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Fubara Writes Rivers Assembly, Plans Budget Presentation Wednesday
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has again written to the State House of Assembly, informing the lawmakers of his intention to re-present the 2025 Appropriation Bill to the House for consideration and approval. The governor, in a letter dated March 13 and addressed to the Speaker, Martin Amaewhule, said he intends to prevent the budget on Wednesday, March 19, 2025,...
Bruce Fein Demands Meeting New British Ambassador To Nigeria To Press For Nnamdi Kanu’s Release
Bruce Fein, a foreign lawyer spokesperson of the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has written to the newly appointed British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Honorable Dr. Richard Montgomery, demanding andience with him to discuss the release of Nnamdi Kanu. He accused the Nigerian government of supervising the extraordinary rendition of Nnamdi Kanu from Kenya and...
“Tinubu’s Intervention On Umuahia–Ikot Ekpene Road A Considerate Step Taken Toward Regional Concerns” – Onuigbo
The member representing the South East in the Governing Board of the North East Development Commission (NEDC), Rep. Sam Onuigbo, has said President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s directive to transfer the completion of the Umuahia–Ikwuano–Ikot Ekpene Federal Highway to the Abia State Government has revived optimism for the project’s early completion. Speaking at a press conference in his office yesterday, Onuigbo...
“Insecurity Worsening Northerner’s Pain” — ACF
The Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, has lamented that the scourge of banditry, kidnappings and other criminalities have worsened the pains of the North, leaving families bereaved and communities devastated. Speaking at the 78th National Executive Committee, NEC, meeting of the Forum on Wednesday at its secretariat in Kaduna, ACF Chairman, Chief Mamman Osuman, SAN, said the North continues to lose...
Kwara Govt. Cautions Against Exaggerating Security Reports
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has cautioned the people against exaggerating security reports about the state, warning that it could affect Investments and developments. He said this on Monday when he held a meeting with Ifelodun stakeholders, detailing his efforts to scale up infrastructure development and keep the people safe for shared prosperity. He thanked the stakeholders for the visit, urging...
FG, Firm Seal $400m Deal To Strengthen Nigeria’s Steel Production
The Federal Ministry of Steel Development, and Stellar Steel Company Limited, yesterday, signed a Joint Strategic Cooperation Declaration of $400 million to construct a modern Steel Plant in Ewekoro, Ogun State. This was made known in a statement issued by the Ministry, explaining that the project will be developed in three phases, with the first phase expected to begin production...
Voting Tinubu In 2023 Was A Mistake — Northern Elders
The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has expressed regrets that the region voted for President Bola Tinubu in 2023. Of the three leading candidates in the 2023 presidential election, Tinubu, who ran on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), polled the highest votes from the region. In an interview with Guardian on Tuesday, Abdul-Azeez Suleiman, spokesman of the forum, said...
NCWS National President, Mrs Azura, Pays Courtesy Visit To Sir Chikwe Udensi In Abuja (Photos)
The newly elected National President of the National Council of Women Societies (NCWS), Mrs. Edna D.D. Azura, on Thursday, paid a courtesy visit to Sir Chikwe Udensi, a member of the NCWS Board of Directors and acting chairman of the board, at his office in Asokoro, Abuja. The visit was part of the President’s ongoing consultations and engagements with key...
Tinubu: I’ll Build On Buhari’s Legacy
Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has assured that will build on the legacies of President Muhammadu Buhari if elected Nigeria’s President in 2023. Tinubu made this assurance while addressing participants at the third Ministerial Performance Review Retreat at the State House in Abuja on Tuesday. He restated that he will not relent until terrorists are...
Northern Elders Kick Against CBN’s Cybersecurity Levy
The Northern Elders Forum, NEF, has strongly condemned the Central Bank of Nigeria’s recent decision to impose a cybersecurity levy on bank customers. In a statement released by the NEF’s Director of Publicity and Advocacy, Abdul-Azeez Suleiman, the forum expressed its dissatisfaction with the policy, citing the escalating costs associated with banking transactions as a result of multiple charges. The NEF...
