…. FEC okays 2023 budget proposal The Federal Executive Council (FEC), presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, yesterday, approved the proposal for the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL) to invest N1.9 trillion in the reconstruction of 44 federal roads under the tax credit policy. Of this amount, N215.3 billion would be spent on … [Read more…]
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has presented cheques amounting to N13billion to the families of deceased and injured Police officers. The inspector-general of police, IGP Usman Baba, presented the cheques to the families of Police officers killed between 2012 to 2019. The IGP said about 6,184 families of slain and injured personnel will benefit from … [Read more…]
Jamaica’s Olympic sprinting icon, Usain Bolt has lost millions of dollars in his account with Stocks and Securities Ltd, an investment company based in Kingston. The lawyers of the track star said they are prepared to file a lawsuit if that will make it possible to recover the $12 million that mysteriously disappeared from Bolt’s … [Read more…]
President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Ayuba Wabba, yesterday, engaged in fisticuffs with the chairman of NLC/TUC Good Homes Scheme, Chief Emeka Anuna, threatening to sack his wife from the International Labour Organisation (ILO), now known as International Trade Union Congress (ITUC). Anuna and a handful of federal civil servants had protested in … [Read more…]
The Edo State government has said that two traditional rulers and five other persons have been arrested in connection with the kidnapping of 20 passengers from Igueben train station in Edo state on January 7. The Commissioner for Communication and Orientation, Chris Nehikhare, disclosed this yesterday in Benin while briefing journalists shortly after the state … [Read more…]
The Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, is presiding over the first Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting this year at the Council Chamber of the State House, Abuja. Present are the Secretary to Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha; the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Doctor Folasade Yemi-Esan; and the Deputy Chief … [Read more…]
Presidential candidate of New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Dr. Rabiu Kwankwaso, has dismissed the prospects of stepping down or joining forces with Labour Party (LP) candidate, Mr. Peter Obi to wrest power from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Kwankwaso who spoke, yesterday, at Chatham House, London, UK said he was the candidate to beat … [Read more…]
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday he had “no doubt” Moscow would emerge victorious in Ukraine, despite military setbacks in the nearly year-long offensive. Putin sent troops to Ukraine in February last year, and in September announced a military mobilisation to prop up Moscow’s forces in the pro-Western country. Despite a number of military defeats, … [Read more…]
Governors of the 36 states have planned to meet with the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, on Thursday over the present withdrawal policy and the redesigned naira notes. The governors under the auspices of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum through its spokesperson, Abdulrazaque Bello-Barkindo, in a statement Tuesday night said the governors … [Read more…]
The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has revealed that Nigeria ended 2022 as Africa’s largest oil producer. According to OPEC, Nigeria in the month of December recorded a four percent increase in oil production to 1.235 million barrels per day, from 1.186 mb/d in November 2022. While on Year-on-Year, YoY performance, the nation’s oil … [Read more…]
…as communities pledge massive votes, dismiss opposition …We have adopted you sole as sole guber candidate – Igwe Agubuzu In his determination to reposition the economy of the state and make it less dependent on the monthly federal allocations when he wins in the March 11, 2023 general election, the governorship candidate of the Peoples … [Read more…]
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Mark Suzman, has announced that it will spend $8.3 billion in 2023 to continue its work fighting poverty, disease and inequity. He also shared examples of how the Foundation uses its resources, voice, and convening power to call attention to and help find solutions for problems … [Read more…]