The 4th joint meeting of ECOWAS ministers of trade and industry has concluded with a strong call for economic diversification, industrial growth and regional collaboration. The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Jumoke Oduwole, at the meeting on Friday in Abuja, said that the collaboration was to address the evolving global trade landscape. The meeting welcomed representatives from 11 ECOWAS …

The Federal Executive Council (FEC), yesterday approved 17 underwriters for Group Life Assurance Scheme for the President, Vice President, Chief of Staff to the President, Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), ministers and federal government workers. Head of Civil Service of the Federation (HOCS), Dr. Didi Easter Walson-Jack, disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents at the end …

President Bola Tinubu has directed ministers to resume a public performance review next week as part of efforts to promote transparency and keep Nigerians informed about government programmes. During a press briefing in Abuja on Tuesday, the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris said that the review would begin at the national press centre, with ministers providing …

President Bola Tinubu arrived Dar es Salaam, Tanzania on Sunday to attend the Mission 300 Africa Energy Summit, which starts today. The President, who arrived at 10.20 pm. (8.20 pm Nigerian time), was received by the Foreign Minister of Tanzania, Ambassador Mahmoud Thabit Kombo, and Chargé d’ Affaires of Nigeria High Commission to Tanzania, Ambassador Salisu Suleiman. The two-day summit …

The House of Representatives Committee on Constitution review is considering a bill to amend the 1999 Constitution to limit the number of ministers appointed by the president to 37. Titled, “A Bill for an Act to Amend the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 to Streamline the Number of Ministers to be Appointed to the Federal Executive Council”, …

The Ministers of Agriculture and Food Security, Abubakar Kyari, his Science, Technology, and Innovation counterpart, Uche Nnaji, and Budget and Economic Planning, Atiku Bagudu, are some of the high-profile government functionaries expected to appear before the House of Representatives Committee on Renewable Energy on Wednesday. The Committee, chaired by the member representing Ogbaru Federal Constituency, Anambra State, Afam Ogene is …

President Bola Tinubu on Monday assured Nigerians that his administration’s economic recovery plan was on the right path to realizing the nation’s dreams and aspirations. While inaugurating seven new ministers at the State House, Abuja, on Monday after their confirmation by the Senate, President Tinubu noted that his administration had steered the nation away from bankruptcy and stopped scavengers, profiteers and …

President Bola Tinubu has sworn in seven newly-appointed ministers at the Council Chambers, Aso Rock Presidential Villa in Abuja. Those sworn in included Ambassador Bianca Odinaka Odumegwu-Ojukwu (Minister of State for Foreign Affairs), Dr. Nentawe Yilwatda (Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction), Muhammadu Maigari Dingyadi (Minister of Labour and Employment). Others were Dr. Jumoke Oduwole (Minister of Industry, Trade …

The Senate will screen the ministerial nominees forwarded to it today for confirmation by President Bola Tinubu. Vanguard gathered that the nominees, who have been cleared by the Department of State Services (DSS), besieged the office of the Special Adviser to the President on Senate Matters, Senator Basheer Lado, yesterday, to submit their curriculum vitae to beat the deadline. Earlier …

The Presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga on Sunday disclosed that the affected ministers in the recent cabinet shake-up were politely addressed by President Bola Tinubu at a private meeting before their dismissal. Onanuga disclosed this on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics. President Tinubu had on Wednesday discharged five ministers and changed the designations of 10 other ministers. The appointments were announced in …