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PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu is set to present over N2 trillion naira as a supplementary budget to the National Assembly. The Federal Executive Council (FEC) approved the submission of the supplementary budget at its weekly meeting held today at the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Recall that the federal …

NIGERIA’s debt to China increased from $3.93bn as of June 30, 2022, to $4.73bn as of June 30, 2023, showing an increase of $800m in one year. It is an increase of 20.36 per cent from the second quarter of 2022 to Q2 2023, according to an analysis of the …

THE National Working Committee (NWC) and indeed the entire Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) family is utterly devastated over the death of the National Woman Leader of our great Party, Prof. Stella Effah-Attoe. Our hearts bleed! Our Party and Nation have lost one of our best and brightest. Prof. Effah-Attoe’s death is …

German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz arrives at state house, on a visit to President Bola Tinubu.

Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, has approved the disbursement of another tranche of N136.26m as car loan to 368 civil servants in the state. The state Commissioner for Finance, Akin Oyebode, said that amounts ranging from N80,000 to N1.5m would be disbursed to the beneficiaries of the loan scheme depending …

LABOUR Party National Chairman, Julius Abure, has terminated the appointments of some of his aides. The National Secretary of the party, Malam Umar Farouk, confirmed this in a statement made available to journalists on Saturday, stating that all appointments related to elections and campaigns have been dissolved. The statement made …

THE Labour Party campaign organisation has debunked the insinuation that its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, went into hiding following his loss at the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court, on Thursday, ended the 171-day legal tussle to nullify the election of President Bola Tinubu with the rejection of the election appeals …

IN the aftermath of Thursday’s Supreme Court judgment, which affirmed the victory of President Bola Tinubu, leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party have commenced moves to restructure the party with plans to convene its 98th National Executive Committee meeting soon. The last NEC meeting of the party was convened by …

FORMER Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has said he was aware that Iyalode of Yorubaland, Alaba Lawson, was down, but he did not know the reason behind it. In a release by his media aide, Kehinde Akinyemi, on Saturday, Obasanjo said the late educationist contributed immensely to the development of Nigeria …

PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has reacted to the death of Iyalode Alaba Lawson, MFR. Tinubu expressed deep sadness over the passing of Lawson, who he described as an enterprising, courageous, astute, and distinguished businesswoman and leader. The President, in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, …