The Senate will on Tuesday commence the screening of the seven new ministerial nominees. Basheer Lado, the special adviser to the President on Senate Matters, disclosed this in a statement on Monday. Mr Lado, a former senator who represented Kano Central Senatorial District between 2011 and 2015, said the nominees have started submitting their credentials … Read more
President Bola Tinubu’s administration has scrapped the Ministry of Sports Development and reinstated the National Sports Commission. This decision was made at Wednesday’s Federal Executive Council meeting in Abuja. The National Sports Commission, previously dissolved by the Muhammadu Buhari government in 2015, will now oversee sports development in Nigeria. Established in 1971, READ ALSO: Tinubu scraps … Read more
Senator Oluremi Tinubu has said her husband, President Bola Tinubu, should not be blamed for the current economic hardship in Nigeria. Nigerians have been groaning under economic hardship since the removal of fuel subsidy which pushed the pump price of petrol from N198 to N1,030. Tinubu announced an end to subsidy during his inaugural address … Read more
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has forwarded the names of members of the inaugural Governing Board of the North West Development Commission (NWDC) to the Senate for confirmation. The step follows President Tinubu’s signing of the North West Development Commission Bill into law on 24 July, marking a crucial milestone in the commission’s establishment. NWDC Governing … Read more
The Federal Executive Council has approved the construction of judges’ quarters in the Katampe area of Abuja. The council also approved bills to amend Nigeria’s tax laws. “One of the bills offers tax relief to companies that generate incremental employment. Another offers personal income relief to people in private and public employment, from N200,000 to … Read more
The Kogi State House of Assembly has called for the removal of the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, accusing him of mishandling the investigation into former Governor Yahaya Bello. The lawmakers condemned what they described as an “unprovoked attack” on the Kogi State Government Lodge in Abuja, calling it … Read more
The Deputy Senate President, Barau Jibrin, on Sunday, described his victory of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Saturday’s governorship election in Edo State as a vote of confidence in the administration of President Bola Tinubu. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) returned Monday Okpebholo, the APC candidate, as the winner of the election on … Read more
Despite the killing of protesters by law enforcement officials, as well as the arrest and detention of journalists and activists, the Nigerian government says the incumbent Bola Tinubu administration does not abuse human rights. The government was responding to criticisms by the Trade Union Congress in the United Kingdom following the arrest and temporary detention … Read more
Zenith Bank reported roughly twice the net profit it earned in the first half of last year in the same period this year, its audited financial records show, helped by sharp increases in lending rate introduced by the country’s central bank earlier in the year in its push to slow down inflation. Interest and similar … Read more
The Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC) says the federal government has fined Fidelity Bank Plc. N555.8 million for data breaches. The National Commissioner of NDPC, Vincent Olatunji, said this at the Nigeria Data Protection (NDP) Act General Application and Implementation Directive (GAID) validation workshop in Abuja. Mr Olatunji recalled that President Bola Tinubu signed the … Read more
