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…
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…
The Governorship Election Petition Tribunal in Kogi has given INEC 48 hours to issue certified copies of electoral materials on the Nov. 11 off-cycle election in the state to the Social Democratic Party (SDP). It also ordered INEC to allow SDP’s forensic experts to examine some electoral materials. The materials include the Bimodal Voter Accreditation…
By Babatunde Tiamiyu As part of present administration’s efforts to improve education at the grassroot, the Vice Chairman of Ede North Local government Area, Honnourable Habib Oyekanmi has empowered hundreds of Primary and Secondary school students in Ede North local government with curriculum compliant textbooks, writing materials, school sandals and school bags. The ceremony which…
The Chairman, Oyo State Independent Electoral Commission (OYSIEC), Aare Isiaka Abiola Olagunju, SAN, has announced that the names of successful candidates at the just concluded screening of candidates vying for chairmanship and councillorship seats will be made known to political parties by 5th December, 2023 . Olagunju , while speaking on a live radio programme…
As the months-long crisis between factions loyal to the Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN), and his Deputy, Mr Lucky Aiyedatiwa, seems to have ended, the Presidency has declared that Akeredolu remains the governor of the state. This was according to a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Chief…
By Adebayo Yusuf The Head of Democracy and Governance of Justice Development and Peace Commission, JDPC, Mr Jide Bamgbose has called Governor Seyi Makinde to deploy the use of apolitical monitoring groups to supervise all the activities of the state sectors. Mr Bamgbose said this while featuring on the last episode of ‘Isejoba rere’ a…
The Chief Registrar of the Court of Appeal, Umar Bangari, has cleared air on the controversies surrounding the judgement delivered by the court on the Kano Governorship Election dispute. In a reaction, Bangari said that what happened in the judgement body was a typo error that did not in anyway invalidate or change the findings…
The Kano State Police Command confirmed the arrest of seven suspects on Wednesday for protesting the Court of Appeal judgment that affirmed the sacking of Governor Abba-Kabir Yusuf of the New Nigeria Peoples Party. The State Police Commissioner, Mr. Hussaini Gumel, who confirmed the arrest on Wednesday night, said the seven protesters were arrested around…
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has dismissed a petition by the Social Democratic Party’s, SDP, governorship candidate, Umar Ardo, challenging Ahmadu Fintiri’s election as Adamawa State governor. The Presiding Judge, Justice Ugochukwu Ogakwu, affirmed the Tribunal’s previous decision led by Justice Theodora Uloho, which dismissed Ardo’s petition for being incompetent and not properly…