President Bola Tinubu has approved salary increases of between 30 and 80 per cent for Nigeria’s armed forces personnel. Presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday. According to Onanuga, about 250,000 personnel are to benefit from the new deal package. Under the new arrangement, which becomes
Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has commended the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Tunji Disu, for the prompt deployment of an operational police aircraft to support ongoing security operations in the state. Governor Abiodun had requested the deployment of the aircraft as part of efforts to further strengthen the
The Chairman of Heirs Holdings, Mr Tony Elumelu, says his organisation will partner with the Delta Government to address challenges of electricity generation to ensure sustainable development in the state. Elumelu gave the assurance in his goodwill message at the Delta State Economic and Investment Summit 2026, on Monday in
The Federal Government has commenced laying the legal foundation for the establishment of state police. The Presidency on Monday unveiled a seven-week legislative programme aimed at producing a comprehensive National Policing Bill, a document expected to define how federal and state police forces will coexist under a new policing structure.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has congratulated one of Nigeria’s foremost industrialists and philanthropists, Abdul Samad Rabiu, Chairman of BUA Group and Founder of ASR Africa, on his 66th birthday, August 4, praising his enduring contributions to Nigeria’s industrial development and economic transformation. According to a statement by his spokesman
…As Oborevwori unveils $100m Fund to de-risk investments in Delta Vice President Kashim Shettima, Monday called on local and foreign investors to take advantage of Nigeria’s improved economic outlook, declaring that Delta State is strategically positioned to emerge as one of the country’s foremost investment destinations. He said the Federal
F ormer Vice President of Nigeria and Presidential Candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in the 2027 elections, Atiku Abubakar, has dismissed the State House’s lengthy defence of President Bola Tinubu’s economic record as a desperate attempt to substitute propaganda for performance, insisting that no amount of statistical manipulation
A former Minister of Education, Prof. Chinwe Obaji has called for continuity of legacies put in place by the immediate past Registrar of JAMB, Prof. Is’haq Oloyede. Obaji made the call in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Lagos. She said there was
Troops of Sector 2, Operation FANSAN YAMMA, deployed at the Forward Operating Base (FOB) in Kasuwan Daji, Kaura Namoda Local Government of Zamfara says it has foiled an attempted infiltration by terrorists. This was contained in a statement on Sunday by Lt.-Col. Olaniyi Osoba, Acting Deputy Director, Army Public Relations
Prominent Nigerians on Sunday graced the unveiling of Pastor Tunde Bakare’s Book, “Strategic Intervention in Governance, Volumes I, II and III, presented at the Citadel Global Community Church in Oregun, Lagos. The public book presentation, which was chaired by a former governor of Ogun, Chief Segun Osoba, also had a