After rumours and dispelled stories of appointment by President Bola Tinubu, Dele Alake, a close associate of the president has been appointed special adviser on Special Duties, Communication, and Strategy to the president. There was a report in May that Alake had been appointed as the presidential spokesperson. But that report was denied, though he…
Tinubu Suspends Emefiele
President Bola Tinubu has suspended Godwin Emefiele , governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN. The suspension takes immediate effect. This was made known in a statement from the office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, George Akume. Willie Bassey, director of information in the office of the SGF signed…
Rain May Delay Inauguration
A heavy downpour may cause a short delay in the activities for the inauguration of Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Kashim Shettima as president and vice president respectively. By 8:00 am, workers were seen frantically mobbing water from the carpet on the ground at the Eagle Square, venue of the event. In fact, a stand erected…
Buhari, Tinubu Congratulate Adeleke
President Muhammadu Buhari and Bola Tinubu, the president-elect, have in separate statements congratulated Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State over his victory at the Supreme Court on Tuesday. The president, in a statement by Femi Adesina, special adviser on media and publicity said he recognized the verdict of the apex court as the final in…
FIRS Charged With Aggressive Education, Media Partnership
For the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS to further improve on its achievement on collection of tax for development in Nigeria, the Service must increase its drive for education, as well as its partnership with the media. This was the consensus at a one-day training programme for editors and financial correspondents in Lagos over the…
National Census Exercise Pushed To Tinubu
The national head count originally planned for May 3 to May 7 may have to be delayed for the incoming administration of Bola Tinubu, the president-elect scheduled to be sworn in on May 29, 2023. This is because the federal government has suspended the exercise. A statement by Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture…
FIRS Saved Nigeria During Covid-19- Femi Adesina
The Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS was one of the two federal revenue agencies that saved the day during the lockdown occasioned by the Covid-19 pandemic, in the year 2020. The other agency was the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS. This was disclosed on Friday by Femi Adesina, special adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media…
Nigeria’s Floating Dry Dock to Generate Huge Revenue-NIMASA DG
There is good news about Nigeria’s Floating Dry Dock said to have been abandoned since it was acquired in 2018. The dock which was acquired at the cost of $50 billion by the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA was intended to enhance the development of the maritime industry in Nigeria. Stakeholders had complained…
Submarine Cables: NIMASA, NCC Agree on Regulation
Dr. Bashir Jamoh DG NIMASA and Prof. Umar Danbatta NCC The days of indiscriminate laying of underwater cables in Nigeria may soon be over. That is because the government, through an inter-agency collaboration, has started to explore means of regulating the laying of the cables by the relevant operators.To this end, the Nigerian Maritime Administration…
Appeal Court Confirms Adeleke’s Victory
The court of Appeal has set aside the tribunal judgement annulling the election of Ademola Adeleke as governor of Osun State. The court sitting in Abuja on Friday, in a unanimous decision by a three-member panel of justices led by Justice Mohammed Lawal Shaibu overruled the verdict of the governorship election tribunal that nullified the…
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