FG plans ambitious, whopper N26trn 2024 budget
A jumbo-size budget of N26 trillion is being proposed by the Federal Government for 2024, according to the Minister of Planning and Budget,...
Pres. Tinubu presides over FEC meeting, Swears in new minsters
The 2nd meeting of the FEC is underway at the council chambers of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. This is coming 49 days after...
Nigeria’s Prof. Ibrahim Abubakar of University College, London, icon and beacon of excellence, bags prestigious Roux Prize 2023
One of the world’s foremost public health professionals, Nigeria’s Prof. Ibrahim Abubakar, of the University College, London, has been awarded the coveted Roux...
Bayo Onanuga appointed Presidential Adviser on Information, Ms. Delu Yakubu aide on Poverty Alleviation
In the latest appointments announced on Friday night, Mr Bayo Onanuga, former Managing Director of News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), has been appointed...
Nigeria raises N652bn in 6th Sovereign Sukuk Project Fund
The N150 billion Sovereign Sukuk whose offer for subscription closed on October 11, 2023, was well received with a total subscription of N652.827...
Tinubu bolsters Wike’s executive powers as FCT Minister, exempts FCTA from TSA
“President Tinubu also approved the creation of the FCT Civil Service Commission” By executive fiat, President Bola Tinubu has pulled out the Federal...
World Bank announces historic collaboration between multilateral development banks
The World Bank is bolstering its collaboration with nine Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) to fast-track solutions that can change the lives of people...
Second Republic Minister, Maitama Yusuf, dies
A second republic Minister and Sardauna Dutse, Alhaji Bello Maitama Yusuf, is dead. He died in the early hours of Friday in Kano...
Foreign exchange: CBN lifts restrictions on 43 items
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has announced that Importers of all the 43 items previously restricted in 2015 are now free to...
Tinubu appoints Special Adviser for Digital Economy, new CEOs for NCC, NIGCOMSAT, NIPOST, others
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointments of new and returning Chief Executives to fresh terms in office across multiple agencies under the...
Guilt-racked Army General bags seven years for stealing $2.17m, N1bn
An Army General, Maj.-Gen. Umaru Mohammed is to spend the next seven years in prison for theft of N1.06 billion and 2.17 million...
Of Oppprtunists, Scavengers, Blackmailers and Vitriolic Attacks on Mele Kyari
By Engr Kunle Sajimi The drawback of achievements and accomplishments in public life is that it often sparks jealousy and unrestrained animosity towards...
Nov. 11 Bayelsa guber poll: Court disqualifies APC candidate, Timipre Sylva
The All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate and former Petroleum Minister, Chief Timipre Sylva, has been disqualified from contesting the November 11, 2023...
FG not paying petrol subsidy again — NNPCL GCEO, Kyari
Contrary to insinuations on the social media, the Bola Tinubu administration has not returned to payment of subsidy to any person or group...
Israeli-Gaza War: Is a Ground Invasion Imminent?
According to a 2017 research brief by the RAND corporation, Israel has the military capability to wipe out Hamas, but doing so could...
Kevin McCarthy and the Travails of Democracy by Dakuku Peterside
“Why should we be interested in the impeachment of McCarthy in the US? There are parallelisms in the issue of trust and mechanics...
