Newspaper Headlines: FG yet to recover CBN anchor borrowers’ loans from farmers
Reports on the collapse of the national grid, and the appointment of Zacch Adedeji as the new acting executive chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), permeate the front pages of Nigerian newspapers. Source: Top Stories
Off-cycle polls: Egbetokun assures Nigerians of adequate security
Kayode Egbetokun, acting inspector-general of police (IGP), says the force has put in place “watertight” measures to ensure free and fair governorship elections in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi states. Egbetokun spoke in Abuja on Thursday during a meeting with strategic police managers and the media to highlight policies, breakthroughs and achievements of the […]
Tinubu: I’m not the president who gives excuses — Nigerians shouldn’t be poor
President Bola Tinubu says he will work to ensure Nigerians are taken out of poverty. A statement by Ajuri Ngelale, presidential spokesperson, on Thursday, said Tinubu spoke while receiving a 62-person delegation from Rivers state, at the State House, Abuja. The delegation comprised leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the opposition […]
Supreme court will correct errors in tribunal verdict, says PDP BoT
The board of trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says it is confident that the supreme court will rectify the errors in the judgment delivered by the presidential election petitions tribunal. The PDP BoT position is contained in a communique issued at the end of a meeting in Abuja on Thursday. […]
Tinubu appoints Bulus Yakubu as pioneer coordinator of social investment agency
President Bola Tinubu has appointed Delu Bulus Yakubu as the pioneer national coordinator and chief executive officer (CEO) of the National Social Investment Programmes Agency (NSIPA). A statement by Anjuri Ngelale, presidential spokesperson, on Thursday, said the appointment is subject to senate confirmation. “The President directed the new appointee to convey the […]
Tinubu meets Ganduje, service chiefs, receives report on farmer-herder clashes
President Bola Tinubu on Thursday met with Abdullahi Ganduje, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), and the service chiefs at the Aso Rock villa. The meeting, held at the council chambers of the presidential villa, was about finding solutions to the protracted clashes between farmers and herders in parts of the […]
Tinubu appoints Adedeji as FIRS boss, asks Nami to proceed on terminal leave
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Zacch Adedeji as the new acting executive chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). Tinubu also directed Muhammad Nami, the current FIRS chairman, to proceed on three months of pre-retirement leave, as provisioned by Public Service Rule (PSR) 120243, with immediate effect. The leave […]
Adelabu: National power grid collapse caused by fire incident | 356MW lost
The federal government says the collapse of the national grid was caused by a fire outbreak on the Kainji/Jebba 330 kilovolt (kV) line. On Thursday, in a series of posts on X, Adebayo Adelabu, minister of power, said the fire led to about 356.63MW generation loss. Earlier today, the national grid suffered […]