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Kaduna State Governor Uba Sani has expressed deep gratitude to President Bola Tinubu and the Federal Executive Council (FEC), for approving infrastructure contracts worth more than ₦1 trillion and ₦178 billion ($210 million), hailing them as pivotal for the State’s economic revival. The centerpiece is the Kaduna Light Rail Project, a 50-kilometer network linking Rigachikun to Sabon Tasha (30 km) and Millennium City to Rigasa (20 km), valued at ₦1 trillion. Paired with it is the ₦178 billion reconstruction of the 122-kilometer Mando-Kaduna-Birnin Gwari road, a vital corridor long plagued by insecurity and decay. “These projects represent a deliberate re-engineering…

The Federal Executive Council (FEC), presided by President Bola Tinubu on Thursday approved contracts worth nearly $3 billion for three rail projects in Lagos, Kano and Kaduna, betting big on infrastructure to ignite economic growth and ease urban congestion. Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy Taiwo Oyedele, who  told State House Correspondenta after the cabinet meeting that the initiatives—Lagos’s Green Line rail Phase 1A, Kano’s Metro City rail and Kaduna’s light-rail system—target vital economic engines. “These are places where 10% effort can yield up to 90% results,” he said, emphasizing their outsized potential. The projects, totaling about…

President Bola Tinubu on Thursday nominated Joseph Olasunkanmi Tegbe, a veteran fiscal reformer and former KPMG Africa senior partner, as the new Minister of Power. The nomination, transmitted to the Senate for confirmation, fills the vacancy left by Adebayo Adelabu, who resigned to pursue elective office. A statement by the Special Adviser on Information and Strategy to the President Bayo Onanuga said Tegbe, an Oyo State native with more than 35 years bridging public and private sectors, brings deep experience in economic restructuring and governance. At KPMG, he headed advisory services, steering fiscal policy overhauls, institutional makeovers, and regulatory frameworks…

President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday appointed Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu as substantive Minister of Foreign Affairs, filling the vacancy left by Yusuf Tuggar’s resignation as he eyes a run in the 2027 elections. A statement by the Special Adviser on Information and Strategy to the President Bayo Onqnuga said Ms. Odumegwu-Ojukwu, who previously held the post of Minister of State Foreign Affairs, brings high-profile diplomatic experience to the role. The President also nominated Sola Enikanolaiye, a veteran diplomat from Kogi State, as minister of state for foreign affairs, pending Senate confirmation. Mr. Enikanolaiye most recently served as the president’s senior special assistant…

President Bola Tinubu has approved land allocations in Abuja for newly designated Ambassadors and High Commissioners, ensuring they have permanent homes in the capital upon their return from overseas postings. Minister of the FCT Nyesom Wike announced the directive Wednesday during a courtesy call by the envoys, led by Foreign Ministry Permanent Secretary Dunoma Umar Ahmed. “Mr. President called me and said these ambassadors would be leaving Nigeria,” Wike recounted. He directed that before you leave this morning, each of you should have your form to fill for land allocation in Abuja so that when you come back, you don’t…

Lagos State Deputy Governor Obafemi Hamzat said President Bola Tinubu has endorsed his ambition to succeed Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu in the 2027 election, capping a flurry of support from party elders. The endorsement came Wednesday after a meeting at the Presidential Villa between Tinubu and the 34-member Governance Advisory Council (GAC) of Lagos State’s All Progressives Congress (APC). The group, led by the Chairman Governance Avisory  Council in the State Prince Tajudeen Olusi, formally presented Hamzat to the president. “These are fathers, they are leaders… Mr. President has blessed us and blessed the decision of GAC,” Hamzat told State House…

President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday removed Saidu Mohammed as chief executive of Nigeria’s Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), and nominated Rabiu Abdullahi Umar to replace him, pending Senate confirmation. The move, under the Petroleum Industry Act of 2021, seeks to boost oversight of the midstream and downstream oil sectors inline with President Tinubu’s Renewed Hope economic agenda. Special Adviser on Information and Strategy to the President Bayo Onanuga in a statement said Umar,  with more than 25 years in energy, manufacturing and infrastructure, holds an accounting degree from Bayero University and trained at Harvard Business School. His expertise…

North-West Climate Summit, a presidential initiative set for August 4, 2026 has been designed to transform the region’s vulnerability to desertification and water scarcity into a magnet for green investment and job creation. Senior Special Assistant to the President on Community Engagement (North West), Abdullahi Tanko Yakasai convened the summit targeting bankable projects in climate-resilient agriculture, renewable energy, water security, and youth-led enterprises across Kaduna, Kano, Jigawa, Katsina, Kebbi, Sokoto, and Zamfara States. Yakasai stresses the importance of the event as a pivot from talk to tangible financing and execution under President Bola Tinubu’s leadership. “This summit represents a strategic…

The Minister of Solid Minerals Development Dr. Dele Alake on Tuesday called for deeper regional cooperation among African nations to claim a bigger slice of the global minerals economy. Alake who is also Chairman of the Africa Minerals Strategy Group, stated this at the Kenya Mining Investment Conference and Exhibition 2026. In a statement by his Special Assistant on Media Lara Owoeye, Minister Alake described Africa as being at the epicenter of an industrial shift fueled by critical minerals for clean energy, digital tech, and advanced manufacturing. The continent holds vast reserves of lithium, cobalt, manganese, graphite, gold, copper, nickel,…

President Bola Tinubu approved N2 billion in emergency relief for victims of recent violence in Plateau State, Humanitarian Affairs Minister Mohammed Dorro announced. The President on Monday night met with State leaders at the Presidential Villa to tackle the region’s persistent farmer-herder clashes, ethnic tensions and religious strife. The funding comes in the midst of President Tinubu’s drive for tolerance and accountability during a meeting with a 32-member delegation led by Governor Caleb Mutfwang. “Let us first accept one resolution—tolerance for every inhabitant,” President Tinubu said, urging leaders to review past government reports, implement white-paper recommendations, identify provocateurs for prosecution…