Minister of Arts, Culture and Creative Economy, Hannatu Musawa, says she is not worried about the planned reshuffling of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) by President Bola Tinubu. The minister was a guest on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics programme. Asked whether she was worried that the President would drop herContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization, IMO, Arsenio Dominguez, has commended Nigeria for leading the charge to maintain the safety and security of commercial shipping in the Gulf of Guinea, particularly during recent times when the situation in the Red Sea has led to heavier shippingContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The swearing-in ceremony held on Sunday at the Executive Council Chambers, Government House, Port Harcourt, saw 22 chairmen from the Action Peoples Party (APP) and one from the Action Alliance officially inaugurated into office After the electoral process, the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC) declared theContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI In a groundbreaking initiative, Nigeria has officially started the sale of crude oil and refined petroleum products in Naira. The announcement was made by the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edin who confirmed that this new policy took effect on October 1,Continue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Rivers State Police Command says it is investigating two explosions that rocked the city of Port Harcourt in the early hours of Saturday amid a local government election in the state. In a statement by the Command’s spokesperson, Grace Iringe-Koko, the police acknowledged the explosion atContinue Reading
PRESIDENT ASIWAJU AHMED TINUBU BY GODWIN OBI, EFE MODESTUS, JAMES AKINOLA President Bola Tinubu may bar revenue-generating agencies from collecting revenues on behalf of the Federal Government as he plans to introduce a single agency – Nigeria Revenue Service – to handle the task. This came as the Federal GovernmentContinue Reading
PRESIDENT BOLA AHMED TINUBU BY GODWIN OBI Nigeria’s former Ambassador to The Philippines, Dr Yemi Farounbi, says the President Bola Tinubu of today is not the same he knew in the days of their activism as members of the pro-democracy group, the National Democratic Coalition (NADECO). Farounbi expressed concerns overContinue Reading
The Federal Government says 63 items have been exempted from Value-Added Tax (VAT). Taiwo Oyedele, the Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, disclosed this in a post on X on Friday. He said the exempted items are contained in an official gazette for the ‘ValueContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI President Bola Tinubu on Thursday ordered an investigation into the recent cases of boat accidents in Niger State. The North Central state has been hit with a series of boat mishaps in the past one year with the latest happening on Tuesday night whereby no fewer thanContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Rural Electrification Agency (REA) says starting in November, the Federal Government will kick-start a new rural electricity project bankrolled by the World Bank to provide electricity for 17.5 million Nigerians. The Agency’s Managing Director, Abba Aliyu, who revealed this on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme on Thursday,Continue Reading