President Bola Tinubu on Monday, January 15, met with former President Olusegun Obasanjo at the inauguration of Hope Uzodinma as the governor of Imo for his second term in office. The ceremony took place at the Dan Anyiam stadium in Owerri, the state capital. Tinubu and Obasanjo were invited to the ceremony by Uzodinma. During the ceremony, the duo exchanged ... Read More »
Aformer deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Kingsley Moghalu, has supported the move by the apex bank to “decongest” its head office in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, describing it as a logical decision. NEWSTHUMB reports that on January 12, 2024, the CBN issued a circular announcing the commencement of plans to comprehensively “decongest” its Head ... Read More »
The Presidency on Sunday said the Bola Tinubu administration has no sacred cows and will spare nobody found culpable in the ongoing investigation of the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation and its Social Investment Programmes. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Ajuri Ngelale, said this when he spoke on TVC’s Politics on Sunday. ... Read More »
There couldn’t have been a better predictor of what to expect from President Bola Tinubu in 2024 than the way and manner he began the New Year. For the President, 2024 started on a business like, work-filled note. While many were still savouring the New Year, the Nigerian leader cut short his Christmas/New Year holiday in Lagos, on January 1, ... Read More »
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 »
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