Month: December 2024

President BOLA TINUBU has congratulated Ghana’s President-elect JOHN DRAMANI MAHAMA on his victory in the December 7 general election.  President TINUBU in during a telephone call to MAHAMA, hoped that his ascension to power would further bring stability to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).  According to a statement by presidential spokesman BAYO ONANUGA, the president commended the people of Ghana for their commitment to democracy, which was demonstrated through the peaceful and successful conduct […]

The Senate has expressed dissatisfaction with the performance of Nigeria’s electricity Distribution Companies (Discos) and the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), since the privatization of the power sector. The upper chamber described the  privatization of the power sector as a failure, while threatening to initiate legislative measures, to reverse the policy.  This was made when the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Power, EYINNAYA ABARIBE, submitted his report for consideration, explaining […]

President BOLA TINUBU has directed the Federal Ministry of Justice and the National Assembly to work on concerns raised over the tax bills. Recall that there has been growing apprehension over the bills currently before the National Assembly, with the North and some members of the Nigerian Governors Forum strongly calling for the withdrawal of the bills. However, the  Minister of Information and National Orientation, MOHAMMED IDRIS, in a statement, insisted that the government had […]