The President made these requests in three separate letters transmitted to the National Assembly, which were read on the floor of the House of Representatives by the Speaker, Tajudeen Abbas. In the first correspondence, President Tinubu sought the National Assembly’s approval for the establishment of a foreign currency-denominated issuance programme in the domestic debt market. […]
This was announced in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Musa Abdullahi Krishi. According to him, the decision resulted from extensive consultations with stakeholders. Recall that the bill had earlier passed second reading on the floor of the House on March 21, 2024, sparking widespread debate among lawmakers, civil society […]
The Sultan made the remarks on Saturday during the commissioning of the Bola Ahmed Tinubu Darul’Ilm Centre for Islamic Studies in Kaduna, a facility built and donated by the Director-General of the Department of State Services, Tosin Ajayi. Urging Nigerians to downplay religious and ethnic differences, the Sultan noted that the ability of economically successful […]
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) has announced that a scheduled maintenance shutdown of the Port Harcourt Refining Company (PHRC) is scheduled to commence on May 24, 2025. In a statement released by the Chief Corporate Communications Officer, Femi Soneye, the NNPC said the shutdown is part of a planned maintenance and sustainability […]
This was contained in a press statement released by the Special Adviser to the President on Information & Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, highlighting Oba Haastrup’s illustrious journey through public service, business, and now traditional leadership. Tinubu described the new monarch as “a prominent businessman” and “a former politician and deputy governor of the state” whose life […]
The Federal Government has described the performance of electricity distribution companies in the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry, NESI, as disappointing. Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, who stated this at a two-day retreat organised by the Senate Committee on Power, noted that the DisCos have been frustrating the efforts by the government to improve power supply. […]
The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, made this known during plenary. Akpabio stressed the need for a committee like that of the House of Representatives to oversee the functions of the Sole Administrator and the Rivers State Government under emergency rule. He named the committee’s chairman as the Senate Leader, Opeyemi Bamidele, and the […]
The lawmakers agreed on this while deliberating on the “Osun State Skating Restriction Bill 2025” during a sitting of the committee of the whole today. Reporting on the details and changes made to the bill by the committee of the whole, Chairman of the Committee and Speaker of the Assembly, during plenary, Adewale Egbedun, said […]
…Says it is aimed at enhancing governance and promoting effective service delivery.
Oyo State Rural Access and Agricultural Marketing Project has awarded contracts worth N3.5 billion for the initial phase of physical enhancement and renovation of three markets across the state.