Those sworn in include Nentawe Yilwatda as the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction; Muhammadu Dingyadi as the Minister of Labour & Employment; Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu as the Minister of State Foreign Affairs. Others are Jumoke Oduwole (Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment (Trade and Investment), Idi Mukhtar Maiha (Minister of Livestock Development), Yusuf Ata […]
Speaking in a Television programme, Onanuga dismissed social media nicknames labelling Tinubu as “T-pain” as mischievous, reiterating that the President was committed to turning Nigeria’s economic fortunes around. Following Onanuga’s comments, some X and Facebook users slammed the Presidency, noting that if a description was worse than the “T-Pain,” it should be adopted.
He also re-assigned 10 ministers to new ministerial portfolios and appointed seven new ministers for Senate confirmation. Recall, Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress chieftain, appointed 48 ministers in August 2023, three months after his inauguration. The Senate immediately screened and confirmed the ministers. One of the ministers, Betta Edu, was suspended in January while another, […]
In a statement, Vice President Kashim Shettima on behalf of President Tinubu, sympathised with the families who lost loved ones in the tragic incident and prayed that God grant them the fortitude to bear the loss. The statement signed by presidential aide Stanley Nkwocha also announced immediate federal government intervention for the victims of the […]
. The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, revealed this in a statement he signed titled, ‘President Tinubu confers GCON on House Speaker, Tajudeen Abbas.’ This comes amid controversies and heated exchanges between the Senate and the House of Representatives over the Speaker’s eligibility for a higher honour. In his […]
Tinubu stated this during Nigeria’s 64th Independence Day Anniversary Broadcast. The President said the modalities of the confab and selection of delegates would be designed as soon as possible. According to him, the 30-day Confab will unite young people nationwide to collaboratively develop solutions to issues such as education, employment, innovation, security, and social justice. […]
that President Bola Tinubu inherited a rotten economic system and therefore would need more time to settle down and right the wrongs of the past. He also spoke on the face-off between the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the immediate past governor of Kogi State, Yayaha Bello, saying that Bello has sacrificed a lot […]
According to her, their supporters need mental evaluation. Vee spoke in a video message shared via her TikTok page recently. She said: “Personally, I’m judging anybody that supports that current Nigerian government. I’m also judging supporters of VDM. Human rights lawyer Femi Falana and rapper Falz had given VeryDarkMan a 24-hour ultimatum to retract his […]
. He said though the President made the pronouncement that subsidy was gone, he was not the one that put the policy in motion. Dogara explained that before Tinubu was elected, there was no provision for subsidy payment in the budget approved by the National Assembly. Speaking in a television programme, the former speaker said […]
The Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Matthew Kukah, has stated that President Bola Tinubu did not sign a peace accord when he was a presidential candidate in 2023. Kukah, one of the conveners of the National Peace Committee headed by former Head of State General Abdulsalami Abubakar, made this known in Benin City […]