Tag: President Bola Tinubu

“You’re my friend”, Tinubu tells  Gov. during Enugu working visit

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Tinubu tells Enugu Gov.

President Bola Tinubu, yesterday, arrived in Enugu State on a working visit to unveil various projects by the state government. The President’s  Special Assistant on Social Media, Dada Olusegun, disclosed this in a series of posts on X.com yesterday.  Olusegun wrote: “President Bola Tinubu touched down at the Enugu airport on a working visit to commission various projects by the State government. He is received by H.E Peter Mbah, the Executive Governor of Enugu State. “President Bola Tinubu commissions the 135K road in Enugu Metropolis. PBAT says infrastructure is the…

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“Arrest drift in Nigeria’s broadcasting industry – Northern Broadcast Owners send SOS to Tinubu

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NBMOA on broadcast drift

…Says ghost foreign interests infiltrating broadcast space …Urges NSA NIA, NBC ARCON to step in The Chairman, Board Of Trustees (BOT) Northern Broadcast Media Owners Association, (NBMOA), Alhaji (Dr.) Ahmed Tijjani Ramalan has called on President Bola Tinubu to intervene in the Nigerian broadcast Industry for an urgent holistic regulatory overhaul in order to arrest its slide and prevention of further Local TV and Radio Stations shutdown across the country. Ramalan said, “Some foreign TV channels operations in Nigeria is illegal and against the country’s national, economic, social and Security…

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Northern politicians ask Tinubu to reconsider tax reform Bills

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Northern politicians

Some northern politicians have advised President Bola Tinubu to respect the position of the National Economic Council on the controversial tax reform Bills. Recall that President Tinubu declared last Monday that the tax reforms had come to stay, ruling out the possibility of withdrawing them from the 10th National Assembly as the governors had demanded. However, Northern members of the 10th NASS, the League of Northern Democrats, (LND), and the Northern Elders’ Forum, (NEF), have expressed dismay with President’s insistence that there will be no reversal on the controversial tax…

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“Switch-off your light to reduce electricity costs”, Tinubu advises Nigerians

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Tinubu advises

President Bola Tinubu has advised Nigerians to step-up their management skill in reducing electricity bills. Its not negative to learn to manage. You learn to control your electricity bill, switch off the light; lets learn to manage, Tinubu said on Monday, in a chat with reporters at his Bourdillon residence in the highbrow Ikoyi area of Lagos State. The All-Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain also said he does not believe in price control and he wont go that path. I dont believe in price control; we will work hard to supply…

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Anambra stampede: Tinubu cancels all official events

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Tinubu cancels

President Bola Tinubu yesterday cancelled all his official engagements in Lagos, following the deaths of many people as they scrambled for end-of-year palliatives in Abuja and Okija community in Anambra State. Presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, in a statement, said the events, including the 2024 Lagos Boat Regatta, were cancelled in honour of the stampede victims in Abuja and Okija, Anambra State. Reports indicate that a yet-to-be estimated number of lives were lost at the two tragedies, which also left many others injured. The tragic incidents occured just few days after…

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Tinubu arrives Lagos for Yuletide holidays

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Tinubu arrives Lagos

President Bola Tinubu has left Abuja and travelled to Lagos State to spend this years Christmas and New Year holidays. The President touched down at the Presidential Wing of Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos at precisely 3:23 pm yesterday, shortly after presenting the N47.9 trillion Budget proposal for the 2025 financial year titled: Budget of Restoration: Securing Peace, Building Prosperity, before a joint session of the 10th National Assembly. He was received by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and members of the Lagos Executive Cabinet. Prior to his departure from Abuja,…

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Stubborn ministers have no place in your Govt., Akpabio tells Tinubu

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Akpabio tells Tinubu2

Senate President, Godswill Akpabio has asked President Bola Tinubu to caution ‘intransigent ministers’ in his cabinet who wont respond to invitations by the National Assembly. The Senate President, who made this known yesterday, when the President presented 2025 Budget estimates of N47.9 trillion before a joint session of the National Assembly, said such ministers have no place in Tinubus cabinet because they are not democrats. Those who disregard invitation by the National Assembly are not democratic and therefore have no place in your government, Akpabio told Tinubu before a full…

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ECOWAS: Tinubu presides over Abuja summit, pays ?85bn levy owed Nigeria

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Tinubu presides

President Bola Tinubu has paid ?85 billion, to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), representing 100% payment for levy owed by Nigeria. This translates into $54 million. President of the ECOWAS Commission, Omar Touray, who disclosed this as part of his reports at its 66th Ordinary Summit of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads State and Government meeting in Abuja yesterday. said that the funds represents 100% of the 2023 and 2024 levy, up to July, this year, adding that this is the first time that such will be…

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People may not like us, but things are changing Tinubu

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Asiwaju

President Bola Tinubu has said things are taking shape for the better, even though people may not like his administration. He said amid the tough challenges in the country, his administration had made some progress, noting that there are better days ahead. The President, who was represented by the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Riba?u, made the remarks at the graduation ceremony for the Executive Intelligence Management Course-17 at the National Institute for Security Studies on Saturday, in Abuja. Things are happening in our country today. People may not like us;…

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Renewed Kaduna Restoration Group Chairman commends Tinubu on reconstitution of N’West Dev. Commission Board

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RKRG Chairman commends

The Renewed Kaduna Restoration Group, (RKRG), has hailed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for the recomposition of the Board of the North-West Development Commission (NWDC), with the nomination to Senate of Alhaji Lawal Sama’ila Abdullahi Yakawada, from Kaduna State, as Chairman.  Reacting to the good news, the Association, in a statement issued by its Chairman, Alhaji (Dr) Ahmed Tijjani Ramalan, said the Board rejig is a welcome development. The RKRG leader described the Board members as people of competence and character, who will be loyal to the President to fulfill the…

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