End oil theft, insecurity, Tinubu tells service chiefs
President Bola Tinubu, on Thursday, directed Service Chiefs and heads of security and intelligence agencies to “crush” perpetrators of oil theft, saying his administration would not tolerate the menace. Tinubu also said on his watch, insecurity would not bring Nigeria to her knees while other countries record achievements in key sectors of their economies. The […]
Enugu gov bans IPOB sit-at-home, urges Tinubu to free Kanu
Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to release the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, for healing of the country. Mbah made the appeal on Thursday, while listing out the decisions reached at the end of his first security council meeting with the heads of […]
Wike no longer in PDP, says NEC member
A member of the Peoples Democratic Party’s National Executive Committee, Timothy Osadolor, says the immediate-past governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, is no longer a member of the party, given his conduct before, during and after the 2023 general elections. Osadolor, who gave the hint in a telephone conversation Tuesday, noted that the leadership of the […]
ASUU: Court okays no work, no pay policy
The National Industrial Court in Abuja has upheld the ‘no work no pay’ rule by the Federal Government in the suit filed against the Academic Staff Union of Universities. In a judgment delivered by the President of the Court, Justice Benedict Kanyip, the court held that it was within the right of the Federal Government […]
UNICEF plans new model to tackle Nigeria’s out-of-school children challenge
The United Nations Children Emergency Fund is expected to develop a model to tackle the out-of-school menace in Nigeria by 2027, The PUNCH reports. Though the number of out-of-school children as of May 2023 cannot officially be verified by our correspondent at the time of filing this report, a 2022 report by UNESCO estimated that […]
Tinubu did not remove subsidy – Keyamo
The Chief Spokesman for the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign, Festus Keyamo, has said President Bola Tinubu did not remove fuel subsidy. According to him, a section of the media is “mischievously twisting the narrative to read that Tinubu’s government has removed subsidy,” despite President Tinubu proclaiming that subsidy was gone while giving his inaugural […]
Matawalle left empty treasury, huge debt – Zamfara gov
The new Governor of Zamfara State, Dauda Dare, on Monday, cried out, saying that he met an empty treasury. Dare, who spoke immediately after his swearing-in at the Trade Fair Complex in Gusau, stressed that he did not meet anything in the treasury when he took over the affairs of the state from his predecessor, […]
One million jobs, six other takeaways from Tinubu’s inaugural speech
President Bola Tinubu, on Monday, in Abuja, took the oaths of office and allegiance as the 16th President of Nigeria. Tinubu in his inaugural address at Eagle Square also unveiled a series of steps he would take to position the country on the path of economic development, stability and prosperity. Shortly after his inauguration, the […]
Tinubu presidency: Nigeria returning to 2015 era, says LP
The Labour Party has said with the inauguration of Bola Tinubu and Kashim Shettima as President and Vice President, the country was returning to 2015 era. The party said with Tinubu’s inaugural speech, it was obvious that the ruling party was bent on dragging Nigeria back to the route of underdevelopment. LP National Publicity Secretary, […]
Inauguration: King Charles congratulates Tinubu, seeks ‘stronger friendship’
King Charles III has expressed his willingness to work with newly inaugurated administration in Nigeria, saying he was committed strengthening the ties between the United Kingdom and Africa’s most populous country. While congratulating President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima on their inauguration, the monarch wished the duo well as they assume their new […]
