President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of a new board and management team for the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) with effect from December 1, 2023. The composition is as follows: Chief Pius Akinyelure — Non-Executive Board Chairman. Mallam Mele Kolo Kyari — Group Chief Executive OfficerContinue Reading
The Federal Government has announced that palliative road projects in the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, would commence before December. The Federal Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, made this known on Monday in a statement he personally signed. The former Ebonyi State governor was responding toContinue Reading
The Federal Executive Council, on Monday, approved the 2024 appropriation bill of N27.5 trillion to be presented by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The Council is the highest policy-forming body for the federal government and comprises ministers, the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), the national security adviser, andContinue Reading
President Bola Tinubu on Monday swore in the eight new Permanent Secretaries, whose appointments he approved last Friday after they successfully scaled the Federal Civil Service’s selection process. Tinubu swore in the newly elevated officers just before the commencement of this week’s Federal Executive Council meeting, over which heContinue Reading
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has sacked the Speaker of the Kaduna State House of Assembly, Hon. Yusuf Dahiru Liman of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Liman was a member representing Makera Constituency in Kaduna South Local Government Area. The Court also ordered the Independent National ElectoralContinue Reading
Barring any last-minute changes, President Bola Tinubu will, on Wednesday, present the 2024 budget to a joint session of the National Assembly. Details laterContinue Reading
The Edo State Deputy Governor, Comrade Philip Shaibu, on Monday formally declared his intention to contest the 2024 Edo governorship election under the banner of Peoples’ Democratic (PDP). Shaibu, in the early morning declaration, alluded to his political travails in the last couple of months, especially, and declared thatContinue Reading
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has indicated that the Federal Government is considering reintroducing the Policy of University Full Autonomy to promote progress and minimize external impediments. This decision is consistent with the government’s belief that university autonomy allows institutions to develop at their own pace. Tinubu expressed confidence inContinue Reading
Universities in Nigeria are facing a severe staff crisis as hundreds of teachers leave to seek greener pastures in foreign countries despite a high number of retirements at the varsities. In separate interviews with newsmen on Sunday, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) chapters corroborated this, saying the scarcityContinue Reading
