Saturday, March 15, 2025
The amount budgeted for personnel costs, including salaries and allowances to state civil servants, has increased from N2.036tn spent in 2024 to N3.87tn in the approved 2025 budget. Although the 36 sub-national allocated a total sum of N2.8tn as salaries costs, it only paid out a total of N2.036tn within the […]
Former Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege, has disclosed that 10 lawmakers from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Delta State House of Assembly are set to defect to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Omo-Agege, who was the APC governorship candidate in the 2023 elections, made the revelation on Saturday […]
A five-man panel of the Supreme Court led by Justice Uwani Abba-Aji has dismissed the appeal filed by the Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, challenging the leadership of the Rivers State House of Assembly led by Martin Amaewhule. Justice Uwani Abba-Aji while dismissing the appeal awarded a cost of two million […]
‘Denial of citizenship will cause irreparable harm’ – US judge blocks Trump’s order on birthrighty. A federal judge on Wednesday blocked the implementation of United States of America President Donald Trump’s executive order targeted at restricting birthright citizenship in the United States. The ruling indefinitely halts one of Trump’s controversial […]
The North West Governors Forum has expressed its full support for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s economic policies. The governors made this declaration following their meeting yesterday at the Katsina Governor’s Lodge in Asokoro, Abuja. The meeting, presided over by the governor of Katsina State, Dr Dikko Umaru Radda, was attended […]
Some oil marketers are beginning to change the logo of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited on their filling stations, as the dealers dump the franchise deals with NNPCL due to the stiff competition in the prices of refined products in the downstream arm of the oil sector. It was […]
President Bola Tinubu has asked the Federal High Court in Abuja to dismiss a suit that is seeking to compel the National Assembly to initiate impeachment proceedings against him over alleged rights violations. The suit, marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/1334/2024, was brought before the court by a legal practitioner, Mr. Olukoya Ogungbeje. The […]
Cristiano Ronaldo said he is “the most complete player to have existed,” saying he respects fans who prefer Lionel Messi, Pelé or Diego Maradona, but arguing that statistics back up his claim. The five-time Ballon d’Or winner, 39, has broken a host of records during his career and is the […]
In recent days, Nigerians have taken to social media platform X to voice their frustrations with Kelvin Emmanuel, a close associate of Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote. Critics accuse Emmanuel of undermining the positive developments surrounding the Port Harcourt and Warri refineries, which have recently been revitalized by the Nigerian National […]
This was disclosed by the Minister of Defence, Abubakar Badaru, in a viral video. Following Tinubu’s order, Badaru said the military will continue its onslaught against bandits and all forms of criminalities. The Minister said bandits are currently on the run and that the military won’t stop until they are […]