Gov. Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State, on Tuesday, said Nigerians would soon enjoy the gains of fuel subsidy removal. Yahaya stated this in Gombe while inaugurating phase two of the state’s palliative distribution to residents of the state. He stated that President Bola Tinubu, in collaboration with the state governors, was intensifying efforts to ensure…
The Senate has raised the 2024 budget by an additional N1.2 trillion, resulting in an adjusted budget of N28.7 trillion from the initial N27.5 trillion. According to the report submitted by the Appropriation Committee led by Senator Solomon Adeola, aggregate expenditure was pegged at N28,777,404.073.861; statutory transfers -N1,742,786,788,150; recurrent expenditure- N8,768.5330,852; capital expenditure-N9,995,143,298,028 and GDP…
The Senate has called upon the nation’s security chiefs to appear before them in response to the recent spate of killings in Plateau State. Those invited include the Chief of Army staff; Taoreed Lagbaja; Chief of Air Staff; Hassan Abubakar; the Director-General of the Department of State Services, Yusuf Bichi; and the Inspector-General of Police,…
Deji Adeyanju, the human rights activist, has reacted to the death of the Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu. He described the death of Akeredolu as a reminder that power is not permanent. While mourning Akeredolu’s demise in a statement he released on Wednesday, Adeyanju urged all Nigerian leaders to see their current positions as temporary…
The Southern Nigeria Christian Association has conveyed its indignation and outrage regarding the mass killing of numerous Plateau State residents on Christmas Eve. Armed men had stormed Plateau communities as they were preparing for Christmas and killed over 100 people, with hundreds of houses destroyed. In a statement made available to journalists on Wednesday, the…
Lucky Aiyedatiwa, the Acting Governor of Ondo State, is set to be sworn in as the governor of the state today in Akure, following the demise of his principal, Rotimi Akeredolu. Aiyedatiwa will be sworn in by the Chief Judge of the State inside the Cocoa Conference Hall in Akure by 4 p.m. According to…
The monarch added that the late governor was a courageous leader whose legacy would never be forgotten. Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has described the demise of Ondo State Governor, Gov Oluwarotimi Akeredolu as a huge loss to the Yoruba race and Nigeria as a whole. The popular monarch said this in a statement…
On Wednesday, December 27, the Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN), died after months of battling an illness reported to be leukaemia. Family and top government sources confirmed the death of the former Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) president, who died at 67. With his death, Akeredolu became the third Nigerian governor to die while in…
President Bola Tinubu has reacted to the demise of a former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Ghali Umar Na’Abba. He sympathised with the Na’Abba family, as well as the government and people of Kano State, over the loss. Ajuri Ngelale, the presidential spokesperson, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday. Na’Abba, the Speaker of…
The Ondo State Government has disclosed that the ailing governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, passed away in Germany after battling prostate cancer on Wednesday, December 27. A statement by the state information and orientation commissioner, Mrs. Bamidele Ademola-Olateju, confirmed this in Akure, the state capital. Ademola-Olateju said “Mr Governor peacefully departed from this world in the early…
Scores of Nigerians trooped to President Bola Tinubu’s house in Ikoyi, Lagos, amid Christmas celebrations. A video shared online shows the residents standing outside the President’s home in Bourdillon. It is believed they were waiting to get Christmas gifts and other items. A police van and police officers were outside the scene to maintain order….
President Bola Tinubu has strongly condemned the heinous and brutal attacks in Bokkos and Barkin-Ladi Local Government Areas of Plateau State, which resulted in the tragic loss of over sixty lives on Christmas Eve, December 24. A statement released by Ajuri Ngelali, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, states that the President has…
Yesterday, the Association of Luxury Bus Owners of Nigeria (ALBON) officially verified that its members have initiated the complete enforcement of the 50 percent price reduction on the designated routes specified by the Federal Government for travellers during the Christmas and New Year celebrations. Excitement also filled the air yesterday at the Mobolaji Johnson Train…
Jim Obazee, the investigator appointed by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to look into the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has disclosed that the government is on the brink of reclaiming two banks that were unlawfully sold to the former CBN governor, Godwin Emefiele. According to the report, Emefiele used proxies to acquire Union Bank of…
Godwin Emefiele, a former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, has been released from the Kuje Correctional Centre upon satisfying the conditions of his bail. According to The PUNCH, it was learned that Emefiele was released on Friday, December 22 2023. The spokesperson for the Kuje Correctional Centre, FCT, Adamu Duza, confirmed the development…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has taken down an Instagram post that quoted former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Allison-Madueke, discussing money laundering charges filed against her. The social media post earlier seen by our correspondent claimed that the former minister spoke in an interview with journalists in the United Kingdom. However, further…
The Federal Government has directed that Nigerians with expired passports intending to return to the country for the festive season should be granted entry without any obstacles. In a letter dated December 22, 2023, by the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Wura-Ola Adepoju, to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, through…
The federal government has officially designated Monday, December 25, and Tuesday, December 26, 2023, along with Monday, January 1, 2024, as public holidays to commemorate the Christmas and New Year’s Day celebrations. The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, made the declaration on behalf of the federal government on Friday, December 22. He felicitated Christians and…
The Presidency has said the immediate past Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele, would have faced a firing squad if he were from China. President Bola Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, said Emefiele and his gangs committed egregious misappropriation that would not be allowed in China. Onanuga…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved a 50% reduction in the cost of interstate transport fares for Nigerians travelling during the festive season from Thursday, December 21, 2023, to January 4, 2024. The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake, disclosed this to State House correspondents on Wednesday, December 20. “It is in this wise…
