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PRESIDENT TINUBU APPOINTS NEW PTDF EXECUTIVE SECRETARY AND RENEWS TENURE OF TCN MD/CEO
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, has appointed Professor Shu’aibu Shehu Aliyu as the Executive Secretary of the Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF). He replaces Ahmed Galadima Aminu, who recently resigned to participate in the 2027 governorship election in Adamawa State. President Tinubu has also renewed Engineer Sule Ahmed Abdulaziz’s appointment as the Managing Director/Chief Executive […]
PRESIDENT TINUBU POSTPONES OGUN TRIP, HEADS TO JOS AS HE BEGINS 4-STATE VISIT
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu today postponed his scheduled trip to Iperu, Ogun State, tomorrow to flag off operations at the Gateway International Cargo Airport. Instead, he will head to Jos, capital of Plateau state, to commiserate with the government and people of the state over the recent gun attacks, which claimed the lives of innocent […]
PRESIDENT TINUBU RENEWS APPOINTMENT OF PROFESSOR IDRIS BUGAJE AS EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF NBTE
President Bola Tinubu has renewed the appointment of Professor Idris Muhammad Bugaje as the Executive Secretary of the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) for a second and final term of five years. Professor Bugaje was appointed as Executive Secretary of NBTE on March 14, 2021, for an initial term of five years. President Tinubu […]
VP SHETTIMA TO LAUNCH FIRST UNIVERSITY PODS IN NIGERIA AT UNILAG
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 […]
MIDDLE-EAST CRISIS: HOW TINUBU’S POLICY OF NAIRA-FOR-CRUDE GUARANTEES SUPPLY SECURITY IN NIGERIA: BY TEMITOPE AJAYI
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 TINUBU FELICITATES RENOWNED EDUCATIONIST DENNIS OKORO AT 90
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 TINUBU CONGRATULATES FRCN ON 75TH ANNIVERSARY
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 TINUBU CONDEMNS KILLINGS IN PLATEAU AND KADUNA, ASSURES SECURITY AGENCIES WILL BRING PERPETRATORS TO JUSTICE
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 TINUBU APPOINTS IBRAHIM IDA AS CAC CHAIRMAN, NOMINATES SEVEN AS NATIONAL POPULATION COMMISSIONERS, CONFIRMS BALA BELLO AS SPECIAL ADVISER
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 […]
VP SHETTIMA VISITS EL-RUFAI, CONSOLES EX-KADUNA GOV OVER MOTHER’S DEMISE
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 […]
FG Targets MSMEs’ Access To $3.5trn AfCFTA Market, Launches Cross-Border Digital Payments Report
The federal government on Monday launched the “Cross-Border Digital Payments and Identity in Nigeria under the AfCFTA” report, urging stakeholders to unlock trade opportunities for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) to access the $3.5 trillion African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) market. The high-level report, hosted by the Office of the Vice President in […]
Govt, Media Must See Each Other As Partners, Says VP Shettima
Lauds TVC’s Babajide for nurturing tradition of critical engagement with ‘Journalists Hangout‘ The Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, has implored the Nigerian media to be partners in progress with the government by utilising their platforms to strengthen the nation’s democracy through constructive journalism and critical thinking. He observed that a society is destroyed not by […]
