The Federal Government has commenced ministerial press briefings as part of efforts to promote transparency and accountability in governance. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, announced this during a press conference in Abuja on Tuesday. Idris stated that President Bola Tinubu had directed all ministers to appear periodically before the media to…
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has sued President Bola Tinubu over the failure to probe and prosecute contractors who allegedly collected over N167 billion from 31 Ministries, Departments and Agencies, MDAs, but failed to execute any projects. The Respondent joined the suit as the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr Lateef…
THE Federal Government has assured the organised labour especially, the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, that President Bola Tinubu was committed to industrial peace in the country. The government also appealed to all stakeholders in the labour sector to avoid all unnecessary issues that would lead to industrial disputes, and assured that the Federal Government would…
Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly have expressed unalloyed support and loyalty to President Bola Tinubu for impressive achievements so far on the Renewed Hope Agenda, performance as Lagos State Governor, and improving the nation’s socioeconomic fortune. The lawmakers also pledged their loyalty to the President for his political leadership in Lagos. This…
President Bola Tinubu will depart Abuja on Wednesday for Paris, France, on a private visit en route to Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital. While in France, Tinubu will meet with his French counterpart, President Emmanuel Macron. The President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday titled ‘President…
President Bola Tinubu has signed a bill establishing the Federal University of Environmental Technology, Ogoni. Tinubu signed the bill at the State House, Abuja on Monday. This is as Ministers and other Council members await his arrival for the Federal Executive Council meeting on Wednesday.
Traders under the aegis of Agbajowo Dealers and Artisans Market Association of Owode Onirin of Lagos State, have called on Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, to save them from land grabbers, threatening to chase them away and take over the entire location they were currently situated, doing their legal and legitimate business and allocated to them by…
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Board Chairpersons for 42 federal organisations and a Secretary for the Board of the Civil Defence, Immigration and Prisons Services. Mr Bayo Onanuga, the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, made this known in a statement on Friday in Abuja. Onanuga said that Tinubu…
The Presidency has announced that starting from the end of January, local government areas across Nigeria will begin receiving their allocations directly from the Federal Allocation Account Committee (FAAC), marking a significant step towards local government autonomy. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Public Communications, Sunday Dare, made this disclosure during an…
Timileyin Ajayi, aged 32, who was caught with the severed head of Salome Adaidu, has said he does not regret killing her, as she was cheating on him with other men. Meanwhile, Ajayi has been remanded in the Criminal Investigation Department, CID, of the Nasarawa State Police Command in Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital He…
