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PHOTOS: Shettima departs Abuja for Ethiopia to represent Tinubu at 2026 AU Summit
Vice President Kashim Shettima on Thursday departed Abuja for Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to represent President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the 2026 African Union (AU) Summit. The summit, themed “Assuring Sustainable Water Availability and Safe Sanitation Systems to Achieve the Goals of Agenda 2063,” will centre on strengthening sustainable water management and sanitation systems across the continent, in line with the…
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Tinubu hails BOI’s N636bn disbursement to businesses in 2025
President Bola Tinubu has praised the Bank of Industry (BOI) for disbursing N636 billion to businesses in 2025, describing it as the highest annual financing volume in the bank’s history and a validation of his administration’s economic reform agenda. The funding, which reached more than 7,000 enterprises nationwide, was channelled into key sectors of the economy. Agro-allied enterprises received N202…
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Tinubu Mourns Scholar Biodun Jeyifo, hails him as global intellectual figure
President Bola Tinubu has expressed his condolences over the death of Professor Emeritus Biodun Jeyifo, a former President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and one of Africa’s foremost literary scholars. Professor Jeyifo passed away on Wednesday, drawing tributes from across Nigeria and the global academic community. In a condolence message to the family, friends, and associates of…
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Slow 2025 budget rollout threatens security gains- Lawan tells Defence Ministry
..pushes for full budget implementation The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Defence, Senator Ahmed Lawan, has called for the full and timely implementation of Nigeria’s defence budget, warning that delays could undermine the country’s security efforts. Speaking during a budget defence session where the Minister of Defence presented the ministry’s 2025 performance and 2026 budget proposal on Wednesday, Sen.…
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I’ll resign if Abuja–Kaduna–Kano road fails test, says Umahi
The Minister of Works, David Umahi, has vowed to resign if the ongoing Abuja-Kaduna-Kano Road project is found to be substandard, declaring his readiness to subject the work to independent testing. Umahi said this while defending his budget before a joint session of the National Assembly on Wednesday. During the session, questions were raised over the award of a section…
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Tinubu appoints Ismail Abba Yusuf as NAHCON chairman
President Bola Tinubu has nominated Ambassador Ismail Abba Yusuf as the new Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), subject to Senate confirmation. The nomination was disclosed in a statement issued on Wednesday by the president’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga. In accordance with Section 3(2) of the NAHCON Act, 2006,…
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Kyari’s election as IFAD chair to strengthen global food security, says Tinubu
President Bola Tinubu says the Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Abubakar Kyari, will provide effective leadership as the new Chairperson of the Governing Council of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). Kyari was unanimously elected on Tuesday to lead the 49th Governing Council of IFAD, the organisation’s highest decision-making body. In a statement on Tuesday by his spokesperson,…
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Oyo deputy governor urges review of Nigeria’s federal system
By Adejayan Gbenga – The Deputy Governor of Oyo State, Barr. Abdul-Raheem Adebayo Lawal, has called for a critical review of Nigeria’s federal structure, warning that the country may never attain development if states are not allowed to function properly. Lawal made the remarks while serving as a lead panelist at the 2026 National Economic Council (NEC) Conference held at…
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NEC urges states to adopt non-kinetic measures to fight insecurity and poverty
The National Economic Council (NEC) has adopted non-kinetic approaches to addressing insecurity in the country, identifying unemployment and poverty as key drivers of violence and instability. The decision was contained in a communiqué issued at the end of the second edition of the National Economic Council Conference held on Tuesday at the State House Conference Hall, Abuja. According to the…
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Tinubu felicitates housing minister Dangiwa on birthday
President Bola Tinubu has congratulated the Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Arc. Ahmed Dangiwa, on the occasion of his birthday. In a statement issued on Tuesday by his spokesperson Bayo Onanuga, the President described Dangiwa as a people-oriented leader and accomplished technocrat, praising his contributions to Nigeria’s housing and mortgage sector. Dangiwa previously served as Managing Director and Chief…
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