Bola Tinubu
9 Mar
President Bola Tinubu has directed the country’s security and intelligence agencies to immediately rescue the victims of abduction involving the vulnerable, internally-displaced persons in Borno State and students in Kaduna State.
8 Mar
It’s the International Women’s Day today, but 49 years after the day was proclaimed and officially recognised by the United Nations (UN) in 1975, the fate of the womenfolk in the country today is a far cry from the expectations of the global body
8 Mar
President Bola Tinubu has ordered a 93 per cent reduction in the cost of agricultural inputs for farmers to enhance food security in the country.
8 Mar
President Bola Tinubu has pledged his administration’s commitment to fostering science and development in the country.
8 Mar
The Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to the President on Sustainable Development Goals, Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire, has emphasised the need for increased investment and dedication to initiatives aimed at empowering women and promoting gender inclusion across Nigeria.
8 Mar
President Bola Tinubu has inaugurated an 11-member committee to implement recommendations of the Oronsaye report on restructuring and rationalisation of government parasta- tals, agencies and commissions.
8 Mar
President Bola Tinubu has introduced four key projects expected to unlock vast economic potentials for Nigerian women across all strata of society.
7 Mar
President Bola Tinubu has approved the indefinite suspension of the CEO of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA), Ahmad Salihijo Ahmad, alongside three Executive Directors of the Agency, from office.
7 Mar
The spokesperson for President Bola Tinubu, Ajuri Ngelale, urged the nation to “hang in there” and pleaded for patience amidst the ongoing economic crises. Ngelale revealed that the president goes to bed at 2-3 am every single night, including Sundays and wakes up at 7 a.m. every single morning. He said that President Tinubu is…
7 Mar
The Tinubu Media Support Group (TMSG) has hit out at Afenifere leader Ayo Adebanjo over his criticism of the 700-kilometre coastal The highway will stretch from Lagos State to the Rivers state when completed. Led by Mr. Jesutega Onokpasa, the group wondered by Adebanjo described the project which would harness and service tourism, and the…
6 Mar
In a previous incarnation, I worked in government, advising democratically elected ministers of different political hues, extensively on wide-ranging domestic and international policies, traversing business process re-engineering....
6 Mar
As efforts are afoot towards empowering state governments to own and manage police formation in their respective jurisdictions, there is a need to focus on how states can effectively manage police forces of their own without a carry-over of the excesses...
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The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has directed the transfer of regulatory oversight of the electricity market in Ekiti from NERC to the Ekiti State Electricity Regulatory Bureau (EERB). It also directed the regulatory oversight of the electricity market in Ondo State from the Commission to the Ondo State Electricity Regulatory Bureau (OSERB) in compliance…
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A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Gwagwalada, FCT, on Wednesday ordered that a 35-year-old cattle rearer, Adamu Idris, be held in the Kuje correctional centre for allegedly kidnapping a Bolt driver. The police charged Idris, with two counts of kidnapping. The defendant pleaded not guilty to the charge. Justice Aliyu Shafa ordered that…
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Authorities have cancelled hundreds of flights at French airports on Thursday despite the country's main air traffic controllers' union dropping a call for a one-day strike after making a deal for higher pay. In Paris around 75 percent of flights at Orly and 55 percent at Charles de Gaulle airport would be dropped Thursday, the…
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<img src="https://guardian.ng/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/download-6-1.jpeg" alt="" width="299" height="168" class="size-full wp-image-2377592 The Kaduna Internal Revenue Service (KADIRS) on Wednesday sealed the United Bank for Africa branches in the state metropolis over alleged N14.3million unpaid tax. Speaking to newsmen after the exercise, Hajiya Aysha Ahmad, the KADIRS Board Secretary/Legal Adviser, said the enforcement was to ensure tax compliance in the…
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The Federal Government on Tuesday announced the appointment of 12 Consuls General to some Nigerian Missions abroad the appointment also includes five new five new Chargé D'affaires. The Consuls General are, Auwalu Jega Namadina, Atlanta, USA; Nnamdi Okechukwu Nne, Bata, Equatorial Guinea; Francis Ntui Enya, Douala, Cameroon; Gbadebo Afolabi, Shanghai, China and Oludare Ezekiel Folowosele,…
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President Bola Tinubu recently signed an executive order on oil and gas reforms in Nigeria. Presidency spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, said following extensive engagements, analyses, and benchmarking with other jurisdictions, Tinubu initiated the amendment of primary legislation to introduce fiscal incentives for oil and gas projects. Tinubu's aide on social media, Dada Olusegun, in an update…
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German police said Wednesday they had arrested 11 suspected members of a Nigerian mafia group behind a large-scale dating scam. The Black Axe gang was involved internationally in "multiple areas of criminal activity," with a focus in Germany on romance scams and money-laundering, Bavarian police said in a statement. The dating trick was a "modern…
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The Federal Government said it has recovered N57 billion from the N5.2 trillion liabilities owed the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) and other bodies by Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) of government. Permanent Secretary, Special Duties, Federal Ministry of Finance Okokon Udo revealed this on Tuesday in Enugu State during a Sensitisation Workshop on Federal…
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The Registrar, Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof Ishaq Oloyede, says no fewer than 1.94 million candidates sat for the 2024 examinations in the country. Oloyede said this on Wednesday in Kaduna, while inspecting Computer Based Test (CBT) centres in the state amidst the ongoing JAMB examinations. He added that at the end of…