President Bola Tinubu has appointed Nwakuche Ndidi as the Acting Controller-General of the Nigerian Correctional Service. His appointment follows the expiration of the tenure of the current CG, Haliru Nababa. Nababa was appointed by former President Muhammadu Buhari on 18 February, 2021. In a statement on Friday, the Secretary of the Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire, and Immigration Board, Ja’afaru Ahmed, …

President Bola Tinubu will present the 2025 Appropriation Bill to the National Assembly on Tuesday, the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has disclosed. Akpabio made this known during the announcement at the Thursday plenary on the floor of the Senate. He said, “The president has made his intention known to the National Assembly to present the 2025m budget to the joint …

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Mr Shamseldeen Babatunde Ogunjimi as the Acting Accountant General of the Federation (AGF). His appointment is effective immediately following the pre-retirement leave of the incumbent AGF, Dr. (Mrs.) Oluwatoyin Sakirat Madein. In announcing Madein’s successor, President Tinubu ensures a seamless transition in the administration of Nigeria’s treasury and consolidates the implementation of the present …

President Bola Tinubu has congratulated President-elect John Dramani Mahama on his victory in Saturday’s general election in Ghana, following his opponent’s concession speech. In a telephone call to Mahama, President Tinubu hoped that his ascension to power for the second time would further bring stability to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), of which President Tinubu is the …

President Bola Tinubu has renewed the appointment of Fatima Umaru Shinkafi as the Executive Secretary of the Solid Minerals Development Fund/Presidential Artisanal Gold Mining Initiative (SMDF/PAGMI). The President also appointed chief executive officers for the National Universities Commission (NUC), the Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC) and the New Partnership for Africa Development (NEPAD). According to a statement on …

The Coalition of Concerned (Military) Veterans (CCV) has commended President Bola Tinubu for hournoring his word on military pensions warfare. In a press statement by Abiodun Durowaiye-Herberts, the Retired Members of the Nigerian Air Force (REMENAF) said: “Following a successful and non-violent peaceful protest on the 4th and 5th December 2024 by the Coalition of Concerned (Military) Veterans and its …

President Bola Tinubu has said that the collaboration and cooperation between Nigeria and South Africa must be intensified and deepened. At the 11th session of the Nigeria-South Africa Bi-National Commission (BNC) meeting in Cape Town, South Africa on Tuesday, the Nigerian leader explained that working together is informed by the historial responsibilities both countries owe to Africa and its people, …

Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum has cautioned that, although President Bola Tinubu has the executive power to push through the tax reform bills, doing so could have significant consequences for millions of Nigerians. The bill, which passed its second reading in the Senate, is facing strong resistance, particularly from Northern elites. Groups like the Northern Governors Forum, Northern Elders …

President Bola Tinubu will leave France on Monday for Cape Town, South Africa, to co-chair the 11th session of the Nigeria-South Africa Bi-National Commission alongside President Cyril Ramaphosa. The presidential BNC, scheduled for Tuesday, 3, December will be preceded by a ministerial meeting on 2 December 2024, at the South African Parliament Building in Cape Town. President Tinubu and President …

President Bola Tinubu extends his heartfelt congratulations to Alhassan Yahaya on his election as the President of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) at the 8th Triennial National Delegates Conference in Owerri, on 27 November 2024. The President also congratulates other newly elected members of the NUJ executive. He praises the Union for organising a rancour-free election at the conference. …