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Presidency resolves NIPOST DG job saga in favour of Tola Odeyemi
The Presidency has resolved the raging controversy over who is the new Director-General at NIPOST in favour of Tola Odeyemi. Westernpost gathered that Odeyemi on Monday met with staff of the agency as part of activities for her resumption. She was said to be meeting the staff at the top office around 2 pm Monday afternoon. There had been controversy…
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BREAKING: Tinubu presides over second FEC meeting, swears in three new ministers
President Bola Tinubu is currently presiding over the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting at the presidential villa in Abuja. This is the second FEC meeting since the president was sworn in on May 29. The president who arrived at the meeting which is being held at the Council Chambers at 12:02 pm also had in attendance the Secretary to the…
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Tinubu appoints new heads for CAC, ITF, SMEDAN, others
President Bola Tinubu has named new heads of key organisations and parastatals within the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade, and Investment. According to Ajuri Ngelale, the President’s spokesperson, the appointment was made in accordance with Mr Tinubu’s effort to base Nigeria’s economic revival on the foundation of trade expansion through small, medium, and large-scale industry facilitation in the country. The…
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Umahi says FG will fund N5.1tn of inherited road projects
The Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, said on Tuesday that the government of President Bola Tinubu would fund about N5.1 trillion of leftover road projects from the immediate past administration of ex-president Muhammadu Buhari. He made this statement while speaking to State House journalists in Abuja after a meeting with the president. According to Umahi, the Buhari administration earmarked about…
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NNPC GMD, Kyari, insists no subsidy on petrol, says FG has 1.4bn litres
The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited, Mele Kyari, has said the federal government is not paying subsidy for the supply of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS). Mr Kyari, who said this on Monday while addressing state house journalists in Abuja, also disclosed that the FG has about 1.4 billion litres of product at both marine…
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Tinubu appoints former ANN presidential candidate, Durotoye, four others as aides
President Bola Tinubu has appointed a former presidential candidate of the Alliance for New Nigeria (ANN) in the 2019 election as his Senior Special Assistant on National Values and Social Justice. In to a statement issued by Ajuri Ngelale on Monday, the president also appointed Fredrick Nwabufo, a columnist and a former Abuja Chief Bureau of TheCable newspaper as Senior…
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FG suspends N-Power, probes past activities
The federal government has suspended the N-Power programme and launched a probe into its activities over the past year, citing irregularities and fraud in the social assistance scheme. “This action has become necessary to give room for a detailed investigation into the operations of the N-Power in the last twelve months,” Akindele Egbuwalo, National Programme Manager N-Power for Honourable Minister…
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FG provides 40 houses to IDPs in Zamfara
The Federal Government has provided 40 houses to the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Zamfara State, as part of its efforts to address the humanitarian challenges in the country. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Betta Edu, handed over the houses to the Zamfara State Governor, Dr. Dauda Aliyu, at the resettlement city built by the Refugees…
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Tinubu orders security agencies to rescue abducted school girls
President Bola Tinubu has directed security agencies to rescue the remaining female students of the Federal University Gusau, Zamfara State, who were recently abducted by terrorists. Condemning the reprehensible act of abduction, the President in a statement issued by his spokesperson Ajuri Ngelale on Sunday said there is no moral justification for such heinous crimes against innocent victims whose only…
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Keyamo canvasses investments in MROs, unveils KPIs in New York
Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has recommended both global and domestic companies to participate in the aviation business because of Nigeria’s large population, traffic, and flourishing aviation market. Keyamo, who was addressing today at the current Africa International Trade Exhibition (AITE 2023) at the Hilton Hotel in Midtown, New York, USA, mentioned that world-class Maintenance, Repair, and…
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