The Presidency’s Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms Committee has announced the selection of what it described as Top 20 Nigerian content creators selected from a pool of 8,591 public nominations to participate in a specialised training programme on the country’s new tax reform laws. In a statement released at the weekend, the committee said the…
The Federal Government has opened subscriptions for two tranches of its Savings Bonds for the month of December, the Debt Management Office has announced. In a statement released Wednesday, the DMO said the offers include a two-year FGN Savings Bond due December 10, 2027, with an annual interest rate of 12.838 per cent, and a…
Niger and Akwa Ibom state governors, Umar Bago and Umo Eno respectively, have been blacklisted by the International Press Institute (IPI) Nigeria as the worst offenders of media repression in the country. The IPI also included the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, in the blacklist for continued police harassment and attacks on journalists. This…
The Presidency has appealed to Nigerians to actively assist in monitoring and enforcing President Bola Tinubu’s order to recall police officers attached to Very Important Persons (VIPs). During a Sunday interview on TVC, the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Public Communication, Daniel Bwala, stressed the administration’s resolve to implement the directive and asked citizens…
The Senator representing Borno South, Ali Ndume, has called for the withdrawal of police officers assigned to the National Assembly. Speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Thursday, Ndume praised President Bola Tinubu’s recent directive to remove police escorts from very important persons and urged that it be implemented effectively. He, however, expressed disappointment…
The Nigeria Police Force’s Mobile Force, 50 Squadron in Kubwa, Abuja, has issued urgent instructions for all personnel assigned to provide security for high-profile individuals to report back to base by 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, November 27, 2025. The directive, issued under reference AB: 4087/FCT/50PMF/VOL.10/ by the Squadron Commander, specifies that the order applies to…
By Kelvin Obambon President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has initiated a major overhaul of Nigeria’s internal security structure, approving the recruitment of 30,000 additional police officers and ordering the immediate withdrawal of police personnel from Very Important Persons (VIPs) across the country. The directive, announced on Sunday, November 23, 2025, by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to…
By Kelvin Obambon President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has issued a directive for the immediate withdrawal of police officers currently assigned to provide security for Very Important Persons (VIPs) across the country. Henceforth, the responsibility for armed protection of VIPs will shift to the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC). The directive was announced on…
The Federal Government’s Nigeria First Policy has recorded another milestone as the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction has launched its 1Government Cloud Enterprise Content Management System, (ECMS), as part of the efforts to realise paperless civil service. The ministry went live on the 1Gov ECMS platform at its headquarters in the Federal…
The Federal Government, through the National Universities Commission (NUC), has placed a ban on the award of honorary doctoral degrees to serving public officials. The commission said the decision followed the alleged misuse of such degrees. The Executive Secretary of NUC, Prof. Abdullahi Ribadu, announced the ban Saturday while receiving a report from a committee…