Author: Anule Emmanuel
President Bola Tinubu on has signed the Nigerian Ports Economic Regulatory Agency Act, 2026, formalizing legal authority for the Nigerian Shippers’ Council to act as the country’s economic regulator for ports. The assent, announced on the verified Facebook page of NSC Executive Secretary Dr. Pius Akutah, converts a body that has long operated on policy guidance and government gazettes into a statutory regulator with powers to set and oversee tariffs, rates and charges; license service providers; police competition; and impose sanctions on errant port operators. “The Nigerian Port Economic Regulatory Agency Act, 2026” is now law, Dr. Akutah said in…
President Bola Tinubu on Friday urged Nigerians living abroad on to convert their remittances and professional expertise into long-term investments in Nigeria, arguing that recent macroeconomic gains make the country a more attractive place to deploy capital. Speaking at the opening of the three-day Nigeria Diaspora Economic Conference in Toronto, President Tinubu, represented by his Chief of Staff Femi Gbajabiamila, described the gathering as an opportunity for the government to translate the financial and intellectual resources of the diaspora into structured, governable investment vehicles. “Nigeria sees you. Nigeria values you. Nigeria needs you,” he said to hundreds of attendees. The…
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has invited President Bola Tinubu to attend the BRICS leaders’ summit in New Delhi on Sept. 12–13, the Indian high commissioner to Nigeria said in Abuja. Abhishek Singh said New Delhi is pressing for deeper Nigerian engagement with BRICS as part of a broader effort to expand economic and political ties with Africa’s largest economy. “Nigeria as a partner country brings immense strategic importance,” Singh said, noting Nigeria’s size and demographic weight. India, which holds the BRICS chairmanship this year, plans to use the summit to focus on global challenges, economic cooperation and outreach to…
President Bola Tinubu on Friday urged security agencies and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to guarantee a peaceful, transparent vote in Osun State’s governorship contest. The President in a statement by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy Bayo Onanuga described the off-cycle election as a test of Nigeria’s readiness for the 2027 national polls. He said “The election must be transparent, free and fair.” The President asked the commission to “ensure orderly conduct” as voters in the southwest state prepare to go to the polls on Saturday to choose a governor from a field of 15 candidates. Among…
President Bola Tinubu has pledged a structured, research-driven effort to return Nigeria’s long-idled refineries to operation. The President said the government will pursue a technical, financial and managerial reset rather than quick fixes. Speaking at Presidential Villa, Abuja after receiving the national leadership of the Nigerian Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, or NUPENG, President Tinubu said the government would commission detailed assessments to identify the structural and operational weaknesses that have kept the facilities offline for years. In a statement by the Special Adviser on Information and Strategy to the President Bayo Onanuga, Tinubu said “The refineries that…
Enugu State Governor Peter Mbah has unveiled a 300‑bed, multi‑specialty facility pitching the new Enugu International Hospital as a strategic bid to capture a slice of the billions Nigerians spend on healthcare overseas. Speaking to reporters after a pre‑launch tour, Governor Mbah described the hospital as the result of a deliberate, long‑planned economic and health policy, not a political impulse. “This is not a facility that is knee‑jerk or that was accidentally put here,” he said, recalling that plans to develop Enugu into a medical‑tourism hub were part of his campaign platform. “We knew the size of that market. We…
Special Adviser on Media and Public Communications to the President Sunday Dare has urged Nigerians to treat the US State Department’s 2026 Fiscal Transparency Report as a narrow compliance exercise rather than a full appraisal of the country’s public‑finance reforms under President Bola Tinubu. In a statement Thursday responding to the report—which judged Nigeria as failing to meet the department’s minimum fiscal‑transparency standards and found “no significant progress” during the review period, Dare said the document measures countries against specific US criteria and therefore should not be read as a comprehensive audit of the current administration’s reform agenda. “The US…
The Presidential Working Group on the National Policing Bill on Thursday said it has extended the deadline for the submission of memoranda and position papers to Aug. 21, 2026 at 5 p.m. West Africa Time. Chief of Staff to the President who serves as Chairman of the group, Femi Gbajabiamila said in a statement, that the move is intended to give stakeholders more time to prepare detailed contributions to a bill envisioned to reshape the country’s policing architecture. Gbajabiamila explained that the extension also aims to ensure wider participation from legal practitioners, civil-society groups, security professionals, state governments, academics and…
Secretary-General of the Muslim World League Mohammed Al‑Isa, on Thursday met with President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa Abuja to reaffirm the organization’s commitment to promoting interfaith cooperation and social stability across West Africa. Al‑Isa in a post on X (formerly Twitter), said he expressed appreciation to President Tinubu for his government’s patronage of the Muslim World League’s new initiative for social peace in West Africa and for backing the initiative’s final communique, dubbed the “Abuja Declaration.” The document lays out a joint plan of action that calls for coordinated work by government institutions, solidarity between Muslim and Christian…
First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, on Wednesday urged young Nigerians to embrace hard work and perseverance as the surest routes to economic and social advancement, aligning her remarks with International Youth Day 2026. In a statement marking the United Nations-designated day, Oluremi Tinubu invoked this year’s theme, “Different Contexts, Common Aspirations,” saying that despite the varied backgrounds and challenges facing young people across Nigeria, their objectives—quality education, meaningful employment, equal opportunity and a sustainable future—remain shared. “Today, on International Youth Day 2026, I join the global community in highlighting the significance of this year’s theme,” she said. “I encourage our youth…