Despite widespread economic hardship and soaring inflation across the country, the Federal Government has allocated N5bn towards the renovation of the vice president’s official residence in Lagos State. In the N2.17tn supplementary budget passed in November 2023, the Federal Government had budgeted N3bn for the renovation of the vice president’s official residence in Lagos State and another N2.5bn for the renovation of his official residence located within the Aso Rock Villa in Abuja. However, checks using GovSpend, a civic tech platform that tracks and analyses the Federal Government’s spending, showed…
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‘Hunger crisis ‘ll hit 33.1m Nigerians in 2025’ — Report
A report by Cadre Harmonisé, an initiative conducted bi-annually (in March and October) across 26 states and the FCT focused on food and nutrition analysis, says no fewer than 33.1 million Nigerians will face acute food insecurity in 2025. The Food and Agriculture Organisation, (FAO), which disclosed this in a statement yesterday, said the report was prepared by the federal government and supported by partners, such as the World Food Programme, (WFP), and the United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund, UNICEF, among others. “The statement read: “The food and nutrition insecurity…
Read MoreProtesters storm N’Assembly, demand Kyari’s sacking
A group, the Nigerian Coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) has called for immediate investigations into alleged sabotage against the plan to turn around the petroleum refineries in the country. This is just as the group demanded the immediate removal from office of the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, (NNPCL), noting that his management of the oil industry has done more to the local refineries than good. In a protest rally at the National Assembly Complex, Abuja, yesterday, the coalition of CSOs said policies…
Read More“Conducting LG polls without 6-month notice will face nullification” – AGF
The Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Lateef Olasunkanmi, (SAN), has warned that henceforth, local government elections conducted without 6 months’ notice would face nullification. According to the AGF, who stated this recently, at the 12th convocation of Afe Babalola University in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti state, said the Government is committed to enthroning sanity at the third tier of governance. “Any state Governor who fails to give six months’ notice before conducting local government elections will face nullification in courts”, he quoted as saying. Lately, State governors across…
Read MoreAbuja residents protest, demand Wike’s removal as FCT Minister
…Seek Tinubu’s intervention Residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) yesterday took to the streets, protesting against the actions of Minister Nyesom Wike. The residents are decrying the alleged land-grabbing policies of the minister, which are said to be targeting poor communities. Human rights activists joined the demonstration, condemning the FCT administration’s actions under Wike’s leadership. The protesters urged President Bola Tinubu to step in to stop Wike’s “wicked policies”, which have allegedly displaced hundreds from their homes. They demanded for the removal of the former Rivers State governor as…
Read MoreOndo poll: Political parties sign peace accord
Political parties and candidates in Ondo State have signed a peace accord ahead of the 16th November governorship election. The signing, which took place on Friday in Akure, the State capital, was organised by the National Peace Committee, headed by former Head of State, AbdulSalami Abubakar. Some of the parties present at the signing of the peace accord include the All Progressives Congress, Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), Labour Party, (LP), Action Democratic Party, (ADP), and Zenith Labour Party, among others. Speaking at the event, the Chairman of the Independent National…
Read MoreTinubu gives more powers to Ministers of State, grants full oversight over agencies
President Bola Tinubu has approved that ministers of state be given full powers to supervise the agencies under them. Until now, files pertaining to departments and agencies under their supervision were sent by their permanent secretaries to the senior ministers. With the new dispensation, ministers of state can now grant all necessary administrative approvals on the governance process of these agencies and departments. According to a source in the office of the Head of Service of the Federation, “the President was not pleased with the prevailing governing framework in which…
Read More“Battle oil mafia; NNPCL should make refineries work” – Obaigbena
Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of THISDAY Media Group and ARISE news channel, Nduka Obaigbena, has challenged the Federal Government to put the four government-owned refineries in the country to work, to checkmate the oil mafias in the country. Obaigbena, speaking as the Chairman of the All Nigeria Editors Conference in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, said, “If we are going to use whatever means to deal with the oil mafias, we should keep our refineries alive. If you say you want to stop monopoly, then our four refineries must work. Let those four…
Read More“Terrorists planning to attack FCT, Benue, Imo, 4 other Nigerian States”– Primate Ayodele
Leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, has warned the newly-appointed Chief of Army Staff, (COAS) Lt.-Gen. Olufemi Oluyede, about an impending attack by terrorists in five Nigerian States. Primate Ayodele issued the warning to the the new COAS, in a statement issued yesterday by his media aide, Oluwatosin Osho, saying that the Nigerian Army must be careful from December to February because terrorists are planning to strike within the time frame. Primate Ayodele said that States that would be attacked include: Abuja, Imo, Plateau, Niger, Katsina, Borno,…
Read MoreTax Reforms: “Northern Redemption Coalition, a sponsored, faceless entity seeking for Ndume’s recall” – SBCC Group
An advocacy group, Southern Borno Concerned Citizens (SBCC), has struck on the so-called ‘Northern Redemption Coalition’, (NRC), led by it’s President, Adamu Bashir, calling on the people of Southern Borno, through a sponsored publication in some national dailies to recall Senator Mohammed Ndume (APC Borno South) following his position on the Tax Reform Bills currently before the National Assembly. Recall that President Bola Tinubu had sent four Bills to the National Assembly: the ‘Nigeria Tax Bill 2024’, the ‘Tax Administration Bill’, the ‘Nigeria Revenue Service Establishment Bill’ aimed to repeal…
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