The Presidency has debunked claims that the proposed tax reform bills before the National Assembly recommend the scrapping of the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure, NASENI, Tertiary Education Trust Fund, TETFUND, and National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA. In a statement issued by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, on Monday, the Presidency described such claims as deliberate misinformation aimed at misleading Nigerians. It also emphasised that no...

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is set to leave France on Monday for Cape Town, South Africa, to co-chair the 11th session of the Nigeria–South Africa Bi-National Commission, BNC, alongside President Cyril Ramaphosa. According to a statement by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, the BNC will hold on Tuesday, 3 December 2024, following a ministerial meeting scheduled for 2 December at the South African Parliament Building in Cape Town. The...

The Chief of Defence Staff, CDS, General Christopher Musa, has revealed that over 200,000 terrorists have surrendered to the Nigerian military in the North East. He attributed this achievement to a combined application of kinetic and non-kinetic strategies in the fight against insurgency. General Musa made the disclosure during the Security and Justice Symposium, organised by the Office of the National Security Adviser in partnership with the British High Commission. The two-day event commenced on...