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Dec

2023

President Tinubu Travelled With Over 1400 Delegates On Multi Billion-Naira Junket To Dubai COP-28 Conference

President Tinubu takes over 1,400 delegates on multibillion-naira junket to Dubai COP-28 conference Barely a year after condemning the proposed emission cut to Nigeria and other African countries, President Bola Tinubu this week travelled to the United Arab Emirates for a climate summit with over 1,400 delegates from Nigeria. According to the United Nations, this year’s Conference of the Parties will be held from November 30 to December 12 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The body released a list of participants from Nigeria who would be taking part in the event, which ranged from people in the president’s office to…

Dec

2023

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New Minimum Wage Regime To Start April 1st, 2024 – Presidency

Abuja, Economy, News Flash, Presidency

💥BREAKING UPDATE ON THE NEW MINIMUM WAGE : ●A New Minimum Wage Regime Would Come Into Effect On April 1st 2024 As The Current N30k Minimum Wage Regime Ends. ●The Federal Government And Labour Unions Have The Next 4 Months (December, January , February And March) To Deliberate On A New Minimum Wage. ●The New Minimum Wage Would Be An Increased Amount That's Left For Fed Govt And Labour Unions To Decide. ●The Nigerian Senate Are Ready To Support A New Minimum Wage Bill. SPECIAL ADVERT PROMO FOR 2023 IGBA-OTOMU, IGBA-UCHE, IGBA-EKPE, IZU-UCHE, IGBOTONMA AND IZA-AFA This is a special…

Dec

2023

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President Tinubu Signs Agreement With Germany To Increase Grid Capacity To 12,000MW

News Flash, Power & Energy, Presidency

Nigeria Signs Agreement With Germany To Increase Grid Capacity To 12,000MW President Bola Tinubu has signed an agreement with Olaf Scholz, Chancellor of Germany, to improve Nigeria’s grid capacity and improve electricity supply in the country. The agreement aimed at accelerating the Presidential Power Initiative (PPI) was signed on Friday by Kenny Anuwe, CEO of FGN Power Company, and Nadja Haakansson, Siemens Energy managing director for Africa, on the sidelines of the ongoing COP28 in Dubai. The PPI project agreement was first entered in 2019 and was to be implemented in three phases including delivering an additional 2GW to the…

Dec

2023

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Shettima Dressed In Isiagu, Rocks ‘Isiagu’ As Soludo Welcomes Him To Anambra

News Flash, Politics, Presidency, South East

Shettima Rocks ‘Isiagu’ As Soludo Welcomes Him To Anambra Governor of Anambra State, Chukwuma Soludo, on Thursday welcomed Vice President Kashim Shettima to the state. Shettima donned a shirt made with ‘Isiagu’ fabric, which is popular among the Igbos. Isiagu literally means lion’s head, which signifies the printed design on the fabric. Soludo welcomed the VP at the Chinua Achebe International Airport, Umueri. According to Anambra Broadcasting Service, Shettima is on an official visit to the state. 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,…

Nov

2023

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President Tinubu Meets King Charles, Discusses Partnership

International, News Flash, Presidency

Tinubu Meets King Charles, Discusses Partnership President Bola Tinubu has met with the King of England, King Charles III, on the sidelines of the COP28 Summit in Dubai. Tinubu shared photos from the meeting on his Instagram page on Thursday, noting that the meeting was to strengthen partnership between both countries. The photos were captioned, “I had a productive meeting with His Majesty, King Charles III of England who is also the Head of the Commonwealth, and a passionate climate advocate. “The meeting was a significant step in strengthening the partnership between Nigeria and the United Kingdom, and I am…

Nov

2023

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Tinubu Presents N27 Trillion Budget Size, Reconstitutes NNPC Board Management

News Flash, Oil & Gas, Politics, Presidency

Tinubu Proposes N27 Trillion Budget Size, Reconstitutes NNPC Board, Management Without N’Deltan At The Helm TinubuExpectedly, President Bola Tinubu will be presenting the country's highest budget proposal since the return of civil rule in 1999, to the National Assembly for legislative action this Wednesday. The Tinubu administration is proposing a budget size of N27 trillion for the 2024 fiscal year. Disturbingly, the president does not seem to find the Niger Delta, the oil and gas region that is still contributing more than 80 percent of Nigeria's earnings fit enough to head the state oil corporation, Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC)…

Nov

2023

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Excitement As FGN Moves To Crash Cooking Gas Price

News Flash, Oil & Gas, Presidency

Excitement As FG Moves To Crash Cooking Gas Price The Federal Government has initiated a process to resolve challenges bordering on the supply and pricing of Liquefied Petroleum Gas in the country’s domestic market better known as cooking gas. A statement by Louis Ibah, spokesman for the Minister of State Petroleum Resources (Gas), Ekperikpe Ekpo, said the minister waded into the issue following a rise in the price of LPG per kg from about N700 to above N1,100 in some parts of the country. He said the meeting, at the instance of the minister, which was held at the NNPC…

Nov

2023

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The Student’s Loan Scheme Will Be Open To All Nigerian Students By January, 2024 – Presidency

CBN/Commercial Banking, News Flash, Presidency

💥BOOM The Student's Loan Scheme By The President Tinubu's Administration Will Be Open To All Nigerian Students When It Commences In January 2024 . ●No More Slots For Politicians , A Digital Portal Would Be Launched And It Would Be Accessible By Nigerian Students. ●Nobody Will Need To Know Anybody To Qualify For These Loans So That Access To This Financing Will Be Genuinely Egalitarian Says CoS Femi Gbajabiamila. 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 who are involved in the above…

Nov

2023

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Power Equation Is Being Adjusted By President Tinubu- Dr. Peter Afunnaya

News Flash, Politics, Presidency

Power Equation Is Being Adjusted by President Tinubu I already agreed on the screwed process where the Northerners took advantage of the fact that they were in power for a long period of time in the history of nigeria. But going forward things will start to change. For instance, DSS has 37 state directors, 26;were northeners before Tinubu came on board in May this year. As at today, we now have 18 Northerners and 19 southerners.Tinubu reshuffled them quietly:6 from southeast5 from Southsouth8 from southwest DSS has 6 functioning directorates:All the 6 directorates we're headed by northerners before Tinubu came…

Nov

2023

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Exclusive!: Happy 90th Birthday, General Gowon; Strange, But true About Him….

News Flash, People & Events, Presidency

Strange, but true…… Gowon was the only person to become Nigeria's Head of State as a bachelor. Gowon was the only Nigerian military officer to have jumped the ranks of Colonel and Brigadier when the Supreme Military Council promoted him from the rank of Lieutenant Colonel to a Major-General on 1st June 1967. Gowon was the youngest ever Nigerian to become Head of State at 31 years. Gowon was the only one to get married while occupying the office of the Head of State. Gowon was the longest serving Nigerian Head of State (9 years at a stretch). Gowon, at…