Aviation workers in Nigeria, represented by the National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE), have announced the suspension of their planned strike set to commence on August 16. This decision was conveyed in a statement released by Mr. Ocheme Oba, the General Secretary of NUATE, on Wednesday in Lagos. The strike was averted after regulatory […]

Vice President Kashim Shettima, has commended Google’s N1.2 billion grant initiative for the President Tinubu administration’s one million jobs initiative. Mr Shettima made the commendation when he received in the audience some executives of Google, a leading global technology company, at the Presidential Villa, on Tuesday in Abuja. According to him, the announcement of a […]

Plans are not underway by the President Bola Tinubu-led government to reintroduce fuel subsidy, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Tope Ajayi, has said. Ajayi said this while reacting to a report that the president was considering temporary subsidy on petrol as a result of rising crude oil prices and foreign […]

Siemens, the German engineering company, has announced an extension of the anticipated completion date for the comprehensive revitalization of Nigeria’s power infrastructure. Originally projected for completion in 2025, this transformative initiative will now be extended to the year 2030. The project which is part of the Presidential Power Initiative (PPI), is a power upgrade and […]

The Senate on Monday finally concluded the screening of 45 of the 48 ministerial nominees of President Bola Tinubu, confirming them as cabinet members after a week of intense grilling for some and cursory introductions for others. The upper legislative chamber, however, withheld the confirmation of the remaining nominees namely former Governor of Kaduna State; Nasir […]

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has fixed another Extraordinary Summit of the Authority on the political situation in the Republic of Niger for Thursday 10th August 2023. The summit is to be held in Abuja, Nigeria, whose president Bola Tinubu is the current ECOWAS chairman. According to the statement, the summit will […]

The Federal Government, through the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD), has donated Free 50,000 Anthrax Vaccines doses to the Lagos State Government (LASG) to mitigate the spread of the Anthrax Disease to Animals and Humans and ensure the Safety of the Livestock Sub Sector. Assistant Director, Information, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and […]

During a parade by the Ondo State Police Command in Akure, the state capital, a former banker named Uchenna Emmanuel admitted to his inadvertent use of a bank patron’s ATM card for withdrawing cash on five separate occasions. Narrating the incident on Friday, the accused, who had served as a cashier, stated that he executed […]

President Bola Tinubu has finally moved to Aso Rock in Abuja on Sunday, July 30. The official residence has been under renovation since April which led to the president operating from his private residence in Asokoro since his inauguration. Recall that before President Muhammadu Buhari left office, he and his family moved to the Glass […]

President Bola Tinubu has appointed Jim Obazee as a Special Investigator to probe the activities of the Central Bank of Nigeria and other related entities. In a letter dated 28 July, seen by PREMIUM TIMES, Mr Tinubu said the appointment of Mr Obazee, relying on the fundamental objective set forth in Section 15(5) of the […]


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