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The Presidency, on Wednesday, reaffirmed President Bola Tinubu’s commitment to the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), The Presidency was reacting to the postponement of the planned launch of the Fund, which was initially scheduled for Thursday, March 14, explaining that a new date would soon be announced. Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, while reacting ... Read More »

The Federal Government on Wednesday said it would not pay “a dime” as ransom for the release of over 280 pupils and teachers of Government Secondary School and LEA Primary School at Kuriga, Kaduna State, kidnaped on March 7. “Mr. President reiterated his zero tolerance for the payment of ransom…and Mr President has also directed that no ransom will be ... Read More »

Former DG of NIMASA, Dr. Dakuku Peterside and chairman of Odu’a Investment Company Nigeria Limited, Otunba Bimbo Ashiru are among the dignitaries being expected at the public presentation of Azuh Arinze’s two new books, Anything And Everything Journalism and My Story Of Many Colours. Equally being expected at the event which holds on Monday, March 25, 2024, at the Nigerian ... Read More »

Senators Iyal Abbas from Adamawa, Ibrahim Bomoi from Yobe, Abdullahi Yar’ Adua, and four others, have disowned the statement made by the Forum’s Chairman, Senator Abdul Ningi. “We, the undersigned on behalf of the Senators from the 19 Northern States and the FCT, under the aegis of Northern Senators Forum (NSF), hereby state that Senator Ahmed Abdul Ningi of the ... Read More »

Presidency has reacted to the claim made by Senator Abdul Ningi, representing Bauchi Central that President Bola Tinubu-led federal government is operating two versions of the 2024 budget. Senator Ningi, acting under the banner of the Northern Senators’ Forum claimed during an interview with the BBC Hausa Service that the National Assembly discussed and approved a budget of N25 trillion ... Read More »

For a resourceful leadership activities carried out by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to revamp the almost moribund economy,one of Nigerian farmer’s leader, Amb.Ibrahim Abubakar has resonated ingenuity of president Tinubu’s leadership by putting right pegs into several right holes to rebuild the economy. He also commends the president for giving listening hears to people’s cries which shows in steps taken ... Read More »

The Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, on Friday threatened to terminate the multi-billion naira Benin/Sapele and Ologbo Road reconstruction if the contractors, Levant Construction Company, failed to comply with the scope and specification of the work. The minister expressed dissatisfaction with the work and subsequently ordered the ministry’s supervising engineers to issue a warning letter to the contractors on Monday ... Read More »

By; Vitalis Obidiaghaa Briefing the Press after the Federal Executive Council meeting presided over by President Bola Tinubu at the State House, Abuja, on Monday, 26th February, 2024, the Minister of Works, Senator Dave Umahi, announced that Nigeria’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved a N1.06 trillion contract for the construction of the first phase of the coastal road from ... Read More »

The Special Adviser to Lagos State Governor on Housing, Barakat Odunuga-Bakare, has disclosed that the state’s monthly rental scheme will be enforced before the end of 2024 or early next year. She stated it during a recent press briefing of the Lagos State Real Estate Regulatory Authority in Ikeja, Lagos. She said, “We all see what is being done in ... Read More »

The House of Representatives Committee of Financial Crimes has resolved to recommend that the House invokes its powers to subpoena and arrest executives of Binance. This followed the failure of executives of the company to appear in an investigation hearing by the Committee on Monday, March 4. Chairman of the Committee, Hon Ginger Obinna Onwusibe, said the executives of the ... Read More »