The Nigerian government plans to spend a jumbo-size budget of N26.01 trillion [$33.9 billion] in 2024, Atiku Bagudu, minister of budget and planning, said on Monday. Speaking to reporters after the federal executive council meeting with President Bola Tinubu in Abuja, Bagudu said the budget reflects the “commendable measures” that have been taken since June by President Tinubu to “restore macroeconomic stability.” The Budget Minister said the Nigerian government is working with an oil price...

The Nigerian Correctional Centre (NCoS) has declared a former ex-militant leader, and running mate to Timipre Sylva, in the November 11 gubernatorial election, Joshua Maciver, as being free from prison obligation. The NCoS clarified that Maciver, the deputy governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the November 11 election in Bayelsa State, had no pending prison sentence obligation. The clarification was contained in a leaked document titled, “To Whom It May Concern”, signed...

The Minister of Women Affairs, Barr Uju Kennedy Ohanenye has reiterated the need for appropriate measures and policies to be put in place to address the in-balance in gender equality in Nigeria which is responsible for the low economic status of Nigerian women in comparison with their male counterparts Ohanenye expressed concern over the fact that Nigeria is ranked 123rd globally based on the 2022 World Gender Gap report, and identified some of the issues...