President Bola Tinubu will visit the US and meet with President Donald Trump once the “situation is right for him”. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, said this on Friday during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today amid diplomatic tension between Nigeria and the US following Trump’s recent redesignation of Nigeria…
Alhaji Mohammed Idris, Minister of Information and National Orientation, says more than 500,000 students are currently benefitting from the National Education Loan Fund (NELFUND). Idris spoke on Monday at a press conference in Abuja to mark Nigeria’s 65th independence anniversary. He said the initiative, launched under President Bola Tinubu’s administration, covers tuition and upkeep fees…
The federal government has dismissed bribery allegations by Tigran Gambaryan, an executive of Binance Holdings Limited, as false and unsubstantiated. In a post published on X on Friday, Gambaryan recounted his experiences in the hands of the Nigerian government and some lawmakers. Gambaryan claimed three lawmakers, including Peter Akpanke and Philip Agbese, demanded a $150…
The Federal Government yesterday condoled with families of the victims of weekend’s stampedes in Anamabra, Abuja where no fewer than 39 people died. It also commiserated with the families of the kids crushed to death on Wednesday in Ibadan. The three disasters occurred during attempts to share palliatives to the vulnerable. Minister of Information and…
The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has said that although the bags of rice to be sold by the Federal Government for N40,000 were available, sale centres cannot be announced for fear of being hijacked and hoarded by “people who have money”. The minister stated this while fielding questions from journalists, following…
