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PRESS RELEASE President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has suspended the Central Bank Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele, CFR, from office with immediate effect. This is sequel to the ongoing investigation of his office and the planned reforms in the financial sector of the economy. Mr Emefiele has been directed to immediately hand...

Armed security personnel on Friday stormed the residence of the immediate past Governor of Zamfara State, Bello Mattawalle. They stormed the premises located in the former governor’s hometown of Maradun and evacuated several vehicles. A resident of Maradun who pleaded anonymity said that the security agents who were in large...

President Bola Tinubu said that he has asked the traditional rulers and their representatives from across the country to support his administration. He made the call during a meeting held at the State House Conference Centre, Abuja on Friday. Tinubu disclosed this in a post on his Twitter page on...

President Bola Tinubu, on Friday, met with traditional rulers and their representatives from across the country at the State House Conference Centre in Abuja. This is coming after the president met with members of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, an assembly of the 36 State Governors, at the Presidential Villa on...

The Lecturers of the Ondo state owned, Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo, Friday commenced strike over non-payment of their 13 month salary arrears. Under the aegis of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnic (ASUP), the lecturers said that they won’t be part of the first semester examination of the institution which...

National Youth Service Corps has re-echoed its strong determination to prevent unqualified graduates from enlistment into National Service. It decried the continuous decline of quality graduates from unaccredited institutions, manipulation of data to allow part-time graduates enrol for service and other unwholesome practices by some Corps Producing Institutions within and...

In exercising the powers vested in him under the 1999 Constitution as amended, President Bola Tinubu, Thursday at the State House assented to a fresh amendment of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria within eleventh day in office as Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces. The President...

Universal Basic Education Commission, UBEC, has organised a workshop to build teachers capacity on Strengthening of Mathematics and Science Education, SMASE, and jolly phonics program for teachers across the country. Speaking at the workshop, the Executive Secretary of UBEC, Dr. Hamid Bobboyi, explained that SMASE and Jolly Phonics have been...

Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board,JAMB, has rolled out modalities for the absorption of returnee students from war-torn countries into Nigerian universities. The modalities are follow-ups to the high level meeting between the Federal Ministry of Education,FME, Federal Ministry of Health, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board,JAMB,Nigeria in Diaspora Commission,NiDCOM, National Universities...

No fewer than 14 persons are expected to make the list of 20 new appointees of President Bola Tinubu, as Special Advisers (SAs). Though there is no official announcement of the appointments, an exclusive list obtained by our correspondent however, has popular artiste, Obinna Simon, aka MC Tagwaye, known for...