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The appointments are contained in a list of eight special advisers announced by a State House information official. President Bola Tinubu has named eight individuals as special advisers. They include a former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Nuhu Ribadu, and a former Lagos Commissioner for Information, Dele Alake, who has been a close aide of Mr Tinubu …

Meanwhile, the Nigerian government announced Wednesday that the implementation of the student loan will commence in September. Missed reactions have trailed Nigeria’s Access to Tertiary Education Act, otherwise known as Student Loan Act, as recently assented to by President Bola Tinubu. The Act, according to the Nigerian government, is aimed at providing interest-free loans to Nigerians seeking higher education. But one of the conditions …

NBA had vowed to write to ICPC and the police to probe and prosecute Mr Bulkachuwa for his comments confessing to influencing his wife’s decision as a judge of the Court of Appeal. The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has formally requested the police and the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) to probe and prosecute former senator Adamu Bulkachuwa …

A Professor of Mathematics, Eric Ofoedu, yesterday testified before the Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC, in the case candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Mr. Peter Obi, filed to nullify President Bola Tinubu’s election victory. Prof. Ofoedu, in his testimony, told the court that over 18,088 result sheets the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, uploaded to its election result viewing …

Following a summon issued on him, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu, yesterday produced before the Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC, sitting in Abuja, a document that contained President Bola Tinubu’s age. The document, known as Form EC9, was an affidavit of personal particulars which President Tinubu submitted to the INEC in aid of his …

….produces BVAS report for Rivers State Following a summon that was issued on him, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu, on Thursday, produced before the Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC, sitting in Abuja, a document that contained President Bola Tinubu’s age. The document, known as Form EC9, was an affidavit of personal particulars which President …

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu (BAT) has inaugurated the National Economic Council (NEC) which is headed by the Vice President, H.E Kashim Shettima. According to a video shared by the Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Media Centre on Twitter on Thursday, Tinubu inaugurated the NEC at the presidential villa in Abuja. Tinubu had last week directed the NEC led by the vice president …

The Naira yesterday lost almost half of its value in the official market as the exchange rate in the Investors and Exporters, I&E window rose to N664.04 per dollar from N471.67 per dollar on Tuesday, as the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN announced measures to liberalise the market including the elimination of multiple exchange rates, and freedom for banks to …

The Federal Government, on Wednesday, announced that an inter-ministerial committee had been set up to fine-tune the Student Loan bill that was signed recently by President Bola Tinubu. The committee, which will meet on Tuesday, is expected to work together and ensure that the disbursement of the student loans starts by September 2023 for the 2023/2024 academic session. The Permanent …

The apex bank also announced the abolition of the RT200 programme and the naira4dollar remittance scheme on 30 June. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has announced the unification of all segments of the Nigerian forex market. The apex bank, in a statement Wednesday, announced the collapse of all windows into the Investors & Exporters (I&E) window. This move is part of …