Abuja, Nigeria – President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Mr Temitola Adekunle-Johnson as Special Adviser (SAD) to the President on Job Creation & MSME (Office of the Vice President) and Mrs Uju Anwuka as Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Health (Office of the Vice President). This was disclosed in a…
CALABAR – The Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Cross River State Green Economic Commission, Hon. Oden Ewa, has called on the Federal Government and the National Council on Climate Change to expedite work on Nigeria’s carbon market policy framework. He noted that the absence of this critical policy has hindered the development of…
ABUJA – President Bola Tinubu has approved an increase in the retirement age for doctors and other healthcare professionals in Nigeria, extending it from 60 to 65 years. This development was disclosed by the National Publicity Secretary of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Dr. Mannir Bature, in a statement released on Wednesday in Lagos. According…
ABUJA – The Presidency has announced that, effective from the end of January 2025, local government councils across the country will receive their allocations directly from the Federal Allocation Account Committee (FAAC). The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Public Communications, Sunday Dare, disclosed this development during an interview on Arise News on…
Abuja, Nigeria – President Bola Tinubu has broadened the reach of the Rice palliative initiative to benefit the Presidents of Student Union Governments in each of Nigeria’s 36 states, as well as in the Federal Capital Territory. The rice distribution to the Presidents of the Student Union Government (SUG) was coordinated through the office of…
Lagos, Nigeria – The Federal Ministry of Works has earmarked ₦4 billion for the construction of a presidential helipad and jetty in Lagos State as part of its allocations under the proposed 2025 appropriation bill. The expenditure was highlighted in the ministry’s projected budget, which is part of the broader ₦49.7 trillion budget presented to…
Lagos, Nigeria – Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, the Labour Party’s (LP) 2023 governorship candidate in Lagos State, has strongly criticised President Bola Tinubu’s economic reforms, claiming they disproportionately benefit the elite while leaving ordinary Nigerians in hardship. Speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today, Rhodes-Vivour accused the federal government of prioritising luxury and wastefulness over the well-being of…
Abuja, Nigeria – The Labour Party’s presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi, has called for President Bola Tinubu to focus more on domestic governance, citing the President’s extensive international travels since taking office. Obi made this appeal during a media briefing on Thursday in Abuja, where he discussed the state of the…
Lagos, Nigeria – The Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) has named Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu among the world’s most corrupt leaders. This announcement follows a global poll by the OCCRP, a network of investigative journalists and activists, aimed at spotlighting individuals notorious for promoting corruption and criminal activities. While Kenyan President William Ruto…
Lagos, Nigeria – President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has spoken on the economic situation of the country as inflation rates soar daily. The President who spoke about management, said Nigerians are really learning how to manage as they are constantly adjusting. “Monopoly, no oligopoly. You have a free market economy flowing and people are learning management….