NIGERIA UPDATE

  By Lawal Sale Minister of Power, Joseph Olasunkanmi Tegbe and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Sola Enikanolaiye, have taken oath of office before President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the Presidential Villa Abuja on Monday. Tegbe, from Oyo State, is a fiscal and economic reform expert with over 35Continue Reading

  The Federal Government has approved the construction of a new Carter Bridge in Lagos at a project cost of about N545bn, as part of efforts to rebuild critical infrastructure and address long-standing structural defects affecting major bridges in the state. The contract for the new bridge has been awardedContinue Reading

  By Lawal Sale  President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has nominated Mr. Joseph Olasunkanmi Tegbe as Nigeria’s Minister of Power, pending confirmation by the Senate, following the resignation of his predecessor to pursue an elective office. In a statement issued on Wednesday by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President onContinue Reading

  The recently nominated ministerial nominee Dr. Muttaqha Rabe Darma has been confirmed as a Minister of the government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, after a screening exercise by the senate on Thursday. Darma, was appointed this week by President Bola Tinubu to replace Ahmed Musa Dangiwa, the immediateContinue Reading

Here are key things to know about Dr. Muttaqa Rabe Darma, the Katsina born ministerial nominee for the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development: Compiled by- Lawal Sale 1. Bio and academic background Darma is about 62 years old, a product of Government Day Secondary School, Katsina, and is alsoContinue Reading

By our Correspondent President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has forwarded to the Senate the nominations of new Chief Executive Officers for the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) and the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) for confirmation. According to a statement by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to theContinue Reading

  By Lawal Sale The Honourable Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr. Wale Edun, has inaugurated Joseph Tegbe as Chairman and other members of the newly established National Tax Policy Implementation Committee (NTPIC), a body set up by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to drive the FederalContinue Reading

  See the full list below:   ‎CAREER AMBASSADORS (34): ‎1. Abia: Ambassador Mwaobiola Ezeuwo Chukwuemeka ‎2. Adamawa: Maimuna Ibrahim ‎3. Anambra: Enpeji Monica Okochukwu ‎4. Bauchi: Ambassador Mohammed Mahmoud Lele ‎5. Bayelsa: Endoni Sindup ‎6. Borno: Ambassador Ahmed Mohammed Monguno ‎7. Cross River: Ambassador Jen Adams Ni Okun MichaelContinue Reading

  President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has nominated General Christopher Gwabin Musa as the new Minister of Defence. In a letter to Senate President Godswill Akpabio, President Tinubu conveyed General Musa’s nomination as the successor to Alhaji Mohammed Badaru Abubakar, who resigned on Monday. (GSF)   Details to follow…Continue Reading