The Federal Government has expressed confidence in achieving its N36.35tn revenue target for 2025 as economic reforms continue to take shape under President Bola Tinubu’s administration. According to a press statement on Monday, the Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Abubakar Bagudu, made this assertion during a hearing at the National Assembly Joint Committees on…
Operatives of the Nasarawa State Police Command have arrested a suspected Yahoo boy, internet fraudster, identified as Ajayi for allegedly killing his girlfriend, Salome Enejo for rituals.The suspect was caught with a fresh human head in Agwan Sarki, Orozo, a boundary area between Nasarawa State and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT on Sunday.The Nasarawa State…
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has banned used items markets, popularly known as ‘Panteka’, in the FCT for two weeks. Wike said the ban on Panteka markets in the FCT takes effect from Tuesday, 14th January 2025. He announced the ban during the FCT Security Council meeting. This was disclosed in…
The Minister for Youth Development, Ayodele Olawande, has backed President Bola Tinubu’s son, Seyi to become the next governor of Lagos State. Olawande said Seyi Tinubu is well-qualified to govern Lagos State. The minister while featuring on the Mic On podcast with Seun Okinbaloye, addressed the growing rumours surrounding Seyi’s potential run for governor of…
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State says those who received bribes for the selection of the Alaafin of Oyo designate would be prosecuted. Makinde made this statement on Monday when he presented the staff of the office to Abimbola Owoade, the new Alaafin of Oyo. The presentation of the staff and certificate of recognition took…
THE National Assembly, comprising the Senate and House of Representatives, has threatened to remove the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB in the 2025 budget proposal, saying it was unjustifiable for the board not to remit N4billion to the federation account, despite getting N6bn from the Federal Government in 2024. According to NASS, the federal…
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Fouad Oki, has stated that Mudashiru Obasa’s impeachment as Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly was essential to holding him accountable for his actions. Oki made this statement on Monday while appearing on Channels Television’s Politics Today, following Obasa’s impeachment. Obasa, a sixth-term APC lawmaker…
President Bola Tinubu says that Africa has what it takes to develop itself and should look inward to improve intra-African trade in the interest of the people and the continent. The President said this on his official X account on Monday, adding that he had successful conversations with the Rwandan President, Paul Kagame, on the…
Mr Macaroni, a popular Nigerian skit maker and activist, has disclosed why he will continue to snub the serving Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu. Macaroni made the revelation while clapping back at an X user @OyesileJohn, who called him out for snubbing the Governor. The user @OyesileJohn Twitted: “To d’ifa fun a certain Macarroni who,…
American rapper and YouTuber, Darryl Dwayne Granberry Jr., better known as DDG, has stated that he might have to relocate to Lagos State. DDG made this known while expressing uncertainty about continuing to live in the United States. In a viral post on his X handle, the rapper hinted at his possible relocation to London…
