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BudgIT queries works ministry’s award of N9.3bn road project to microfinance bank
BudgIT, a civic organisation that tracks public spending, has raised questions about the award of a road project worth N9.3 billion to a microfinance bank by the Federal Ministry of Works. In a statement released on Friday by its Head of Tracka, Ayomide Ladipo, BudgIT revealed that the Minister of Works, David Umahi, paid N8.6 billion to FIMS Microfinance Bank…
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Tinubu’s administration owes Nigerians explanation for NNPC $3.3bn emergency loan – Atiku
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has urged President Bola Tinubu to give Nigerians an explanation of the administration’s spending in relation to the National Petroleum Company (NNPC) N3.3 billion oil for cash loan. Last August, the NNPCL was given a $3.3 billion crude-for-cash funding from the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) headquarters in Cairo, Egypt, which was purportedly intended to stabilise…
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FG moves to secure natural resources as presidential committee meets service chiefs
The Federal Government has intensified efforts to secure the nation’s natural resources as the presidential inter-ministerial committee held an expanded meeting with service chiefs. The inter-ministerial committee chaired by the Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Dele Alake met with the Security Chiefs on Thursday in Abuja. It will be recalled that President Bola Tinubu at last week’s Federal Executive…
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Tinubu championing national cohesion through Inclusive governance – Information minister
The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has said, President Bola Tinubu has demonstrated profound commitment to promoting national cohesion through inclusive governance where each and every segment of the Nigerian society is represented in his government in line with the Federal Character Principle. Idris made the remarks in Abuja on Wednesday in a paper titled “Promoting National…
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Education minister directs speedy completion of nuclear energy curriculum
Education Minister, Tahir Mamman, has directed the National Universities Commission (NUC) to expedite action towards the completion of the Nuclear Energy Curriculum to enable some Nigerian Universities and the Nigerian Atomic Energy Commission as well as Polytechnics to commence the training of Nuclear Scientists and Technologists locally. Mamman was speaking through the Minister of state for Education, Yusuf Sununu, when…
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Ministers who fail to perform will be dropped – Hadiza Bala-Usman
President Bola Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Policy and Coordination, Hadiza Bala Usman, has warned that non-performing ministers will face the axe. She made this remark on Wednesday in Uyo, Akwa Ibom state, where she addressed a technical retreat for delivery desk officers of federal ministries. The retreat was aimed at ensuring the effective implementation of presidential priorities and ministerial deliverables.…
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Tinubu has no plans to relocate FCT to Lagos – Presidency
Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, has dismissed allegations of plans by the Federal Government to relocate the Federal Capital Territory from Abuja to Lagos. Onanuga described the allegations as false in the interpretations given to the matter. The presidential aide was reacting after the news of the Central Bank of Nigeria to relocating its…
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Doyin Okupe tackles Senator Ndume over CBN, FAAN relocation to Lagos
Doyin Okupe, a former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan has tackled the senator representing Borno South senatorial district, Ali Ndume, for faulting the relocation of certain departments of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) from Abuja to Lagos. Ndume, in a Channels Television interview on Tuesday, said that the president is being…
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Tinubu departs Abuja for France today
President Bola Tinubu would be departing Abuja on Wednesday for France, a spokesperson to the president has announced. According to the statement signed by Ajuri Ngelale, President Tinubu would be visiting the European country on a private visit. He said the president will return to the country in the first week of February, 2024. Full statement below STATE HOUSE PRESS…
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FG launches blueprint for National Values Charter
Mohammed Idris, Nigeria’s Minister of Information and National Orientation, on Tuesday announced the framework for a new National Values Charter (NVC). Addressing a world press conference at the Radio House in Abuja, Idris hailed the development as a watershed moment in the country’s history. The NVC seeks to create a national culture that represents their shared destiny and to identify…
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