In a move aimed at bolstering access to higher education for Nigerian students, President Bola Tinubu has appointed renowned businessman Jim Ovia, the founder of Zenith Bank, as the chairman of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) board. The announcement came via a State House press release issued on Friday, underscoring Tinubu’s commitment to ...

  Nigeria’s President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has directed the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) to admit its graduates into the Nigerian Law School, in response to the ongoing controversy surrounding the academic credentials of NOUN law graduates. This directive comes amidst calls from lawyers and legal bodies to investigate the authenticity of NOUN’s BSc ...

In a solemn ceremony held at the National Cemetery, Abuja, President Bola Tinubu conferred posthumous national honours on the 17 soldiers who tragically lost their lives in the Okuama community of Delta State. The announcement of this gesture was made by Dada Olusegun, the special assistant to President Tinubu on social media. President Tinubu arrived ...

President Bola Tinubu has given his approval for the appointment of a fresh management team for the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON). As stated in a Thursday announcement by his spokesperson, Ajuri Ngelale, these appointments are subject to confirmation by the Nigerian Senate. The newly proposed team includes Gbenga Alade as the Managing Director/CEO, ...

  In a poignant State of the Nation letter delivered on Valentine’s Day to His Excellency, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Yakubu Chonoko Maikyau, OON, SAN has expressed grave concerns over the prevailing state of insecurity and other critical issues affecting the nation and emphasizing the urgency of ...

  The Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, has thanked President Bola Tinubu for allowing the judiciary to discharge its duties independently which saw him and other governors win their cases at the Supreme Court. Otti noted that Tinubu’s non-interference in the judiciary has brought about positive results in the country. The governor spoke to journalists ...

President Bola Tinubu has ordered a thorough probe of the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation led by Betta Edu. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, made this known in a statement on Sunday. Controversy had enveloped Edu’s alleged involvement in the approval of N585,198,500.00 to be disbursed into a personal ...

  President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been asked to rename the Independent National Electoral Commission’s Secretariat in the nation’s capital after the late Ondo State Governor, Chief Rotimi Akeredolu, SAN. Human Rights Writers Association Of Nigeria (HURIWA), while condoling with the good people of Ondo State over the death of their governor, said the late ...

    A few hours after Godwin Emefiele, the then Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) was suspended by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on June 10, 2023, he was arrested with a vengeance by the operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS), his case later transferred to the Economic and Financial Crimes ...

The Presidency has responded to the statement credited to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, faulting the judges and justices over their rulings, and alleging that they were induced by President Bola Tinubu’s administration. In a statement by his media adviser, Mazi Paul Ibe, on Monday, the ex-vice president said the present administration is silencing the ...

Prince Lateef Fagbemi, the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), says President Bola Tinubu has directed the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission to review its recommendation on the 114 percent additional remuneration of judicial officers. Prince Fagbemi stated this during the Nigerian Judges’ Conference of the Superior Courts at the National Judicial Institute in ...

  A Fulani socio-cultural group Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, has renowned its vow to assist President Bola Tinubu’s administration fight insecurity in the country. The group has also revealed plans to unveil its quasi-security outfit tasked with removing the bad eggs among them and others involved in criminal activities across the country. The group said ...

The presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, has said the position of the Supreme Court, affirming President Bola Tinubu as the winner of the 2023 election, leaves many questions unanswered. He also said Nigeria was the bigger loser of the court verdict. He said, “The bigger loss is not mine but ...

  President Bola Tinubu has appointed Prof. Tunji Olaopa as Chairman of the Federal Civil Service Commission. This was announced in a statement by Ajuri Ngelale, Presidential spokesman, on Friday. The statement also announced new appointments across regions and geopolitical zones. “As one of fourteen Federal Executive Bodies into which Section 154 of the Nigerian ...

    The immediate past Vice Chairman of Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Ungoggo branch, Kano Mr Wada Ahmed Wada, Esq. has been appointed as the Special Assistant on Special Duties to His Excellency, the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, in the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation. The Kano based lawyer, ...

Nigeria’s President-elect Bola Tinubu sits at the International Centre waiting to receive his certificate of return by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Abuja on March 1, 2023. (Photo by Olukayode Jaiyeola/NurPhoto via Getty Images) The Supreme Court on Thursday affirmed the election of Bola Tinubu as Nigeria’s president in the 2023 general election. ...