Wale Edun, the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy has told the House of Representatives that there are strong signs of positive economic performance in Nigeria for the year 2025. The Minister disclosed this during his presentation on the 2025 budget proposal, as well as the Medium-Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and Fiscal Strategy Paper (FSP), on Monday. Speaking about the government’s strategic plans, the minister expressed optimism about Nigeria’s economic recovery, driven...

Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), South-South apex socio-political organisation has hailed the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio on his 62nd birthday.  The organisation has in a release on Monday signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Chief Dr. Obiuwevbi Ominimini, noted that it’s a thing of joy to have the former Akwa Ibom State Governor as the Senate President at a time such as this, and described him as God’s gift to the nation, a dependable...

…Says By Next Cycle, South Would Have Done 17 Years, North 11 Years Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has said that by 2027 anyone suggesting that the North shouldn’t run in 2027 presidential election, is supporting injustice. According to him, the South would have enjoyed 17 years of leadership, while the North would have done only 11 years by the next election cycle. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections,...

To mitigate against crashes and fatalities on roads during Yuletide, the Lagos State Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has urged commuters to speak up against dangerous driving. The Corps Commander Kehinde Hamzat of the FRSC Sector Commander in Lagos State stated this on Thursday in Surulere at a Town Hall Meeting with stakeholders on Ember Months Sensitisation. The town hall meeting, organised by RS2.116 Costain Unit Command, Surulere, was themed “Speak Up...

An undisclosed court in Ado-Ekiti has, on Wednesday, remanded human rights lawyer, Dele Farotimi, following his arrest yesterday. This was made known in a post on X formerly Tweeter, by activist and publisher, Omoyele Sowore. According to him, the lawyer was denied bail as the judge who presided over the hearing adjourned the case till 10th of December 2024. He said, “The Nigerian justice system is whack, as expected has been hurriedly prosecuted and sent...