President Tinubu has reportedly barred all ex-Niger Delta militant leaders from visiting him in the presidential villa in Abuja. Leadership reports that the decision was taken in the aftermath of the visit to President Tinubu by the leader of the defunct Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force, (NDPVF), Mujarhedeen Asari-Dokubo, on June 16, 2023. …
Senior Pastor of the Citadel Global Community Church, formerly known as the Latter Rain Church, Pastor Tunde Bakare has lamented over the rising cost of living witnessed across the country. Bakare who stated that removal of fuel subsidy has had a negative effect on Nigerians, asked President Tinubu not to kill Nigerians but tackle…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Tuesday inaugurated the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms. Truetells Nigeria reports that the inauguration took place at the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa in Abuja. Recall that the President had on July 7 approved the establishment of the Committee headed by a former Fiscal Policy Partner and Africa…
President Bola Tinubu has appointed a 400-level Economics student of the University of Ibadan (UI), Orire Agbaje, as a member of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms. Truetells Nigeria understands that Agbaje is the President of The Tax Club, University of Ibadan (UI), and also the President of the Nigerian Universities Tax…
President Bola Tinubu is meeting with the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation, Prof. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. According to Vanguard, Okonjo-Iweala arrived at the Presidential Villa at about 2:50 pm alongside the former Minister of State for Health under Goodluck Jonathan’s administration, Dr. Ali Pate. Okonjo-Iweala was the Minister of Finance…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Sunday met with governors from Sokoto, Kebbi, Yobe, Katsina, and Jigawa, states that share boundaries with the Niger Republic. While the details were not immediately disclosed, the meeting is understood to be part of wider discussions on the political instability in Niger. Truetells Nigeria recalls that the Economic Community of…
The Senate has advised President Bola Tinubu to engage in diplomacy in order to return Niger Republic to democratic rule and restore ousted President, Mohamed Bazoum to power. The Red Chamber made the resolution after a four-hour closed-door session on Saturday to discuss the political development in the West African country. The resolution of the…
President Bola Tinubu’s first and second batches of ministerial nominees were saturated with names of former state governors including Bello Matawalle who is under probe by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for alleged multi-billion naira fraud. In his first list released last week and sent to the Nigerian senate for screening, Tinubu…
The Chief of Staff to President, Femi Gbajabiamila, has submitted President Bola Tinubu’s supplementary ministerial list to the Senate. The immediate past Speaker of the House of Representatives submitted the second list with the second batch of ministerial nominees to Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, at exactly 03:17pm. Akpabio is expected to unveil the additional nominees…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will, on Tuesday, travel to the Benin Republic to grace the 63rd independence anniversary celebration of the West African country. Tinubu’s trip was confirmed in a statement released by former Presidential Spokesman, Dele Alake on Monday, saying the president would be accompanied by six state governors. The trip is only…
