BY GODWIN OBI President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday launched the Renewed Hope Conditional Cash Transfer for 15 million households. The event, which coincided with the World Poverty Eradication Day, was held at the Press Gallery of the State House in Abuja. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, GeorgeContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI President Bola Tinubu has appointed the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Jigawa State, Dr. Musa Adamu Aliyu, as the new Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC). He also appointed Clifford Okwudiri Oparaodu as the secretary of the commission, the PresidencyContinue Reading
SERAH BRAIMAH National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) has deployed its massive swamp devil machines to attack and clear pervasive water Hyacinth vegetation, which has clogged navigable water channels in the Ebutte area of Ikorodu in Lagos state. The Authority in a press statement on Thursday stated that the project whichContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Senator Elisha Abbo has alleged that the Senate President Godswill Akpabio plotted his removal by the Court of Appeal. Abbo made this allegation at his residence in Abuja on Monday, hours after the Court of Appeal nullified his election into the Senate. The Adamawa senator claimed thatContinue Reading
BY EFE MODESTUS About 2,000 US troops have been chosen to be ready to assist Israel with advising and medical support. The Wall Street Journal reports that the forces will be pulled from across the U.S. armed services, with the troops currently stationed inside the Middle East and in nearbyContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Nigeria’s inflation rate rose to 26.72% in September 2023 amid soaring food prices and harsh economic realities occasioned by the removal of fuel subsidy in May. This was according to the September 2023 Consumer Price Index (CPI) and Inflation Report released by the National Bureau of StatisticsContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Monday proposed N26.01 trillion for the 2024 fiscal year for submission to the National Assembly. This is according to the Minister of Budget and Planning Atiku Bagudu who spoke after the Council meeting presided over by President Bola Tinubu. According to him,Continue Reading
file photo: Pensoners on queue waiting to be verified for pament of pension and gratuity …Rivers, Benue states top list with N119bn, N100bn…South-West , Niger Delta regions have N256 bn, N225 bn…What we’re doing to offset arrears — STATES BY EFE MODESTUS, DURU ADOLPHUS,AND GODWIN OBI At least 21 statesContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Two wanted heads of transnational criminal organisations with a multi-billion-naira worth of illicit drugs have been arrested by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency. NDLEA Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, saying the agency also seized assets from theContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Bayelsa Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) Obo Effanga maintains that polling unit results will be uploaded on the INEC Result Viewing Portal (IReV) for the Bayelsa, Kogi, and Imo governorship polls. While the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Mahmood Yakubu had reportedly said resultsContinue Reading