President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday approved some “cost-cutting” measures that involve slashing, by 60%, official entourage on local and international travels. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, said this while briefing State House Correspondents at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Tuesday. Ngelale said the directive applied to the Offices…
Former governor of Anambra State Peter Obi, has attacked the government’s funding distribution, complaining that human capital development is getting too little consideration, in an unforgiving incrimination of the country’s monetary targets. Obi described the recently signed budget as shocking, pointing to the mere five(5) billion naira designated for student loans. He revealed that a…
Senator Okechukwu Ezea, LP Lawmaker representing Enugu North, has denied receiving any kind of palliative from Bola Tinubu for his constituents. In a statement issued on Monday, Senator Ezea clarified:“I want to categorically state that I have not received any material palliative, neither money nor food items, from the federal government for my constituents.” He…
Nigerian opposition party, Labour Party (LP) and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, are yet to publicly detail how they spent the 2023 campaign donations running to billions of Naira. LP had in October 2023 launched a website for Nigerians at home and abroad to donate funds to the Obi campaign organisation. Obi also in a…
Th Afrobeat singer Seun Kuti has urged the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, and the Federal Government to make uncommon moves against the military to stay away from an overthrow. The controversial singer was reacting to the insults hauled at the Governor by some yet-to-be-identified soldiers for arresting one of their colleagues over a traffic…
The Board of Inquiry set up by Abia State government to investigate allegations of improper conduct levelled against some traditional rulers in the State has submitted its report. Receiving the report in his office, Abia State commissioner for local government and chieftaincy affairs, Prince Uzor Nwachukwu congratulated the Chairman and the board members for their…
Gov Uzodimma Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma has said an effective implementation of this year’s Appropriation Act will take away the current economic stress occasioned by the Federal Government’s reform policies. Uzodimma said this while addressing reporters at the State House in Abuja after a meeting with President Bola Tinubu. The governor assured fellow citizens…
Two candidates have emerged as the Labour Party candidate for Ebonyi South senatorial bye-election. The position became vacant following the decision of Dave Umahi to minister after his victory at the polls. The candidates are Linus Okorie, a former member of the House of Representatives, who represented Ohaozara, Onicha and Ivo Federal Constituency and Mr…
Enugu CP, Kanayo Uzuegbu The Enugu State Police Command has arrested two men, Chekwube Nwobodo and Ifeanyi Edeh, for alleged armed robbery and burglaries. This is according to a statement by the command’s spokesman, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, on Tuesday in Enugu. He said the suspects were arrested for the alleged crimes committed within the Obinagu-Etiti…
The Federal University of Technology Akure, Ondo State, has denied an online report claiming that some professors lecturing in the school. Recalls that an online platform had published a report alleging that, no fewer than 100 professors in various Nigerian universities, including some from FUTA, were fake. But, the Management of Federal University of Technology,…
