The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, has restated his promise that President Bola Tinubu will inaugurate the Abuja Metro Light Rail project in May 2024. He also said the train design was subpar but could no longer be changed. Mr Wike said this while inspecting the project on Thursday in Abuja. He called … Read more
The Rivers House of Assembly, on Tuesday, passed a resolution urging Governor Siminalayi Fubara to re-present the state 2024 budget and the medium term expenditure framework for consideration. This followed the adoption of a motion by the Speaker Martin Amaewhu during the 90th plenary of the House at the legislators’ quarters, Port Harcourt. Presenting the motion, Mr … Read more
President Bola Tinubu has asked the nation’s security chiefs to ensure that there is conclusive victory against the myriad of security threats assailing the country. Addressing security chiefs and heads of intelligence agencies at a presidential security briefing at the State House, in Abuja, on Friday, President Tinubu said while good progress is being made … Read more
On Thursday, the Niger State Governor, Mohammed Bago, and his Gombe State counterpart, Inuwa Yahaya, separately met with President Bola Tinubu to discuss how they can collaborate with the federal government to achieve food security in the country. Mr Tinubu had during his New Year’s speech emphasised the need to invest in agriculture. He also … Read more
President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Nollywood actress Funke Akindele on her record-setting film ‘’A Tribe Called Judah‘. A Tribe Called Judah on Thursday became the first Nollywood film to surpass N1 billion at the box office. Mr Tinubu in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, commended Ms Akindele for … Read more
The Senate has debunked claims that each of its members has started taking stock of the Federal Government’s palliative items for their constituents. Olusegun Dada, the special assistant on social media to President Bola Tinubu on his official X handle on Thursday, confirmed the distribution of palliative items worth N200 million to senators and palliative … Read more
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has released the list of committees to manage primary elections to fill vacancies in the national and state assemblies. The party, on Wednesday, released the primary election committees, primary election appeal committees and secretariat committees to manage the primaries across nine states ahead of the 3 February bye-elections. The states … Read more
Nigerian singer Charly Boy has criticised the Minister of Arts, Culture, and the Creative Economy, Hannatu Musawa, for visiting the ailing veteran actor Zack Orji. The minister visited Mr Orji on 2nd January at a private hospital in Wuse, Abuja, and revealed that he had undergone brain surgery. Mr Orji was admitted to the ICU … Read more
A senator from Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu, has appealed to Nigerians to give President Bola Tinubu’s administration more time to fix the economy. Mr Uzor-Kalu, a former chief whip of the Senate, acknowledged that Nigerians were going economic hardship. The senator spoke on Tuesday in Koli-Edda in Afikpo South Local Government Area of Ebonyi … Read more
The Labour Party (LP) has described President Bola Tinubu’s New Year day broadcast to Nigerians as an arrogant display of dishonesty and disregard for citizens of the country. The party stated this in a statement on Monday by its National Publicity Secretary, Obiora Ifoh. President Tinubu in his New Year’s broadcast to the nation on … Read more
