The Nigerian Senate on Thursday passed the 2023 supplementary appropriation bill till 31st December 2024. The implementation of the 2023 supplementary by implication would run in paripasu with that of the 2024 which stands at N28.78 trillion. The passage followed the emergency plenary convened which was presided by the Senate President, Senator Godswill Obot Akpabio….
Mr Philip, a member of the House of Representatives and deputy chairperson of the House Committee on Information, cautioned that failure to comply with the recommendation to replace old aircraft in the presidential fleet could have grievous consequences. “If from the committee’s technical assessment by their consultants, they have viewed that this aircraft is no…
The Presidency has defended President Bola Tinubu amid backlash over his fall at the Eagles Square in Abuja. Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, said his principal is not a superman, stressing that he’s like other human beings. Onanuga recounted that President Joe Biden of the United States and former President Barack…
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has declared that there is hunger in the country. Makinde noted that what is happening in the country does not reflect where the country and its people should be as a nation. He used the opportunity to appeal to leaders across the country to create a framework to harness…
As Nigerians mark the June 12 Democracy Day celebration, some aggrieved citizens on Wednesday protested against the current state of the country. The aggrieved Nigerians took to the streets to protest against the hunger and economic hardship. In Lagos State, some protesters who gathered in Ikeja said it’s time for President Bola Tinubu’s administration to…
President Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, charged Nigerians to bear the excruciating pain occasioned by harsh economic policies of his government.According to Tinubu, the policies are necessary to put the nation on a sound economic position. The Publisher Nigeria reports that the President stated this in a national broadcast to mark the 25th anniversary of unbroken…
The 10th edition of the Lagos International Climate Change Summit commenced today at the Lagos Continental Hotel in Victoria Island, Lagos, under the theme “Accelerating Climate Finance and Championing Local Adaptation Initiatives.” The summit, which runs from June 11th to 13th, will be bringing together climate experts, policymakers, and stakeholders to discuss strategies for mobilizing…
The Rivers State Ethnic Youth Leaders Coalition, RSEYLC, has blasted the 27 members of the State House of Assembly loyal to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, for denying their defection from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the All Progressives Congress, APC. In a statement by its chairman, Legborsi Yamaabana in…
Former presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr Peter Obi, has described the outcome of the recent South African election results as a shining example of what a transparent and efficient democratic electoral process should look like. Obi said this was in stark contrast to the “show of shame” that the giant of Africa,…
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Thursday, inaugurated 270 units of two-bedroom flats at the Egan-Igando Mixed Housing Estate, Igando-Ikotun Local Council Development Area (LCDA), Lagos. The project located in the Ikeja Division of Lagos State is Cluster One of the proposed 101 blocks of 846 home units made up of one, two and…
