Muhammed Babangida has officially accepted his appointment as Chairman of the Bank of Agriculture (BOA), expressing deep gratitude to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for the trust reposed in him. In a press statement released Monday, Babangida dismissed as false and malicious the reports circulating online suggesting he had rejected the appointment. He described such claims…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Muhammad Babangida, the son of the former military President, as chairman of the revamped Bank of Agriculture. President Tinubu approved the appointment today, along with seven others. Some of them will serve as chairmen or directors-general of Federal agencies. Muhammad Babangida, 53, is an alumnus of the European University…
President Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday, directed every federal ministry, department and agency to strengthen inter-governmental cooperation in authenticating the identities of Nigerians seeking consular services abroad. This follows the recent changes in visa issuance policies affecting Nigerian citizens by the United States of America and the United Arab Emirates. In a statement signed Tuesday by…
President of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, says the body has written a letter to President Bola Tinubu, seeking an audience with him over the Local Government crisis in Osun State. Daily Trust reports that the state had been thrown into crisis over the legitimacy of elected council officials. The standoff has crippled governance…
2023 Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has urged President Bola Tinubu to show more compassion to Nigerians. This is as he said that the office of the Nigerian president requires sacrifice and compassion, not detachment, luxury, or fear. Speaking on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics, Obi said the Tinubu administration is disconnected from…
Paul Ibeh, an aide of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has described the administration of President Bola Tinubu as a civilian dictatorship. He stated this on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief on Wednesday. He said that major opposition leaders, including Abubakar, who was the 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, were being urged…
President Bola Tinubu has declined to sign the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency Bill, 2025 into law. The President’s decision not to sign the bill passed by both chambers of the National Assembly was contained in a letter read in the Green Chamber on Thursday during plenary. The President, citing Section 58(4) of the 1999…
President Bola Tinubu has signed into law four tax reform bills on key areas of Nigeria’s fiscal and revenue framework. Tinubu signed the bills at a ceremony held at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, Abuja, at about 03:20pm local time. The four bills include: the Nigeria Tax Bill, the Nigeria Tax Administration Bill, the Nigeria…
President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday inaugurated the N16bn Lafia flyover and underpass constructed by the Nasarawa State Government during a one-day working visit to the state. Tinubu, who arrived at the Usman Dan Fodio Airport, Lafia, around 1:55 pm aboard a Nigerian Air Force jet, was received by Governor Abdullahi Sule and top government officials….
The Nasarawa State Government has confirmed that all preparations are in place to receive President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in Lafia on Wednesday for the commissioning of Governor Abdullahi Sule’s multi-billion naira legacy projects. Commissioner for Information and Culture, Dr. Tanko Ibrahim made the announcement while addressing journalists in Lafia on Tuesday. According to him, the…
