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Senators’ Wives felicitate First Lady Oluremi Tinubu at 65

Lukman Laleye Babalola

The Senators’ Wives Association of Nigeria has congratulated the First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, on her 65th birthday, described her as an inspiration to women and a source of hope for millions across the country. In a statement signed by its President, Dr. (Mrs.) Ekaette Unoma Akpabio, wife of the Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio, the Association commended the First Lady’s philanthropic initiatives under the Renewed Hope Initiative, which it said have positively impacted women, youths, widows, orphans, and internally displaced persons. “You have been the mother of all and…

DNGTC endorses First Lady’s Green Nigeria Challenge, Backs Sustainable Development Drive

Lukman Laleye Babalola

The Destination Nigeria Governors’ Tourism Conference (DNGTC) has expressed strong support for Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, over her Renewed Hope Initiative (RHI) Green Nigeria Challenge, aimed at fostering environmental cleanliness and sustainable development across the country.   At the official unveiling of the initiative at the Presidential Villa, Enugu State received the star prize of ₦100 million as the cleanest state in Nigeria. The Green Nigeria Challenge is a nationwide competition that encourages households, communities, and states to engage in tree planting and environmental sanitation.   With the…

MURIC urges first Lady Remi Tinubu to extend palliatives to Nigerian Muslims

Lukman Laleye Babalola

The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has called on Nigeria’s First Lady and National Chairman of the Renewed Hope Initiative (RHI), Senator Oluremi Tinubu, to include Nigerian Muslims in her ongoing distribution of palliatives and empowerment programmes.   This comes after the First Lady, on Friday, 30th May 2025, donated seven hybrid 14-seater buses to the Youth Wing of the Christian Association of Nigeria (YOWICA) during a ceremony held at the State House, Abuja.   In a statement issued on Saturday, 31st May 2025, MURIC’s Executive Director, Professor Ishaq Akintola, congratulated…

NITDA, Renewed Hope Initiative Commission IT Community Centre in Ibadan to Empower Youth, Women

Lukman Laleye Babalola

The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), in partnership with the Renewed Hope Initiative (RHI), has commissioned a state-of-the-art IT Community Centre in Ibadan, Oyo State, as part of efforts to deepen digital inclusion and empower women and young people across the country. The facility, located at Oladipo Alayande School of Science, Oke-Bola, was named in honour of Mrs. Onikepo Akande, a prominent daughter of Oyo State. The centre is designed to offer comprehensive digital skills training, particularly for women and youth, to enhance their participation in the digital economy…

NiDCOM rescues another 17 Trafficked girls, arrests Traffickers in Ghana

Lukman Laleye Babalola

Seventeen young Nigerian girls trafficked to Ghana have been rescued and repatriated back to the country while five traffickers were equally arrested.   This latest rescue operation brought to 130 girls repatriated back to Nigeria from Ghana alone since July 2024.   This was sequel to the combined and coordinated efforts of the Ghanaian Anti-Human Trafficking Police, Nigerians in Diaspora Organisation (NIDO) Ghana, and the Nigerian High Commission in Accra. Speaking on this latest efforts, Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman/CEO Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), expressed her gratitude to Nigeria’s First…

I have never, won’t run my administration on religious bias, Tinubu assures CAN

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Bola Tinubu

Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has assured the leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria that he will not run his administration on the basis of religion if elected President of Nigeria. Tinubu who met with the CAN leadership in Abuja on Wednesday at an interactive session assured them that the same way his administration did not discriminate against anyone either based on tribe, religion or gender when he was Lagos Governor, he would not start such in office as president. He was accompanied…

Cybersecurity: NCC inaugurates incident response facility …. As Minister, ONSA, Lawmakers, others commend initiative

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The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has inaugurated an incidence response facility aimed at addressing incidences of cybercrimes, protecting telecoms infrastructure and encouraging increased participation in nation’s digital economy. The NCC Center for Computer Security Incident Response is the Commission’s industry-specific intervention, whose objectives are aligned to the National Cybersecurity Policy and Strategy (NCPS) published by the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA). The NCPS required each sector to establish a computer incident response team provides requisite services to the stakeholders and players within each sector. The overall mandate of…

Senate probes GSM operators over drop calls

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A Senate panel on Wednesday held a public hearing to investigate telecommunications network operators in the country over increasing rate of drop calls. President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan has asked the GSM operators in the country to refund to their customers money which they paid on drop calls. The public hearing was conducted by joint Senate committees on Communications, Trade and Investment. According to the chairperson of the Senate Committee on communications, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, the session was specifically “on the increasing rate of drop calls and other unwholesome…

Buhari Dumped My Husband After 2015 APC Victory- Oluremi Tinubu

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Senator Oluremi Tinubu, the wife of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has opened up for the first time on how President Muhammadu Buhari dumped her husband immediately after the party won the 2015 elections. Senator Oluremi who featured in yesterday’s ‘Your View’, a program on Television Continental (TVC) disclosed that her husband was ”trashed” after the APC victory. Speaking on the APC victory which saw the opposition defeating an incumbent administration for the first time in the history of Nigeria, Senator Tinubu said: “He…