By Joy Gyakyor Newly sworn in minister of defence of Muhammed Badaru has requested the nation’s service chiefs to submit a clear timeline on phasing out terrorism, banditry, kidnapping for random, farmers/herders conflict, oil theft, secessionist agitation, cultism, and other emerging violent crimes that continue to threaten the country. The minister who stated this at his first official event of resumption in Abuja, noted that his principal President Bola Tinubu was a goal setter and an achiever. “From now on, I will ask the service chiefs to give me a timeline and requirements on how we will begin to solve this…
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Newly sworn in minister of Information and National Orientation, Muhammad Idris on Monday said his ministry will not engage in propaganda to defend the government but will always say it as it is. The minister said the ministry and the government will be transparent and truthful while giving out information. According to him, the government would own up when it falters or make any mistake and try to adjust where necessary. Idris said National orientation would be a core aspect of the government, hence “in a matter of days we would roll out our plans to Nigerians.” The minister therefore…
JP Morgan has estimated Nigeria’s net foreign reserve to be around $3.7 billion, below the $33.8 billion posted by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on its website as of August 17. The global financial resource firm’s estimate is much lower than the net figure of $14 billion reported at the end of 2021 as shown in its latest report on Nigeria titled “Nigeria: Reform pause rather than fatigue”. JP Morgan noted that the lower-than-reported forex reserve is the result of larger currency swaps and borrowings against the forex reserve. “Based on partial information from the audited financial accounts, we estimate that CBN’s…
Immediate-past governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has confirmed that his love for Reggae music was born out of interest to the songs and music of the late Jamaican legend, Bob Marley, who became a legend at the age of 36. El-Rufai stated this on his handle on X (formerly Twitter) on Sunday morning, explaining that the Reggae star remains one of the greatest talented icon. He wrote, “Bob Marley of the blessed memory is one of most talented musicians of all time. My love for reggae music is connected with his songs and music.” El-Rufai, is currently outside the country,…
The newly sworn-in Minister of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), Nyesome Wike on Monday vowed to step on toes, while delivering on massive infrastructure development to return Abuja to its lost glory. Wike said his decisions in administering the city will be based on justice and what is right irrespective of the status of those affected. The minister who took the oath of office along side 44 other cabinet members at the Presidential Villa, said himself and the Minister of State for the FCTA have a clear mandate from President Bola Tinubu to restore the city’s original master plan. “You…
President Bola Tinubu will on Monday swear-in 45 ministers to form a cabinet that will coordinate the implementation of his government’s policies and programmes in delivering on good governance. The event scheduled to hold at the conference center of the Presidential Villa, Abuja, will be attended by family members of the ministers’ designate who have already been assigned portfolios. Presidency sources told NewsQuest that the ministers who are expected to resume work immediately, will thereafter, proceed on a retreat organized by the office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) later in the week, where they will be coached…
The National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Sunday announced that it intercepted counterfeit notes of dollars worth 20million in a stop and search operation in Abuja. NDLEA in a statement by its spokesman, Femi Babafemi said it’s operatives on Friday 18th August intercepted the fake currencies from a bus traveling from Lagos to Abuja, and arrested a 53-year-old driver of the the vehicle, Onyebuchi Nlededin. The agency said the previous day, Thursday 17th August, Jude Ndubuisi, 52, was arrested with 2.2 kilograms of methamphetamine during a raid operation at Kabusa village in Abuja. According to the NDLEA, the suspect…
A delegation of the West African bloc led by Nigeria’s former military Head of State on Saturday launched another meeting with the junta in Niger Republic to put off the planned military intervention in that country by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The General Abdulsalami Abubakar’s team which met with the junta leader, General Abdourahamane Tchiani was also allowed access to the detained President, Mohammed Bazoum who is being held along with his family in the basement of the Presidential palace in Niamey. The meeting on Saturday came amidst reports of the delivery of war planes to the…
Tinubu is an avowed and widely acknowledged democrat who put his life on the line along with other other pro-democratic forces in fighting for the dislodging of military dictatorship in Nigeria. His commitment to democratic development and sustainability in West Africa and throughout the continent is thus understandable and commendable. It is instructive that when he addressed leaders of the African Union at their last meeting in Kenya, President Tinubu stressed the importance of deepening democracy in Africa and ensuring that the culture of coups becomes a thing of the past. This, he argued, is the best way to ensure…