In a bid to prioritise fiscal responsibility and streamline government expenditure, President Bola Tinubu has announced a temporary ban on all publicly-funded foreign trips for federal government officials, effective 1 April 2024. The ban applies to all ministries, departments, and agencies of the federal government. It covers trips funded by taxpayers’ money for conferences, seminars, workshops, and other official engagements abroad. The President’s decision to enforce this ban stems from a commitment to ensure prudent...

The Okun community in Kogi State has passed a vote of confidence on Governor Usman Ododo and former Governor Yahaya Bello as well as the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state. The people condemned comments credited to one Bashorun Adeyemi against both the former Governor and his successor, saying that he was only a mouthpiece of some Abuja-based political jesters and not authorised to speak on behalf of Okun people. While...

…Calls For Postponement Of Convention Leader of the National Consultative Front (NCFront), a front line stakeholder’s caucus in the Labour Party (LP), Prof. Pat Utomi has waded into the feud in the party, calling for a ceasefire among the warring groups. Utomi also noted that he has followed with keen interest, the controversies evolving around the proposed National Convention of the LP scheduled to hold in Abia State at the end of March 2024, and called...

The Senate has amended the 2023 Appropriation Act, extending the implementation period from March 31 to June 30. The upper chamber of the National Assembly  also re-enacted the Supplementary Appropriation Act 2023 to extend its implementation from January 1, June 30. The Senate’s action followed a request in a letter by President Bola Tinubu which was read by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, at plenary on Wednesday. Tinubu in  the letter titled “Transmission of Appropriation Amendment Bill...