Nigerian President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has ordered the withdrawal of police personnel from VIPs, as they needed to take back their normal duties as spelt out in the constitution of the country and the Police Act, particularly in the area of developing a community policing strategy, among others. Imaan Suleiman-Ibrahim, the Minister of State…
Nigerian President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, while briefing newsmen at the end of rituals of the performance of the lesser Hajj, Umrah, on Sunday in Makkah, Saudi Arabia, reiterated his commitment to changing the narrative of Nigeria for the benefit of all Nigerians. Tinubu, in Makkah for lesser hajj, said his administration was determined to…
Oba Muftau Gbadamosi, the Olofa of Offa, on Thursday, urged Nigerians to believe in President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration, while assuring them that he would surpass people’s expectations. Gbadamonsi, while speaking in Iwo, Osun State at the Annual Odun Olodumare celebrations organised by the Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrosheed Akanbi, said if fuel subsidy removal…
Nigerian President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Thursday, approved the appointment of Mohammed Isa as a senior special assistant to the president on disability matters. Tinubu, in a statement by his spokesperson, Ajuri Ngelale, said the appointment is part of the president’s “determination to ensure that every segment of society is sufficiently catered to within…
Nigerian President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Wednesday, approved the appointment of 20 federal commissioners in the National Population Commission with nine current federal commissioners being appointed for a second term in office: According to a statement by the Special Adviser to President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, titled ‘President Tinubu appoints twenty federal…
Nigerian President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Wednesday, signed into law, the 2023 N2.17trillion supplementary budget, following its passage by the National Assembly. The Informant247 had earlier reported that following the adoption of a report by the Appropriations Committee, presented by the chairman, Senator Adeola Olamilekan (Ogun West) during plenary, the Senate on Thursday approved…
Nigerian President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu will on Wednesday, unveil an electronic Civil Registration and Vital Statistics System and Geospatial Data Repository. According to Nasir Kwarra, the Chairman of the National Population Commission, at a pre-launch briefing in Abuja, the launch of the e-CRVS by Tinubu marks, “The commitment of the current government and leadership…
Nigerian President Asiwaju Bola Tinubu is set to depart Abuja for Riyadh, the capital of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia this week to attend the Saudi-Africa summit and the Arab African summit both scheduled to be held on November 10 and 11, 2023, respectively. Ajuri Ngelale, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and…
The Northern Youth Leaders Forum (NYLF) says the northerners have no right to complain about President Bola Tinubu’s ‘lopsided’ appointments. The Informant247 reported how some northern leaders accused President Tinubu of ‘lopsided’ appointments in favour of the South West, the region he (Tinubu) hails from. Ahmad Gumi, an Islamic cleric, had during one of his…
Following public outcry over the allocation of N5.095 billion for the purchase of a presidential yacht in the 2023 supplementary budget, the House of Representatives, on Thursday, scrapped the budgetary allocation. According to Abubakar Bichi, the Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, in an interview with newsmen, the budgetary allocation for student loans was also…
Following the adoption of a report by the Appropriations Committee, presented by the chairman, Senator Adeola Olamilekan (Ogun West) during plenary, the Senate on Thursday approved the N2.176 trillion 2023 supplementary budget transmitted to the parliament by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Tuesday. It would be recalled that the President had, in a letter read…
In reaction to the outrage N2.1 trillion supplementary budget, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu submitted to the National Assembly, where according to the budget, N5.09 billion was allocated for the yacht, N2.9 billion for sport utility vehicles for the Presidential Villa, and another N2.9 billion for the replacement of operational vehicles for the presidency, Tope Ajayi,…
The former Minister of Communications, Adebayo Shittu, in his reaction to the current retreat President Tinubu’s ministers are attending, said that former President Muhammadu Buhari did not ask his ministers to explain how they run their ministries. Shittu, while reacting to Tinubu’s comment on sacking his underperformed cabinets, during an interview on Channels TV’s Politics…
Nigerian President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Wednesday, sought the Senate’s approval of a request to borrow $ 7.8 billion and €100 million as part of the 2022 – 2024 borrowing plan of the Federal Government. Tinubu, who requested in a letter read by Senate President Godswill Akpabio during the plenary session, said that the…
In reaction to Alhaji Atiku Abubakar’s remarks at a press conference in Abuja where he picked holes in the Supreme Court’s verdict of October 26, which upheld President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s electoral victory, the Presidency, on Monday, advised former Vice-President and Peoples Democratic Party’s Presidential candidate, to end what it called “his unprofitable bid” and…
A N2.18tn supplementary budget for the 2023 fiscal year to cover additional spending in defence, works, and welfare packages such as wage awards and conditional cash transfers agreed with the Organised Labour on Monday, approved by the Federal Government. The Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Abubakar Bagudu, while making this known to newsmen at…
Nigerian President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Monday, praised Legal luminary Afe Babalola, the Chancellor of Afe Babalola University, on the occasion of his 92nd birthday, while describing him as a visionary leader whose “courage, and versatility have impacted generations, inspiring and growing many leaders within and outside the country.” Tinubu made this known in…
Barely 48 hours after a report emerged that the Chief of Staff Femi Gbajabiamila may be battling an integrity crisis following allegations that he has been “trading off appointments in the government of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to the highest bidder”, President Tinubu on Monday declared that he has “absolute confidence” in the integrity of…
To attract foreign investment into the aviation industry, Festus Keyamo, the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, on Sunday stated that talks are at an advanced stage between Nigeria and the United States of America concerning the resumption of direct flights from Houston. Keyamo made this known in a statement issued by his…
Nigerian President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Sunday, reiterated his commitment to change the narrative of the country which he described as ‘a crawling country in the committee of thriving economies, especially in terms of development indices relating to green energy and the environment, while assuring that he would bring about a transformative government in…
