President Bola Tinubu has appointed Ambassador Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu as Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, following the resignation of Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar, who stepped down to participate in the 2027 elections. Ambassador Odumegwu-Ojukwu previously served as Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In the same vein, the President has nominated Ambassador Sola Enikanolaiye…
President Bola Tinubu has approved the nomination of Mr Rabiu Abdullahi Umar as the new Chief Executive of Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA). The appointment is subject to Senate confirmation. The president has also approved the removal of Mr Saidu Mohammed as the Authority Chief Executive of NMDPRA, in the public interest….
The Senate has increased this year’s revenue target of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) to N10trillionSenate Committee on Customs with a matching order that the revenue be raised to N10 trillion. NCS got the new target while it was defending its 2025 budget proposal of N6.584 trillion before the Senate Committee on Customs. Chairman of…
Senate President, Godswill Akpabio and other stakeholders have called for a radical shift in the continent’s approach to natural resource management, urging nations to abandon the historical role of merely supplying raw materials to the global market while others profit from innovation, branding, and economic control. The call was made in Abuja yesterday during the…
Chairman Senate Committee on Solid Minerals Development, Senator Ekong Sampson, has said the 10th Senate will closely monitor and ensure judicious use of the N1 trillion earmarked in the 2025 budget to revive and boost the solid minerals’ sector. Senator Sampson, representing Akwa Ibom South spoke yesterday while on an oversight to Mining Sites in…
The National Assembly says its support for the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN’s) recapitalisation efforts aims to enhance the bank’s capacity to deliver affordable housing and reduce the nation’s housing deficit. Chairman of the Senate Committee on Lands, Housing, and Urban Development, Sen. Aminu Tambuwal, stated this in Lagos during a top management housing…
The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has called for the timely passage of the four tax reform bills currently before the National Assembly. MAN President Otunba Francis Meshioye said the outlook for the manufacturing sector, and by extension, the economy in 2025 will largely depend on the success of ongoing economic reforms, which include the…
Those in attendance include the Chief of Defence Staff, Christopher Musa, the Chief of Army Staff, Taoreed Lagbaja, the Chief of Air Staff, Hassan Abubakar and the Chief of Naval Staff, Emmanuel Ogalla. Others are the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun; the Director General of the State Services, Yusuf Magaji Bichi, and the Director…
