[ad_1] Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has asked the Senate to confirm two new heads for Nigeria’s oil and gas regulators after their predecessors abruptly quit, amid a high-stakes clash between one agency and Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote. Tinubu’s nominations follow the exit of Gbenga Komolafe, chief executive of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission,…
[ad_1] Nigeria’s president Bola Tinubu will from April 1st place a three-month ban on ministers and other government officials from publicly funded overseas travel. This is aimed at curbing government spending on foreign trips. This decision comes as a response to President Tinubu’s concerns regarding the escalating costs associated with such trips by public officials….
[ad_1] Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu has ordered security forces not to pay ransom for the release of close to 300 students and staff who were kidnapped from a school in north-western Kaduna state last week. Mr Tinubu instead directed security agencies to ensure the release of all kidnapped victims without any payment to the kidnappers,…
[ad_1] In a press release from the State House, Abuja, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is calling for the suspension of economic sanctions imposed on the countries of Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso, and Guinea by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). President Tinubu, who is also the Chairman of the Authority of Heads…
[ad_1] Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has suspended the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Betta Edu, from office with immediate effect. The suspension was revealed in a statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale. He said it was in line with Tinubu’s avowed commitment to…
