Nearly three months after he was sworn in as the Governor of Edo State, schemes have advanced for who replaces Governor Monday Okpebholo at the Senate for Edo Central Senatorial Zone, with Dr. Joseph Ikpea’s interest in contesting the senate seat. Governor Okpebholo was a serving senator representing Edo Central before he emerged as the APC candidate for the Edo State governorship election in 2024 and thereafter won the election, thereby leaving the senate seat...
The Adamawa State Government has proposed a “give and take” agreement between Nigeria and Cameroon as a measure to resolve the lingering border demarcation problem between the two countries. Stakeholders include traditional rulers, religious leaders, representatives of security agencies, and Adamawa State government officials from four border local government areas in Adamawa state, including Madagali, Michika, Mubi North, and South Mubi held a meeting in Mubi to discuss a proposed diplomatic solution to the border demarcation...
The Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) has mourned the passing of the leader of Afenifere, describing the late elder statesman as a great Titan. A press statement on Friday signed by the national chairman of the organisation, Ambassador Godknows Igali, reads, “On behalf of the Board of Trustees and National Leadership of the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), and the entire people of the South-South geopolitical zone, we are profoundly shocked and saddened by the...
Governors from Nigeria’s South-West region have resolved to establish a joint surveillance team to combat rising insecurity, including the growing threat posed by the Islamic State’s West Africa Province (ISWAP). The decision was reached on Thursday during a four-hour meeting at the Lagos State House, Alausa, Ikeja, under the aegis of the South-West Governors’ Forum (SGF). The meeting had in attendance Governors Babajide Sanwo-Olu (Lagos), Lucky Aiyedatiwa (Ondo), Dapo Abiodun (Ogun), Seyi Makinde (Oyo), Ademola...
The National Assembly has passed the 2025 Appropriation Bill, approving a total budget of ₦54.99 trillion, which exceeds President Bola Tinubu’s ₦54.2 trillion proposal. The fiscal legislation was passed on Thursday by both the Senate and the House of Representatives after deliberations on revenue projections and expenditure plans. The approved budget will now be sent to the president for assent. Breakdown of the Budget The approved ₦54,990,165,355,396 budget includes: ₦3,645,761,358,925 for statutory transfers. ₦14,317.142,689,548 for...
…Presidecy Welcomes Ranking Nigeria has been ranked 140th out of 180 countries in the 2024 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) released by Transparency International (TI), improving from 145th in the 2023 ranking. The report, presented on Tuesday in Abuja by TI’s Nigerian chapter, the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC), showed that Nigeria’s corruption perception score increased slightly from 25 to 26 out of 100. The 2024 CPI report, which assesses the perceived level of public...
The collapse of the once-thriving textile industries in Kano and Kaduna states that leads to the loss of over 500,000 jobs has become a serious concern to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dr. Tajudeen Abbas. Abbas who was speaking at the inauguration of the House Committee on the North West Development Commission (NWDC) at the National Assembly complex yesterday, described the decline as a significant economic setback for Northern Nigeria. “The textile industry...
Two thousand workers disengaged fromAbia State Local Government Service Commission during the administration of ex-Governor Okezie Ikpeazu in 2019, have appealed to Governor Alex Otti to reconsider their plight and reinstate them. The spokesperson of the disengaged workers, Chike Nna, who made the appeal in Umuahia on Wednesday said they were employed through the standard civil service procedure, having left their previous jobs to apply for the advertised positions. He appealed to the present administration...
…Says It’s Bound By Judgment Of Appeal Court The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at its meeting on Wednesday, February 12, 2025, affirmed Sunday Udeh-Okoye as the National Secretary of the party after extensively considering the memo dated 11th February, 2025 presented by the Acting National Chairman on the issue of the National Secretary of the PDP. The NWC in considering the Memo thoroughly examined the attached documents namely; the...
The South East Development Commission (SEDC) has said that it plans to grow the economy of the South East region from about its current $40 billion to $200 billion by 2035. Mr. Mark Okoye , the Commission’s Managing Director disclosed this during the inauguration of the board of the SEDC in Abuja on Tuesday. According to Okoye, the take off of SEDC marked the commencement of rebuilding and, reconstruction of the Southeast geopolitical zone 54...
