Category Politics

Senate leader, Bamidele, mourns Akeredolu, Na’Abba

Opeyemi Bamidele

Leader of the Senate, Opeyemi Bamidele, on Wednesday, mourned the passing of Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, and the former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Ghali Umar Na’Abba, who died at 67 and 65 respectively. Bamidele lamented that Nigeria…

Niger gov signs 2024 budget into law

Mohammed Bago

Niger State Governor, Mohammed Bago, has signed the state’s 2024 N613.2 billion budget into law. Bago warned officials of his government not to generate and spend the state revenue or face his wrath. The governor signed the budget on Wednesday,…

INEC promotes 55 directors, 5,141 others

National Commissioner and Chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun

The Independent National Electoral Commission has promoted 5,196 members of its staff nationwide. This was contained in a bulletin made available to journalists on Thursday. A figure breakdown indicated that “55 Deputy Directors on Grade Level 16 were promoted to…

Ganduje making no impact in APC – Lukman

LUKMAN SALIHU

Immediate past National Vice Chairman of All Progressives Congress, North-West, Salihu Lukman, tells ADEBAYO FOLORUNSHO-FRANCIS about his problems with the leadership of the party and why he remains the most misunderstood politician, among other issues Many concerned Nigerians have been…

I’m committed to poverty eradication, quality education -Tinubu

Bola Tinubu

President Bola Tinubu, on Thursday, said his administration will practise a style of democracy that eliminates poverty while providing quality education for Nigerian children. However, he reasoned that this would take strong collaboration among the Federal, State and Local Governments. “I…

Aiyedatiwa meets Tinubu, pledges to move Ondo forward

Lucky Aiyedatiwa

The newly sworn-in Governor of the Ondo State, Mr Lucky Aiyedatiwa, on Thursday, promised to mobilise all stakeholders in his domain to “move the state forward.” Aiyedatiwa expressed plans to “pull everybody to work together and see how we can…

Sokoto establishes security outfit to tackle insecurity

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The Governor of Sokoto State, Ahmed Aliyu, on Thursday signed into law the bill creating the Sokoto Community Guard Corps. The state House of Assembly had on December 21 approved the governor’s proposal to establish a community guards corps in the…

Visit Plateau attacks victims, PDP tells Tinubu

President Bola Tinubu

The Peoples Democratic Party has called on President Bola Tinubu to visit the scene of the Christmas Eve killing of Nigerians by gunmen in Bokkos and Barkin Ladi communities of Plateau State. The PUNCH reports that the Chairman of Community…

N’Assembly to pass 2024 budget today

National-Assembly

The National Assembly will today, Saturday, December 30, pass the 2024 Appropriation Bill at the plenary. Both the Red and Green chambers will pass the harmonised 2024 budget as prepared by the National Assembly at their respective sittings. In a…