President Bola Tinubu will on Tuesday, present the 2025 Appropriation Bill to the joint session of the National Assembly. This was disclosed by President of Senate, Godswill Akpabio, during the plenary on Thursday. Akpabio said the budget presentation would take place at the chamber of House of Representatives. NAN...
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The Senate has issued a warrant for the Managing Director of Julius Berger Nigeria Plc, Dr Peer Lubasch, to appear before its committee on works. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the warrant was for Lubasch to explain the utilisation of funds appropriated for the reconstruction work...
Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani, on Thursday, said the 36 states of the federation have endorsed the creation of state police, following the submission of their reports to the National Economic Council (NEC). The Governor said this while briefing State House correspondents at the end of 147th NEC meeting...
The Judiciary and the Media are key pillars of democracy, the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun has said. Kekere-Ekun made this statement in her address at the 2024 National Conference of the National Association of Judiciary Correspondents (NAJUC). The CJN was represented by Mr Abdulaziz Olumo,...
A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Kafanchan, Kaduna State, on Thursday remanded a 30-year-old woman, Mercy Michael, in a correctional facility for allegedly killing her daughter with rat poison. Michael was charged by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corp (NSCDC) with culpable homicide, contrary to Section 189 of the...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike has donated 50 operational vehicles to security agencies in the territory. Wike, while handing over the vehicles in Abuja on Thursday, asked the security agencies to take the war to the criminals in their hideouts across the FCT....
Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf on Thursday reshuffled the State Executive Council with the Secretary to the State Government, Dr Abdullahi Baffa Bichi, dropped on health ground. In a statement issued by his spokesperson, Sanusi Dawakin-Tofa, on Thursday Yusuf said the rejig was in line with his administration’s desire...
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike has vowed to stop anybody from taking land belonging to the territory without approval. Wike stated this while handing over 50 operational vehicles to security agencies in the FCT, in Abuja on Thursday. The minister, who decried the activities of land...
An Ikeja Special Offences Court has fixed Jan.7 for ruling on the application filed by the embattled ex-Governor of Central Bank, Godwin Emefiele, challenging the jurisdiction of the court. Emefiele is standing trial for alleged abuse of office and $4.5 billion and N2.8 billion fraud. His co-defendant, Henry Omoile,...
The Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) said it arrested eight suspects and recovered seven vehicles over “one chance” robbery in the territory in one week. The Commissioner of Police (CP) in charge of the FCT, Mr Olatunji Disu, said this during a media briefing on Thursday...
Sokoto State Police Command has arrested a fake Nigerian Army Major, Austin Anthony, who allegedly led a specialised car syndicate operating in Nigeria and neighboring countries. Anthony, 44, resident of Delta state was intercepted driving a stolen car at a police checkpoint on Dec. 5, along Bodinga road in...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it has set to review the use of the Permanent Voters’ Cards (PVC) as the sole means of identification for voter accreditation on election day. The Chairman of the Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu disclosed this on Thursday...
A judge was shot dead Wednesday in Mexico’s once-thriving beach city of Acapulco, local media and the state prosecutor’s office said. Local press identified the slain judge as Edmundo Roman Pinzon, president of the Superior Court of Justice in Guerrero state, saying he was shot at least four times...
An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Thursday set aside a bench warrant issued against the Former Managing Director of Assets Management Cooperation of Nigeria (AMCON) Ahmed Kuru. He is charged with alleged Arik Airline N76 billion and 31.5 million dollars fraud. Other defendants are former Receiver Manager of Arik...
Commander of the Joint Task Force (JTF) in Niger Delta, Rear Admiral John Okeke, on Thursday attributed the rise in oil output from 1.2 million barrels per day (mbpd) in January to 1.84 mbpd currently to outcome of intensified battle against oil theft. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
Online streaming platform, Spotify, has unveiled the top five most streamed podcasts in Nigeria, Kenya and South, for 2024. Ncebakazi Manzi, Spotify’s Sub-Saharan Africa Podcast Manager, in a statement on Thursday, said that “Apostle Femi Lazarus” remained the most streamed podcast in Nigeria. Manzi said others were: “Motivation Daily...
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Kano Zonal Command, has received 10 rescued victims of human trafficking. The agency’s Zonal Commander, Mr Abdullahi Babale, said this on Thursday in Kano while receiving the victims from the Nigeria Police Force, Kano State Command. He said...
By DOMINIC AKPENSUEN, Jalingo – Troops of 6 Brigade, Sector 3 of the “Operation Whirl Stroke” (OPWS) have thwarted a planned banditry attack in Taraba and arrested two suspects with AK 47 rifles. The Acting Assistant Director, Army Public Relations in Jalingo, Capt. Olubodunde Oni, the success was as...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – In an effort to curb illegal smuggling of petroleum product (PMS) in Cross River State, men of Operation Whirlwind Zone C, Nigeria Customs Service NCS, has impounded 466,000 litres of petroleum product valued at N380m. The National Coordinator, Compt. HC Ejibunu, disclosed this in...
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has said it is committed to conducting a hitch-free 2025 Hajj operation. Executive Chairman of the Commission, Prof. Abdullahi Usman, gave the assurance during a meeting with Chief Executives of State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Boards, Agencies and Commissions, held on Wednesday at...