The Lagos State Government has cancelled the 50% transport fare discount on all public transport systems introduced on August 2, 2023, by the Sanwo-Olu administration to cushion the effect of the removal of the petrol subsidy. In a public notice released on Saturday, November 4, the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) announced a reversion…
It has been revealed by the presidency that France is set to return $150 million looted by former Nigerian military head of state, General Sani Abacha. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, said this in a statement on Friday, adding that President Bola Tinubu commended France for its decision….
Ndume also stated why the purchase of N160m SUV for lawmakers in the National Assembly is necessary. The Chip Whip of the Senate, Senator Ali Ndume has said that the deal for the presidential yacht purchase had already been agreed, signed and sealed before the public outburst. Ndume, a senator representing Borno South, said this…
According to the presidency, the request was made by the Nigerian Navy and no the president. The presidency has debunked reports that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration proposed an allocation of funds from the supplementary budget for the purchase of a N5 billion presidential yacht. On Thursday, the House of Representatives claimed to have declined…
Taiwo Oyedele has assured Nigerians that dollar could settle at N650 to N750 before the end of 2023. Oyedele is the Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms. In an interview with Bloomberg on Monday, October 30, Oyedele said the government sees a “fair price” for the dollar to Naira at…
Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu will spend over N6.9 billion on the procurement of vehicles for the State House,. DailyPost reported that he will also spend another whopping N1.5 billion for new cars for the Office of the First Lady. This is contained in the Supplementary Budget Tinubu sent to the National Assembly for approval. It…
A pre-marital health screening of an additional 147 prospective couples has been kicked off by the Kano State Agency for the Control of Aids. The Information Officer of the Agency, Usman Datti, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday. According to the statement, the Director-General of the Agency, Dr. Usman Bashir, during the inspection of…
The respected lawyer believes some of the decisions taken by the government have plummeted the value of the country’s currency. Respected Human Rights Activist and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana has disclosed that he knows a team of lawyers that can help the present administration recover over $200 billion from fuel subsidy looters….
The fresh move by the Federal Government to regulate social media has continued to generate controversies as netizens vow to resist any attempt aimed at muzzling freedom of speech. DAILY POST recalls that the National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, on October 3, sent a bill to the National Assembly, seeking to repeal and reenact the NBC…
In a surprising turn of events, President Bola Tinubu has decided to withdraw the nomination of Imam Kashim Imam, a 24-year-old, as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA). According to Newsmen, this decision comes just a day after Tinubu reconstituted the Governing Board and Management team of…
Atiku Abubakar, the former Vice-President of Nigeria and the Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in the 2023 election, has given conditions under which he would drop the “fight” against President Bola Tinubu. Atiku, who came second in the election, had challenged the victory of the president in court, but lost as the…
Famous Nigerian Pastor and politician, Tunde Bakare, on Sunday during a sermon condemned late singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba, professionally known as Mohbad for drinking and smoking with evil men while alive. Bakare who’s the general overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church said the late musician may have reaped the reward of his actions. Pastor Bakare, spoke…
The Federal Government has declared that the proposed Abuja-Lagos superhighway will be completed by 2027. Minister of Works Dave Umahi, while addressing newsmen in Lagos on Saturday, stated that the proposed 470-kilometre highway will last 100 years. He further disclosed that the road, which would be built by a private sector consortium at no cost…
The Government of Taraba State has announced its decision to pay a one-time N50,000 medical allowance, an N25,000 accommodation allowance per term, and a monthly N10,000 to members of the National Youth Service Corps in the state. The Taraba State Commissioner for Information and Reorientation, Zainab Usman, disclosed this development in a statement on Sunday….
On Wednesday, September 20, the Speaker of the Oyo State House of Assembly, Adebo Ogundoyin, stood in solidarity with hundreds of passionate youths in Ibadan as they took to the streets to demand justice for the late singer Mohbad. The peaceful rally, aptly named “Justice for Mohbad,” commenced from Mokola and traversed through Sango, Bodija, concluding at the…
The association’s director wonders why many competent Muslims who voted for the Muslim-Muslim ticket during the elections were ignored. The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has accused President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of not appointing Muslims to key positions in his administration. According to the Executive Director of MURIC, Prof Ishaq Akintola, the appointments made so far…
The Osun State Governor, Chief Ademola Adeleke, has escaped a horrific fate, according to a report by Leadership. By a stroke of luck, what could have been a national tragedy was averted on Tuesday, September 5, 2023 when the private jet owned by billionaire businessman, Chief Adedeji Adeleke, who is the Governor’s brother, caught fire…
Two new ministers in charge of the Ministry of Youth have been appointed by President Bola Tinubu. They are Dr. Jamila Bio Ibrahim (Minister of Youth) and Ayodele Olawande (Minister of State For Youth). This was disclosed in a statement by Chief Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President on Media & Publicity. Ngelale said the…
Lauretta Onochie, a former presidential aide and chairperson of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Board has called for the arrest of Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party for alleged instigation of violence in the country. According to the former presidential aide, Obi was trying to provoke violence using the Obidients over his defeat in…
Popular Nigerian singer Innocent Idibia better known as 2Baba is under heavy backlash online after he tackled the FBI in favour of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) will start turning over approximately 2,500 documents relating to President Bola Tinubu in its database, Peoples Gazette can report. The frontline…
