President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has tasked heads of ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) on prompt response to National Assembly’s invitation to budget defence. Akpabio stated this on Wednesday during the presentation of the 2025 Appropriation Bill by President Bola Tinubu before a joint session of the national...
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PRESENTATION BY HIS EXCELLENCY, PRESIDENT BOLA AHMED TINUBU, GCFR OF THE 2025 BUDGET OF RESTORATION: SECURING PEACE, REBUILDING PROSPERITY TO A JOINT SESSION OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ON WEDNESDAY 18TH DECEMBER, 2024 PROTOCOLS:— The Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima— Senate President, Distinguished Senator Godswill Akpabio— Right Honourable Speaker, Tajudeen...
President Bola Tinubu says the Federal Government targets N34.82 trillion revenue to fund the N47.9 trillion 2025 budget. Tinubu stated this on Wednesday in Abuja while presenting the 2025 Appropriation Bill to joint session of the National Assembly. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the N47.9 trillion...
The President of the Senate, Sen. Godswill Akpabio, has commended President Bola Tinubu for doubling aggregate government revenues to over N18.32 trillion. Akpabio gave the commendation on Wednesday, when Tinubu presented the 2025 Appropriation Bill before a Joint Session of the National Assembly. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Tajudeen Abbas, has said Nigeria’s low tax revenue remains a major constraint to national growth. Abbas said this at the presentation of the 2025 Appropriation Bill to a joint session of the National Assembly by President Bola Tinubu in Abuja on...
Akwa Ibom State Governor, Umo Eno, has declared a state of emergency in the power sector, aimed at setting machinery in motion to ensure stable power supply in the state. Eno made the declaration in his remarks, during the state Executive Council Ministerial briefing/End of Year Review in Uyo...
Security and defence, infrastructure, health and education were some of the sectors with high allocations in the N47.9tn Budget Proposal presented by President Bola Tinubu before a joint session of the National Assembly on Wednesday afternoon. “It is with great pleasure that I lay before this distinguished joint session...
A young Nigerian man has been sentenced to death by hanging for stealing a fowl in Osun. This was revealed in a statement posted on the X account of the Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke on Wednesday. The governor, however, said he had ordered an investigation into the matter,...
A shock outsider when he was first elected president eight years ago — and a pariah when he left office — Donald Trump appears to be the most popular person in America as far as the rich and powerful are concerned. Tech tycoons, US politicians, foreign leaders and even...
An international war crimes prosecutor, Stephen Rapp, has said evidence emerging from mass grave sites in Syria has exposed a state-run “machinery of death” under toppled leader Bashar al-Assad. According to Rapp, more than 100,000 people have been tortured and murdered since 2013. Speaking after visiting two mass grave...
Kenya suffered a widespread power outage on Wednesday that affected most of the country, with electricity supply restored about six hours later, the nation’s leading power utility Kenya Power said. The cause of the outage in East Africa’s largest economy, which was first reported at 1:28 a.m. local time...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) achieved significant recognition at the 2024 SERVICOM MDAs’ Awards held in Abuja on Wednesday, December 17, 2024. This is contained in a statement issued on Tuesday by the Head, Public Affairs and Corporate Communication, NUPRC, Mrs Olaide...
Security has been beefed up at the National Assembly Complex ahead of presentation of 2025 Appropriation Bill to a joint session of the National Assembly by President Bola Tinubu. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reportes that budget presentation which was earlier slated to hold on Tuesday, Dec 17...
The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has appointed a new Controller, Mr Olatubosun Ajibogun to head its Federal Capital Territory (FCT) command. This is contained in a statement by the FCT command, Public Relations Officer (PRO) Samson Duza on Wednesday in Abuja. Duza said that Ajibogun, a seasoned correctional service...
Nigerians paid ₦2.23tn as ransom to kidnappers in twelve months. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said the payments were made between May 2023 and April 2024. According to the NBS’s latest Crime Experience and Security Perception Survey report published on Tuesday, 65 per cent of households affected by...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has restored Sylvester Ezeokenwa as the national chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA). INEC National Commissioner and Chairman of the Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday. He said that the decision of the Commission followed...
Edo State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has faulted the suspension of chairmen in the 18 local governments (LG) of Edo by the House of Assembly. A statement by Dr Anthony Aziegbemi, the state PDP Chairman on Tuesday in Benin, described the action as unconstitutional, null, and...
The Nigeria Police, Gombe State Command has arrested a 27-year old man for allegedly raping a five-year-old girl in Pindiga community in Akko Local Government of the state. The police’s spokesperson in the state, ASP Buhari Abdullahi, said this on Tuesday in Gombe while parading the suspect and others....
Real Madrid and Brazil forward, Vinicius Junior was voted as FIFA’s Best men’s player for 2024 on Tuesday. The 24-year-old, who helped Real Madrid win the Champions League and La Liga, beat nine other nominees including Ballon d’Or winner Rodri and record winner Lionel Messi. It is his first...
Justice Benedict Kanyip of National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN), Abuja, on Tuesday, withdrew from separate suits filed by 62 staff members of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), who were recently disengaged from the apex bank’s service. Justice Kanyip, who is also the President of NICN, rescued himself from...