President Bola Tinubu on Monday afternoon signed into law the 2024 Appropriation Bill at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Tinubu signed the N28.7tn budget document earlier approved by the National Assembly hours after he arrived in Abuja from Lagos where he spent the past week holidaying. The budget is N1.2tn higher than the budget he proposed…
Talks between the PGA Tour and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) over a potential merger will continue into 2024. They failed to reach an agreement by the deadline of 31 December 2023. Negotiations between the PGA Tour and the PIF, which funds LIV Golf, began in June in an attempt to end a split…
The 26-year-old will join the Bundesliga side for the rest of the season, with an option to turn the transfer into a permanent deal. Van de Beek has made just six Premier League starts for United since signing from Ajax for £35m in September 2020. Manager Erik ten Hag said recently the Netherlands international needed…
Czech tennis player and two-time Grand Slam champion, Petra Kvitova, has announced that she is expecting her first child. The Czech player started the New Year by announcing her pregnancy in a post on her social media pages in the early hours of Monday. Sharing photos she wrote, “On the first day of 2024 I…
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has declared himself as the winner of the crisis rocking the state. He said those behind the crisis wanted him out of office and since he is still in charge, he is the winner. The governor has been having a running battle with the camp of his predecessor and current…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, has reacted to the Peoples Democratic Party’s recent statement blaming the President Bola Tinubu-led administration over ‘delayed’ payment of December salaries to Federal Government workers. In a statement by the National Publicity Secretary of APC, Felix Morka, it claimed that Tinubu’s administration has demonstrated far greater sensitivity and commitment to…
Governor Malam Dikko Umaru Radda of Katsina State has recruited 7,325 teachers and directed the “One-week Refresher Training Programme” for the newly recruited teachers who are set to join the Katsina civil service. Governor Radda said: “This is to ensure they are well-prepared for their roles in the teaching profession. “Upon the conclusion of the…
President Tinubu, in his 2024 New Year’s address, extended a plea to his former presidential rivals, including Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP), urging them to join forces for the nation’s interest. President Tinubu emphasized the need to transcend political divisions, stating that the election…
The National Assembly has passed the 2024 Appropriation Bill, increasing the sum to ₦28.7 trillion from the initial ₦27.5 trillion presented by President Bola Tinubu in late November. The lawmakers in the Senate and the House of Representatives passed the bill after raising the budget size by N1.2 trillion. In the bill passed, the sum…
The Detroit Pistons narrowly avoided unwanted history as they ended their 28-match losing streak with victory over the Toronto Raptors. Cade Cunningham scored 30 points and made 12 assists as the Pistons edged a 129-127 win – their first in the NBA since 28 October. Their 28th defeat had equalled the longest losing run in…
