President Bola Tinubu and his wife, Remi (middle) at the inauguration on May 29, 2023 at Eagle Square in Abuja. Channels TV/ Sodiq Adelakun President Bola Tinubu on Friday said he won’t be a religious bigot in addressing the security challenges in the country. The President stated this when receiving the Catholic Bishop’s Conference of … Continue reading I’m not a bigot, my wife is RCCG pastor – Tinubu speaks on insecurity
Good morning from MEZIESBLOG! Here is today’s summary of news from Nigerian newspapers: 1. The House of Representatives has retained Value Added Tax, VAT, at 7.5 per cent and rejected a staggered increase to 15 per cent by 2030 as proposed in the Tax Reform Bills being debated at the National Assembly. 2. Following the remarks … Continue reading Top news from Nigeria today
Prior to his role at the Welsh Government, Moss was chief exec at the Intellectual Property Office. The Department for Transport said Moss’s time at the Welsh Government and IPO have given him “extensive experience” managing functions including HR, finance and digital and data. It said he has also had oversight of several independent inspectorates … Continue reading Why DVLA appointed Tim Moss its new chief executive
Indonesia President Prabowo Subianto announced on Feb 19, 2025 that Higher Education, Science and Technology Minister Satryo Soemantri Brodjonegoro (left) would be replaced by Brian Yuliarto (right). (Photos: Facebook/Kementerian Pendidikan Tinggi, Sains, dan Teknologi, Tim Media Presiden) Indonesia President Prabowo Subianto has made his first Cabinet change, switching up a senior minister role. On Wednesday … Continue reading Indonesia President Prabowo fires controversial minister in first Cabinet change
President Donald Trump asked the US Supreme Court to let him fire the head of an independent US agency that protects government whistleblowers, seeking high-court intervention for the first time in his campaign to oust federal officials who don’t embrace his views. The filing, submitted Sunday but not yet formally docketed, asks the court to … Continue reading Trump begs Supreme Court for power to fire US agency head who opposes his views
The White House is preparing an executive order to eliminate the Education Department, two sources familiar with the plans told NBC News. President Donald Trump cannot unilaterally abolish a federal agency without the approval of Congress. The planned order follows years of campaign promises from Trump to abolish the Education Department, which was established in 1979, … Continue reading Trump to abolish US Department of Education
Photo by Sharefaith on Pexels.com Advocacy groups representing FBI agents appealed to the U.S. Congress on Monday to intervene to stop possible mass firings of agents who worked on the investigation of the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol attack and other probes condemned by President Donald Trump. In a letter to Republican and Democratic leaders in … Continue reading FBI reps appeal to US Congress as employees face scrutiny over Jan 6 events
Good evening from MEZIESBLOG! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian newspapers: 1. The All Progressives Congress, APC, has officially expelled former Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, from the party over allegations of anti-party activities. Aregbesola, who governed Osun State for eight years, had formed a faction within the APC known as The Osun Progressives (TOP), now … Continue reading Top news from Nigeria today 30/01/2025
Rarely has a speech been so heavily trailed in the media, with so many of the details - from the third runway at Heathrow to the revived Oxford-Cambridge corridor and the nine new reservoirs across the country - pre-briefed and leaked to the press in advance. So you might have thought there were no surprises … Continue reading The big points in the chancellor’s speech that won’t get the headlines
England's chief medical officer, Professor Sir Chris Whitty, has said it would be "extremely difficult" to have a list of illnesses that would apply under the proposed assisted dying legislation. Asked if there could be a list of conditions, Sir Chris told MPs on the assisted dying bill committee: "If I'm honest, I think it would … Continue reading Whitty: It would be ‘extremely difficult’ to list illnesses that would apply to assisted dying
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