Retiring State House staff are among the first set of federal civil servants to benefit from the newly approved gratuity scheme introduced by President Bola Tinubu’s administration, the Permanent Secretary, State House, Mr. Temitope Peter Fashedemi, has said. Fashedemi spoke on Thursday in Abuja at a send-off ceremony organised by the State House in honour […]

Significant progress has been made towards establishing state police, with a constitutional amendment expected soon, following months of consultations among the Executive, the National Assembly and security authorities. The Chief of Staff to the President, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, disclosed this on Thursday while briefing State House Correspondents after a consultative meeting on state police convened by the Presidency, held at […]

The Chief of Staff to the President, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, has described the Minister of State-designate for Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Sola Enikanolaiye, as a national asset.   Gbajabiamila made the remarks on Wednesday at the State House during a send-off ceremony organised by his office in honour of the ambassador.   The Chief of […]

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has sent a congratulatory message to Ambassador Jimoh Ibrahim, Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, on his election as Chairman of the United Nations General Assembly Fifth Committee on Budget and Administration.   President Tinubu noted that the election of Senator Ibrahim is noteworthy at a particularly critical moment for the […]

The Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, has implored state governments to accelerate business-enabling reforms to unlock the full potential of the $750 million World Bank-assisted State Action on Business Enabling Reforms (SABER) programme. This, he said, has become necessary to attract domestic and global capital, enhance local infrastructure, and drive subnational economic growth. Senator Shettima, […]

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has returned to Abuja after the Eid-el-Kabir holiday in Lagos, during which he undertook a series of important political, governmental, and national engagements.   President Bola Tinubu, whose plane touched down at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, at exactly 5:17 pm, was received by the Minister of […]

The Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, has applauded the donation of specialised communication equipment to the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) by renown satellite internet service provider, Starlink. He described Nigeria’s partnership with Space X’s Starlink, one of the world’s largest satellite internet constellations, in enhancing emergency and disaster management in Nigeria as a collaboration […]