President Bola Tinubu has advised Nigerians to apply austerity measures by switching off electrical gadgets to save electricity bills. He said “It’s not negative to learn to manage. You learn to control your electricity bill, switch off the light, let’s learn to manage,” Tinubu said on Monday in a chat with reporters at his Bourdillon … Read more
President Bola Tinubu has accused organisers for the deadly stampedes that occurred during the distribution of relief materials in three states. Recall in the past week, chaotic scenes in Ibadan, Anambra and Abuja led to the deaths of over 60 people, including children, as crowds scrambled for food items. During a Presidential Media Chat on … Read more
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Monday said that the borrowing envisaged in the 2025 budget was targeted at providing critical infrastructure. The President, in his maiden media chat, said the country had a serious infrastructure shortage. “We have to put money on the long-term matching projects, we don’t have the short-term funds to manage long-term … Read more
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Monday said he had no regret removing fuel subsidy. The president, who stated this during his first media chat, said fuel subsidy removal was necessary to prevent the country from bankruptcy. Tinubu had, during his inauguration as president on May 29, 2023, announced the immediate removal of fuel subsidy, with … Read more
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described the three recent food stampedes in Nigeria as “an ugly testament to the alarming level of misery, poverty, hunger, starvation, sense of hopelessness and desperation for survival currently plaguing our nation” under the President Bola Tinubu-led All Progressives Congress (APC) government. In a statement on Sunday, … Read more
Nigeria’s President, Bola Tinubu, has described Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State, as a bridge-builder and model political leader, following the calibre of persons across political divides that graced his son’s wedding in Asaba. President Tinubu stated this at the wedding between Mr Clinton Oborevwori and his hearthrob Knowledge Davidson at the Living Faith Church, … Read more
President Bola Tinubu has cancelled all his official events in Lagos on Saturday, including his attendance at the 2024 Lagos Boat Regatta in honour of the stampedes victims in Abuja and Okija, Anambra. The two tragedies claimed many lives and left many others injured. Tinubu was scheduled to watch the boat parade and other activities … Read more
President Bola Tinubu has said that the 2025 budget forecasts that inflation will decline from current 34.6% to 15% next year. He said this during his presentation of the N47.9 trillion 2025 budget proposal to a joint session of the National Assembly on Wednesday. The President also said that the exchange rate will improve from … Read more
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the reconstitution of the Executive Management of 12 River Basin Development Authorities under the Federal Ministry of Water Resources. OGUN-OSUN RIVER BASIN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, ABEOKUTA (Lagos, Oyo, Ogun and Osun): 1. Hon. Odebunmi Olusegun – Chairman (Oyo) 2. Engr. Dr. Adedeji Ashiru – Managing Director (Osun) 3. … Read more
Defence and insecurity , infrastructure, health and education were some of the sectors with high allocations in the N47.9tn Budget Proposal presented by President Bola Tinubu before a joint session of the National Assembly on Wednesday afternoon. “It is with great pleasure that I lay before this distinguished joint session of the National Assembly, the … Read more