President Bola Tinubu has approved the return of the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, and the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, NAHCON, to the Office of the Vice President for supervision. In September 2019, the immediate past Vice President, Yemi Osibanjo was stripped of his supervisory powers over some federal government agencies, including NEMA and NAHCON. Osibanjo was accused of breaching due process in running the affairs of the agencies. Following the removal of the...

President Bola Tinubu has dissolved the governing boards of all federal government parastatals, agencies, institutions, and government-owned companies. Willie Bassey, the director of information for the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, said the President approved the immediate dissolution of the boards last Friday. According to the statement, the “dissolution does not, however, affect Boards, Commissions, and Councils listed in the Third Schedule, Part 1, Section 153 (i) of the 1999 Constitution of the...

Nuhu Ribadu, who was named the special adviser to the President on security on June 15, has replaced Babagana Monguno as the National Security Adviser, NSA. The appointment was announced yesterday by the director of information of the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Willie Bassey. Bassey stated that President Bola Tinubu approved the immediate retirement of all service chiefs, the inspector-general of police, IGP, and the comptroller-general of Nigeria Customs...

President Bola Tinubu will travel to France today to attend the summit for a new global financial pact convened by President Emmanuel Macron. According to Dele Alake, the President’s special adviser on special duties, communication and strategy, the two-day summit will hold on the 22nd and 23rd of June. The summit is for world leaders, multilateral institutions, financial experts and economists “to review and sign a new global financial pact that places vulnerable countries on...

The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) has denied issuing fuel importation permits to Dangote Group. Addressing State House Correspondents at the Presidential Villa, the Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), Engr. Farouk Ahmed, made this known while addressing state house correspondents at the presidential villa noted that the authority issued fuel importation permit to six companies to bring in the Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) in July of...