The political atmosphere in Rivers State is tense as four cabinet members have tendered their resignation letters to Governor Sim Fubara on Thursday 14/12/2023. They are Commissioners for Finance-Isaac Kamalu, Justice-Zacchaeus Adangor, Works-George-Kelly Alabo, Social Welfare and Rehabilitation-Inime Aguma. They stated that their resignations were personal, but some political pundits attributed the trend to political wrangling between Governor Aim and FCT Minister Wike.

Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara is proposing to spend N800,392,485,433.01 for the 2024 fiscal year. Governor Fubara presented the budget proposal to the Rivers State House of Assembly on Wednesday. The Governor dubbed the budget, ‘Budget of Renewed Hope, Consolidation and Continuity.’ Present at the presentation were the House of Assembly Speaker Edison Ehie and four other lawmakers only as the 27 legislators who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the All Progressives...

A political group, Lagos PDP Patriotic Forum has condemned the attack of Chief Bode George, former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) by Ohanaeze Ndigbo, over his comment on ownership of Lagos of the Igbo soc Chief Bode George, former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over his comment on the ownership of Lagos According to the group, it was unfortunate that the Ohaneze misconstrued the position of the...

The Secretary to the Government of Anambra State, Prof. Solo Chukwulobelu, has said that Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, is doing very well and therefore will get his second term. This among many other things he disclosed during an exclusive interview session with the WAP. The one hour and forty-five minutes interview had the Secretary to Anambra State Government, explain himself, narrating his journey as a professor of Financial Economics at the Birmingham City...

The Senate is set to amend the Fiscal Responsibility Act, 2007, based on the Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) report. Senator Muhammed Sani Musa, the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance, stated this during the ongoing 2023 budget defence and 2024 budget presentation at the National Assembly. According to Musa, the Senate was going to work on the FRA, 2007 and look at those areas that they feel they can strengthen the Commission and...

Kebbi State government has commenced the construction and upgrade of 120 secondary schools across the state at the cost of N8.9 billion. Recall that in July Governor Nasir Idris approved over N2.4 billion for the construction of new and renovation of existing classrooms and the purchase of furniture for some selected schools across the state. Governor Idris while launching the project in Bubuche town, Arugungu Local Government Area, said the initiative was to revitalize the...