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Success recorded in the fight against criminality is huge, says Matawalle
The Minister of State for Defence, Dr Mohammed Bello Matawalle has disclosed that the Nigerian Armed Forces have achieved a lot in the fight against insurgency, banditry and other groups that are enemies of the Nigerian State since the advent of the present administration. However, he noted that a lot of the success stories are not in the public space…
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SEDC: Tinubu readjusts list of new nominees for chairman, five executive directors
Kunle Sanni President Bola Tinubu has rejigged his list of nominees for the South East Development Commission (SEDC) board, replacing the initial chairman, Emeka Atuma, with Emeka Nworgu. The President in a statement by Special Adviser to the President, (Information and Strategy) on Saturday, Bayo Onanuga replaced all the three executive directors initially nominated and named two additional executive directors.…
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Tinubu announces key appointments into NUC, NERDC, NEPAD and SMDF
Kunle Sanni President Bola Tinubu has announced the appointment of chief executive officers for the National Universities Commission (NUC), the Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC), the Solid Minerals Development Fund/Presidential Artisanal Gold Mining Initiative (SMDF/PAGMI) and the New Partnership for Africa Development (NEPAD). President Tinubu appointed Prof. Abdullahi Yusuf Ribadu, a visiting professor at the NUC, as the…
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FG raises military personnel’s salaries, approves pension payments
Kunle Sanni President Bola Tinubu has authorized an immediate salary increase for the Nigerian military, including the payment of three months of arrears. Additionally, funds have been released to settle pensions and other outstanding entitlements owed to retired military personnel. The announcement was made in Abuja by the Minister of State for Defence, Bello Muhammed Matawalle, via a statement from…
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Tinubu nominates new NWDC, SEDC Chairpersons
Kunle Sanni President Bola Tinubu has forwarded a revised list of nominees to the Senate for confirmation, appointing key figures to the governing boards of the North West Development Commission (NWDC) and the South East Development Commission (SEDC). In the updated list, Lawal Abdullahi has been nominated as the chairman of the NWDC. Other new appointments include Ja’afar Abubakar Sadeeq…
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Unaegbunam appointed into Advisory Board of Hague Court of Arbitration for Aviation
In a remarkable milestone for Nigeria’s aviation and legal sectors, Chinasa Unaegbunam SAN has been appointed to the prestigious Advisory Board of The Hague Court of Arbitration for Aviation (HCAA). This was disclosed in a statement issued by Tunde Moshood, the Special Adviser on Media and Communications to Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo SAN. The statement said…
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Tinubu mourns Islamic scholar, Sheikh Muyideen Ajani Bello
Kunle Sanni President Bola Tinubu has expressed his condolences to the Muslim Ummah over the passing of the highly revered Islamic Scholar Sheikh Muyideen Ajani Bello, at 84. President Tinubu, in a statement by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President, (Information and Strategy) Friday, affirms that the cerebral scholar lived to serve the Almighty Allah and humanity with his…
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Tax Reform Bills will streamline multiple taxations- NOA
The Director General of National Orientation Agency (NOA), Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu, has described the Tax Reform Bills currently before the National Assembly as a major way the Nigerian government wants to bring to an end issues of double taxation on citizens. Issa-Onilu said it is also a way to support low-income earners, a simpler and transparent processes of tax payments,…
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Take time and study the tax reform bills- Uzodimma advises Nigerians
Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State has called for caution over the Tax Reform Bills, asking Nigerians to digest the content before passing judgement on them. President Bola Tinubu’s transmission of the bills to the National Assembly has elicited heated debates among Nigerians. The northern region has been the most vocal in its criticism of the bills which have pitted…
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