The Federal Government has promised to establish 24 skills and innovation hubs and entrepreneurship centres across the country. President Bola Tinubu announced this yesterday in Abuja during the commemoration of this year’s Children’s Day celebration with the theme: Enhancing the Total Wellbeing of the Nigerian Child through Quality Education and Skills Development. The President said his administration had embarked on key …

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has faulted former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s criticism of the current administration’s handling of its ongoing reforms and the coup d’etat in Niger Republic. Obasanjo had knocked President Bola Tinubu’s implementation of the removal of subsidy from petroleum products as well as the floating of naira. In the past few months, the masses have continued …

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has knocked the administration of President Bola Tinubu over poor implementation of the removal of subsidy from petroleum products as well as the floating naira. Obasanjo said though the policies were necessary, they were wrongly implemented. According to a statement made available to journalists on Sunday by his Special Assistant on Media, Kehinde Akinyemi, Obasanjo also …

President Bola Tinubu will depart Abuja today for N’Djamena, the capital of the Republic of Chad, to attend the inauguration of President-elect Mahamat Déby. The inauguration follows Déby’s declaration as the winner of the country’s presidential election held earlier this month, which was subsequently affirmed by the Constitutional Court of Chad. A statement yesterday by his Special Adviser on Media …

President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointments of at least 555 persons to serve as Pro-chancellors/Chairmen and members of Governing Boards of 111 federal universities, polytechnics and Colleges of Education. This followed President Tinubu’s assent to a list of nominees selected by the Ministry of Education. An advertorial by the Education Ministry sighted by newsmen showed the appointment of a …

President Bola Tinubu on Monday swore in two more commissioners-designate of the National Population Commission (NPC) Mr Fasuwa Johnson and Dr Amid Tadese Raheem from Ogun and Osun states respectively took the oath of office at 12:15 pm at the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa, Abuja, after their abridged citations were read. Monday’s ceremony came three months after Tinubu, …

President Bola Tinubu has extended his heartfelt congratulations to retired Supreme Court judge, Justice Mary Odili on the special occasion of her 72nd birthday. According to a statement by presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, Justice Odili, an eminent jurist, was the Deputy Chairman of the National Judicial Council (NJC), serving as Deputy to the Chairman (Chief Justice of Nigeria) at the …

President Bola Tinubu, on Saturday, extended his congratulations to the National Leader of the Yoruba Socio-Cultural Organisation Afenifere, on his 98th birthday. In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Ajuri Ngelale, President Tinubu poured encomiums on Pa Fasoranti, describing him as a “mouthpiece of the people”. The statement is titled ‘President Tinubu hails Pa Reuben …

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, yesterday, commissioned a lithium processing factory in Nasarawa State, built by a Chinese firm, Avatar New Energy Materials Company Limited. The commissioning took place at Kama Otto in Nasarawa Local Government Area, in collaboration with the Nasarawa State Government. President Tinubu who was represented by the president of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, said the commissioning …

President Bola Tinubu on Friday conferred the second highest national honour of Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger on the Awujale and paramount ruler of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Adetona, for his immeasurable and invaluable contributions to national development. President Tinubu gave the honour at the 90th birthday ceremony of the paramount ruler held at the Oba Sikiru Adetona …