Tinubu appoints new heads for CAC, SMEDAN, SON, others

President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointments of new chief executive officers of several agencies and parastatals under the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment. Ajuri Ngelale, special adviser to the president on media and publicity, issued a statement on the appointments on Friday. Ngelale said the appointments were in line with the president’s “resolve to base Nigeria’s economic revival on the foundation of trade expansion through small, medium and large scale industry facilitation...

CBN lifts foreign-exchange ban on 43 items

The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has ended an eight-year ban on 43 items that had been restricted from accessing foreign exchange, forex, on the official market. The importers of all the previously restricted items “are now allowed to purchase foreign exchange in the Nigerian foreign exchange market,” Isa AbdulMumin, CBN’s director of corporate communications said in a statement on Thursday. In 2015, the CBN banned manufacturers and importers of the items from accessing forex...

President Tinubu names new EFCC chairman, secretary

President Bola Tinubu has appointed Olanipekun Olukoyede as the executive chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. Presidential spokesperson Ajuri Ngelale, who announced the new appointment on Thursday, also said President Tinubu appointed Muhammad Hammajoda to serve as the secretary of the commission. Mr Olukayode will take over from Abdulkarim Chukkol, who took charge of the agency in an acting capacity after AbdulRasheed Bawa was suspended. Bawa was suspended on June 14, two...

“Look for Boko Haram terrorists, find them and kill them,” CDS Musa order troops

Christopher Musa, the chief of defence staff (CDS), has ordered troops of “Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK)” to be on the offensive in the war against Boko Haram jihadists. “Don’t just come and sleep in the theatre, make sure you look for Boko Haram and kill,” the CDS charged the soldiers on Tuesday at the Maimalari cantonment, Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. General Musa told the soldiers to always attack the insurgents first. His instruction was...

Passport application nightmare ends for Nigerians

Nigerians would no longer need to wait for months to get their passports as the government is making efforts to make passport application and processing seamless for citizens. Nigerians face a lot of hassles in getting passports at the Nigerian Immigration Service, NIS, offices across the country from bribing NIS officials who are involved in racketeering to dealing with officials’ negligence of duties to avoidable delays in the processing. But by pegging the timeline for...

Burna Boy loses out on 7 BET Hip-Hop Awards

Nigerian Afro-fusion singer Damini Ogulu, known by his stage name Burna Boy, did not win any award at the 2023 BET Hip-Hop Awards. Burna Boy was among the top nominees for the Awards with seven nods out of the 17 award categories, but he lost all seven nominations. He lost the “Hip-Hop Artiste of the Year”, “Lyricist of the Year” and the “Best Live Performer of the Year” awards to U.S. rapper Kendrick Lamar. 50...

Tinubu makes five fresh appointments, reappoints Inuwa Abdullahi as NITDA CEO

President Bola Tinubu has appointed new chief executive officers for agencies and parastatals under the Ministry of Communications, Innovations and Digital Economy. The new appointments were announced on Wednesday by Ajuri Ngelale, the special adviser to the President on media and publicity. According to the statement, Aminu Maida will head the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, as the executive vice-chairman, EVC, and chief executive officer, CEO. The President appointed Nkechi Egerton-Idehen as the managing director and...

“Tinubu needs no reintroduction” APC replies Peter Obi

The All Progressives Congress, APC, has said that President Bola Tinubu needs no reintroduction after ex-Anambra Governor Peter Obi asked the President to reintroduce himself to Nigerians because of the controversy over his identity and academic records. Specifically, Obi urged Tinubu to “let the world know his name, nationality, place of birth, parentage, the primary and secondary schools he attended with dates as well as the actual universities he attended and certificates obtained.” He said...

“Reintroduce yourself to Nigerians, to the world”, Peter Obi to Tinubu

Peter Obi, the candidate of the Labour Party in the last presidential election, has frowned at the “protracted embarrassment” the controversy over President Bola Tinubu’s certificate saga has caused Nigeria. At a press conference on Wednesday, Obi implored President Tinubu to reveal the truth about his identity and educational qualifications “urgently.” Read the transcript of his speech below. Having followed the prolonged identity crisis that recently played out in the American Court System and the...

House of Reps task CBN to address naira depreciation

The House of Representatives has tasked the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, to address the steep downward slide of the naira against the US dollar. The naira is exchanged for over N1,000/$1. During plenary on Tuesday, Hon. Ismail Dabo (APC, Bauchi) lamented that the naira has been on a free fall against the USD since the central bank, with the backing of the federal government, introduced the currency float policy, which now permits market forces...

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