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Ademola Adeleke, Governor of Osun State, has proposed a budget of N273, 908, 997, 410:00 to the Osun State House of Assembly.The budget is included in the Appropriations Bill for 2024. Governor Adeleke said the budget was divided into N165, 654, 976, 700:00 for recurrent expenditure and N108, 254, 020, 710:00 for capital expenditure while […]
Indications have emerged that the federal capital territory (FCT) may enjoy the budgetary provision of N1 trillion in the 2024 financial year. The chairman of the House committee on the FCT, Mr Muktar Betara Aliyu, dropped the hint during the inauguration ceremony of the committee at the national Assembly complex, Abuja. Aliyu argued that there […]
President Bola Tinubu has congratulated the Osemawe of Ondo Kingdom, Oba Victor Kiladejo, on the occasion of his 70th birthday and 17th coronation anniversary. The congratulatory letter signed by the president and made available to our correspondent, on Sunday by the Chairman of the Anniversary Planning Committee, Chief Steve Akinretoye. In the president’s letter titled, […]
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria SAN, Mr Femi Falana has condemned the appointment of partisan politicians as Resident Electoral Commissioners RECs, urging President Bola Tinubu to fulfil his promise to ensure a credible electoral process. Speaking on a morning show on Channels Television Friday, Falana asked stakeholders to legally challenge four new RECs who he […]
The All Progressives Congress, APC, Professionals Council has described the Chief of Staff to President Bola Tinubu, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila, as a man of integrity and long-standing excellence. The statement came following a media report alleging that Gbajabiamila is selling appointment slots to the highest bidders, most times denying the president’s choice of opportunity to […]
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar, on Monday, called for the Electoral Act to be amended for electronic voting and collation of results in Nigeria. Atiku made this call during a press conference in Abuja to address the October 26, 2023 verdict of the Supreme Court […]
The ruling All Progressives Congress has written the disciplinary committee of the Nigerian Bar Association to report what it labelled as ‘deprecating remarks’ against the justices of the Supreme Court by the National Chairman of the Labour Party, Julius Abure, and a spokesman of the party campaign council, Kenneth Okonkwo. In the petition signed by […]
The immediate-past Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdurasheed Bawa, has been released five months after detention. The newsmen gathered that the former anti-corruption czar was released on Wednesday night. The newsmen recall that Bawa was arrested by the Department of State Service (DSS) on June 14, 2023, hours after his suspension […]
The Senate on Wednesday sworn in Amos Yohanna as the new Senator representing Adamawa North Senatorial District. The swearing-in was performed by the Deputy Senate President, Jibrin Barau, who presided over the plenary. Yohanna, a member of the Peoples Democratic Party replaces Abbo, who was sacked by the Appeal Court last week Monday. The Court […]
A support group of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC, the Progressive League of Youth Voters, has dragged the deputy speaker, House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, to President Bola Tinubu and APC national chairman, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, over alleged anti-party activities, saying he was working against the Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Nkiruka […]
