By OLA MODUPE MODUPE, Lagos – The Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr Mudashiru Obasa has pledged speedy passage of the 2024 budget of Renewed Hope of N2.246 trillion before Jan. 1. The speaker gave the pledge during an official visit by Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu to...
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A heavy duty truck, carrying bottled water, on Saturday crashed at Hawan-Kibo, on the Jos-Abuja highway in a lone accident, leaving scores of motorists and commuters stranded in an unusual gridlock. Mr Peter Longsan, the Public Education Officer of the Plateau Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps...
Vice-President Kashim Shettima on Saturday in Ibadan stated that Nigeria’s private sector has a very big role to play in the country’s development. Shettima stated this at an event at the University of Ibadan to honour a former governor of Oyo State, the late Sen. Abiola Ajimobi. The...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has sympathised with the government and the people of Borno State over the passing of the Waziri of Borno, Mustapha Mukhtar. The Waziri, who served as the Prime Minister of Borno and Chief Adviser to the Shehu of...
The Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Ola Olukoyede, has called for legislation against unexplained wealth, as a way of checking the criminal activities of treasury looters in the country. EFCC Spokesperson, Mr Dele Oyewale in a statement quoted Olukoyede as making the call at...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Governors from the 19 northern states led by the forum’s chairman, Governor Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe among others, on Friday, converged in Kaduna for their inaugural meeting since the change of leadership in May, 2023. Governor of Borno State, Professor Babagana Umara...
By THELMA CHIOMA THOMAS-ABEKU (Lead Writer) – The launch of the Noma Centre Abuja is set to transform medical care for those affected by the devastating noma disease. The centre is more than just a treatment centre, it represents a symbol of hope, compassion, and community support, offering free services to...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has celebrated his friend and ally, former President Muhammadu Buhari, whom he described as an icon of truth, justice, and patriotism on his 81st birthday. President Tinubu in a statement on Saturday by his spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, extolled...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has urged the Federal Government to covert the 50 billion naira budgeted for student loan scheme to grants. President of ASUU, Emmanuel Osodeke, who was a guest on Channels Television’s Hard Copy on Friday, cited the burden of paying back...
The Soun of Ogbomosoland, Oba Afolabi Olaoye, has inaugurated operation zero potholes on Ogbomoso township roads as part of activities for his coronation scheduled for Dec. 19. Spokesman for the paramount ruler, Rev. Peter Olaleye, said this in a chat with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday,...
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By BARBARA KALU, Port Harcourt – The Chairman of the Governing Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Mr. Chiedu Ebie, has described the departed centenarian and patriarch of the Abegunde family as a trail blazer in his community in Akure, Ondo State. Ebie, who spoke during the...
The National Action on Sugar Reduction (NASR) Coalition has said that taxes on Sugar Sweetened Beverages (SSB) and alcoholic drinks will help poor indigent Nigerians. The Co-Chairman of NASR, Dr Alhassan Umar, reiterated the stance of the coalition, in a statement he signed and made available to newsmen...
ActionAid Nigeria (AAN), Small-Scale Women Farmers Organisation in Nigeria (SWOFON) and other stakeholders in agriculture sector have faulted the 2024 proposed agriculture budget of N362.9 billion. The groups expressed their views at a news joint conference to analyse the proposed 2024 agricultural sector’s budget on Saturday in Abuja....
President Bola Tinubu has mourned the death of ace broadcaster, Kabiru Fagge, who died on Friday in the United States of America. The president’s condolence message was contained in a statement issued on Saturday by his spokesman, Chief Ajuri Ngelale. ”Fagge, aged 77, was an enduring name across...
The Enugu State Government has said it will reopen one lane of the Enugu- Port-Harcourt expressway collapsed bridge for use by Dec. 24. The State Commissioner for Works, Mr Gerald Otiji, disclosed this while briefing newsmen after the State Executive Council meeting held at the Government House, Enugu...
Chief Willie Obiano, immediate past governor of Anambra, has expressed deep sadness and sympathy over the passing of Dr Chukwuemeka Ezeife. Ezeife, also a former governor of the state, passed on at the National Hospital, Abuja on Dec. 14 at the age of 85. Chief Rob Nwakaire, younger...
Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma of Imo, bemoaning the death of one of Nigeria’s erudite statesmen, ex-Gov. Chukwuemeka Ezeife of Anambra, said the country has lost an asset following his death. In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary and Media Adviser, Mr Oguwike Nwachuku, the Imo governor described...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Senate, President Godswill Akpiabio, has faulted media reports on his alleged collapse at a colloquium marking his 61st birthday on Thursday. Akpabio who made the clarification while addressing newsmen on Friday in Abuja, said he felt a bit uncomfortable at the colloquium, partly...
President Bola Tinubu has assured foreign investors of diligent and predictable fund repatriation, and the streamlining of the tax system. He also urged new foreign ambassadors to prioritise the exploration of new frontiers of trade relations that would be mutually beneficial as they carry out their duties...