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President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of 18 Special Advisers and Senior Special Assistants to realize the agenda of the Federal Government across the different sectors of the economy. The Director of Information, Office of the Vice President, Olusola Abiola in an announcement yesterday said the team comprising 6 Special Advisers and 12 Senior Special Assistants would work in the office of the Vice President, supporting the Renewed Hope […]

President Bola Tinubu has departed Nigeria for New York in the United States US to attend the 78th United Nations General Assembly UNGA expected to be held between today September 18 and 26, 2023 where he is expected to deliver his inaugural national statement on the floor of the UN headquarters tomorrow. The theme for this year’s meeting is, Rebuilding Trust and Reigniting Global Solidarity: Accelerating Action on the 2030 […]

Vice President Kashim Shettima has departed Abuja to represent President Bola Tinubu at the G77+China Leaders’ Summit in Havana, Cuba from tomorrow to Sunday to be hosted by the President of the Republic of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel in his capacity as Chairman of the G77 and China.   The Director of Information, Office of the Vice President, Olusola Abiola in a statement yesterday said Shettima will be joining other world […]

The Presidency says the lifting of the visa ban on Nigerians by the United Arab Emirates doesn’t mean that things will go back as they used to, especially as it concerns UAE visa applications and processing. The Media aide to the President, Ajuri Ngelale in a television interview shortly after the deal between his principal President Bola Tinubu, and his UAE counterpart Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan went public, said […]

Nigerians of his renewed and energized focus on delivering his vision of a unified, peaceful and prosperous nation following the judgment by the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal PEPT in Abuja. In a statement signed by his spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, Tinubu said he welcomes the judgment of the Tribunal with an intense sense of solemn responsibility and preparedness to serve all Nigerians, irrespective of all diverse political persuasions, faiths, and tribal identities. The President noted […]

The Federal Government says it has sealed an agreement with the Trade Union Congress, for a two-week window to address the impasse following a two-day warning strike embarked on by members of the Nigeria Labor Congress NLC which commenced yesterday.   The Director, of Press and Public Relations, at the Ministry of Labor and Employment Olajide Oshundu who announced this yesterday stated that the meeting that the minister held on […]

President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Mandate Secretaries for the Federal Capital Territory FCT to be sworn in on Tuesday, September 12th at the International Conference Center, Abuja.   The FCT spokesman Anthony Ogunleye revealed the newly appointed secretaries to include Bitrus Garki for the Area Council Services Secretariat, Lawan Kolo Geidam for the Agriculture and Rural Development Secretariat, Danlamk Ihayyo for Education, Adedolapo Fasawe Health and Human […]

The Presidency says that President Bola Tinubu is not worried about the outcome of the upcoming judgment to be delivered by the Presidential Election Petition Court tomorrow.   The spokesman to the President, Ajuri Ngelale in a television interview yesterday said his principal sees no need to threaten judicial officers, saying that the judiciary is in the best position to make independent decisionsbased on the merits of the case before […]

President Bola Tinubu will jet to New Delhi, India, today to attend the G-20 Leaders’ Summit on the special invitation of the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi.   In a statement yesterday by his spokesman, Ajuri Ngela said on the sidelines of the Summit, his principal will participate in and deliver keynote addresses at both the Nigeria-India Presidential Roundtable and the Nigeria-India Business Conference expected to be attended by […]