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PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of nine (9) new Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The appointment is for a term of five (5) years each, which is also subject to the confirmation of the Nigerian Senate. Ajuri Ngelale, Tinubu’s media aide, noted …

PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu will present the 2024 national budget estimate to a joint sitting of the National Assembly in November. The hint was given on Wednesday by the chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriation, Senator Solomon Adeola during an interaction with newsmen. Senator Adeola noted that the lawmakers are expecting the 2024 appropriation …

PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu applauds today’s judgment rendered by Judge Robin Knowles of the Business and Property Court in London, awarding a landmark victory to the Federal Government of Nigeria over a firm known as Process & Industrial Development (P&ID) Limited. Following Judge Knowles’ dismissal of the $11.5 billion (USD) value …

PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has assured Nigerians and investors that there is an ongoing plan to boost the country’s foreign exchange liquidity. This was as the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, said that the country was expecting about $10bn inflows in the nearest term, which …

PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Dr. Abdullahi Mustapha to serve as the Director-General and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Energy Commission of Nigeria (ECN). The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, made this known in a statement on Monday night in Abuja. Ngelale said …

PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu on Monday affirmed that the student loan scheme he approved on June 12, 2023, will kick off in January 2024. He also promised that episodes of industrial action by academic staff unions of tertiary institutions would become a thing of the past. “By January 2024, the new …

THE Federal Government is set to commence cash transfers in the country to alleviate poverty across Nigeria. It was gathered that President Bola Tinubu-led government would transfer the money directly to the beneficiaries through the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and not through consultants. The first batch of bulk payments …

PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu on Friday approved the partial waiver of the “No Work, No Pay” Order instituted against striking members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities following the commencement of their eight-month strike which began on February 14, 2022, and was terminated on October 17, 2022. A statement signed …

PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Mr Shaakaa Chira as the substantive Auditor-General of the Federation, as recommended by the Federal Civil Service Commission (FCSC). A statement by Ajuri Ngelale on Friday, said the President approved Chira’s appointment after the Federal Civil Service Commission (FCSC) conducted a screening …

PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has approved the N35,000 wage award for civil servants to cushion the effects of fuel subsidy removal. This was disclosed in a memo issued by the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission, Ekpo U. O. Nta. The memo said all …