BY GODWIN OBI The military has vowed to rescue the over 200 schoolchildren who were recently abducted by bandits in Kaduna State. While addressing a press conference in Abuja on the activities of the Armed Forces in the last two weeks, the Director of Defence Media Operations, Major General EdwardContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Telecommunications subscribers and bank users were stranded for hours as the disruption paralysed digital transations and internet communications. According to one of the world’s leading financial news organisations, Bloomberg, the West Africa Cable System, MainOne and ACE sea cables — arteries for telecommunications data — were allContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Customs Officers’ Wives Association (COWA) on Tuesday flagged off the distribution of food items to its members in Karu Customs Barracks, Abuja. COWA National President, Mrs. Kikelomo Adeniyi, who flagged off the exercise, said the distribution of the food items, which include rice, spaghetti, noodles andContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI AND CHIGOZIE EZE More controversies appear to be swirling around the 2024 budget as more indications that the portion of the budget attributable to some federal government institutions lack details and transparency. The affected institutions, including the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, were allocated between N3.5 trillionContinue Reading
President Bola Tinubu has said that no ransom will be paid for the rescue of the children abducted from Kuriga in Kaduna State. The President stated this today at the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting which held at the Presidential Villa Abuja. Briefing State House Correspondents after the FEC meeting,Continue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Supporters of the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2023 Kano State gubernatorial election, Nasir Yusuf Gawuna, have expressed optimism that their man will be appointed as the Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA). Prior to flying the APC flag in 2023,Continue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Senator Opeyemi Bamidele from Ekiti Central Senatorial District has described as a “civilian coup”, claims made by Senator Abdul Ningi that the 2024 Budget passed by the Senate was padded. A furious Bamidele, who is also the Majority Leader of the upper chamber, alleged that Ningi, whoContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI BY EFE MODESTUS The sharing formula of funds for constituency projects yesterday threw the Senate into a rowdy session, as Senator Jarigbe Jarigbe, representing Cross River North, alleged that while senior senators got N500 million, others got as low as N75 million. Recall that the Chairman ofContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Dr. Dayo Mobereola to serve as the Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) for a renewable term of four years The appointment follows the exit of Mr. Bashir Jamoh, whose tenure recently expired. Mobereola’s appointmentContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Senate under the leadership of Senate President Godswill Akpabio on Tuesday suspended Senator Abdul Ningi over allegations of N3.7trn padding of the 2024 Budget Ningi, of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from Bauchi Central Senatorial District, was suspended for three months after a long stormy sessionContinue Reading