By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of the management team for the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON), pending its confirmation by the Nigerian Senate. This is contained in a statement on Thursday by his spokesman, Mr Ajuri Ngelale. He said...
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President Bola Tinubu has said his administration remains steadfast in implementing necessary economic reforms to facilitate business growth and create investment opportunities. He said this when he received a delegation from the Corporate Council on Africa (CCA) led by Florizelle Liser, CCA’s President and Chief Executive Officer, on...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Mr Ibrahim Gaga as Executive Director, Corporate Services, at the Nigerian Export-Import Bank (NEXIM). Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. He said...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of DCG Kemi Nandap, as the new Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS). The president’s approval is contained in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, on Wednesday in Abuja....
Retired Gen. Yakubu Gowon has urged Nigerians to give more time to the President Bola Tinubu-led administration, toward resolving the various challenges confronting the country. He added that it was too early in the life of the administration to begin to resolve all the inherited crisis in different...
Oba Abdulfatai Akamo, Olu of Itori in Ewekoro Local Government Area of Ogun, has urged Nigerians to be patient with the present administration in the country, saying President Bola Tinubu met a bad economy. Akamo said this at a news conference in his palace in Itori on Wednesday,...
By JEROME-MARIO UTOMI, Asaba – A group of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and Media Professionals have appealed to His Excellency, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, President, Federal Republic of Nigeria, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, to end gas flaring in Ubeji Community, a sleepy Satellite community located around the...
The Natural Oil and Gas Suppliers Association of Nigeria (NOGASA) has called on President Bola Tinubu to declare a state of emergency on the country’s refineries, if the economy must be stabilised. President of NOGASA, Chief Benneth Korie, made the call on Tuesday at a news conference in...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Ms.. Hafsat ABubakar Bakari as the new Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU). Ms. Bakari, a former Deputy Director in the NFIU; she is taking over from Modibbo Hamman-Tukur. The...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has directed the immediate payment of outstanding State House electricity bill, due to the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC). President Tinubu’s directive is contained in a statement by Mr Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, on...
The Federal Government has expressed determination to raise at least 10 billion dollars to increase foreign exchange (forex) liquidity to stabilise the Naira and grow the economy. President Bola Tinubu made this known at the inauguration of the Public Wealth Management Conference organised by the Ministry of Finance Incorporated...
President Bola Tinubu has arrived in Abuja from the African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Tinubu, who departed Addis Ababa in the morning on Monday, arrived in Abuja around 3:40 pm. While in Ethiopia, the Nigerian leader actively participated in the 44th Ordinary Session of the...
The Senior Special Assistant to the President Bola Tinubu on Students Engagement, Hon. Sunday Asefon, has announced the formation of a special committee on campaign against social vices in tertiary institutions. This he said was a decisive step to address the growing concern of social vices plaguing tertiary...
The Presidency, has described as preposterous, a claim by ex-Vice President Atiku Abubakar on the forex policy of the President Bola Tinubu led administration. Atiku, the 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had said the forex policy of the Tinubu government was hurriedly put...
President Bola Tinubu has said the transnational collaboration is essential for addressing the complex challenges in healthcare on the continent. He said this at the Ministerial Executive Leadership Programme on the margins of the 37th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has said with the alliances his political camp has formed, the 2027 elections will be a walk in the park for them. The minister spoke of his readiness for the 2027 elections during a thanksgiving service by Senator...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola has appointed Dr Jide Idris, the Convener of Healthcare Transformation Coalition, the Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC). This is contained in a statement issued by the presidential spokesman, Mr Ajuri Ngelale, on Thursday in Abuja. Idris,...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has approved the immediate upgrade of key health infrastructure and equipment across all six geo-political zones in line with his administration’s vision of overhauling the health and social welfare sector for enhanced service delivery to all Nigerians. The president’s approval...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has approved the reconstitution of the Executive Management teams of agencies under the Federal Ministry of Housing and Urban Development. Director Information, Federal Ministry of Housing and Urban Development, Mr Badamasi Haiba, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja....
President Bola Tinubu has tasked state governors to ensure zero tolerance to incompetence, support local farmers and remove import rent seekers from the system. The President added that his administration was evolving home-grown solutions to address the nation’s food security through schemes to support local production and discourage...