The Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Mr. Bosun Tijani, says Nigeria’s digital economy sector is projected to contribute 21 per cent to the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by 2027. Tijani disclosed this on Monday at a one-day public hearing on the National Digital Economy and E-Governance Bill 2025, organised by the Senate…
President Bola Tinubu has nominated Dr Kingsley Tochukwu Udeh, Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), for appointment as a Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The nomination was conveyed in a letter to the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, and read during Tuesday’s plenary session. Udeh, who currently serves as Enugu State’s Attorney-General and…
The Minister of Defence, Mohammed Badaru, has urged the newly appointed Chief of Defence Staff and Service Chiefs to adopt a unified and proactive approach in addressing Nigeria’s security challenges. During a courtesy visit to the Ministry of Defence in Abuja on Tuesday, the delegation, led by the Chief of Defence Staff, Lt.-Gen. Olufemi Oluyede,…
Nigeria’s Minister of Works, David Umahi, says the South-East region must wait until after 2031 to seek the country’s presidency, arguing that President Bola Tinubu should first be allowed to complete two full terms. In an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Umahi said it would be unfair for the South-East to demand…
Uche Nnaji, the Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, has tendered his resignation. Bayo Onanuga, the presidential spokesman, confirmed this development in a statement late on Tuesday. Nnaji finds himself at the centre of controversy regarding his academic credentials. An investigation by PREMIUM TIMES revealed that the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) has disavowed the…
Hearing in a suit filed by the Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Uche Nnaji, against the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), and others, was, on Monday, stalled at the Federal High Court in Abuja. The proceeding in the case, instituted by Nnaji over controversy about his university certificate, could not go on before Justice…
The Minister of Youth Development has said that no fewer than 58,820 young Nigerians registered in just 53 days for the Youth Data Protection Awareness and Training (YDPAT) Programme across the country. This is contained in a statement by Mrs Omolara Esan, Director of Information and Public Relations in the ministry, on Tuesday in Abuja….
Nigeria’s Health Minister Ali Pate on Monday praised Dr Bello Suleiman, outgoing Chief Medical Director (CMD) of the Federal Teaching Hospital, Katsina, for steering the institution to what he called “one of the best among its contemporaries.” Speaking through a representative at a reception organised by the Hambali Family Union, Pate said Suleiman’s eight-year tenure…
Nigeria’s parliament has summoned the Minister of Transportation, Sa’idu Alkali, giving him 48 hours to appear before lawmakers following the derailment of a train on the busy Abuja–Kaduna line. The House Committee on Land Transport suspended its Tuesday hearing after Alkali failed to attend. The train, carrying more than 600 passengers, derailed on Aug. 25,…
Nigeria’s former Aviation Minister, Hadi Sirika, has defended the controversial Nigeria Air project, insisting it was not a scam despite widespread criticism and his ongoing corruption trial. Sirika, who oversaw the project during President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, told Channels Television on Tuesday that due process was followed under a public-private partnership arrangement. “The total budget…
