FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

Governor Seyi Makinde on Friday in Iseyin has said the vacant stool of Alaafin of Oyo is not for sale. The governor made this known while speaking at the commissioning of the Iseyin campus of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Governor Makinde said all those that allegedly collected money from contestants to the Alaafin’s stool to without wasting time …

Recently, the ancient city of Katsina was agog and in very high spirits as Governor Malam Dikko Umar Radda, supported by Governors Dauda Lawal of Zamfara, Abba Yusuf of Kano, Kauran Gwandu of Kebbi, Ahmed Aliyu of Sokoto, Maimala Buni of Yobe and Aminu Usman, Jigawa State Deputy Governor who stood in for his Governor. It was the occasion of …

President Bola Tinubu  President Bola Tinubu will on Sunday depart Abuja to attend the 78th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, United States of America. Presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, on Friday said the President has series of key meetings with multinational executive to discuss digital transformation, innovation, and investment in Nigeria. “Aside from the engagements he is going …

Nigerian fashion house, IBCouture has its mind set on becoming a global fashion brand that engenders sustainable empowerment of talented local tailors. Founded in 2016, by Anthony Iboro, the design house was formally registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission in 2017, as a fully operational company. In the six years of its existence, IBCouture is gradually establishing itself to be …

Former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Prince Chibudom Nwuche, has enjioned Nigerians across ethnic, religious and political divides to support the current drive of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, to restore the Abuja master plan.  Speaking during an interview Saturday in Abuja, Nwuche equally appealed to President Tinubu to ignore such people snd continue …

The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) extends its warm congratulations to Mr. Zacch Adedeji on his appointment as acting chairman of Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.CNG said Adedeji will bring his wealth of experience and expertise to the FIRS, a critical institution that is instrumental to the Federal Government’s efforts to mobilize revenue for development. …

The Development Bank of Nigeria (DBN) has again emerged as the highest-ranked public institution in Nigeria in the 2023 Transparency and Integrity Index (TII). The TII index recently released by the Center for Fiscal Transparency and Integrity Watch is a collaboration between the Centre for Fiscal Transparency and Integrity Watch (CeFTIW) and the Bureau for Public Sector Reform, with support …

‘A frontline lawmaker in the House of Representatives, Hon Adamu Hashimu Ranga representing Ningi/Warji Federal Constituency of Bauchi state has hailed the infrastructural, developmental and socio-economic exploits of the Executive Governor of Bauchi state, Senator Bala Abdulkadir MohammedHe noted that this was responsible for the landslide victory of his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 general elections. …

President Bola Tinubu has appointed Olayemi Michael Cardoso as the new Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Cardoso will replace the suspended governor, Godwin Emefiele. He will serve for a term of five years at the first instance, pending his confirmation by the Nigerian Senate. Tinubu in a statement issued Fridayby his Special Adviser to the President on …

A Non-Governmental Organisation Cedar Seed Foundation has advocated for immediate implementation of Article 29 of the UN convention on the rights of persons with disabilities and section 30 of the Nigeria Disability Act 2018 by the federal, states and local governments in the country. The Project Officer, Disability Inclusion in Governance of the Foundation, Comrade Shedrack Danladi, made the call …