By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) has shared N1.088.783 trillion November revenue to the Federal Government, States and Local Government Councils (LGCs). This is according to the communique issued by the FAAC at its meeting on Friday. The communique said that the distributable...
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By DOMINIC AKPENSUEN, Jalingo- Taraba State Governor, Agbu Kefas has presented 2024 budget of N311, 388, 525, 661. 96 to the state House of Assembly and dedicated the largest portion of the budget to educational sector, with 43,208,278, 849. 29 at (13. 9 percent.) The budget proposal,...
Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on University Education, Rep. Abubakar Fulata, has said universities and other tertiary institutions should not abuse their exemption from the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS). Fulata said this in an interview with newsmen in Abuja on Friday, commending President Bola Tinubu...
A lawyer, Faruk Khamagam, has called on the Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, to respect court judgments and orders affirming Alhaji Faruk Abubakar as the valid managing director (MD) of Abuja Markets Management Limited (AMML). Khamagam, who was Abubakar’s counsel, made the call on...
The Minister of The Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has asked the National Assembly to approve the N17 billion appropriated for the FCT Administration in the N27.5 trillion 2024 proposed National Budget. Wike made the appeal when he appeared before the Joint Session of the Senate...
A former Minority Leader of the Senate, Enyinnaya Abaribe, has expressed shock over the death of former governor of Anambra, Dr Chukwuemeka Ezeife. Abaribe, in a statement on Friday by his Media Adviser, Mr Uchenna Awom, described Ezeife’s demise as “the great fall of an Iroko tree in...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).said on Friday that it arrested 59 suspected drug dealers in Sokoto, plus the alleged mastermind of the killing of its operative. The NDLEA Commander in the state, Mr Muhammad Iro, disclosed that the suspect, whose identity was not given, was earlier...
Armed Forces of Nigeria is poised to punish personnel found culpable in the Dec. 3 accidental killing of 85 civilians in Tudun Biri in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Those found culpable at the end of an independent investigation ordered by President Bola Tinubu would be punished,...
A Ukrainian village councillor set off hand grenades at a meeting, wounding 26 people, national police said Friday, triggering the launch of a terror investigation. The incident took place Friday morning at the headquarters of the village council of Keretsky in western Ukraine’s mountainous Zakarpattia region....
Afro-Pop superstar, Yemi Alade, on Friday announced the release of her long-awaited Extended Play (EP), ‘Mamapiano’. Alade, in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos, said that the new song would set the mood for the rest of...
The Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) and Nigerian Football Federation (NFF), have inaugurate a $1.19 million mini- stadium to promote grassroots football development in Kebbi. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the foundation of the project located on Kalgo Road in Birnin Kebbi was laid in...
Nigeria’s headline inflation rate increased to 28.2 per cent in November showing a 0.87 per cent points increase over the 27.33 per cent recorded in October, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says. It stated in its Consumer Price Index (CPI) and Inflation Report for November released in...
The Bishop, Catholic Diocese of Oyo, Most Rev. Emmanuel Badejo on Friday in Ibadan urged Christian faithful not to make merry during Christmas without helping indigent people. Badejo gave the advice in his Christmas message entitled: No real Christmas in conflict and on empty stomachs.’’ Badejo stated that the...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Chief of Mission, International Organisation for Migration (IOM), Mr. Lauren De Boeck has said that IOM in 2023 had played a crucial role in addressing the shelter needs of 71,666 individuals affected by conflicts and environmental hazards. Mr. Boeck said emergency,...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has sympathized with the Ezeife family, the people, and the government of Anambra State on the passing of Chief Chukwuemeka Ezeife, CON, former governor of the state. Chief Ezeife, Okwadike of Igbo-Ukwu, was governor of Anambra from 1992...
Britain’s Prince Harry has been awarded 140,600 euros ($154,146) after bringing a phone hacking claim against a tabloid newspaper publisher at the High Court. Justice Fancourt, the judge who oversaw the trial of the claims delivered his ruling at a hearing on Friday. Fancourt concluded there was “extensive”...
The former Minister of Power, Prof. Chinedu Nebo, has said the current challenges bedeviling Nigeria can never be solved by the political class alone but through the organised private sector. Nebo, who is the Vice Chancellor, University of the Niger, Anambra State, stated this in a Christmas Message...
Concerned members of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa have called on the party’s national leadership to sanction party members engaged in anti-party activities at the state’s Nov. 11 governorship election. Speaking with newsmen on Friday in Abuja, spokesman of the forum, Dr Otiti Etionumeya, said some party...
A Paediatric Cardiologist, Prof. Samuel Omokhodion, on Friday, urged medical practitioners not to ‘japa’ (run out of the country) because others is doing so. Rather, he said that they should be concerned with working harder and developing their values. Omokhodion stated this at the closing of the 60th...