Due to pains occasioned by subsidy removal on Nigerians, the House of Representatives has granted the request of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for an amendment to the 2022 appropriation act to allow the government take five hundred billion naira for palliatives to cushion the effects of the policy. The House approved the President’s request after deliberation by members who called for proper utilization of the funds for the purpose intended. Leader of the House, Julius...

President Bola Tinubu has implored African leaders to respect democracy and the rule of law and ensure political stability. President Tinubu made the call in Nairobi, Kenya on Saturday at a high-level event organised by the United Nations Development Programme, UNDP, on the margins of the Fifth Mid-Year Coordination Meeting of the African Union, AU, the Regional Economic Communities, RECs, the Regional Mechanisms, RMs, and the AU member States. The President left Abuja for Kenya...

…Assures Nigerians of professionalism, justice, fairness The Department of State Services (DSS), has finally charged the detained Central bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele, to court. Dr. Peter Afunaya, the DSS Spokesperson in a statement, on Thursday evening said that the action was in compliance with the court Order of Thursday, 13th July, 2023. He said, “The public may recall that the Service had, in 2022, applied for a Court Order to detain him...

President Bola Tinubu has requested the Senate to amend the 2022 Supplementary Appropriation Act to accommodate N500 billion for provision of palliatives for Nigerians. Tinubu’s request, according to a letter read at plenary by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, on Thursday was an intervention to cushion the impact of subsidy on Nigerians. The letter read, “I write to request for the amendment of the 2022 supplementary appropriation act. The request became necessary among others things,...