Prior to the expected announcement of the ambassadorial list, the Federal Government started sending consular officials to diplomatic posts across the globe. In September 2023, 83 ambassadors were recalled; this action followed 14 months later. The 83 ambassadors, both career and non-career, were recalled from their positions in September 2023 as a result of a…
Monday Okpebholo has been inaugurated as the governor of Edo, marking an end to the eight-year stint of Godwin Obaseki at the helm of affairs in the South-South state. Two months after the All Progressives Congress (APC) secured the Dennis Osadebe House ticket, the event was held on Tuesday at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in…
The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) has congratulated Nigerians who have won elections in foreign countries. Four Nigerians, a United States-born Nigerian, Dr Oye Owolewa (District of Columbia), Chiaka Barry, (Ginninderra District, Australia), Segun Adeyina, (Georgia, USA), and Yemi Mobolade, (Colorado Springs, USA) won elections into various elective positions. In a congratulatory message to them…
The President, Federal Republic of Nigeria, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, has approved the reappointment of the Director General, National Biotechnology Research and Development Agency (NBRDA), Prof. Abdullahi Mustapha for a second tenure of 5 years.His reappointment was conveyed in a letter signed by the Secretary to the Government (SGF), Senator George Akume, fnim, CON….
President Bola Tinubu has extended his heartfelt congratulations to President Donald Trump on his re-election as the 47th President of the United States of America. A statement by Special Adviser to the President (Information & Strategy), Bayo Onanuga on Wednesday, said President Tinubu looks forward to strengthening the relations between Nigeria and the United States…
Donald Trump has won the US presidential election, media said Wednesday, defeating Kamala Harris in a stunning political comeback that will send shock waves across the world. The polarizing Republican’s victory, following one of the most hostile campaigns in modern US history, was all the more remarkable given an unprecedented criminal conviction, a near-miss assassination…
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested a former Governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa, for alleged diversion of N1.3 trillion 13% derivation fund from the federation account between 2015 and 2023. Okowa was arrested on Monday, November 4, 2024, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, when he reported at the Port…
The Federal Government has released funds to pay withheld salaries of the Non-Academic Staff Union of Federal Universities (NASU). The Office of the Accountant General of the Federation (OAGF) announced this in an Abuja statement. The FG has also made money available for retiree payments under the Nigerian Union of Pensioners Contributory Pension Scheme Sector…
President Bola Tinubu congratulates Honourable Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, Ghana’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, on her election as the incoming Secretary-General of the Commonwealth. On Friday, leaders of the 56 Commonwealth nations meeting in Apia, Samoa, elected Botchwey, a 61-year-old former lawmaker who has served as Ghana’s foreign minister for the last seven…
The Federal Government’s Heads of Agencies, Ministers, and Ministers of State are only allowed to have three cars in their official convoys, per President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s directive. “No additional vehicles will be assigned to them for movement,” stated Bayo Onanuga, the President’s Special Advisor on Information and Strategy, who announced on Thursday. The move…
