Federal Executive Council Approves N27.5 Trillion For 2024 Budget
A sum of N27.5 trillion aggregate expenditure was on Monday, November 27, approved by the Federal Executive Council (FEC) for the 2024 Appropriation Bill. The Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Alhaji Atiku Bagudu, who made this known to newsmen…
70 Percent Of Nigerians Are Poverty Stricken – President Tinubu’s Lawyer, Wole Olanipekun
Popular Legal luminary, Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN) has said over 70 per cent of the citizens were living below the poverty level, a staggering majority. The lawyer who spoke in Ikere Ekiti, his country home pointed out that there was tension, unrest,…
The Judiciary Will Never Be Overwhelmed By The Mob’ — CJN
The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, has said the judiciary’s will not be overwhelmed by “mob” sentiments in their decisions. The CJN while speaking at the opening of the special session of the 2023/2024 legal year…
Bill To Designate Anambra As NDDC Oil-Producing State Passes First Reading At Senate
The bill to amend the Niger-Delta Development Commission Act to include Anambra State among the list of oil producing states has scaled first reading at the Nigerian Senate. Sponsored by Anambra North Senator, Tony Nwoye, the proposed enactment aims to…
President Tinubu Says Petrol Price Will Soon Come Down
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has assured that the fuel hike will soon come down, even as he vowed to find a lasting solution to the tough times facing Nigerians. Tinubu yesterday at the 11th Convocation Ceremony of the Michael Okpara University of…
Federal Government Moves To Crash Cooking Gas Price
The Nigerian Government has begun the process of resolving challenges bordering on the supply and pricing of Liquefied Petroleum Gas in the country’s domestic market better known as cooking gas. Spokesman for the Minister of State Petroleum Resources…
United Nigeria Airline Reveals Why Its Lagos To Abuja Flight Landed In Asaba
The management of United Nigeria Airline has explained why its flight NUA 0504 from Lagos en route Abuja was diverted to Asaba on Sunday, November 26. The airline said the flight was diverted due to poor destination weather. A former aide to the national…
13 Injured In Lagos-Ibadan Expressway Crash
At least 13 passengers were injured in an auto crash along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. The road crash which occurred in the earlier hours of Sunday around Car Park C, in Ogun State happened around 4:55 an according to the Federal Road Safety Corps…
PDP And LP Will Die In 3 Years If They Do Not Merge — Primate Ayodele
Controversial clergyman and the Leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, on Friday, revealed that opposition parties, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and Labour Party, would collapse if they do not make moves to rescue…
National Railway Corporation Director, Fidet Okhiria Confirms Ticket Racketeering By Staff
The Managing Director of the Nigerian Railway Corporation, Fidet Okhiria, has confirmed the existence of ticket racketeering by members of staff in the corporation. Okhiria while appearing before the House of Representatives Committee on Finance on…