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President Bola Tinubu will on Wednesday present the 2024 Appropriation Bill to a joint session of the National Assembly. This came as the Federal Executive Council on Monday approved the 2024 Appropriation Bill of N27.5tn. This is an increase from the N26.01tn earlier considered by the council. The Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Abubakar […]
The Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, on Sunday, said the country was almost comatose when President Bola Tinubu came into power. Abiodun disclosed this during an interview on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics. He said, “The President Tinubu-led administration has been very bold and audacious. “They’ve taken the bull by the horns. They’ve done what no […]
President Bola Tinubu has apparently apprehended the lingering rift between the Ondo governor, Rotimi Akeredolu and his deputy, Mr Lucky Aiyedatiwa, following hours of peace meeting at the presidential villa, Abuja on Friday night. Both sides have now resolved to embrace amity and maintain status quo as Aiyedatiwa promised to carry along members of the […]
The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has directed the Controller-General, Nigerian Correctional Service, Haliru Nababa, to investigate the allegation against personnel of the service. The Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Chris Musa, had accused some personnel of the correctional service of conniving with inmates to finance the operations of terrorists. “The issue of correctional facilities […]
Benue State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has vowed to use all legal options to recover the governorship of the state which it believes rightly belongs to the party. The Appeal Court sitting in Abuja on Monday dismissed the appeal by the governorship candidate of PDP, Engr Titus Uba and upheld the ruling of the tribunal […]
The Labour Party has described the 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar’s merger proposal as a good proposal that should be considered. But the New Nigeria People’s Party said it could only accept the proposal if Atiku would support a former governor of Kano State, Rabiu Kwankwaso, to wrest power from […]
The Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia, has congratulated his Imo State counterpart, Hope Uzodimma, on his re-election. The congratulatory message was contained in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Tersoo Kula in Makurdi. Alia said Uzodimma’s landslide victory showed that he is the true choice of the good people of Imo. He said the […]
The House of Representatives Committee on Telecommunications in Nigeria has vowed to provide necessary parliamentary interventions and support to address the issues and challenges facing the country’s telecom industry. The committee chairman, Peter Akpatason, made the pledge when he received leadership and members of the National Executive Council of the Association of Telecommunications Companies of […]
Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, said on Thursday that his predecessor and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, remains his principal. He urged the people of Rivers State to put behind them the discomfort created by the political tension experienced over a week ago in the wake of an explosion in the […]
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Mahmood Yakubu, says the electoral umpire has no candidate in the November 11, 2023 governorship polls in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi states. In a statement late Thursday, the electoral chief pledged to ensure a level playing field for all political parties and candidates in the […]
