PIA: Buhari Appoints Ararume Chairman of NNPC Board, Orders Incorporation of NNPC Ltd
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Sunday has ordered the incorporation of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited. The president has also appointed the board and the management of the NNPC. This disclosure was made in a statement issued by Special Adviser to the President (Media and Publicity), Femi Adesina. According to the statement, the president…
External Borrowing Plan: Presidency Lists Projects, Beneficiaries
The Presidency says a total of 15 projects, spread across the six geo-political zones of the country, are to be financed with more than $4 billion from multilateral institutions. The loan is under the 2018-2021 medium term (rolling) external borrowing plan. Malam Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, stated…
Southern Governors Insist on State Collection of VAT, Ban on Open Grazing
The Southern Nigeria Governors Forum has supported moves by States to take over the collection of Value Added Tax (VAT) from the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), noting that it’s within the power of States to collect VAT. This was contained in a communique issued after the meeting of the Forum in Enugu on Thursday….
Fani-Kayode Joins APC-Meets Buhari
FORMER Minister of Aviation during the President Olusegun Obasanjo government, Mr. Femi Fani-Kayode has formally joined the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. He was presented to President Muhammadu Buhari by the Chairman, Caretaker Committee of the APC, and governor of Yobe State, Mai Mala Buni on Thursday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Mr. Fani Kayode…
Bawa is Hale and Hearty – EFCC
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Commission, EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa is hale and hearty. This clarification became necessary following an incident today September 16, 2021 at the Presidential Villa, Abuja where he was giving a goodwill message to the National Identity Day celebration, felt unwell and had to return to his seat. A statement…
EFCC Chairman, Bawa, slumps at Aso Rock
The Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, reportedly slumped and rushed out of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Bawa was giving his goodwill message at the National Identity Day celebration when he suddenly stopped speaking. He was talking about a man the commission arrested in Ibadan, Oyo state, with 116 SIM cards…
Gbajabiamila didn’t compare IPOB, Yoruba Nation Agitators with Boko Haram, ISWAP
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has denied comparing seccessionist agitators with Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists. In a statement late Wednesday, the Speaker said there was no time in his welcome address to his colleagues Wednesday morning that he mentioned any group. The statement read: It has come to the attention of the…
FG Increases TETFund Grants to Varsities, Other Tertiary Institutions to N8.5bn– Minister
The Federal Government on Tuesday announced an increment of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) research grants to universities and other tertiary institutions to N8.5 billion, up from the N7.5 billion it doled out in 2020. The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, who announced the increment while declaring open the first National Conference on…
Electronic Transmission: PDP Governors’ Forum Tasks National Assembly Conference Committee to Rescue Nigeria’s Democracy.
– Ask NASS to be guided by patriotism and national interest The PDP Governors’ Forum welcomes the National Assembly from its recess and enjoins it to immediately set up its Conference Committee that will harmonise the different versions of the Electoral Act Amendment Bills passed by both Chambers, with a clear mandate to harken to…