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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has insisted on resetting the Nigerian credit system to ensure that cheap credits are made available to help Nigerian workers drive their dream cars and get cheap mortgages. Tinubu also hinted that a robust credit environment is a tool that would aid …

A Constitutional Lawyer, Nnadume Offorkansi, has described as judicial rascality the verdict of the Enugu State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, which dismissed the petition of the Labour Party and its governorship candidate in the March 18, 2023 polls. The three-man panel, headed by Justice Kudirat Akano, on Thursday, upheld the …

Prof Tahir Mamman, new Minister of Education The Federal Government has agreed to pay lecturers arrears from January 2023 till date while also raising salaries for academic and non-academic staff of all its tertiary institutions across the country to 25 per cent. The increase cuts across levels as chief lecturers …

Tinubu appointed Cardoso for a term of five (5) years at the first instance, pending his confirmation by the Nigerian Senate. Dr. Olayemi Michael Cardoso has formally assumed duty as the acting Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Following the resignation of Godwin Emefiele, President Bola Tinubu appointed …

The Enugu State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, Thursday, struck out the petition pertaining to the forgery of the discharge certificate of the National Youth Service Corps brought against Gov Peter Mbah by Barr Chijioke Edeoga, the guber candidate of the Labour Party in the March 18 election. Edeoga had, among …

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has approved the payment of N375,455,000.00 (three hundred and seventy-five million, four hundred and fifty-five thousand Naira) as scholarship and bursary awards to Lagos Indigenes in tertiary institutions nationwide. The fund is intended to alleviate the financial burdens faced …

Dave Umahi, Ebonyi State Governor The federal government will require over N7trn to reconstruct roads in the South -East region, the Minister of Works, Senator Dave Umahi, has disclosed. The minister made this disclosure while inspecting some of the federal roads in Imo State. He also announced the termination of …

President Bola Tinubu speaks at the UNGA78 in New York. President Bola Tinubu has assured the international community that African leaders are committed to strengthening their economies to dissuade their mostly young citizens from embarking on dangerous journeys across the Sahara Desert and the Mediterranean Sea in search of better …

The Rector of the Nigeria College of Aviation Technology, Zaria, Captain Akali Modibo, has revealed how the college spent N5bn to service two redundant helicopters in 10 years. Modibo made the revelation during a briefing at the recently concluded Aviation Africa Summit and Exhibition held in Abuja. The rector said …

The Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, has said it increased Nigeria’s tax to Gross Domestic Product, GDP, ratio from 6.0 percent to 10.86 percent in 2022, through various reforms. The Director, Taxpayer Services, FIRS, Abuja, Mrs.    Saidatu Yero, disclosed this yesterday at the sensitization programme of the Lagos Mainland …