More controversies appear to be swirling around the 2024 budget as more indications that the portion of the budget attributable to some federal government institutions lack details and transparency. The affected institutions, including the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, were Read more…
The Federal Government, on Wednesday, restored the supply of electricity to the Republic of Niger following the directive of President Bola Tinubu that Nigeria’s land and air borders with the neighbouring country be opened. On August 3, 2023, The PUNCH reported that Read more…
The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL), Dr. Mele Kyari, revealed on Wednesday that the corporation recorded 9,000 infractions on its pipelines within one year. Dr. Kyari made this disclosure while addressing the House of Read more…
The Nigeria Labour Congress, on Wednesday, expressed anger over the failure of about 90 per cent of states (over 30 states) in paying the wage award as agreed by the Federal Government and the organised Labour. The NLC said this Read more…
Senate Chief Whip, Ali Ndume, says as a principal officer in the 10th National Assembly, he got more than the N200m allocation his colleagues and floor members got for constituency projects in the 2024 Appropriation Act. “My colleagues know that Read more…
The Society of Young Nigerian Writers (SYNW) has expressed strong disapproval of the recent renaming of the Minna International Airport. On March 11, 2024, Niger State Governor Mohammed Umaru Bago announced the airport’s name change from Abubakar Imam Kagara International Read more…
Anambra State govt assures Azia community of free level playing ground in selection of monarchFrom Ifeoma Ejiofor The Anambra State Government has assured the Azia community in Ihiala LGA that nobody will be imposed on them as the traditional ruler. Read more…
A video made by Ukrainian militants attached to the so-called Russian Freedom Legion purporting to show they had taken control of the Russian border village of Tetkino on Wednesday was quickly shown to have been filmed from Ukrainian territory. The Read more…
Any attempt to send Polish troops into Ukraine may end up with a long-term occupation, President Vladimir Putin has warned in an extensive interview with Russian journalist Dmitry Kiselyov, which is set to be aired by Rossiya 1 TV and RIA Read more…
The All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party in Rivers State, on Tuesday, exchanged words over the political banter between Governor Siminalayi Fubara and the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, last Saturday at the funeral of the late Chief Executive Read more…
President Bola Tinubu met with the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, and his deputy, Barau Jibrin, moments after the Senate suspended Bauchi State Senator Abdul Ningi over false claims regarding the 2024 Appropriation Act. The meeting took place behind Read more…
The senator representing Bauchi Central, Abdul Ningi, has resigned from his position as the chairman of the Northern Senators Forum. Ningi was suspended on Tuesday following his allegations that about N3.7 trillion in the budget is unaccounted for in terms Read more…