President Bola Ahmed Tinubu says his government bring about growth and development through job creation, food security and an end of extreme poverty. He made this know during his inaugural address on Monday May 29, 2023 while speaking on his plans on agriculture and job creation. According to him, “Rural incomes shall be secured by commodity exchange boards guaranteeing minimal prices for certain crops and animal products. A nationwide programme for storage and other facilities to reduce spoilage and waste will be undertaken. “Agricultural hubs will be created throughout the nation to increase production and engage in value-added processing. “The…
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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu says securIty will be a top priority of his government. He made this know during his inaugural address on Monday May 29, 2023 while speaking on the security of the Nation. According to him, “Security shall be the top priority of our administration because neither prosperity nor justice can prevail amidst insecurity and violence.To effectively tackle this menace, we shall reform both our security doctrine and its architecture.We shall invest more in our security personnel, and this means more than an increase in number. We shall provide, better training, equipment, pay and firepower.”
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu says Nigeria shall be governed according to the rule of law and remodel the economy to enhance growth. He made this know during his inaugural address on Monday May 29,2023 while speaking on the economy. According to President Tinubu, “We will target a higher GDP growth and to significantly reduce unemployment. We intend to accomplish this by taking the following steps: First, budgetary reform stimulating the economy without engendering inflation will be instituted.Second, industrial policy will utilize the full range of fiscal measures to promote domestic manufacturing and lessen import dependency.Third, electricity will become more accessible and…
My Fellow Citizens, I stand before you honoured to assume the sacred mandate you have given me. My love for this nation is abiding. My confidence in its people, unwavering. And my faith in God Almighty, absolute. I know that His hand shall provide the needed moral strength and clarity of purpose in those instances when we seem to have reached the limits of our human capacity. This day is bold and majestic yet bright and full of spirit, as is our precious nation. As a nation, we have long ago decided to march beyond the dimness of night into…
As a new democratic government takes over in Nigeria, the Journalists International Forum For Migration, JIFORM, has sent a goodwill message to the nation’s 16th President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu urging him to create a separate ministry for diaspora and migration engagements. He pleaded with him to ensure a proper decent job negotiation for Nigerians across the globe in order to reduce the incidences of irregular migration and human trafficking. Dr. Ajibola Abayomi, the President of the JIFORM with over 300 journalists covering migration matters across the continents in a statement, buttressed the appeal for the creation of the ministry, saying…
The Metropolitan police will no longer attend emergency calls related to mental health incidents, the force’s commissioner has said. In a letter seen by the Guardian, Sir Mark Rowley says he will order his officers not to attend thousands of calls they get every year to deal with mental health incidents. Rowley has given health and social care services a deadline of 31 August before the force starts its ban, which will only be waived if a threat to life is feared. The Met chief believes the move is necessary and urgent because officers are being diverted from their core…
Five suspects including a woman have been named in connection with the alledgedhijack of a radio broadcast station, Amuludun 99.1 FM operating in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. The suspects namely, Noah Atoyebi, 30, Gbenga Adeleke, 25, Abdulganiyu Mustafa Kolawole, 35, Bashiru Kehinde O, and Fajola Elija, 45 , according to the State Commissioner of Police, CP Adebowale Williams were apprehended. According to a statement signed on Sunday by Oyo State Public Relations Officer, SP Osifeso Adewale, some members of a group driven by a separatist agenda had forcefully hijacked a radio broadcast station, Amuludun 99.1 FM located around Moniya,…
My fellow Nigerian brothers, sisters and friends of Nigeria. I address you today, in my last assignment as a democratically elected President of our great and well-endowed nation, with a deep sense of gratitude to God, a great deal of appreciation to the Nigerian people and a modest sense of fulfilment. Today we mark and celebrate another peaceful transition of power from one elected government to another in our steady march to improve and sustain Nigeria’s democracy. This year we witnessed the most keenly contested Presidential Elections since the first Republic and this demonstrates that our democracy is getting better…
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has urged the President-Elect Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu to “start with a clean slate by promptly making public details of your assets, income, investments, liabilities, and interests and to encourage your Vice President-Elect to do the same.” SERAP also urged him to “immediately prioritise the full and effective respect for human rights, media freedom, the rule of law and the country’s judiciary including by promptly obeying countless court judgements which the government of President Muhammadu Buhari has repeatedly treated with utter contempt and disdain.” In the open letter dated 27 May 2023 and signed by…
Suspected Yoruba Nation agitators on Sunday morning hijacked broadcast activities on Amuludun 99.1 FM, Ibadan. The agitators after invading the FM station, seized the phones of the workers on duty and took over the air. Some of the agitators were heard saying they are Yoruba Nation agitators, were on air for about an hour asking their sponsors to come out. When security agencies arrived the station, the intruders began raising alarm that they have been attacked with guns, calling on their sponsors to come to their rescue. The General Manager of the station, Mr. Stephen Agbaje, confirmed the development and stressed…