2024: Alake promises that mining sector will experience major leap

NewsNigeriaPolitics2024: Alake promises that mining sector will experience major leap

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)January 1, 2024

Dr. Dele Alake, the Minister of Solid Minerals Development has assured Nigerians that the mining sector will experience a major leap in 2024 towards contributing substantially to the nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Alake, in his New Year goodwill message to Nigerians, reiterated that President Bola Tinubu’s vision of diversifying the economy through renewed focus on solid minerals is on course, stressing that reforms in the sector will yield tremendous results in the New Year....

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New Year: Gombe State Govern, Yahaya Pardons 39 Inmates

NewsNigeriaPoliticsNew Year: Gombe State Govern, Yahaya Pardons 39 Inmates

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)January 1, 2024

Gombe State Governor, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya, on Monday, pardoned 39 inmates serving various jail terms in five Custodial Centres across the state. Yahaya announced this in a state-wide broadcast to usher in the New Year and said the inmates were pardoned based on the recommendation of the State Advisory Council on the Prerogative of Mercy. “In the spirit of the new year, I have granted clemency to 39 convicted inmates in our custodial centers, out...

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Five most common New Year resolutions

NewsNigeriaFive most common New Year resolutions

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)January 1, 2024

The year 2024 is here and whether you are trying to get healthy, spend more time with family and friends, or learn a new skill, chances are the new year is motivating you to make a change. While it is not unusual to make New Year resolutions – hoping to spark positive change – some resolutions are more common than others. We are sharing the top five most common resolutions people make in the new...

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Transcript of President Tinubu’s New Year’s address to the nation

NewsNigeriaPoliticsTranscript of President Tinubu’s New Year’s address to the nation

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)January 1, 2024

President Bola Tinubu addressed Nigerians in his first New Year broadcast as the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. In his speech, the President talked about the challenges of his seven-month-old administration and gave a glimpse of his economy-recovery plans while urging Nigerians to have faith in him. Read the text below: Dear Compatriots, It gives me immense joy to welcome each and every one of you – young and old- to this brand...

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Why we couldn’t foil attacks on Christmas Eve – DHQ explains

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaWhy we couldn’t foil attacks on Christmas Eve – DHQ explains

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)January 1, 2024

The Defence Headquarters, DHQ, has said the fatality figures during the Christmas Eve attack in nearly 30 villages in Plateau State could have been more, but the military kept the killer mercenaries at bay. Edward Buba, Defense Headquarters spokesperson, told the press on Friday that over 100 killer mercenaries overran the communities simultaneously as the military received 36 distress calls from defenceless villagers. He said the distress calls reported a series of coordinated attacks by...

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Senate invites military chiefs, IGP, and others over Plateau killings

NewsNigeriaPoliticsSenate invites military chiefs, IGP, and others over Plateau killings

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)December 31, 2023

The Nigerian Senate is demanding accountability from the heads of military, security and intelligence agencies over the terror witnessed in 28 Christian communities in Plateau State between 23 and 25 December. Diiket Plang, the senator representing Plateau Central senatorial district, drew the Senate’s attention to the killings during plenary on Saturday, a week after the gory attack. The lawmakers who took turns to air their views expressed their disappointment at the security chiefs. Plang lamented...

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National Assembly passes 2024 budget of N28.7trn

NewsNigeriaPoliticsNational Assembly passes 2024 budget of N28.7trn

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)December 31, 2023

The National Assembly, on Saturday, approved the 2024 Appropriation Bill of N28.7 trillion, effecting an increase of N1.2 trillion on the N27.5 trillion initially proposed by President Bola Tinubu. Tinubu, on November 29, presented his first full-year budget proposal to the National Assembly for approval. Dubbed ‘The Budget of Renewed Hope’, President Tinubu said the budget “constitutes the foundation upon which we shall erect the future of this great nation.” The Senate explained that the...

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Nigeria: West African Pilot’s 2023 Top Stories

NewsNigeriaNigeria: West African Pilot’s 2023 Top Stories

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)December 31, 2023

2023 was eventful for Nigerians. It began with a frenzied naira shortage that caused untold financial pain. It is ending with the harsh effects of the petrol subsidy removal amid the worrisome insecurity challenges that have seemingly left the government helpless. Below are some of the definitive events that reverberated across the country in the past 12 months. Naira scarcity: Nigeria was hit with a devastating cash shortage in January 2023 after the Godwin Emefiele-led...

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New Year: We’re committed to fulfilling our electoral promises, APC tells Nigerians

NewsNigeriaPoliticsNew Year: We’re committed to fulfilling our electoral promises, APC tells Nigerians

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)December 31, 2023

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has told Nigerians in its New Year message that it is committed to fulfilling its electoral promises. The party in a New Year message signed by Felix Morka, its National Publicity Secretary, noted, “Our great Party, the APC joins all Nigerians to welcome and celebrate the New Year 2024, a year for the crystallization of hope for a more prosperous future for our country. “The APC administration of President Bola...

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APC berates PDP over comments about December salaries of FG workers

NewsNigeriaPoliticsAPC berates PDP over comments about December salaries of FG workers

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)December 31, 2023

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has berated the main opposition, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over comments about December salaries of federal civil servants. According to a press statement on Sunday signed by Felix Morka, Esq., National Publicity Secretary of the APC, the ruling party noted that while feigning concern for Nigerian workers, the PDP in a statement on December 30, 2023, criticized the APC-led administration over “delayed” payment of December salaries to federal workers....

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