DELTA State governor, Sheriff Oborevwori, on Wednesday, in Asaba, signed the 2024 Appropriation Bill of N724,979,313,867. The approved budget is made up of N316,624,462,711 in recurrent expenditure, while the sum of N408,354,851,156 is for capital expenditure. Governor Oborevwori said the 2024 budget, tagged “Budget of Hope and Optimism,” is geared …
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Congestion: Ebonyi First Lady, Mary-Maudline Nwifuru Frees 53 Inmates
126 inmates living in one cell, using one toilet-AG WIFE of Ebonyi State Governor, Mrs. Mary-Maudline Nwifuru, on Wednesday freed 53 inmates in Abakaliki Correction Centre. She also gave the freed inmates N20,000 cash as transportation fare to their various homes. Mrs. Nwifuru said the gesture was as a result …
Read More »Top House Of Assembly Member Dumps SDP, Defects To APC
A member of the Niger State House of Assembly, Yakubu Abdulmalik Bala, has dumped the Social Democratic Party, SDP, for the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. The lawmaker, who represents Katcha Constituency, defected on the floor of the House on Wednesday. Simply raising the APC flag, he said, “Today I …
Read More »Oyo: Governor Makinde Presents Staff Of Office To New Soun Of Ogbomosho
GOVERNOR Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, on Tuesday, presented the Instrument of Office and Staff of Office to the new Soun of Ogbomosholand, Oba Ghandi Olaoye, at the Ogbomoso Township Stadium. Recall that Makinde had approved the selection of Oba Olaoye from Olaoye Ruling House, on September 2, 2023. The …
Read More »No Remedy For 25 Former Rivers Assembly Members – PDP
Counsels Them to Prepare for Fresh Election THE Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) asserts that there is no remedy for the 25 former members of the Rivers State House of Assembly who by virtue of Section 109 (1)(g) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended) vacated …
Read More »APC Plots To Hijack Zamfara State
Kano Based NGO Petition US, UK And France Leaders BY OUR CORRESPONDENT A Non-Governmental Organization, NGO, Nigerian Democratic Vanguard in Yankaba quarters, Kano State has written a petition against the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. The petition which complained about the “unwholesome anti-democratic activities’ of the APC was addressed to …
Read More »Appeal Court Upholds Tambuwal, Wamakko Senatorial Election
A Court of Appeal, Abuja Division on Tuesday, upheld the election of two former governors of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal and Aliyu Wamakko as Senators representing Sokoto South and Sokoto North. The election of Tambuwal, the immediate past governor of the state and the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party …
Read More »Enugu State Govt Inaugurates 10 Small Claims Court
THE Enugu State Government has inaugurated 10 Small Claims Courts to address the challenge of delays in settlement of financial disputes, especially debt recovery and other liquidated money demand. Performing the inauguration in Enugu, the Chief Judge, Justice Afojulu Ozoemena, said the courts, which will be presided by magistrates, would …
Read More »Onanuga Reacts To Tinubu’s Intervention In Rivers Crisis
A Presidential aide, Bayo Onanuga, has reacted to President Bola Tinubu’s intervention in the lingering political crisis in Rivers State. Newsextra24 reports that the president resolved the crisis during a meeting with the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State, former governor Peter Odili, and …
Read More »N3.5bn Debt: Court Freezes Oyo State Govt Accounts In 10 Banks
A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja, has issued an order freezing the accounts of the Oyo State Government in ten commercial banks in the country. The order was issued by Justice A. O. Ebong in a ruling on a garnishee proceeding initiated by ex-council leaders in …
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