President Tinubu signs 2023 supplementary budget of N2.17tr

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu signed the luxury N2.17 trillion Supplementary Appropriation Act on Wednesday following the passage of the bill by the Senate and the House of Representatives last week. The supplementary budget is to augment expenditures in the 2023 N21.83 trillion budget signed by ex-president Muhammadu Buhari who left office on May 29. “The budget seeks to strengthen Nigeria’s security architecture and address Nigeria’s critical infrastructure deficit, amongst other considerations,” presidential spokesperson Ajuri Ngelale...

I’ll pray for Tinubu for the sake of Nigeria’s progress – Bode George

Decries high level of poverty in Nigeria Tells Tinubu to retrieve 2014 confab document Former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Bode George has said that he will pray for President Bola Tinubu for the sake of the progress of Nigeria. George, who spoke during a press conference on Wednesday stated that since the legal battles have been put to rest, the country must move forward even though he agreed with...

NLC and TUC threaten nationwide strike November 14 as strike cripples Imo

Nigerian workers under the aegis of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and Trade Union Congress, TUC, plan to boycott work next Tuesday, November 14. The decision was reached at a meeting of the National Executive Councils of both unions in Abuja on Tuesday. The planned strike is in solidarity with the ongoing labour strike in Imo State. The NLC and TUC on Tuesday directed all workers affiliated with the unions in Imo State to down...

Court Rules In Favor Of Enugu Governor, Awards N5Million Damages Against NYSC

The Federal High Court Abuja has ruled in favor of the Enugu State Governor Dr. Peter Ndubuisi Mbah confirming his National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) certificate as authentic. Delivering judgment on Monday, Justice Nyang Ekwo held the Director-General of the NYSC and the institution guilty of misrepresentation of material facts. Justice Ekwo further awarded N5 million in damages against the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, for alleging that the corps’ discharge certificate held by Governor...

Soludo Mourns 3 Students Struck Dead by Lightening During Football Training

Anambra State governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo has expressed grief over the death three student who were said to have been truck by lightening while playing football last weekend. The students who were said to be of Tansi International College, Okpuno near Awka, were holding their football training in readiness for a friendly match with another school when they were struck by lightening during rainfall. Soludo who spoke through his Press Secretary, Mr Christian Aburime said:...

Kogi Guber: Igbo community in Kogi throws weight behind APC candidate, Ododo

Ahead of Saturday’s governorship election in Kogi State, the Igbo community in the state has thrown its weight behind Alhaji Usman Ododo, the gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The Igbo Community Association (ICA) in the state made the disclosure during a meeting with Governor Yahaya Bello and Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo on Monday during which it pledged support for the APC candidate. The meeting began with remarks from Hon. Moses Okezie-Okafor, the...

Top PDP chieftain in Enugu State, Senator Utazi resigns

…Says ideals that attracted him in 1998 have receded Senator Chukwuka Utazi has dumped the main opposition, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The PDP chieftain in Enugu State, and a two terms Senator on the platform of the party resigned his membership of the PDP effective from Monday. In a resignation letter addressed to Chief Rob Ezeagu, the chairman of PDP in his Nkpologu ward, Uzo Uwani Local Government Area (LGA), the senator, who was in...

Kogi: Nigerian Army conducts “show of force” ahead of guber election

In readiness and commitment to ensuring a safe and secure environment for the upcoming off-cycle gubernatorial election, the Combined Force for Operation Safe Conduct has been launched in Kogi with a show of force. The operation was officially flagged off at the Headquarters 12 Brigade Nigerian Army Parade Ground Chari Maigumeri Barrack Lokoja on Monday, by the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 2 Division Nigerian Army, Major General Bamidele Alabi. The GOC, stated that the flag...

Obi says Justice Ariwoola led Supreme Court breached Nigerians trust in judiciary

Says democracy is main victim of S’Court ruling Faults INEC was incompetent in conduct of 2023 poll Peter Obi, candidate of Labour Party in the 2023 presidential election has berated the apex court’s judgment as “a total breach of the confidence the Nigerian people have in the judiciary, barely  two weeks after the Supreme Court ended the controversy surrounding the outcome of the February 25, 2023, , While addressing the press in Abuja on Monday,...

Court grants Naira Marley and Sam Larry bail

A Magistrate Court in Yaba, Lagos State has ordered the release of singer Naira Marley and music promoter Sam Larry on bail. The duo were taken into police custody over their alleged involvement in the death of Mohbad, Naira Marley’s ex-signee who passed away under mysterious circumstances on September 12. The bail conditions, according to Magistrate Adeola Olatunbosun, are for the suspects to provide three sureties and forfeit their international passports to the court. The...

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