President Bola Tinubu on Sunday directed a comprehensive inquiry into the alleged N585m scandal in the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation. He vowed to “decisively punish” those involved in any breaches and infractions unravelled during the investigations. The President gave the directive in a statement issued by the Minister of Information and […]
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Lawmakers have budgeted an additional N30bn for the renovation of the National Assembly Complex in the 2024 Appropriation Bill. The N30bn earmarked for the renovation of the building was part of the N344.85bn budgeted for the National Assembly after they raised their allocations from N197.93bn. The N344.85bn, signed by President Bola Tinubu on January 1, […]
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Former Secretary of the National Democratic Coalition, NADECO, Chief Ayo Opadodun, shares his thoughts with Daniel Ayantoye on the country’s federalism, and agitation for secession, among other issues You recently called on President Bola Tinubu to return Nigeria to true federalism. Do you think the president can succeed in an area that his predecessors failed […]
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Five months after an elevator accident led to the death of a House Officer, Dr Vwaere Diaso, at the General Hospital, Odan Lagos, the equipment was yet to be replaced. Diaso was killed after the elevator crashed from the 10th floor to the ground floor of the 131-year-old hospital. A colleague of the deceased told […]
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The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has disclosed that he has no regrets making Siminalayi Fubara the governor of Rivers State. Wike, who said he and some leaders of the state picked and worked for Fubara’s emergence as the governor noted that the decision was taken to ensure the unity of the […]
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Following the visit of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) operatives to the company’s head office in Lagos in continuation of its probe of former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, the Dangote Group has expressed readiness to assist the agency in its investigations. The operatives, on January 4, […]
Continue ReadingThe Federal Government has suspended evaluation and accreditation of degrees from Benin and Togo Republics. In a statement yesterday by Augustina Obilor-Duru on behalf of Director, Press and Public Relations, Federal Ministry of Education, government lamented that “some Nigerians deploy nefarious means and unconscionable methods to get a degree with the objective of getting graduate […]
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Recently, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu directed the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) to evolve ways to improve remuneration of judges. The Chairman of RMAFC, Muhammed Shehu, had earlier announced that the salaries of elected politicians, judicial and public officers would be increased by 114 per cent. Although President Tinubu supports this stance, however, […]
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By Banji Ayoola The Chief of Staff to the departed Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, Chief Olugbenga Ale, has paid a glowing tribute to his former boss whom he described as an exceptional example of rectitude and moral uprightness. According to him, Akeredolu’s passage was “a great blow, not just to me as a person, […]
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Human Rights Lawyer, Femi Falana, on Sunday, urged the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management, Betta Edu, to stop insulting Nigerians following her claims that the allegations of a N585 million fraud were baseless. The embattled minister came under heavy criticism on Friday after a memo surfaced where she directed the Accountant-General of the […]
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