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Mar

2024

Kidnappers Must Be Treated As Terrorists – President Tinubu Declares

Kidnappers Must Be Treated As Terrorists — Tinubu Declares President Bola Tinubu has declared that individuals involved in despicable crimes such as kidnapping must be treated as terrorists. The President made the declaration on Tuesday at a Ramadan dinner with members of the Federal judiciary led by the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola. Reiterating the government’s resolve to defeat banditry, the President said those who resort to kidnapping children are cowards, incapable of confronting the might of the Nigerian Armed Forces. ”We must treat kidnappers as terrorists,” the President said, according to a statement by his spokesman,…

Mar

2024

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Progress Report On The Nigeria-Morocco Gas Pipeline

Business, Economy, International, News Flash, Presidency

🚨BOOM PROGRESS REPORT ON THE NIGERIA-MOROCCO GAS PIPELINE : ●MD/CEO of NNPCL, Mr Mele Kyari says Final Investment Decision(FID) to be made by December. ●Discussions are progressing as Nigeria aims to establish gas pipelines traversing thirteen African nations and extending to Europe. ● ⁠The agreement to build the $25bn, 48” x 5,300Km pipeline from Nigeria to Dhakia (Morocco) was signed by the NNPCL in 2017. ●Project is expected to transport around 30billion cbf of gas annually when completed. ● Gas, as an alternative source of energy and a potent means of economic diversification, remains a priority for the President Tinubu-led…

Mar

2024

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Tinubu Gives Defense Hqtrs, Chief Of Defense Staff ‘Full Authority’ To Bring Killers Of Delta Soldiers To Justice

Crime, News Flash, Presidency, South South

President Tinubu Gives Defense Hqtrs, Chief Of Defense Staff 'Full Authority' To Bring Killers Of Delta Soldiers To Justice The community is in the Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State. President Bola Tinubu has ordered the Nigerian Defence Headquarters and Chief of Defence Staff to do everything possible to bring to justice, all the killers of the 16 military personnel in Okuoma community. The community is in the Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State. SaharaReporters had reported that a Commanding Officer, two Majors, one Captain and 12 soldiers of 181 Amphibious Battalion, Bomadi Local Government Area…

Mar

2024

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Subsidy Beneficiaries And Smugglers Fighting Back My Efforts To Reposition The Economy

Economy, News Flash, Politics, Presidency

Subsidy Beneficiaries And Smugglers Are Fighting Back My Efforts To Reposition The Economy President Bola Tinubu has said that smugglers and beneficiaries of the old petrol subsidy are fighting back against his effort to reposition the country's economy. Tinubu who had a meeting with the Forum of State Chairmen of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the State House in Abuja on Friday, March 15, stated that Nigeria would prevail against the “agents of destabilization" allegedly working to sabotage efforts at repositioning the economy.

Mar

2024

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Tinubu’s Cataclysmic Presidency And Its Many Danger Signals – By Dr. Engr Odo Ijere (Okpotemba Ohafia)

Columns/Opinions/Letters, Economy, News Flash, Presidency

TINUBU'S CATACLYSMIC PRESIDENCY AND ITS MANY DANGER SIGNALS. No one needs to be told that the nation of Nigeria has finally landed itself in a precipice of chaos and pandemonium. The danger signals are rife and undeniable. The lower limits of suffering has reached its irreducible minimum boundary conditions. Anything can snap and trigger the apocalypse long foretold and long awaited. We're indeed in real trouble. There is frustration everywhere now with the nation attaining its worst bedlam of crisis since constitutional democracy returned in 1999. The truth is that Tinubu's government was negotiated as a sinking ship where he…

Mar

2024

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Hardship: Only Time Can Define Decisions Of True Leader – President Tinubu

Economy, News Flash, Politics, Presidency

Hardship: Only Time Can Define Decisions Of True Leader – Tinubu President Bola Tinubu has extolled the virtues of the first premier of the western region, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, saying his principles have withstood the tests of time and geography. Just like the late sage, whom he said had been a dependable ally of time, the President identified the power of time to judge fairly, noting that it is only time that defines the tough decisions, character and sacrifices a leader has to take to make a difference. Speaking on Wednesday during the 2024 Obafemi Awolowo Prize for Leadership held…

Mar

2024

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5 Biggest Problems Tinubu-Led Government Urgently Needs To Fix

Abuja, FGN, News Flash, Presidency

5 Biggest Problems Tinubu-led Government Urgently Needs To Fix As Nigeria navigates through complex socio-economic and political challenges, President Bola Tinubu’s administration is faced with a myriad of issues that demand immediate attention and decisive action. From power shortages to insecurity and economic instability, here are the five most pressing problems that require urgent solutions by President Tinubu: Power Nigeria’s persistent power crisis remains a significant impediment to economic growth and development. Despite efforts to improve the power sector, inadequate generation, transmission, and distribution infrastructure continue to hinder productivity and investment. The Tinubu-led government must prioritize the revitalization of the…

Mar

2024

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Gov Sanwo-Olu Singlehandedly Brought Akeredolu’s Corpse From Germany – Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu

News Flash, Obituary, Presidency

Governor Sanwo-Olu singlehandedly brought Akeredolu’s corpse from Germany – Betty.February 29, 2024. Mrs Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu, wife of the late former Governor of Ondo State, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has disclosed that Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State “singlehandedly brought back” the corpse of her husband from Germany. Akeredolu, aged 67, died in Germany on December 26, 2023 after a prolonged illness and buried in Owo, his country home, on February 23, 2024. President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday visited the family of the late Akeredolu in Owo . Tinubu, accompanied by Chief Bisi Akande and Chief Pius Akinyelure, was received by the widow…

Mar

2024

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‘I Take Full Responsibility For The Nation; We Are Building An Efficient Nigeria That Is Inclusive And Fair To All’ – President Tinubu

Abuja, News Flash, Presidency

STATE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE PRESIDENT TINUBU: I TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE NATION; WE ARE BUILDING AN EFFICIENT NIGERIA THAT IS INCLUSIVE AND FAIR TO ALL NIGERIANS President Bola Tinubu says his administration is working to ensure that Nigeria is reformed for greater efficiency with a particular emphasis on systematically inculcating fairness and equity in all aspects of the national life. Addressing Afenifere leaders at the residence of Pa Reuben Fasoranti in Akure, Ondo State, on Wednesday, the President emphasized his commitment to leading Nigeria towards economic and social prosperity. ''Nigeria will survive the current economic challenges. There is light…

Mar

2024

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You Can’t Fight Me, President Tinubu Dares NLC

FGN, Labour, News Flash, Presidency

You Can’t Fight Me, Tinubu Dares NLC President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Thursday condemned the recent protest by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), warning the Labour movement to know that it is not the only voice of the people. He spoke at the commissioning of the Lagos Red Line Train connecting from Agbado to Oyingbo. The Labour Union had on Tuesday staged a protest over hardship in the land as well as the refusal of the federal government to implement agreement reached with the unions. But Tinubu came hard on the Labour in the course of his remark, saying Labour…