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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) says power supply has been restored in some parts of the country. Ndid Mbah, TCN’s spokesperson, in a statement on Thursday, said the regions where power has been restored included the west, north-central, south, east, and a large portion of the northern states. Earlier today, the […]

The federal government has moved the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) to the ministry of interior. The NIMC was formerly under the ministry of communications, innovation and digital economy. The commission has the mandate to establish, own, operate, maintain and manage the national identity database in Nigeria, register persons covered by NIMC […]

The court of appeal in Abuja has set aside the judgment of the national and state houses of assembly election tribunal in Asaba. The tribunal had declared Ndudi Elumelu, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as winner of the 2023 election for Aniocha/Oshimili federal constituency, Delta state. In a judgment on […]

Wole Soyinka, the Nobel laureate, says the leadership of the Labour Party (LP) knew that Peter Obi, the presidential candidate, lost the February 25 election. Soyinka accused the leadership of the opposition party of trying to force “a lie” on Nigerians, especially youths, that Obi won the election. The Nobel laureate spoke at […]