Minister of Petroleum, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, and Minister of State for Petroleum (Gas), Hon. Ekperikpe Ekpo, appeared before the National Assembly on Friday for the 2025 budget defense session. The session was marked by disruptions as lawmakers expressed frustration over the absence of budget documents prior to the meeting. Tensions increased during Senator Lokpobiri’s presentation,…
Nigerians may soon see a rise in the cost of telecom services, with the price of 1GB of data potentially increasing to ₦560 under a proposed tariff adjustment. The Minister of Communications, Innovation, and Digital Economy, Bosun Tijani, revealed that while telecom operators sought a 100% hike, the government was considering a 30–60% increase to…
The Nigerian presidency has responded to allegations that former President Muhammadu Buhari was summoned to a Paris court. Presidential spokesperson Bayo Onanuga, in a statement released on Saturday night, confirmed the occurrence of a “private proceeding” and clarified that President Bola Tinubu did not compel any prominent Nigerian to testify for or against the nation….
The Nigerian-born politician dominated the headlines towards the end of last year over controversial remarks about her birth country. While delivering her first speech of the year at an event organised by Onward, a British think tank producing research on economic and social issues, Badenoch said she did not want Britain to be like Nigeria….
Former governor of Anambra State and presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, in the 2023 general election, Mr Peter Obi has protested the level of hardship faced by the poor in Nigeria. Obi lamented the travails of low income earners and the exorbitant sums charged by POS operators to Nigerians seeking to access cash….
Brazil on Friday confirmed that Nigeria has officially become a partner country in BRICS, the multinational bloc comprising emerging economies. The announcement, made by the Brazilian Foreign Ministry, pointed out that Nigeria shares similar goals with BRICS, including fostering stronger cooperation among Global South nations and pushing for changes in global institutions. Nigeria, with Africa’s…
The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS) is to recruit 5,000 new personnel in 2025 as soon as the budget is passed. Acting Comptroller General of the NCS, Mr. Sylvester Ndidi disclosed this Wednesday at a budget defence meeting with the House of Representatives Committee on Reformatory Institutions led by Hon. Chinedu Ogar (APC, Ebonyi). Ndidi informed…
The Minister of Housing and Urban Development, on Wednesday, disclosed that the Ministry was owing 6,455 contractors a whooping sum of N92 billion for work done in the 2024 fiscal year. The Minister, who was represented by the Minister of State, Mr Yusuf Attah, made the disclosure to the Senate Committee on Housing and Urban…
…Queries FRSC For Withholding N8bn IGR. The National Assembly Joint Committee on Finance Monday constituted a special panel to investigate a shortfall of over N4 trillion revenue due to indiscriminate waivers by agencies of government. The resolution was made when the joint committee, co-chaired by Senator Sani Musa and Rep James Faleke, held a hearing…
The Senate, on Monday, expressed serious concern about low remittances of revenues generated in 2024 by ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) and some government-owned enterprises (GOEs) to the Federation Account. The Chairman, Joint Finance Committee of the Senate and House of Representatives, Senator Sani Musa, expressed the displeasure of the Senate in Abuja, during an…
