First Lady, Remi Tinubu, has initiated the National Scholarship Programme for Tertiary Education under the Renewed Hope Initiative. The program, which is designed to empower young minds, took flight by awarding scholarships to 46 students hailing from various tertiary institutions ...
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Feed SubscriptionNigeria’s Economic Renaissance Hinges On Gas, Says Tinubu
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has pledged his administration’s unalloyed commitment to leveraging on the domestic utilization, processing and international export of Nigeria’s massive gas resources as a transition fuel to catalyse the fundamental restructuring of the nation’s economy for expansive ...
Read More »Tinubu’s Cabinet Portfolios Spring Surprises Among Ministers-designate
President Bola Tinubu has named immediate-past governors of Rivers and Ebonyi states, Nyesom Wike and Dave Umahi, as ministers of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and works, respectively. The president also appointed a former Jigawa State governor, Abubakar Badaru, as ...
Read More »CBN Moves To Clamp Down On Forex Speculators To Save Naira
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has taken proactive measures to counteract the depreciation of the Naira, with imminent interventions set to be unveiled within the coming days. Acting Governor of the apex bank, Folashodun Shonubi, disclosed this to State ...
Read More »Construction Firm To Fix Damaged Bauchi-Gombe Highway In 3 Days
The construction firm engaged by the Federal Government to fix the damaged Kaljanga Bridge on the ever-busy Bauchi-Gombe highway, Anaco Nigeria Limited, has pledged to reactivate the bridge within three days. LEADERSHIP reports that heavy downpour on Sunday morning had ...
Read More »Okonjo-Iweala Meets Tinubu, Explore Ways To Address Nigerians’ Hardship
In a significant move to address the pressing challenges faced by Nigerians, the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has engaged in a collaborative effort with Nigeria’s President, Bola Tinubu. Dr. Okonjo-Iweala, in a chat with ...
Read More »One Million Youths To Benefit Digital Skills, Grants In New Initiative — VP Shettima
In line with the Tinubu administration’s commitment to providing more digital jobs for young Nigerians, the Federal Government through the Office of the Vice President is set to launch a digital hub that will empower one million youths across the ...
Read More »Tinubu Announces Forensic Audit of CBN, Civil Service Payroll
President Bola Tinubu has said a comprehensive forensic audit of the Central Bank is underway, while a thorough overhaul of the Civil Service payroll is imminent. According to a statement by presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, the President disclosed this during ...
Read More »FCT-IRS Generates N98.5bn Revenue In 7 Months
Federal Capital Territory Internal Revenue Service (FCT-IRS) said it has so far collected the sum of N98,579,312,517.94 billion from January to July this year, showing a remarkable increase from the N65,757,760,389.50 billion collected during the same period in 2022. Executive ...
Read More »Economist Intelligence Unit: Expect Nigeria’s Return To CBN-controlled Exchange Rate
…sees naira falling to N1,018/$ on rising inflation The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), a global leader in global business intelligence and market insights, has predicted that the federal government will go back to a system where they have more control ...
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