N573b fund: Presidency replies governors The Presidency cleared the air yesterday on the controversy over the N573 billion received by states. It said the fund is a World Bank loan, which the Federal Government guaranteed, and not a grant. It explained that the issue of whether it was a grant or a loan should not...
Don’t Protest, Give Me More Time – Tinubu Begs Nigerians The Nigerian government has received notice of a nationwide protest planned by various groups of citizens to take place from August 1 to 10, aimed at protesting the rising cost of living and economic hardship in the country. In response, President Bola Tinubu has appealed...
3.7 million families to receive ₦50k monthly grant as Tinubu approves N1tr palliative President Bola Tinubu has announced a National Construction and Household Support Programme, which will see 100,000 families in each state getting N50,000 monthly grant for three months, N155bn to be disbursed for assorted foods, N540bn for household grants. Tinubu gave the directive...
Sit-at-home agitations treasonable, says President Tinubu President Bola Tinubu talked tough yesterday on the sit-at-home action in the South East, labeling it treasonable. He warned that decisive sanctions now await violent non-state actors like the gunmen who killed five soldiers at the Obikabia Junction checkpoint in Obingwa Local Government Area of Abia State last Thursday....
President Tinubu Scraps EFCC, ICPC, NCDC, NCC,NTA, Several Others over Oronsaye report President Tinubu has ordered the immediate scrapping of many agencies in full implementation of the Oronsaye report. President Bola Tinubu on Monday, February 26, ordered the implementation of the Stephen Oronsaye panel’s report on the reform of the civil service, in this report,...
President Tinubu cuts cost of governance by implementing Oronsaye Report Twelve years after the Steve Oronsaye panel submitted its report on restructuring and rationalizing Federal government parastatals and agencies and a white paper issued two years after, President Tinubu and the Federal Executive Council today decided to implement the report. Many agencies will be scrapped...
Economic Hardship: Price of Spaghetti jumps to N950 from N80, single egg N300, butter N1,400, sardine N1,020, 50Kg bag of rice N77,000 — Report The prices of staple food have gone up amid worsening inflation. It is reported that since President Bola Tinubu assumed office on May 29, 2023, his economic policies have made life...
Nigeria will become net exporter of food soon — President Tinubu President Bola Tinubu said his government will do everything possible to expand food production and become a net exporter amid rising hunger and hardship in Nigeria. Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday...
Muslim-Muslim Ticket Hasn’t Brought Positive Change, Says Supreme Council for Sharia in Nigeria “We campaigned and supported this government until it came to power, but we are suffering.” The Supreme Council for Sharia in Nigeria (SCSN) on Tuesday provoked a fresh controversy on the Muslim-Muslim ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the 2023...
Pres. Tinubu suspends N-Power, school feeding, others President Bola Tinubu has suspended all programs administered by the National Social Investment Programme Agency (NSIPA). In a statement on Friday, January 12, the Director of Information, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Segun Imohiosen, said the suspension was influenced by the ongoing investigation of alleged malfeasance...
