President Bola Tinubu has stepped down some memos from the Federal Ministry of Works to allow the Federal Executive Council to re-examine projects that require augmentation and review. While briefing State House Correspondents after the Council meeting on Wednesday, the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, stated that the council directed the Minister of Works, David Umahi to work with the Ministers of Budget and National Planning and the Minister of Finance to...

Sir Paul Chukwuma, frontline aspirant to the position of Anambra State governor in the All Progressives Congress – APC, ahead of 2025, has inaugurated his manifesto committee. The team made up of professionals from different backgrounds, was commissioned on Tuesday in Anambra State, and charged with the responsibility to interrogate and fine-tune Mr. Chukwuma’s ideas. Their job also extends to implementation of those ideas when he is elected the governor of Anambra State. According to...

On Tuesday, The Senate debated the hardship Nigerians faced for fear of attack and revolt from the hungry and angry Nigerians. This followed a motion by Senator Sunday Karimi Steve, representing Kogi West Senatorial District titled: “Urgent Need to Address Food Insecurity and Market Exploitation of Consumables in Nigeria” and co-sponsored by Senator Ali Ndume Mohammed representing Borno South Senatorial District. Senator Karimi stated that prices of food and consumables were becoming unbearable for citizens...

Thousands of supporters have shown solidarity with the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2024 Edo State gubernatorial election, Dr. Asue Ighodalo. The Tuesday rally of the ruling party in Benin City, Edo State was electrifying, expressing the popularity and acceptability of the candidate in the September 21 governorship election in the state. The Ring Road venue of the event was filled to overflowing capacity with supporters of Asue/Ogie candidacy spilling...

The bill seeking for an Act to repeal the violence against persons (prohibition) Act 2015 and enact the violence against persons (prohibition) Bill 2024 has passed for second reading on Tuesday in the Senate, Senator Isah Jibrin (APC Kogi East), leading the debate and the sponsor of the Bill stated that the bill seeks to eliminate violence in private and public life, prohibit all forms of violence against persons and to provide maximum protection and effective...