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It’s Provoking Calling For New Jet For VP Shettima — Peter Obi
The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has faulted the call for a new jet for Vice President Kashim Shettima. Obi, in a Tuesday post on X, said the lawmaker who demanded a new jet for Shettima “is insensitive and unconcerned about the prevailing economic situation in the country” Last weekend, the Speaker of the Borno State...
Sanwo-Olu’s Aide, Lekki, Reportedly Dead
Mr. Abdulrahman Lekki, the Executive Secretary of the Lagos State Scholarship Board, passed away on Wednesday. A terse statement from the office of the Lagos State Head of Service on Wednesday said, “With the total submission to the will of Almighty Allah, the Head of Service announces the sudden demise of Mr. Abdulrahman Lekki, Executive Secretary, Lagos State Scholarship Board,...
Senate Commence Screening Of Ministerial Nominees
The Senate suspended all items in Wednesday's Order Paper in order to begin screening the ministerial nominees that the President sent. The process to begin the screening came up at 12.55 following a motion by the Senate leader, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, APC, Ekiti Central, and seconded by the Senate Minority Leader, Senator Abba Moro, PDP, Benue South. The Senate resolved to...
Court Prevents CBN From Releasing Allocation To Rivers
The CBN was prevented from further disbursing monthly financial allocations to the Rivers State Gov. by Justice Joyce of the Federal High Court. The presiding judge held that the presentation of the 2024 budget by Governor Siminalayi Fubara before a four-member Rivers House of Assembly was an affront to the constitutional provision. She described the receipt and disbursement of monthly allocations...
Ondo Guber: Group Hails Appointment Of Members Into APC Nat’l Campaign Council
The Diaspora Friends for Monday Okpebholo and Dennis Idahosa has congratulated her members on their appointment into the 2024 Ondo State Governorship National Campaign Council of the All Progressives Congress. In a statement on Wednesday, the group listed the appointees to include Ambassador Western Iyamu, Coordinator; Hon. Omorede Osifo, Co-Coordinator; Hon. Bunmi Oriniowo and Hon. Chief (Mrs) Olamide Talabi. The statement...
Western Iyamu hails Appointment of Edoba Omorogie as UNIBEN new VC
The Western Iyamu Global Foundation, has congratulated Prof. Edoba Bright Omoregie, SAN, on his “well-deserved appointment” as the 11th substantive Vice-Chancellor of the University of Benin (UNIBEN). In a statement on Tuesday, the group eulogized Omoregie’s “exceptional academic distinction, outstanding leadership qualities and remarkable achievements, making him an exemplary figure in the academic community.” The statement reads in part, “His appointment...
Tinubu Meets Dangote, NNPC Chiefs On Local Currency Oil Initiative
President Bola Tinubu is currently receiving a briefing from the Implementation Committee on Crude Oil and Refined Products Sales in Local Currency at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, Abuja. The Minister of Finance, Mr Wale Edun, who chairs the committee, is leading the small delegation comprising the Chairman of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, and the Group CEO of the Nigerian...
Ministerial Screening Postponed, Says Senate
Seven cabinet nominees were to be screened by the Senate on Tuesday, but the screening has been postponed to Wednesday. Citing reasons for the postponement in a personally signed statement, Special Adviser to the President on Senate Matters, Senator Basheer Lado, said the postponement was to allow the nominees to conclude all aspects of documentation and pre-screening exercise. The statement, titled...
Over 20 Schools, 13 Clinics Still Closed In Katsina-Ala Says Chairman
Katsina-Ala LGA Chairman in Benue, Mr. Justine Shaku, said that many schools and markets had to close for over a year due to criminal activities. Shaku told Newsmen on Tuesday that all social infrastructures within the council were also damaged. He explained that “over 20 schools, 23 markets, and 13 primary health clinics remain shut, following the continuous activities of criminal...
Nigeria Consumes Over 45m Liters Of Petrol Daily, Says NMDPRA
According to the Nigeria Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, the nation uses between 45 and 50 million liters of petrol daily. NMDPRA’s Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Farouk Ahmed, disclosed this while speaking on the sidelines of the ongoing 18th Africa Downstream Energy Week in Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the 2024 OTL Africa Downstream Energy Week...
