President Bola Tinubu has proposed to spend over N6.9 billion on procurement of vehicles for the State House, with the Office of the First Lady getting N1.5 billion for new cars. This is contained in the Supplementary Budget Tinubu sent to the National Assembly for approval. It would be recalled that the President sent a…
Minister of Federal Capital Territory Nyesom Wike has finally spoken on the crisis in Rivers State. Wike, who handed over power to the incumbent, Governor Sim Fubara, spoke to the press on Tuesday. The former Rivers helmsman spoke after the governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) met in Abuja on…
There seems to be no end in sight in the crisis in the Middle East as Israel has continued to pound Gaza since the October 7 attacks by Hamas which claimed hundreds of Israeli lives Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ignored called for a ceasefire saying” this is war” . And with Israel ground troops…
Wike, who handed over power to the incumbent, Governor Sim Fubara, spoke to the press on Tuesday. The former Rivers helmsman spoke after the governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) met in Abuja on Tuesday. According to him, the main opposition party has taken over the matter. He insisted it…
A former deputy national publicity secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Timi Frank, has called on President Bola Tinubu to sack the Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, for allegedly masterminding a plot to impeach the governor of Rivers state, Siminilaye Fubara. In a statement issued on Tuesday, Frank condemned the action…
The Rivers State Governor, Siminialayi Fubara, and Governors of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday met at the Oyo State Governor’s lodge in Abuja, the nation’s capital. Fubara, who is the Deputy Chairman of the PDP Governors Forum, is attending the meeting for the first time since his election as deputy chairman. Eleven out…
Nigeria Female football team Super Falcons On Tuesday defeated Ethiopia 4-0 in the second leg of their Paris 2024 Olympic Qualifier Atletico Madrid’s Rasheedat Ajibade stole the show scoring twice to give the Nigerian girls a 5-1 aggregate win. The first leg of the tie ended 1-1 in Addis Ababa The win means Nigeria are…
President Bola Tinubu has stepped into the political situation in Rivers State. The President, on Tuesday, met with the Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara; and his predecessor, Nyesom Wike, who is now the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory. Tinubu met with the two politicians at the Aso Villa in the nation’s capital, Abuja. Governor…
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has given the All Progressives Congress candidate for the Bayelsa state governorship election, Timipre Sylva, the nod to contest in the November 11 poll. An Abuja Federal High Court had on October 9 disqualified Sylva from the contest following a suit by a member of the APC in…
The Central Bank of Nigeria has said that it has no plan to redenominate or restructure the naira notes in 2024. The apex bank said this on Tuesday in a statement signed by its Director, Corporate Communications, Isa AbdulMumin, and shared on its X handle. The CBN urged Nigerians to disregard the wide circulation of…
