The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives Benjamin Kalu believes Nigeria’s 2024 budget proposal will address the challenges facing the country. President Bola Tinubu had last week presented a budget proposal of N27.5 trillion to a joint session of the National Assembly, his first since taking over as Nigeria’s leader in May. While there…
The Central Bank of Nigeria, Transmission Company of Nigeria, and power distribution companies will in May next year complete a total of 53 power projects worth N122bn currently under construction across the country. During a tour of three of the projects located at Ojo, Isolo and Oworonshoki Transmission stations in Lagos on Wednesday, TCN’s Programme…
The University of Ilorin has granted a 25 per cent school fees deduction to children of its staff members. The discount was approved by the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Wahab Egbewole, SAN, following a meeting with university-based union leaders on Thursday. The Registrar, Mr. Mansur Alfanla, shared the update in an interview with UNILORIN Bulletin. The tweet…
…Says SOLADs use funds appropriately The Sole Administrator of Oru West and Chairman, Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON), Imo State Chapter, Hon. Admin. Willie TC Okolieogwo, has stated that the local government funds are being managed by Sole Administrators who he said appropriate the funds judiciously. He noted that the allocations which come…
Currency scarcity has been observed in Imo State as depositors were allowed to withdraw only N50, 000 limits. Consequently, Point of Sale (POS) operators reduced their disbursement rates to customers, increasing their charges from N100 per N5, 000 to N200. Investigations on commercial banks operating in Owerri, the state capital revealed that the Central Bank…
The Abia State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has headed to the Supreme Court to challenge the judgment of the three-man panel of Appeal Court judges that validated the election of Alex Otti as the validly elected governor of the state. Three man judges of the Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos at…
The wife of Abia governor, Priscilla Otti has pledged to put up a workable action plan in collaboration with the state Ministry of Women Affairs to domesticate Sexual and Gender-Based Violence, SGBV policy trust of the Nigeria Governors’ spouses forum by ensuring that gender-based violence becomes a thing of the past in Abia. Mrs Otti…
The newly inaugurated Transition Committee Chairman of Ikwuano LGA, Mayor Osinachi Nwaka warned hoodlums ravaging the area, who engage in burglary and vandalising of government property, mandating them to desist from perpetrating evil and causing mayhem in the Council. “Let me pass this note of warning; I’m humble, easy going but I don’t take nonsense….
Spokesperson of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) Olumuyiwa Adejobi has warned drivers in Nigeria that fixing additional headlamps on vehicles and tricycles is an offence. The warning was issued in a tweet via his official X handle on Thursday, Adejobi emphasized that such cases could be treated as either a traffic or criminal offence depending…
Seychelles President, Wavel Ramkalawan, has declared a state of emergency in response to an explosion at a store and heavy rainfall causing flooding. The president’s statement mentioned that the explosion at the CCCL explosives store caused massive damage, and the flooding from heavy rains resulted in major destruction. As a result, all schools will be…
