Gov. Ademola Adeleke of Osun has harmonised multiple taxes and levies collected by Ministries, Departments, Agencies (MDAs) in the state across all business sectors into a single bill. This is contained in a statement by the spokesperson to the governor, Malam Olawale Rasheed, on Thursday in Osogbo. The harmonised bill, Rasheed said, would put all…
The operatives from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday, January 4, 2024, raided the Lagos office of the Dangote Group. According to reports from The Cable , the anti-graft agency was investigating the company’s foreign exchange (forex) allocations during Godwin Emefiele’s tenure as Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The…
President Bola Tinubu has suspended the Chief Executive Officer of the National Social Investment Programme Agency (NSIPA), Hajia Halima Shehu, due to alleged financial impropriety. According to Channels Television, President Tinubu has immediately suspended Shehu and authorised her replacement. Akindele Egbuwalo, the national N-Power programme manager, has been appointed as the acting replacement for Shehu…
Governor Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State, on Tuesday, said Nigerians would soon enjoy the gains of fuel subsidy removal. Yahaya stated this in Gombe while inaugurating the phase two of the state’s palliative distribution to residents of the state. He stated that President Bola Tinubu, in collaboration with the state governors, was intensifying efforts to…
The National Chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Malam Shehu Gabam, has called for true independence for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). He believes that this would add credibility to Nigeria’s elections and boost the country’s electoral processes. He also called on the three arms of government – the executive, judiciary, and legislature…
Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun of Ogun, on Friday, signed the 2024 appropriation bill of N703.02 billion into law. The governor while assenting to the bill said the budget would further enhance the development of the state and make it Nigeria’s infrastructure capital. The governor spoke in his office in Abeokuta after signing the bill…
Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State is dead after battling illness for long. In view of reports received, Akeredolu died in Lagos on Wednesday. The Sunshine State governor died at the age of 67. The source explained that Governor Akeredolu’s condition had deteriorated to the point where he needed a dialysis machine to help him….
In a tragic turn of events, Rt. Hon. Ghali Umar Na’Abba, a former Speaker of the House of Representatives, has passed away. Na’Abba, the second Speaker of the House of Representatives in the current 4th Republic, died early Wednesday morning. Details of his death were not immediately available. Na’Abba was elected to the House of…
The All Progressives Congress, APC has released its timetable and schedule of activities for the February 3, 2024 by-elections. The APC timetable, which was released on Monday, was signed by the party’s National Organising Secretary, Sulaimon Argungu. According to the party, the sale of nominations, expressions of interest, and delegates forms for contestants into Senatorial,…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has released a timetable and schedule of activities for the contestants in senatorial, House of Representatives, and state assembly seats ahead of the February 3, 2024, by-elections. The PDP timetable was released on Tuesday and signed by the party’s National Organising Secretary, Umar Bature. The sale of nominations, expressions of…
Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu will be taking a medical leave beginning December 13, 2023, following a scheduled medical treatment. The governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Richard Olatunde, issued a statement informing the public of the governor’s need to prioritize his health and ensure a full recovery before resuming his official duties. A formal letter to…
The Conference of Civil Societies and Civil Military Cooperation in Nigeria has warned against attempts to politicize the recent drone strike in the Tudun Biri Community area of Kaduna State, which it described as a tragic loss. In a press briefing held in Abuja, the Coordinator of Civil-Military Cooperation, Dr. Adams Otakwu, expressed his condolences…
Governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Augustine Ojiezele, has visited Senator Adams Oshiomhole at the National Assembly ahead of the 2024 election in Edo State. The chief press secretary to Ojiezele, Hamza Auta Mohammed, in a statement expressed sincere appreciation for the invaluable audience granted by the distinguished Senator Adams Oshiomole to…
First lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has urged Nigerians to become ambassadors of environmental conservation and advocates for the preservation of earth’s rich biodiversity by planting and nurturing flowers. The first lady who spoke at the second edition of the Abuja Garden Show, said that gardens are reminder of the profound connection between humanity and the…
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Benue State has faulted Governor Hyacinth Alia’s recently constituted caretaker committees for the 23 local government areas without following due process. The party described the action as gross violation of the sanctity of the judiciary. Its spokesperson, Bemgba Iortyom, in a statement he issued at the weekend, said the attention…
The Ogun State Government says it has sealed three companies for violation of various environmental laws in the state. The companies are Ruili Recycling Limited, Mowe, Robust International PTE Limited, also in Mowe and Star Pipe Limited, Sagamu area of the state. The lock-up operations were part of the government’s continued “efforts at laying a…
As a means to help alleviate the impact fuel subsidy removal on Nigerians, the Federal Government of Nigeria has initiated the Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) tricycle, widely known as the “Keke NAPEP,” to lessen the dependency on fuel and help with the high cost of transportation. The National Orientation Agency (NOA), in collaboration with the…
Mrs Caroline Wura-Ola Adepoju has been appointed and attested as the substantive Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS). Adepoju made this know while addressing men and officers of the NIS at a routine parade on Wednesday. She said the date for her decoration would soon be made public in due time. “You may also…
The President of Nigeria, President Bola Ahmed will on Wednesday deliver the 2024 Appropriation Bill to the Joint Session of the Senate and the House of Representatives. This was contained in a memo dated November 27, 2023, signed by the federal legislature’s Secretary of Human Resources and Staff Development, Shuaibu Maina Birma, on behalf of…
The Ekiti Government says it has increased its monthly Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) from N650,000,000 to over one Billion Naira without increasing tax. The State Chairman, Internal Revenue Services (EKIRS), Mr Olaniran Olatona, disclosed this at a news conference on Friday in Ado-Ekiti. Olatona said that before his assumption of office, the state ranked 35…
The Executive Secretary of the Benue State Emergency Management Agency, BSEMA, James Iorpuu has urged the World Health Organization ,WHO, and other critical partners in the humanitarian circle to declare a state of emergency on sexual abuse in the country. Iorpuu made the call on Friday in Makurdi during the end of a two-day workshop…
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has declared that the Speaker of the Bauchi State House of Assembly, Abubakar Suleiman should be removed. Suleiman was dismissed as the member representing Ningi Central Constituency in Ningi Local Government Area of Bauchi State. This was reached in the judgement it delivered on Friday, the Appeal Court…
The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, wants a review of outdated laws to improve performance in the information sector. Alhaji Idris made the plea during an interactive session with members of the Senate Committee on Information and National Orientation at the National Assembly in Abuja Alhaji Idris urged the Senate to…
Following reports of loss of millions of naira to oil theft and the attendant economic sabotage, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dr Tajudeen Abbas, has inaugurated a special committee to investigate the menace. Dr Abbas stated that oil theft and other oil-related criminalities pose a great threat to the nation’s economy and remain…
Gabriel Dewan has emerged as the Speaker of Plateau State House of Assembly following the resignation of the former Speaker of House, Moses Sule of the PDP and his deputy Gwottosn Dalyop Fom. Dewan, is the only Lawmaker, representing the Young Progressive Party YPP, from Pankshin North Constituency. During plenary, Hon Dewan gave assurance that…
The division in the Rivers State House of Assembly has continued to seethe as the police took over the complex on Tuesday. Loyalists to both factions held separate meetings at different locations. Police vehicles were positioned at the entrance of the complex, while an Armoured Personnel Carrier was also seen patrolling the road where the…
A former National Vice Chairman North-west of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Salihu Lukman has said that the ruling party has reached the point where the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was in 2007 in manipulating political contests through imposition, vote buying and rigging. Lukman in a statement issued Tuesday, noted that it might grow…
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has removed Governor Mutfwang Manasseh of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as the governor of Plateau State. The Appellate Court also ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to immediately recognise Nentawe Goshwe of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the validly elected governor in the March 18…
President Bola Tinubu has congratulated the government and people of Liberia on the successful conduct of the Liberian presidential election. In a statement, president Tinubu congratulates the president-elect, Joseph Boakai, on winning the people’s mandate and urges him to bring the nation together and build on the support shown by voters to provide effective government…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has issued Certificates of Return to the candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State and the Deputy Governor, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo. Governor Diri polled 175,196 to defeat his closest rival, Timipre Sylva of the All Progressives Congress, who garnered 110,108 votes while the…
The Senate has passed a bill to establish the Nigeria Maritime University in Okerenkoko, Delta State. The bill, sponsored by Bamidele Opeyemi representing Ekiti Central, when assented to by the President Bola Tinubu will, identify the technological problems and needs of the maritime industry, and find solutions. The former President Muhammadu Buhari had rejected the…
