Former General Secretary of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, Chief Frank Kokori, on Thursday, called on the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress to sheathe their swords and give President Bola Tinubu time to address the ailing economy before deciding on embarking on strike. Kokori, who is…
President Bola Ahmad Tinubu has kicked off the construction of cluster settlements for displaced persons at Mbagwen in Makurdi Local Government area of the state. The project is spearheaded by the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta Edu, who laid the foundation for the construction of cluster settlements for internally displaced persons…
. President Bola Tinubu has signed and approved the selection of Mohammed Isa to serve as his Senior Special Assistant on Disability Matters. The Special Adviser to the President, Media & Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, at the State House, Abuja, confirmed the nomination and appointment. Ngelale revealed that the appointment follows Tinubu’s determination to ensure that…
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of twenty persons to serve as Federal Commissioners in the National Population Commission (NPC). In the list made available to the media by the presidential spokesperson Ajuri Ngelale, shows that nine current Federal Commissioners have been appointed to a second term in office. Ngelale said the President charges…
President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday signed the 2023 Supplementary Budget N2.17trn into law at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. This comes after the Senate and the House of Representatives passed the N2.17trn 2023 supplementary appropriation bill on Thursday. Before the passage of the bill, the Senate adopted the report of the harmonised sittings of both…
President Bola Tinubu says the Federal Government will give the National Population Commission (NPC) all the support it needs to conduct the National Population and Housing census in the country. The President said this on Wednesday, at the launch of the National Geospatial Data Repository, Digital CRVS System, and inauguration of the National Coordination Committee…
Socio-Economic Rights And Accountability Project (SERAP) has issued a threat to sue President Bola Tinubu and Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, for their involvement in an attack on the National President of the Nigerian Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero. “We are taking legal action against the Tinubu administration and Imo state governor Hope Uzodimma for the…
President Bola Tinubu has the late Pa Simeon Soludo father of Anambra state governor as a dignified and charitable family man He said this in a condolence message while sympathizing with the governor over the death of his father, Pa Simeon Soludo. Mr Tinubu, in a statement by his special adviser on media and publicity,…
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors has urged President Bola Tinubu to allocate at least 15 per cent of the 2024 annual budget to the health sector. The President of NARD, Dr Dele Abdullahi, disclosed this in an interview while decrying the exclusion of the health sector from the 2023 supplementary budget. This was even…
President Bola Tinubu will travel to Riyadh, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, over the next few days in what has been termed an aggressive push to promote Nigeria and attract foreign direct investment. Presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, who briefed State House correspondents at the Presidential Villa said the President will be attending the Saudi-Africa Summit…
