Anambra State House of Assembly on Tuesday, held its last plenary session for the year 2023. The Assembly also proceeded on Christmas break after exhausting the business of the House, as contained in the order paper for Tuesday, December 21, 2023. Consequently, the House of Assembly will be resuming on Tuesday, January 16, 2024. Before the adjournment, the House of Assembly had passed the 2024 appropriation bill submitted by the governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, about...

…Dep. Gov, Others Embarks On Sanitation Adamawa State Government has directed the State Urban Planning and Development Authority to remove illegal posters, and billboards, and clear up refuse dumps as a measure to strengthen monthly sanitation exercise. Deputy Governor, Prof. Kaletapwa George Farauta, gave the directive while inspecting illegal refuse dumps in the state. Farauta expressed concern over heaps of illegal dumps at Roundabout Maidoki and Lamido Aliyu Mustapha flyover at the Total filling station...

The Gombe State Government has inaugurated a 38-man child protection committee aimed at ensuring the Rights of a Child in the state is not tampered with. Asma’u Muhammad Iganus, Gombe State Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development who disclosed this in an interview with Daily Trust in Gombe, said members of the committee were drawn from four Local government areas including Balanga, Yamaltu Deba, Kaltungo, and Kwami. According to her, the four selected local...

The Adamawa State House of Assembly has passed the N225.893 billion budget for the 2024 fiscal year as presented by Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri. The passage of the budget followed the presentation of the report of the Committee on Finance, Budget, and Appropriation at Tuesday’s plenary presided over by the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Bathiya Wesley. The Assembly unanimously considered the report presented by the Chairman of the Committee, Hon. Haruna Jilantikiri (Madagali), and after its...

Twenty-six members of the Rivers State House of Assembly loyal to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike who earlier signed an impeachment notice on October 30, 2023, on Governor Siminalayi Fubara have backslid and withdrawn the impeachment notice. 26 of the lawmakers pronounced the withdrawal notice during a sitting presided over by House Speaker, Rt. Hon Martin Amaewhule, at the Assembly quarters along Aba Road on Wednesday. The withdrawal of the impeachment...

Nigerians travelling within the country this yuletide season will pay less for public transport as President Bola Tinubu will bear 50 per cent of the transportation cost, Minister of Solid Minerals, Dele Alake told the press on Wednesday. Alake said the bonanza would run from 21 December to 4 January 2024, and that inter-state travel via trains will be free. According to the Minister, “Nigerians willing to travel can board public transport via minibuses and...