Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said poor and indigent students will not benefit from the students’ loan recently introduced by the Federal Government because of the conditions attached. Chairman of the University of Jos Chapter of ASUU, Dr Mwolwus Jurbe, who said this in an...
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Students, parents and stakeholders have expressed concerned over lack of awareness on modalities for accessing the Federal Government’s student loan scheme. The students and stakeholders, who spoke in Bauchi, Gombe and Dutse decried delays in the implementation of the programme amid tuition fee hike by some tertiary institutions. The...
The presidency says the yacht listed in the 2023 supplementary budget is a naval boat and not for President Bola Tinubu’s usage. The listing of the yacht in the budget which was passed on Thursday had elicited criticisms from Nigerians who faulted the government’s plan to purchase such for...
By nature, most people would like to dodge payment of taxes if the system allows it. It’s not surprising that some easily agree with the saying that tax collectors rarely have many friends. But, for governments, taxes are a major policy instrument for shaping, and reshaping, the economic...
The Senate has passed the 2023 Supplementary Appropriation Bill of N2.17trillion. President Bola Tinubu had written the Senate seeking the approval of the sum of N2,176,791,286,033 as 2023 supplementary budget to address labour wage adjustments, security and other urgent issues. The President had also sent the...
President Bola Tinubu has sought the approval of Senate for the 2022-2024 external borrowing plan of 7.8 billion dollars and 100 million euros. Tinubu’s request was contained in a letter addressed to President of Senate, Godswill Akpabio and read at plenary on Wednesday. Tinubu in the letter said...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – The Federal Government has the soon-to-be resuscitated National Home Grown School Feeding Programme will cater for over 10 million pupils across the country. Senior Special Assistant to the President on school feeding programme, Dr Yetunde Adeniji, disclosed this in a statement...
President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday in Abuja urged members of his cabinet to work assiduously towards achieving the mandate of their ministries or be ready to leave the government. Tinubu stated this in his address at 2023 Cabinet Retreat for Ministers, Presidential Aides, Permanent Secretaries and Top government...
The Senate has confirmed the appointment of Mr Zaccheus Adedeji as the Executive Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS). This follows the adoption of a motion by the Senate Leader, Sen. Opeyemi Bamidele (APC-Ekiti) at the Committee of the Whole on Tuesday. Presenting the motion, Bamidele urged the...
President Bola Tinubu has intervened in the crisis rocking the executive and the legislature in Rivers. Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State stated this while briefing State House Correspondents after a closed-door session with Tinubu, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Tuesday. “We had a...
President Bola Tinubu, has presented the 2023 Supplementary Budget of N2.1 trillion to the National Assembly. The request was contained in a letter to the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, at plenary on Tuesday. The letter reads: “It has now become necessary to make further provision for additional palliative...
All Progressives Congress (APC) States Assembly Forum (ASAF) has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to intervene in the crisis rocking the executive and the legislature in Rivers. The forum said in a statement by its Director-General, Mr Fubara Dagogo on Tuesday in Abuja. Dagogo said that the development...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on all actors in the Rivers crisis to sheathe their swords and allow for amicable resolution of the problem. Thee National Publicity Secretary, Mr Debo Ologunagba stated this in a...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has commiserated with the Nwabueze family, the government and people of Anambra State, on the death of Professor Ben Nwabueze, one time minister of education. Tinubu, in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Chief Ajuri...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The All Progressives Congress (APC) has advised former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Candidate in the Feb. 25 presidential election, to accept his defeat as an elder statesman. The APC National Publicity Secretary, Mr Felix Morka, gave...
Tinub President Bola Tinubu on Monday warned government officials and family members against attending the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting without invitation. Tinubu issued the warning before the commencement of FEC meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. “Last week, I noticed people sneaking in and out of this council....
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – A forum of security experts in Nigeria at the weekend charged the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to release all the political prisoners in custody of the Federal Government and ensure that national integration is strengthened. The security experts made the call while...
President Bola Tinubu, on Sunday solicited the support of German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, in combating terrorism in Nigeria. Tinubu made the request at a bilateral meeting with the German Chancellor at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Sunday. “We are fighting terrorism and that is improving. We still need more...
President Bola Tinubu has said his administration is working assiduously to reform the nation’s economic and business environment to promote efficiency. Tinubu said this on Sunday during a bilateral meeting with the Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, Olaf Scholz and his entourage, in the Presidential Villa,...
President Bola Tinubu is confronted with two identity fights united by politics. His political opponents have kept him busy with matters of personal identity and paper qualifications. Everything from his parentage, educational background, university records, work and career trajectory to his National Youth Service record is up for hostile...