The Rivers Restoration Movement (RRM) has dismissed claims that President Bola Tinubu is taking sides in the political crises in Rivers. A former leader of Niger-Delta agitators, Alhaji Asari Dokubo, had accused Tinubu of supporting the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, to destabilise the administration of...
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President Bola Tinubu, Vice President Kashim Shettima, Senate President Godswill Akpabio, Speaker of the House of Representatives Tajudeen Abbas, and First Lady Oluremi Tinubu, on Friday, paid their last respects to the late Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, who passed away on November 5 at the age...
Vice-President Kashim Shettima on Thursday announced that President Bola Tinubu has approved the establishment of a new Disaster Relief Fund to strengthen Nigeria’s humanitarian response system. Shettima made this known at the launch of the Humanitarian Supply Chain Management – Partnership for Localisation Project, held at the Presidential Villa,...
President Bola Tinubu has described members of opposition parties in the country as reactionary politicians. Tinubu stated this, on Wednesday in Akure, at the grand finale of the campaign rally for Gov. Lucky Aiyedatiwa, the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Ondo state in Saturday’s election. The President,...
The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr Wale Edun, says the Federal Government will soon begin payment of pension backlog. Edun said this during a peaceful rally by the Nigeria Union of Pensioners Contributory Pension Scheme Sector (NUPCPS) at the Federal Ministry of Finance in...
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has said President Bola Tinubu is entrenching good governance through the Renewed Hope Agenda. Wike stated this in Abuja on Tuesday, when he inspected the ongoing construction of five-kilometre Saburi – Dei Dei road, awarded to Lubrik Construction Company in...
The Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Lateef Fagbemi, has said that no law in Nigeria prohibits the prosecution of minors. Fagbemi stated this in Abuja on Thursday while briefing journalists regarding a recent court order to release about 114 #EndBadGovernance protesters (minors and adults) who...
President Bola Tinubu said on Friday that the passing of Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, former Minister of Science, Technology, and Innovation had cost Nigeria a committed patriot and elder statesman. Tinubu said this at Uburu, Ohaozara Local Government Area of Ebonyi during the burial ceremony of the deceased who passed...
Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Sen. George Akume, has tasked the newly appointed ministers to uphold national interest and shun personal and sectional interests. Akume gave the charge at the opening of a 2-day induction retreat organised by his office for the appointees on Thursday in...
Vice- President Kashim Shettima has implored the 119 released minors to strive to be responsible citizens as they unite with their families in Kano and Kaduna States. Shettima made the call while handing over the 119 released minors to Gov. Abba Yusuf of Kano and Gov. Uba Sani of...
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday, struck out the treason charge preferred against the minors who participated in the August #EndBadGovernance protest following its withdrawal by the Federal Government. Justice Obiora Egwuatu struck out the charge after the application for the discontinuance was moved by Mr Mohammed...
The President of the Ijaw National Congress (INC), Prof. Benjamin Okaba, has urged his kinsmen to remain calm over the judgment which ordered that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to cease all monthly financial allocations to the Rivers. Okaba gave the advice at the 10th Anniversary of the...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- A chiefiain of the Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Ugochukwu Nduwuisi has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, former governors of Rivers State and their deputies to quickly mediate in the current political impasse in the state in order to find an enduring solution....
President Bola Tinubu, on Friday, led other prominent Nigerians to pay tribute to the late President-General of Ohaneze Ndigbo Worldwide, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, at a funeral service in his honour. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that dignitaries from different walks of life converged on the Cathedral Church...
The Rivers Restoration Movement (RRM) has cautioned Alhaji Asari Dokubo over his alleged inflammatory remarks labelling a particular ethnic group as “betrayers.’’ Dokubo, the leader of Niger Delta People’s Volunteer Force, had in a recent viral video, criticised President Bola Tinubu’s administration, accusing the president of neglect after he...
The newly appointed Acting Chief of Army Staff, Maj.-Gen. Olufemi Oluyede, on Friday, assumed command as the first officer to be so appointed in that capacity in the history of Nigerian Army. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that President Bola Tinubu had on Wednesday appointed Oluyede as...
Many Nigerians have appealed to the Federal Government to review its economic policies, saying they are causing severe hardship for citizens. Their appeal is against the backdrop of the World Bank’s recommendations for the Federal Government to sustain its economic policies for the next 10 to 15 years to...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Nyesom Wike, has said all the area councils of the FCT will feel the impact of President Tinubu-led administration. Wike gave the assurance at the inauguration of the construction of 15.5-kilometre Pai – Gomani Road in Kwali Area Council of FCT,...
The Senate, on Tuesday, postponed screening of seven ministerial nominees forwarded to it last week by President Bola Tinubu. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the postponement of the screening, earlier scheduled for Tuesday, was occasioned by non-completion of documentation by some of the nominees. Citing reasons...
The Presidency on Sunday said security agencies have not been able to arrest embattled former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello because of the “complicated” nature of the case. Presidential spokesman Bayo Onanuga disclosed this while featuring as a guest on the Sunday edition of Inside Sources with Laolu Akande,...