NIGERIA’s fiscal deficit soared to N7.05 trillion by the end of the third quarter of 2024, as revealed by President Bola Tinubu during the presentation of the 2025 Budget of Restoration to the National Assembly on December 18, 2024. This widening gap underscores the government’s persistent reliance on borrowing to …
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AN Abuja High Court has ordered the Department of State Services (DSS) to release the detained president of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Bello Bodejo, pending the determination of his trial. Mohammed Zubairu, sitting as a vacation judge, issued the ruling after an ex-parte motion was filed by Bodejo’s lawyer, Reuben …
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THE Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has taken enforcement action against five airlines; two international and three domestic operators for breaches of Part 19 of the NCAA regulations. Director of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection to the NCAA, Michael Achimugu, stated this in a press release in Abuja on Tuesday. …
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Migingo Island, in Lake Victoria, is a piece of rock crammed with corrugated metal shelters, home to hundreds of fishermen from across east Africa. Migingo Island is less than 2,000 square metres, and according to Ugandan police, more than 500 people live there, making it the smallest inhabited island on …
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DOZENS have died after a passenger plane crashed on Christmas Day. According to the BBC, the Azerbaijan Airlines flight had been travelling from the Azerbaijani capital Baku to Grozny in Russia when it caught fire as it made an emergency landing near Aktau in Kazakhstan. The outlet, citing local officials, …
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THE Gombe state government says it will spend N32.24 billion on payment of workers salaries in the 2025 fiscal year. Malam Muhammad Magaji, Commissioner for Finance and Economic Development, stated this during the 2025 budget breakdown exercise, on Tuesday in Gombe. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Gov. …
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THE Police Service Commission has approved the appointment and posting of six new Commissioners of Police. The appointments and postings were sequel to recent promotions in the Nigeria Police Force released by the Commission last week. In the new appointments, CP Shettima Jauro Mohammed was posted to Nasarawa State Command; …
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OGUN State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has advised Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), charitable organizations, and individuals who wish to distribute palliative aid to the people to involve the government to prevent a chaotic situation that could lead to loss of lives. GOVERNOR Abiodun, who spoke when he visited Oyo State Governor, …
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TEN members of a family have died after a private plane crashed into the city of Gramado in southern Brazil. Brazilian businessman Luiz Claudio Galeazzi, who was piloting the plane, was killed in the crash alongside his wife, three daughters, and other family members, a statement from his company said. …
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EGYPT has ordered the deportation of three Syrians who were detained after they took part in street celebrations in Cairo following the fall of President Bashar al-Assad earlier this month, a rights group said on Sunday. According to the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (Eipr), Egyptian security forces on 8 …
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