The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje on Wednesday threw his weight behind the embattled National Publicity Secretary of the APC, Felix Morka. He also described claims attributed to the Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, as misleading, an act he said incited his online supporters to […]
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Lagos State Special Offences Court, on Wednesday, dismissed an application filed by former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, challenging the court’s jurisdiction to entertain the $4.5bn and N2.8bn fraud charges brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Justice Rahman Oshodi, in his ruling, held that the court had […]
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The Federal Government has no plans to renew the botched Nigeria Air project deal with Ethiopian Airlines. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Defence, Dr Ibrahim Kana, in a statement, yesterday, refuted the report that there was a mandate to revive the botched Nigeria Air deal with Ethiopian Airlines. He said, “I received no such instruction. […]
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Campaign for Democratic and Workers’ Rights (CDWR) has demanded an end to the alleged unfair and class-apartheid emolument system for serving and retiring military officers, judges and top political officers. Rather, CDWR demanded an increment of workers’ wages/salaries to living wage in line with the inflation rate. In a statement, jointly signed by the National […]
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Wants 2025 appropriation to prioritise capital projects Adeola, Birchi criticise recurrent expenditure dominance Budget Office seeks legislative reforms to cap recurrent spending The National Assembly has issued a stern warning regarding the poor implementation of the 2024 capital budget, calling for the immediate release of funds to drive economic growth and deliver essential infrastructure projects. […]
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• Data of potential beneficiaries, facilities stall planning, roll-out • Initiative to cost FG between N200,000 and N300,000 per delivery • Pregnant women, care workers unaware of modalities • NMA, NARDs laud initiative, urge inclusion of private medical facilities Delays in the awareness campaign and roll-out of the federal government’s free Caesarean Section (CS) initiative […]
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By AFP (COMBO) This combination of pictures created on January 07, 2025 shows Tesla CEO Elon Musk at the 27th annual Milken Institute Global Conference at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles on May 6, 2024 and Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, during the US Senate Judiciary Committee hearing “Big Tech and the Online Child […]
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• Govt votes more money for investment in TCN, DisCos • Power ministry to spend N8b to create awareness on vandalism • Benin, Togo, Niger import N64.7b electricity from Nigeria, owe debts • Ajaokuta Steel faces disconnection over persistent debt The President Bola Tinubu administration, through the Ministry of Power, has proposed spending a substantial […]
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Presidential fleet The Peoples Democratic Party and the Labour Party have kicked against the N55bn allocated in the 2025 budget for the maintenance of the presidential fleet. This is contained in the 2025 Appropriation Bill sent to the National Assembly for approval. If approved by the lawmakers, over N55.5bn will be spent on total overhauling […]
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Northern groups, including the Coalition of Northern Groups and the Northern Elders Forum, have again insisted on the withdrawal of the tax reform bills as senators intensified lobbying for public acceptance of the proposed tax changes. The groups demanded further consultations and extensive dialogue with stakeholders on the bills. Speaking during a one-day town hall […]
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