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2025 Budget: FEC Orders Final Adjustments As Tinubu Presents Wednesday
The federal government on Monday gave its approval to the proposed budget for the year 2025. This follows the Senate’s endorsement of the Medium-Term Expenditure Framework 2025–2027 on November 22. President Bola Tinubu will present the proposed N47.96tn budget to the joint session of the National Assembly on Wednesday. The exercise, earlier slated for Tuesday (today), was postponed to allow the...
World Bank Plans $1.65bn Loans For Nigeria Next Year
The World Bank is set to decide on three significant loan projects in 2025, totaling $1.65bn, with regards to Nigeria's pressing developmental issues. The loans, currently in the pipeline, will focus on internally displaced persons, education, and nutrition enhancement. According to information obtained from the World Bank’s website, the loans are designed to support Nigeria’s social and economic recovery, particularly in...
PSC Promotes 27 Senior Police Officers, Elevates 11 to AIG Rank
The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the promotion of 27 senior officers of the Nigeria Police Force following its 2nd plenary meeting held on December 16, 2024. This includes 11 Commissioners of Police (CPs) promoted to the rank of Assistant Inspectors General (AIGs) and 16 Deputy Commissioners of Police (DCPs) elevated to the rank of Commissioners of Police...
Sen Kalu Bags “Best Constituency Development” Award For 3rd Time
For demonstrating consistency in erecting Infrastructure Projects within his Senatorial District, Abia North Senator Orji Uzor Kalu APC, has won the Senate Press Corps Award on Constituency Development for the Third time. Kalu emerged overall best among 108 of his colleagues to clinch the coveted prize at this year's edition of the Senate Press Corps Award ceremony, which was held...
Electoral Officials From Benin Republic To Learn From INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday received a 12-member delegation from Benin Republic’s Autonomous National Electoral Commission (CENA) who visited on a study tour. INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, received the delegation from Benin Republic alongside other top officials of the commission at INEC headquarters in Abuja. Led by Sacca Lafia, CENA president, the delegation included national commissioners, directors, and...
Commissioner Denies Ordering Shooting Of Sand Miners In Anambra
Anambra Commissioner of Environment, Felix Odimegwu, has denied giving security guards orders to shoot and assault sand miners at Ebenator. Odimegwu stated in a statement on Monday while reacting to reports circulating online that he ordered operatives of Operation Clean and Healthy Anambra (OCHA Brigade) to shoot and beat some illegal sand miners operating in that community. The alleged shooting...
ECOWAS To Approve Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso’s Withdrawal, Jan 29.
The ECOWAS will begin the process for Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso, on Jan. 29 to formally withdraw their membership from the regional bloc. It declared a six-month transition period lasting until July 29, 2025, within which it would engage withdrawal protocol. President of the ECOWAS Commission, Dr Omar Touray, announced this at the close of the 66th Ordinary Session of...
Supreme Court Dismisses Suit Seeking Tinubu’s Removal Over Drug, CIA Allegations
The lawsuit that sought to remove President Bola Ahmed Tinubu from office was dismissed by the Supreme Court. The suit filed by the presidential candidate of the Hope Democratic Party in the 2019 general election, Ambrose Aworu, sought Tinubu’s removal based on Central Intelligence Agency and drug allegations. The apex court in an unanimous decision by a five-member panel of justices...
Dangote Refinery Extends Export To Three African Countries
The Dangote refinery has started exporting petrol to other African countries: Cameroon, Angola, Ghana, and South Africa in the past few weeks. The Vice President of Oil and Gas, Dangote Industries Limited, Devakumar Edwin, disclosed this while playing host to a delegation from the Japanese Business Community in Nigeria, led by Japan’s Ambassador-designate to Nigeria, Suzuki Hideo. In a statement on...
Tinubu Adjourns 2025 Budget Presentation To Wednesday
President Bola Tinubu adjourns the presentation of the N47.9 trillion 2025 budget to the joint session of the National Assembly on Wednesday. Our correspondent in the Senate authoritatively gathered from top management staff of the National Assembly. The insider source said an official statement on the postponement should be issued within the next few hours. The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, had, during...
