By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has faulted criticisms over the recently approved N90 billion subsidy for the 2024 Hajj operation. the Executive Director, MURIC, Prof. Ishaq Akintola, faulted the criticism in a statement on Friday in Abuja. Akintola said that the criticisms was spiced...
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Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has warned that he will surprise those who consider his honest decision to implement the presidential peace pact as a sign of weakness. Governor Fubara said he had been inundated with several comments in the media about the implementation of the peace initiative,...
President Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, led governors, federal lawmakers, military top brass, dignitaries, families and friends of 17 gallant military personnel gruesomely murdered in Delta State to lay wreaths in honour of the slain officers and soldiers. The President was the Special Guest of Honour at the inauspicious...
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the establishment of the Renewed Hope Infrastructure Fund to bridge the gap of social services across the country. Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS), Mr Zach Adedeji, disclosed this at the end of the 4th FEC for the year,...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – Senator Abdul Ningi (PDP-Bauchi), who was suspended for three months for alleging that the 2024 budget was padded to the tune of N3 trillion has resigned as Chairman, Northern Senators’ Forum (NSF). Senator Ningi, announced his resignation in a letter addressed to the Secretary...
The Presidency has described as false, the claim by Sen. Abdul Ningi (PDP-Bauchi Central) over the padding of the 2024 budget. This is contained in a statement by Mr Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, in Abuja. Onanuga said that President Bola Tinubu...
A former Minister of Works, Sen. Adeseye Ogunlewe, has said it is needless blaming the country’s present challenges on President Bola Tinubu or the immediate past administration. Ogunlewe, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Lagos....
Vice-President Kashim Shettima has said President Bola Tinubu has ordered the entire security architecture in the country to rescue the abducted Kaduna school children. Shettima said this on Saturday when he paid a sympathy visit to Gov. Uba Sani. The Vice-President, who said that President Tinubu was personally...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Federal Government will begin the distribution of grains nationwide to cushion the impacts of the hardship in Nigeria. The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security Senator Abubakar Kyari disclosed this in a tweet via his verified X (formerly Twitter) handle on Monday....
President Bola Tinubu is set to commission the Red Line Rail Project in Lagos, with guests arriving and settling into the venue. The Red Line, an intra-state rail service aimed at improving transportation within the city, spans 37 kilometres. The red line will share the right-of-way with the...
A public affairs and social analyst, Mr Ambrose Igboke, has said state policing is a critical intervention for security challenges currently bedeviling the country. Igboke said this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Abuja while reacting to President Bola Tinubu and State governors agreement...
If I ever disagreed with the school of thought that says “we are a country of short memoried people,” I now certainly have a germane reason to agree wholeheartedly with that school of thought, in the face of the unfolding reality in Nigeria, today. The North has...
The Senate on Thursday confirmed the CBN Governor, Yemi Cardoso, as the Chairman of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the apex bank. The upper legislative chamber also confirmed the appointment of four deputy governors of the CBN and seven others as members of the MPC. The Senate...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has approved the reconstitution of the managements of three agencies under the Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy. The presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, in a statement on Thursday in Abuja, said the President approved the appointment qualified Nigerians to serve...
The World Aquaculture Society (WAS), African chapter, in the West African region, says Nigeria’s aquaculture sector has the potential to generate an annual revenue of 296 billion dollars. Mr Lanre Badmus, Director, West African Region, WAS , said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria...
A few days ago, Ndigbo came under fire from Professor Usman Yusuf, the former Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), for their perceived lack of interest in the ongoing nationally spreading hunger protests and strikes. He said: “I honestly don’t know why the South East...
A leading real estate developing company in Africa, Aazik homes, has said the Federal Capital Territory Minister, Mr Nyesom Wike, has helped in enhancing standardisation in the real estate industry, especially in Abuja. The Chief Executive Officer, Aazik homes, Dr Frank Azikiwe, communicated this on Tuesday in Abuja...
The Peoples Democratic Party Governors’ Forum (PDP-GF) has urged the Federal Government to strive hard to address the security challenge and economic hardship facing Nigerians. The governors said this in a communique at the end of their meeting and read by Gov. Bala Mohammed, the Chairman of the...