by corporate cabals around President Bola Tinubu and that the retention of Mr. Mele Kyari as Group Chief Executive Officer...