President Bola Tinubu has dismissed Nkiruka Madueke from her position as the Director General of the Nigeria Climate Change Council (NCCC), a role to which she was appointed in June 2024. The president has appointed Omotenioye Majekodunmi, a climate finance expert, as the new leader of the council. This was disclosed in a statement issued…
President Bola Tinubu on Thursday called on state governors to prioritise the welfare of Nigerians by investing more in rural electrification, agricultural mechanisation, poverty eradication, and infrastructure. Tinubu’s call followed a presentation on the Renewed Hope Ward Development Programme (RHWDP) by the Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Abubakar Bagudu, at the 150th meeting of…
The Presidency has announced the tenure extension of the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, by one year. Prior to the extension, Adeniyi’s tenure was scheduled to end on August 31, 2025. According to a statement on Thursday by presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, the extension, approved by President Bola Tinubu will enable…
Bashir El-Rufai, one of the sons of former Governor Nasir El-Rufai, on Thursday again derided President Bola Tinubu as ‘Pablo’, mocking the first lady, Remi Tinubu, and praised Peter Obi, as a potential presidential candidate for the 2027 election. Mr El-Rufai, in a post, derided Mr Tinubu, calling the president by the first name of…
Abdulmumin Jibrin, a close ally of Rabiu Kwankwaso, presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), met with President Bola Tinubu at the State House in Abuja on Wednesday. The meeting comes days after Kwankwaso, former governor of Kano, alleged that the south is being favoured in terms of infrastructure and development under the…
The Presidency has denied allegations that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration offered ministerial slots to former African Democratic Congress (ADC) National Chairman, Chief Ralphs Okey Nwosu, in a bid to halt the formation of an opposition coalition. Daniel Bwala, Special Adviser on Policy Communication to President Tinubu, dismissed the claim on Wednesday in a statement…
The immediate past National Chairman of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Ralph Nwosu, says he rejected three ministerial appointments from the Bola Tinubu-led government meant to dissuade him from transforming the party into a coalition opposition platform. Nwosu made the revelation during the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the ADC on Tuesday, where former…
The Governor of Gombe State, Inuwa Yahaya, said the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) has resumed crude oil drilling at a field in the boundary of Bauchi and Gombe states. Mr Yahaya said this at the ongoing two-day Interactive Session on Government-Citizens Engagement at the Arewa House, Kaduna. The forum, organised by the…
The Chairman of the Northern States Governor’s Forum who is also the Governor of Gombe State, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya have stated that President Bola Tinubu has kept promises made in 2023 and still keeping them. Governor Yahaya stated this at the ongoing 2-Day Interactive Session on Government-Citizens Engagement Organised by the Ahmadu Bello Memorial Foundation…
Uba Sani, governor of Kaduna state, says it will be difficult for any governor in Nigeria to oppose President Bola Tinubu’s re-election in 2027. Sani spoke at the opening of a two-day interactive session on government-citizen engagement organised by the Sir Ahmadu Bello Memorial Foundation (SABMF) at Arewa House, Kaduna. “Moreover, no president in Nigeria’s…