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
Vice President Kashim Shettima boards NAF Presidential aircraft BY GODWIN OBI The Vice President, Kashim Shettima will depart Abuja this Sunday for Beijing, China to represent President Bola Tinubu at the upcoming 3rd Belt and Road Initiative, BRI Forum scheduled to hold from October 16 to 18, 2023. He willContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Scores of terrorists have been killed in stream-of-air strikes in their enclaves across the theatres, the Nigerian Air Force said Sunday. The air interdiction missions were carried out by the Air Components of Operations Hadin Kai and Hadarin Daji, at a newly identified terrorists’ hideout at BukarContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The award for the best Federal Ministry, Department and Agency, MDA in Digital Transformation from the Presidency through the Bureau of Public Service Reforms was this weekend conferred on the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA). Other recipients of the Presidential recognition include the UniversityContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Senate has passed for first reading a bill that recommends a fine of N50,000 to parents who default in providing their children with primary and secondary school education. The Red Chamber also recommended free meals for every child in the country. The bill proposed by SenatorContinue Reading
From Uche Usim, Abuja Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr. Wale Edun, has been appointed to Chair the African Governors’ Forum of the World Bank. This marks the first time Nigeria has assumed the role of Chairman in 60 years. This was disclosed on the Ministry’sContinue Reading