President Bola Tinubu has earmarked N5.41tn for Security, the single largest allocation in the proposed 2026 budget. It marked the third consecutive year that defence and security spending has taken priority since the administration began presenting national budgets in November 2023. Tinubu disclosed this today while presenting the N58.18tn 2026 Appropriation Bill to a joint […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission today intervened in the leadership crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party, summoning the party’s rival factions to its headquarters in Abuja. The meeting brought together the faction led by Tanimu Turaki and the group headed by Abdulrahman Mohammed, which is backed by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom […]
A socio-cultural organisation, the Kwara South Consultative Forum, has strongly opposed the call by the Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, for the renaming of the University of Ilorin after Sheikh Alimi, the founder of the Alimi dynasty. The Forum described the proposal as “highly provocative” and insensitive to the ethnic diversity and historical plurality […]
Former Super Eagles captain John Obi Mikel has revealed that he contacted the office of late Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari to ensure players received their bonuses after the 2018 World Cup in Russia, after months of delays by the Nigeria Football Federation. Speaking on an episode of The Obi One Podcast released on Tuesday, Mikel said […]
A member of the House of Representatives, Abdussamad Dasuki, has drawn the attention of his colleagues to alleged alterations of the tax bills as passed in both chambers of the National Assembly. Speaking under the matter of privileges at todays plenary session, Dasuki alleged that the gazetted copy of the new tax laws in circulation […]
Governor Ahmed today presented a N758.7 billion budget proposal for the 2026 fiscal year to the Sokoto State House of Assembly, outlining plans to deepen security gains, expand social services and stimulate economic growth across the state. The proposal, tagged the Budget of Socio-Economic Expansion, comes against the backdrop of lingering security challenges, rising living […]
Members of the Nigeria Labour Congress assembled at the NLC Secretariat, Labour House, Abuja, today for a nationwide protest against rising insecurity and worsening economic conditions across the country. President Bola Tinubu met with NLC leadership on Tuesday night in a bid to avert the protest, but Ajaero told newsmen there was no resolution to […]
Nigerians may celebrate the Yuletide in darkness if the Federal Government takes no further steps to defray the gas-to-power debt, as gas companies have begun cutting supplies to power plants, a development already affecting electricity generation nationwide. According to EEDC, the drop in power supply availability is due to low system frequency, said to have […]
The Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital, ATBUTH, Bauchi, has uncovered a fraudulent scheme within its premises and recovered ₦27,000 allegedly extorted from a patient. The development was disclosed in a press statement issued today by the Head of the hospital’s Public Relations and Protocol Unit, Usman Koli. Koli explained that the suspect, described as […]
Ahead of today’s nationwide protests by the Nigeria Labour Congress, the police have mobilised special forces and tactical teams to ensure a violence-free demonstration. State police commands, in separate interviews with news men on Tuesday, confirmed their readiness to tackle miscreants and political hirelings who may want to disrupt the rallies. The NLC had stated […]
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