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The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has said the vision of President Tinubu is to create an enabling environment where businesses can thrive through streamlining regulations, investment incentives, provision of infrastructure, and robust policies aimed at fostering economic stability and prosperity.   The Minister stated this in Kano on Friday at a […]

With billionaire Femi Otedola in the saddle as its new Chairman, First Bank of Nigeria Holdings Plc, on Wednesday, appointed two new non-executive directors for the holding company and three new non-executive directors for the First Bank.   Updating the Nigerian Exchange Group of recent development within the bank, the company’s Secretary, Adewale Arogundade, announced […]

President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Mr. Olugbile Holloway as the Director-General of the National Commission for Museums and Monuments.   Mr. Holloway is the Managing Director of Evoke Communications Limited, a creative brand/consultancy agency.    He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Politics and International Relations and a Master’s degree in Business […]

President Bola Tinubu has banned ministers, heads of agencies, and other government officials from embarking on public funded foreign trips.   The ban will last for three months in the first instance and will take effect on April 1, 2024.   This was contained in a letter dated March 12, 2024, and signed by the […]

The Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Monday, March 18, 2024, presented its second witness in the alleged £1 million fraud involving Morufu Adewale (aka Gbegulerin Adelana), Omitogun Ajayi, Ajisegiri Abiodun, Abayomi Alaka (aka Dauda Usman Alashe), Taiwo Ahmed, Raufu Raheem, and Sanlabiu Teslim before Justice R.A. Oshodi of […]

The conflict between the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Labour Party (LP) has taken another turn as members of the NLC, on Wednesday, picketed the headquarters of the party in the Utako area of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja.   The union members led by the acting Chairman of the Political Commission of […]

  The Defence Headquarters has released the list of 17 military personnel killed in an attack in Delta State.    The military personnel were killed last week in Okuama, a community in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State after a peace mission.   Days after the gruesome murder, the Defence Headquarters said 17 […]

President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of a new leadership for the National Commission for Almajiri and Out-of-School Children Education.   Brigadier-General Lawal Ja’afar Isa (Rtd) is now to serve as the Chairman of the Board of the Commission, while Dr. Idris Muhammad Sani is to serve as the Executive Secretary/CEO.   General Ja’afar […]

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says voice and data services affected by undersea cable cuts along the Cote d’Ivoire and Senegal coasts have been restored.   In a Monday statement, the NCC Director of Public Affairs, Rueben Muoka, said that services have now been restored to approximately 90% of their peak utilization capacities. “Following the […]

President Bola Tinubu says the All Progressives Congress (APC) is on the path to victory in the forthcoming gubernatorial election in Edo State.    President Tinubu expressed the optimism on Monday in Abuja during the presentation of the party’s flag to the Edo gubernatorial candidate, Senator Monday Okpebholo, and his running mate, Honourable Dennis Idahosa.  […]

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, “to immediately reinstate whistleblower Abdul Ningi who was recently suspended from the Senate over his allegations that the lawmakers padded the 2024 budget by irregularly inserting projects worth N3.7 trillion.”   Ningi, who represents Bauchi Central at the Senate, was on Tuesday […]

Nineteen directors at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) are set to be dismissed in the coming days, following the recent termination of seven directors last Friday. While two of the terminated directors have accepted their fate, the other five are planning to take legal action against the bank for what they consider to be […]