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Nov

2023

President Tinubu Meets Islamic Development Bank Management, Negotiates Multi-Billion Dollar Funding Package For Infrastructure

CBN/Commercial Banking, Economy, FGN, News Flash

President Tinubu Negotiates Multi-Billion Dollar Funding From Islamic Development Bank President Bola Tinubu has secured a multi-billion dollar infrastructure funding package from the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) to fund a multi-sectoral portfolio of infrastructure projects at the federal and sub-national levels in Nigeria. This was disclosed in a statement by presidential spokesperson Ajuri Ngelale on Tuesday. The development was the outcome of substantive investment discussions held between President Tinubu and the Vice-President (Country Programs) of the IDB, Dr. Mansur Muhtar, in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on Monday night, the statement revealed. See the press release below:PRESIDENT TINUBU MEETS ISLAMIC DEVELOPMENT BANK…

Nov

2023

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President Tinubu Makes Fresh Appointment

Abuja, FGN, News Flash, Politics

President Tinubu Makes Fresh Appointment President Bola Tinubu has appointed Abdu Mukhtar to serve as the National Coordinator of the Presidential ‘Unlocking Healthcare Value-Chain’ Initiative. In a statement on Tuesday, presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, said with the appointment of Mukhtar, the President “seeks to unlock billions of dollars of new investment into the nation’s healthcare-delivery system”. Mukhtar will now head the initiative domiciled under the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare. “cross-ministerial collaboration” Mukhtar is expected to restructure the ecosystem of Health Product manufacturing, Health Logistics services, Health Technology services, Health Retail services (e-Commerce), Health Provider facilitation, and Health…

Nov

2023

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State Owned Refineries Given Deadline To Kick-Start Operations – Minister Of Petroleum(Oil)

Abuja, FGN, Oil & Gas

💥BOOM State Owned Refineries And Deadline To Kick-start Operations According To The Minister Of Petroleum : ●Port-Harcourt Oil Refinery With 210,000bdp To Begin Operations By December 2023. ●Warri Refinery With 125,000bpd Expected To Begin Operation Between 1st-2nd Quarter Of 2024. ●Kaduna Refinery With 110,000bdp Expected To Begin Operation By Ending Of 2024. ●The Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano 614km Gas Pipeline Project Will Be Delivered By 2024 ●This Is According To The Minister Of Petroleum (Oil). MAY NIGERIA Succeed SPECIAL ADVERT PROMO FOR 2023 IGBA-OTOMU, IGBA-UCHE, IGBA-EKPE, IZU-UCHE, IGBOTONMA AND IZA-AFA This is a special promo designed for our brothers, sisters, mothers, fathers etc…

Nov

2023

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FG Takes Steps To Take 50m Nigerians Out Of Poverty – Betta Edu

Abuja, Economy, FGN

How FG Will Take 50m Nigerians Out Of Poverty – Betta Edu The Federal Government has spelt out some of the steps that will be adopted to take 50 million people out of poverty in Nigeria, as directed by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu, spoke on Thursday during the ongoing cabinet retreat at the State House Conference Centre, Abuja. The president had on Wednesday announced that ministers would sign a Performance Agreement with him at the end of the three-day cabinet retreat for ministers, presidential aides, permanent secretaries and top government…

Nov

2023

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Breaking News: Total Blackout As Electricity Workers Begin Strike Over Attack On NLC President

FGN, News Flash, Power & Energy

JUST-IN: Total Blackout As Electricity Workers Begins Strike Over Attack On NLC President Electricity workers under the auspices of the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) has asked their members to withdraw their services nationwide by midnight Thursday. The union said the action was to protest the alleged arrest and brutalization of the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, by the police Wednesday during a protest rally in Owerri, the Imo State capital. Following Ajaero’s alleged attack and brutalization by security agents in Imo State, NLC said the leadership of organised labour will convene an emergency meeting…

Oct

2023

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FG To Start Farming With Tertiary Institution Vacant Lands – Senator Abubakar Kyari, Minister Of Agriculture And Food Security

Education, FGN

FG To Start Farming With Tertiary Institution Vacant Lands The Federal Government has revealed its plan to utilise idle acres of land in tertiary institutions for farming as part of measures to boost food supply across the country. Senator Abubakar Kyari, Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, made this known at the Seventh-Day Adventist Church, Eastern Nigeria Union Conference Centenary Public Lecture and Food Summit with the theme ‘”Ending Food Shortage in Nigeria, How to Apply The Surplus Concept’, in Port Harcourt on Friday. Kyari, who was represented by the ministry’s Deputy Director, Nutrition and Food Safety, Nuhu Kilishi, stated…

Oct

2023

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FGN Fulfils One Of Its Promises To NLC

Abuja, FGN, News Flash

FGN Fulfils One Of Its Promises To NLC The Federal Government of Nigeria has initiated the Presidential Compressed Natural Gas Initiative (PCNGI), which involves establishing seven conversion centres throughout the country. As reported by Daily Trust, the official launch of this initiative took place at the State House in Abuja on Friday, October 27, with Chief of Staff to the President Femi Gbajabiamila leading the ceremony. Femi Gbajabiamila, the Chief of Staff to President Bola Tinubu, unveiled the new arrival of CNG buses. Zacch Adedeji, the Chairman of the Presidential CNG Initiative Steering Committee, represented by Mr Farouk Ahmed, the…

Oct

2023

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Federal Government Set To Reactivate The Steel Sector, Revive MTI Onitsha

Economy, FGN, Manufacturing

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SET TO REACTIVATE THE STEEL SECTOR, REVIVE MTI ONITSHA Anambra State Governor, Prof Charles Chukwuma Soludo CFR on Thursday, October 26, 2023 received in courtesy visit the Honourable Minister of State for Steel Development, Uba Maigari Ahmadu at the Governor's Lodge Amawbia, Awka Anambra State. The Honourable Minister, Hon. Uba is on a 2-day official tour of the National Metallurgical Training Institute (NMTI) in Onitsha which is under the purview of his office. The Minister during his speech held that it is difficult to discuss Nigeria industrialization without putting Anambra State into consideration as the state prides as…

Oct

2023

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FG Begins Registration Of Veterans, Others For Palliative

Abia State, FGN

FG Begins Registration Of Veterans, Others For Palliative Federal Government on Saturday evening, flagged off enrollment of veterans for palliative to reduce the effect of fuel subsidy removal by the federal government. This was done through the Steering Committee on Social Safety NET, of the Ministry of Defence. Speaking on the occasion held in Umuahia, the Minister of Defence, Mohammed Badaru Abubakar, who was represented by his Director in Joint Service Forces, Dr. Jude C. Alozie, said the veterans “deserve the best they can get”, hence the desire of the Ministry of Defence to put smiles on the faces of…

Oct

2023

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Sacked EFCC Chairman, Bawa Coughs Out N580 Million

FGN, Crime

N580 Million Recovered From Sacked EFCC Chairman, Bawa Nigeria’s secret police, the Department of State Services (DSS), has reportedly recovered over N580 million from former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa. Bawa has been in DSS custody since June 2023 following his removal from office by President Bola Tinubu. Sources say that the former EFCC chairman has coughed up over N580 million illegally acquired during his time as the head of the agency. “Over N580 million has been retrieved from the incarcerated former chairman of the anti-graft agency, EFCC,” one of the sources told SaharaReporters.…