President Bola Tinubu is gearing up to present the 2025 budget, totalling ₦47.9 trillion, to the National Assembly on Tuesday, 17th December. The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, confirmed the news during plenary on Thursday. “The President has made his intention known to the National Assembly to present the 2025 budget to the joint session of the National Assembly on the 17th of December, 2024,” Akpabio announced. The presentation will take place in the...

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, UNODC, has expressed delight that Nigeria was making progress in fighting corruption, with more citizens demanding accountability. Mr Cheikh Toure, Country Representative of UNODC, who stated this at the 2024 International Anti-Corruption Day commemoration in Abuja on Tuesday, highlighting the recent national corruption survey showing encouraging signs of progress. Toure stressed that in spite of the positive developments, there was still much work to be done, stressing...

Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal, has debunked reports of kidnappings by bandits in the Maradun Local Government Area of the state. During an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today, Lawal described the news as false and inaccurate. “I am not aware of that incident. I am here in Zamfara State, and I haven’t heard about that incident. “I am not aware that 50 people were kidnapped in Maradun Local Government. Whoever gave you that information,...

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has named Mr Shamseldeen Babatunde Ogunjimi as the Acting Accountant General of the Federation (AGF), effective immediately. The announcement was made by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy. Ogunjimi’s appointment follows the pre-retirement leave of the incumbent AGF, Dr Oluwatoyin Sakirat Madein. In a statement on Tuesday, the Presidency said the appointment ensures a smooth transition in the management of Nigeria’s treasury and strengthens ongoing treasury...