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President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointments to fill eleven offices of chiefs executive officers of agencies under the Federal Ministry of Art, Culture, and Creative Economy. According to a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, on Friday, January 12, among those appointed into offices are entertainment guru, Obi Asika, who will head the ... Read More »

President Bola Tinubu has suspended all administered programmes by the National Social Investment Programme Agency (NSIPA). This was contained in a statement signed by Segun Imohiosen, the Director of Information, office of Secretary to the Government of the Federation. He said this is further to the ongoing investigation of alleged malfeasance in the management of the agency and its programmes. ... Read More »

The Supreme Court, in a unanimous decision by a five-member panel led by Justice Inyang Okoro, dismissed, as lacking merit, two separate appeals that challenged his return as winner of the governorship election held in the state on March 18. The Supreme Court, on Friday, affirmed the election of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State. The Supreme Court, in a ... Read More »

A Foremost Pressure Group in Bayelsa State ” Niger Delta Media Activists Group has exonerated the suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Allegation Dr. Betta Edu of any involvement in the reported allegation of diverted #585,198,500 funds of the National Social Investment Programme Agency (NSIPA). The group position was contained in an official statement signed and released by the ... Read More »

President Bola Tinubu has approved the setting up of an inter-ministerial committee on the execution of three steel development projects, including the revival of the Ajaokuta Steel Mill. Minister of Steel Development, Shauibu Audu, disclosed this to journalists at the State House, Abuja, after he and the Minister of Defense, Abubakar Badaru, met with President Tinubu at the State House ... Read More »

Police operatives from Utako police divisional Headquarters have arrested a couple involved and one other in ‘one chance’ robbery. The trio of Chukwudi Okorie ‘m’ 51 yrs, Chibuzor Okorie ‘f’ 43 yrs both husband and wife and Esther Gabriel ‘f’ 38 yrs all residents of Akaraka Gwagwa, FCT, in connection with series of robbery, specifically one chance activities within the ... Read More »

Federal Capital Territory FCT Minister, Ezenwo Nyesom Wike, has frowned at the slow pace of work on the Abuja Light Rail, especially with regards to the perimeter fencing of the Metro Station in the Central Business District, saying the facility cannot be opened for operations without providing maximum security. Speaking when he inspected the project on Thursday, Wike recalled his ... Read More »

The Central Bank of Nigeria has, with immediate effect, sacked the entire Board of Directors governing Polaris, Titan, Union and Keystone Banks. CBN sources say the decision was taken in a meeting led by the apex bank’s governor, Yemi Cardoso, on Wednesday in Abuja. The source who pleaded anonymity, hinted that an official statement dissolving the board of directors will ... Read More »

A Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday, January 9, ordered the remand of a former Minister of Power and Steel, Olu Agunloye, in Kuje Correctional Service. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arraigned Agunloye over allegations of fraud in the Mambilla Power Project. Agunloye was brought before the federal high court in Abuja where he pleaded not guilty ... Read More »

The Presidency has clarified that the Executive Vice Chairman and CEO of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), Babatunde Irukera, and the Director-General/CEO of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), Alexander Okoh were relieved of their duties and not dismissed. The Nation reports a statement signed by President Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale titled ... Read More »