Ondo State Acting Governor, Hon. Lucky Aiyedatiwa, on Thursday presented a budget proposal of £384.533 billion for the 2024 fiscal year, tagged “Budget of Economic Resilience,” to the State House of Assembly. It is higher than the total projected budget outlay for the 2023 fiscal year, which was £275,979,184 billion. He said that £212,014,859,647.00 billion […]
Continue Reading
Hope has brightened that light may soon be restored in parts of Ondo State, especially the Ondo South Senatorial District which has been in blackout for over ten years as new sets of German-made reciprocating gas engines to augment power supply in the state, which were ordered by the state government in partnership with a […]
Continue Reading
The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved judgment in the appeal by Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State challenging the ruling of the Appeal Court that sacked him from office. The Justice Inyang Okoro-led five-member panel of judges reserved their decision after hearing closing arguments from both parties. Yusuf and the New Nigeria People Party […]
Continue Reading
Catholic Bishops Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) has said that blessing same-sex marriage is against God’s Law, the teachings of the Church, the laws of the country, and the cultural sensibilities of Nigerians. The bishops stated this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Ibadan. NAN […]
Continue Reading
One month after it was closed for maintenance, the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos has officially reinstated by the Federal Government. This was disclosed in a statement issued by the Lagos State Commissioner for Transportation, Oluwaseun Osiyemi on Thursday, December 21. He said: “We are pleased to announce that parts of the Third Mainland Bridge […]
Continue Reading
President Bola Tinubu on Thursday, December 21, arrived in Lagos for the Christmas holiday. He arrived in the Air Force One plane and landed at the presidential wing of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Ikeja. The plane landed at 3.50pm and president Tinubu disembarked at 4pm.
Continue Reading
The Senate has confirmed the appointment of 11 Justices of the Supreme Court after President Bola Ahmed Tinubu sent in their nomination notice. It confirmed the justices during Thursday’s plenary session following the consideration and adoption of a report by the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters. The Chief Justice of Nigeria […]
Continue Reading
The Federal Government has expressed its commitment to return 15 million out-of-school children to the classroom by 2027. The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, disclosed this in Abuja on Thursday at a one-day retreat on Quick Wins in the ministerial deliverables (2023–2027). Mamman explained that the learning crisis had also been a major issue […]
Continue Reading
Fubara is a man of peace, will implement agreement, says Commissioner Pro-Wike lawmakers withdraw impeachment notice It’s inconceivable – Lamido knocks PDP over Tinubu’s intervention in Rivers crisis The Rivers State Commissioner for Information, Joe Johnson, has said that his principal, Governor Siminalayi Fubara, didn’t sign a ‘peace agreement’ with his predecessor, Nyesom Wike, under […]
Continue Reading
Nigeria army lay Major General Chris Ali to rest in Abuja The Nigerian Army has laid to rest the Former Chief of Army Staff, Major General Chris Ali at the National Military Cemetery Abuja on Wednesday 20th December 2023 in military tradition and honours. At the burial mass earlier held at the St. Joseph Military […]
Continue Reading
