Category: Politics
Imo governor, Hope Uzodinma appoints sibling deputy chief of staff
Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State has appointed his brother as the deputy chief of staff in charge of general services in the state.
The new appo [...]
Senate passes student loan act bill after Tinubu’s request for consideration
The Senate on Wednesday, March 20, passed the Student Loans (Access to Higher Education) Act (Repeal and Re-Enactment) Bill, 2024.
The resolution o [...]
Tinubu heeds Peter Obi’s advice, stops ministers, other appointees from foreign travels
President Bola Tinubu has directed a ban on all public funded international trips for ministers, officials and heads of agencies, according to a lette [...]
Abia Assembly scraps life pension for ex governors Ikpeazu, Orji, Kalu, others
A move to cut down the cost of governance in Abia State has hit new milestones as the bill to repeal former governors and deputy governors’ pensions a [...]
FG now spends N17bn daily to fund petrol subsidy
There are indications that the Federal Government through the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPC is now spending N17.72 billion daily t [...]
Investigations reveal Senator Abdul Ningi’s budget padding claim as true
The claim by senator, Abdul Ningi, that over N53 billion worth of projects in the 2024 Appropriations Act are without a specific location, is true.
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Finance minister, Wale Edun’s Chapel Hill Denham gets lucrative advisory contract on Nigeria’s $1bn Eurobond
Nigeria has hired investment banks including Citigroup Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. to advise it on the West Africa [...]
Fraud, greed looms in ministry of transport as FG signs MoU with UK based firm with no prior experience
The Ministry of Transport has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Messrs MPH Rail Development Limited, a United Kingdom company for the impl [...]
Atedo Peterside slams senate president, Akpabio over his unintelligent and unemotional speech at Wigwe’s funeral
The founder of Stanbic IBTC Bank Plc, Atedo Peterside, has expressed his dismay over comments made by Senate President Godswill Akpabio at the funeral [...]
Buhari sold Nigeria’s future, printed N30trn and shared among his cronies – Plateau governor, Mutfwang
The Governor of Plateau State, Caleb Mutfwang while lamenting the economic hardship being faced by Nigerians blamed the situation on the last admi [...]