President Bola Tinubu has written to the National Assembly seeking approval for a new external borrowing plan of N1.767 trillion to partly finance the N9.7 trillion deficit in the 2024 budget. The President’s request, conveyed in letters to Senate President Godswill Akpabio and Speaker of the House of Representatives Tajudeen Abbas, was read during plenary sessions on Tuesday. The loan proposal, already approved by the Federal Executive Council, aligns with Sections 21(1) and 27(1) of...

Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has assured residents of a zero-crime situation in the state within weeks. He made this promise while presenting the 2025 appropriation budget, titled “Changing Gears 2.0,” to the Anambra State House of Assembly. The budget, valued at N606,991,849,118, represents a 48% increase from the 2024 budget. Soludo emphasized his administration’s commitment to strengthening security architecture, ensuring the state’s zero-tolerance policy for criminality is effectively implemented. He encouraged citizens to...

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has made a case for a comprehensive overhaul of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Obasanjo, who spoke at the Chinua Achebe Leadership Forum, Yale University in the United States, called for sacking of Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and other officials at all levels. Obasanjo said it is imperative for reforming the electoral system to restore credibility and trust, describing the 2023 general election as...

Northern Nigeria Islamic scholars have brainstormed on ways to reduce the increasing cases of gender-based violence in the region. The workshop organized by Development Research and Development Centre (dRPC) in collaboration with the Centre for Islamic Civilization and Interfaith, Bayero University, Kano, and supported by the Ford Foundation in A.buja was attended by leading Islamic scholars from Kano, Kaduna, Sokoto, Jigawa, and Zamfara states Speaking at the event, Dr. Judith-Ann Walker, Executive Director of Development...

President Bola Tinubu on Sunday conferred the Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger, GCON, on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a bilateral meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Prime Minister Modi, who arrived in Abuja on Saturday evening, was received at the forecourt of the Presidential Villa at about 10:20 a.m. He was welcomed with the Indian national anthem, followed by the Nigerian anthem, before inspecting a guard of honour mounted by...

The frontline aspirant of the APC for the 2025 Anambra State governorship election, Sir Paul Chukwuma, on Saturday, held a strategic session with members of the State Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress – APC, in Anambra State. The meeting which was held at the new state office of the party which Sir Paul Chukwuma secured, was extensively attended by the State Working Committee members of the APC in Anambra. Addressing the gathering, the...