The presidency has clarified the circumstances surrounding the removal of the heads of Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) and the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), Alexander Okoh and Irukera. Special Adviser to the President, Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale had in a statement, said both men had been dismissed. However, on Tuesday, Special…
The World Bank says Nigeria’s inflation should ease in 2024 as the effects of last year’s foreign exchange (FX) market and petrol subsidy reforms continue to wane. The forecast was released by the Bretton Woods Institute on Tuesday in its “Global Economic Prospects” report for January 2024. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) declared in…
Joseph Aloba, the father of the late Afrobeat singer, Ilerioluwa Promise Aloba well known as Mohbad, says he is not satisfied with the police investigation to unravel the circumstances surrounding his son’s untimely death. Joseph said this in an exclusive interview with Trust TV on Wednesday, appealing to the government to intensify efforts on the…
IN ONE WEEK, PRESIDENT TINUBU: •Suspended an errant minister•Summoned another minister over a controversial contract•Reduced his travel entourage and dramatically cut costs•Dismissed two CEOs of federal parastatals for gross negligence•Acted on the six weeks degree for cash program by blocklisting Benin and other nations•Announced plans to build a new Chinese-built steel plant in Nigeria•Launched the…
A former Director-General of the Bureau of Public Service Reforms, Dr. Joe Abah, has revealed that President Bola Tinubu warned the likes of the suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Betta Edu, over falling victims of lurking fraud. The former DG made this known in a post on X, while…
