Ministerial appointment: N’Assembly awaits nominees as Tinubu sends list to DSS, EFCC, others

Ministerial appointment: N’Assembly awaits nominees as Tinubu sends list to DSS, EFCC, others

Expectations on the ministerial list have heightened as President Bola Tinubu clocks over 40 days in office. By law, Tinubu is required to name his cabinet within 60 days after taking the oath of office on May 29 and transmits it to the Senate for confirmation. With less than 18 days to submit his cabinet list to the National Assembly as recommended by the constitution, lawmakers and other Nigerians are […]

July 10, 2023 18

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Power distribution companies have stepped down on their earlier announcement of a tariff hike projected

Power distribution companies have stepped down on their earlier announcement of a tariff hike projected to take effect from July 1, 2023, as they stated that the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission had yet to approve the hike. This is as various public notices from some of the Discos had stated that the electricity tariff would be raised by about 30 to 40 per cent for selected categories of consumers on […]

June 27, 2023 98

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Gunmen kidnap Kogi monarch, wife

Suspected gunmen have kidnapped the Oba of Idofin, Shedrack Durojaiye Obibeni, and his wife in Yagba East Local Government Area of Kogi. They were kidnapped along Makutu-Idofin road in Kogi State at about 5 pm on Monday, according to a report by the News Agency of Nigeria. Confirming the incident, Mr Abdulrasak Asiru, Yagba East Local Government Council Chairman described it as “very shocking” and “sad”. Asiru said that he […]

June 20, 2023 19

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PTDF shortlists 5000 Nigerians for foreign scholarships

The Petroleum Technology Development Fund said it has shortlisted over 5,000 applicants nationwide for the award of scholarships for the 2023/2024 academic session overseas scheme. The Head, Oversees Scholarship Scheme in the PTDF, Mrs Bolanle Kehinde-Agboola revealed this on Monday at a selected interview exercise for the shortlisted candidates for MSc and PhD postgraduate programmes. According to her, the selection interview was in continuation of the application process which commenced […]

June 20, 2023 21

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Subsidy: Shettima, govs to work on palliatives

As Nigerians grapple with the aftershocks of the fuel subsidy removal, President Bola Tinubu has directed the National Economic Council to come up with inputs on palliatives and the minimum wage review as part of measures to cushion the pain of subsidy removal. This was as the Trade Union Congress said it was expecting the Federal Government to provide feedback on its demand for N200,000 minimum wage by June 19. […]

June 8, 2023 101

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Senate presidency: Yari, Kalu’s leadership will be reliable, Northern leader tells Tinubu

A Northern leader, Dr Bashir Lamido, has said it will be easier for former Zamfara and Abia governors, Abdulaziz Yari and Orji Uzor Kalu, to win the Senate leadership election, saying the president, Bola Tinubu, would have a reliable National Assembly under their leadership. According to him, both lawmakers complement each other and would help President Bola Tinubu succeed in office. Lamido, while speaking with journalists in Abuja on Wednesday, […]

June 8, 2023 46

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Don’t set Nigeria on fire, APC chieftain tells El-Rufai

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in Plateau state, Samuel Kwamkur, on Sunday cautioned former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, not to set Nigeria on fire with his utterances Kwankur, who is a former National Director of the Christian Association of Nigeria, stated this at a press conference in Jos on Sunday. He was reacting to statements allegedly credited to the former Kaduna governor in which he allegedly […]

June 5, 2023 120

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Tinubu did not remove subsidy – Keyamo

The Chief Spokesman for the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign, Festus Keyamo, has said President Bola Tinubu did not remove fuel subsidy. According to him, a section of the media is “mischievously twisting the narrative to read that Tinubu’s government has removed subsidy,” despite President Tinubu proclaiming that subsidy was gone while giving his inaugural speech on May 29. Keyamo, who is also a former Minister of State for Labour, […]

May 31, 2023 138

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Kaduna gov retains El-Rufai’s SSG, appoints others

Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State has approved the appointment of senior government officials expected to fill key positions in the administration of the state. The immediate past Secretary to the State Government under Nasir El-Rufai’s administration, Balarabe Lawal was retained in view of his vast experience in governance to assist in the smooth take-off of the administration. The immediate past governor had admonished the new governor to assemble a […]

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