The Vice President, Sen. Kashim Shettima will, on Tuesday, April 7, perform the formal flag off the first University Innovation Pods (UNIPOD) in Nigeria at the University of Lagos. UNIPOD, an initiative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in partnership with the Federal Government of Nigeria, aims to reconfigure Nigeria’s development architecture to transform […]

President Bola Tinubu demonstrated foresight in July 2024, when he approved the use of the naira as the payment currency for crude oil supplied by the NNPC to the Dangote Refinery. Since the launch of the naira-for-crude initiative on October 1, 2024, Nigeria has experienced a strategic breakthrough amid the ongoing economic turmoil resulting from […]

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu extends warm congratulations to a distinguished educationist and pioneer member of the Universal Primary Education (UPE) programme, Mr Dennis Okoro, on his 90th birthday on March 31. President Tinubu commends the celebrant’s remarkable life, defined by a commitment to service, knowledge, dedication, and enduring contributions to advancing education in Nigeria. “Your […]

President Bola Tinubu felicitates with the management and staff of the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) on its 75th anniversary, April 1, 2026. The President extends greetings to the minister, management, and staff of the Ministry of Information and National Orientation, as well as to other sister agencies of the FRCN, on this auspicious […]

President Bola Tinubu has strongly condemned the barbaric and cowardly attacks by gunmen in Angwan Rukuba district, Jos, Plateau State. He equally condemned the attacks in Kahir village in Kagarko Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Describing the attack on the community in Jos and the killing and abduction of wedding guests in Kaduna as […]

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Sen. Dr Ibrahim Ida as Chairman of the Corporate Affairs Commission and nominated seven people to fill vacant commissioner positions at the National Population Commission. Ida holds an MSc in Banking & Finance from the University of Ibadan (1983) and an LLB from the University of Abuja (2003). Before […]

Vice President Kashim Shettima has commiserated with former Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, over the death of his mother, late Hajiya Fatima Umma. The Vice President who paid the El-Rufai family at their Abuja residence called for collective effort in uniting the nation aside political differences. Senator Shettima prayed for the repose of […]