The pan-Yoruba social-political group, Afenifere, has urged President Bola Tinubu to ensure that the Port Harcourt Refinery begins operation in December as promised. Newsmen recalls that the Federal Government had assured Nigerians that the local refinery would commence production by December. Heineken Lokpobiri, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (oil), had, while inspecting the rehabilitation…
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons has identified an increasing trend of men becoming victims of sexual and gender-based violence in recent times. The agency’s Director General, Fatima Waziri-Aza, disclosed this at a workshop organised with support from FORD Foundation in Abuja. She stated that the cases border on physical violence,…
The President Bola Tinubu led administration is planning to spend N6.75tn of its projected N27.5tn budget on defence and security, education, and infrastructure in 2024 according to newsmen. This is as it earmarked N6.48tn (96 per cent of the amount to be spent on the three sectors mentioned above) for personnel and pension, an increase…
By Anuoluwapo Fasoyin Oyo State Governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, will present the 2024 Appropriation Bill to the State House of Assembly on Tuesday, 5th December, 2023. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Sulaiman Olanrewaju, revealed that Governor Makinde is expected to present the budget proposal before the 32-member House of Assembly, accompanied…
By Babatunde Tiamiyu The Governor of Osun State, Ademola Adeleke has approved the payment of wage award to civil servants and pensioners in the state as a measure to mitigate the impact of subsidy removal. Governor Adeleke made this known in a statement signed by his Spokesperson, Mallam Olawale Rasheed The governor stated that the…
The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered that the old N200, N500, N1000 notes should continue to co-exist with the new notes till further notice. The apex court ruled that both old and new notes should continue to remain legal tender until the Federal Government put a process in place for its replacement or redesign after…
VIEWPOINT IS ON THE NEED TO RESCUE NIGERIA’S AVIATION SECTOR FROM TURBULENT TIMES. IT IS WRITTEN BY HON. FEMI ADEBISI, A MEDIA CONSULTANT AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS ANALYST On Sunday, the twenty sixth of this month, a united Nigeria airlines flight enroute Abuja, accidentally landed in Asaba, Delta state without any communication to the passengers onboard…
President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday expressed his desire that the 2024 Appropriation Act come into effect on January 1, 2024. The President, who addressed a joint session of the National Assembly in Abuja, charged both arms of the legislative arm to work assiduously and “conclude with reasonable dispatch”, their deliberations on the 2024 budget estimates…
Security has been beefed up at the National Assembly ahead of the presentation of the 2024 Appropriation Bill by President Bola Tinubu. Men of the Department of State Services deployed to man the entrance gates are restricting access to the complex. Security agents are deployed to ensure that only those with legitimate business at the…
Presidency on Tuesday expressed support for the banking sector consolidation initiative of the Central Bank of Nigeria, saying it would help the country to grow the economy to a new height. This came barely five days after the CBN said it would ask banks to raise new capital. According to the Presidency, it has become…