Tinubu inherited a bankrupt country – NSA
The National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, has lamented that the current administration inherited a bankrupt country from the previous administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari. According to him, the revenue generated by the Bola Tinubu-led administration is being used to repay what was taken from the country. The NSA stated this on Monday in Abuja […]
CBN, NBET others owe FG N190bn for electricity supply
Federal Government owned power firm, the Niger Delta Power Holding Company has said that the Central Bank of Nigeria, the Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading Plc, and the Nigerian Electricity Liability Management Company owe the sum of N190bn for electricity supply. Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, NDPHC, Chiedu Ugbo, revealed this to The PUNCH on […]
KogiDecides2023: No election but allocation of votes – Dino Melaye
The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the November 11 governorship election in Kogi State, Senator Dino Melaye, claims that some opposition parties planned for his third position in Saturday’s governorship poll. He said what transpired on Saturday was not an election but an allocation of votes. Ododo won with 446,237 votes, defeating his […]
Collecting pension unlawful, Falana tells Akpabio, others
The Chairman of Alliance on Surviving COVID-19 and Beyond, Mr Femi Falana (SAN), has appealed to the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and other former governors to stop the collection of pensions as ex-governor. Falana, a human rights lawyer, urged former governors to emulate Ogun State’s former governor, Gbenga Daniel, and former Gombe State governor, Ibrahim […]
HPV: Adamawa to vaccinate 388,180 girls
The Adamawa State Primary Healthcare Development Agency says it is targeting 388,180 girls aged nine to 14 years for vaccination against the Human Papilloma Virus to prevent them from cervical cancer. The Executive Chairman of the agency, Dr Suleiman Bashir, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Yola. Bashir […]
Naira Marley, Sam Larry sue magistrate, police, demand N40m
Controversial singer, Abdulazeez Fashola, alias Naira Marley, and Lagos socialite, Samson Eletu, alias Sam Larry, have filed a fundamental rights suit to challenge their continued detention over the death of 27-year-old singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba, alias Mohbad. Joined as defendants in the suit filed before the Federal High Court in Lagos were the police and the […]
Children recruitment by B’Haram, ISWAP must stop – Zulum
Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State has expressed the fear that Boko Haram and ISWAP terrorists may continue tormenting the country if proper security steps are not taken to forestall the recruitment of young children into the terror groups. He spoke when the new Governing Board and Management of the North-East Development Commission paid him […]
Abuja, Lagos protesters oppose N160m SUV for lawmakers
Protests broke out in Lagos and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja on Monday as youths decried the allocation of Sport Utility Vehicles for members of the National Assembly. The youths who gathered in their numbers in the Ikeja area of Lagos held placards and chanted ‘Fund education not SUVs, ‘Pay living wage not SUVs, ‘Return […]
Tinubu to present 2024 budget November, says Senate
President Bola Tinubu will present the 2024 budget to the National Assembly in the next two weeks. The President will also submit the supplementary budget for 2023 to the National Assembly for consideration. The Chairman, Senate Committee on Appropriation, Senator Solomon Adeola, who made this known during the inaugural meeting of the committee on Wednesday, […]
Kidnapped Nasarawa lecturer freed after N5m ransom
A lecturer of the Faculty of Administration at the Nasarawa State University, Keffi, Dr Comfort Adokwe, who was recently abducted, has regained freedom after her family and well-wishers paid N5m ransom to her abductors. Heavily armed men had on Sunday night invaded her residence at Angwan Jaba in the Keffi Local Government Area of the […]