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Tinubu hails Akpabio at 61
President Bola Tinubu has celebrated Senate President Godswill Akpabio, on the occasion of his 61st birthday on Saturday. Tinubu in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity Ajuri Ngelale, described Akpabio as a “political leader whose antecedents and achievements continue to attract recognition at home and abroad”. The statement read, “President Tinubu affirms the outstanding leadership qualities…
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Shettima urges National Council on Privatisation members to champion great reforms
Vice President Kashim Shettima has implored new members of the National Council on Privatisation (NCP) to station themselves on the frontline of actualising the renewed hope agenda of the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration. The Council members, according to him, must do this by championing great reforms through disruptive minds and ideas, even as he noted that every great reform…
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Nigeria has sufficient manpower for economic, national development, Tinubu tells NIPSS participants
President Bola Tinubu says Nigeria has the requisite and sufficient manpower to spur development across all sectors of the economy. Receiving a report titled, ‘Industrialisation, Energy Security, and Climate Change: Issues, Challenges and Prospects,’ submitted by the Senior Executive Course 45 of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), in Abuja, on Friday, the President said his administration…
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Minister calls on media to champion awareness of the upcoming citizen code charter
The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has extended a call for support to the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) as the government prepares to unveil a groundbreaking Charter on Citizen Code, designed to define and uphold the core values that unite Nigerians while taking into account the nation’s socio-cultural diversities. The Minister, in a statement issued by…
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NASS to remove tertiary institutions from IPPIS – Speaker
The House of Representatives has restated its commitment to remove tertiary institutions from the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS), to enhance lecturers’ welfare and reduce the brain drain syndrome. Dr. Abbas Tajudeen, Speaker House of Representatives made this known on Thursday in Zaria at the 3rd International conference of the Gender Policy Unit, Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria.…
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Tinubu appoints NCDMB board, management
President Bola Tinubu has appointed a new governing board and the management of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB). The NCDMB organisation is tasked with making sure that “the nation’s energy industry has seventy percent indigenous content and participation.” Felix Ogbe will lead the new management, according to a statement released by presidential spokesperson Ajuri Ngelale on Thursday…
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Tinubu in meeting with Shell Nigeria leaders
President Bola Tinubu on Thursday received in an audience, the leadership of Shell Nigeria, in the state house. The leaders of the multinational oil company arrived at the presidential villa at about 2 pm. More details later
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FG unveils Nigeria’s Values Charter 2024
The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, has constituted a committee to finalise Nigeria’s Values Charter to be unveiled by President Bola Tinubu early next year. This was disclosed on Wednesday by the Deputy Director of Press in the ministry, Mr Suleiman Haruna. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Nigeria’s Values Charter embodies a social contract…
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NJC recommends 11 new Supreme Court judges
The National Judicial Council has recommended 11 Court of Appeal judges to be appointed as Supreme Court judges. This was contained in a statement by NJC’s Director of Information, Soji Oye, on Wednesday. According to him, the NJC took the decision at its 104th meeting chaired by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola after considering the list of…
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‘What’s affecting us is lack of synergy,’ Tinubu tells Benin President
President Bola Tinubu says cooperation is imperative for economic prosperity in West Africa, noting that a lack of synergy between Nigeria and Benin Republic has been an encumbrance to mutual development. Speaking when he received President Patrice Talon of Benin Republic at the State House in Abuja, on Wednesday, President Tinubu said Nigeria and Benin Republic share a lot in…
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