As part of the ongoing efforts to bolster trade and investment ties between Nigeria and the United States, Chairman of Cavista Holdings, Mr. Niyi John Olajide led a high-powered delegation to Nigeria to meet with President Bola Tinubu, various ministers, and heads of government agencies in Abuja. Olajide is also Chairman of the Corporate Council on Africa (CCA) Board. The …

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Friday, joined President Bola Tinubu, represented by his Vice, Senator Kashim Shettima, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator George Akume; Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa and other eminent Nigerians to attend the funeral service of the immediate past Governor of Ondo State, Arakunrin Rotimi Akeredolu, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria. The …

President Bola Tinubu has asked senior civil servants to rededicate themselves to their duties and work towards improving the lives of Nigerians by acting with dispatch on matters that border on the welfare of citizens. The President, who met with the Head of Service, the Body of Permanent Secretaries, and some Directors-General of agencies at the State House, on Thursday, …

President Bola Tinubu has said that his administration is strongly committed to providing excellent healthcare facilities for all Nigerians and will continue to prioritize domestic and foreign direct investments in the sector. At a meeting with the President of African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), Prof. Benedict Oramah; accompanied by a delegation from King’s College Hospital, London, the President welcomed the partnership …

President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Ms. Hafsat Abubakar Bakari as Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU), pending her confirmation by the Senate. Bakari is a lawyer and financial intelligence expert with years of experience in anti-money laundering, counter-terrorism financing, and counter-proliferation financing. She had served as Deputy Director at NFIU, and was at …

The world exists in a period of fundamental transition. Neither Africa nor Nigeria is exempt from realities of this transition. Where there in transition, there inherently is uncertainty. Again, neither Africa nor Nigeria is immune from the uncertainty for it is systemic. As a continent and as individual nations, we face strong headwinds and difficult hurdles seeking to complicate our …

The 181-megawatt Geometric Power plant in the Osisioma Industrial Layout of Aba, Abia State will be commissioned on Monday, 26th February, according to a statement by the company’s management. The plant was originally scheduled for inauguaration on Saturday by President Bola Tinubu. The new date was chosen by The Presidency in Abuja due to what insider sources described as unexpected …

I have much more to say to you, more than you can now bear. But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come. He will glorify me because it …

Most times in Nigeria, conditions of living hardly improve, and neither do difficulties ease. What happens is that we adjust to the new hardship, which then becomes like normal until a new hardship, usually increase in prices of fuel, gas, forex rate and consequently, goods occurs. We go about another round of whining and adjust again to the new normal. …

The Presidency and former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar at the weekend engaged exchange of words over the state of the economy, particularly on currency fluctuation and poverty. Atiku, who was the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in last year’s general elections, said that the “wrong policies of the (Bola) Tinubu administration continue to cause untold pain …