•Says Budgetary Process Must Be Real, Implementable, Actionable • Minister, Taraba Commissioner Commend Lagos Economic Planning Sustainability Trust Africa News, By Ayomide Otitoju Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Friday urged Commissioners for Economic Planning and Budget across the 36 states to be disciplined, fair, firm and prudent in their budget planning and implementation…
Long-haul carrier Emirates will suspend flights to Nigeria from next month over an inability to repatriate funds from Africa’s most populous nation, the Dubai-based airline has said. The decision announced on Thursday highlights the difficulties faced by international carriers that fly to Nigeria, which is one of the biggest markets in Africa.The African country has…
Russia’s state communications watchdog Roskomnadzor will take punitive measures against a string of foreign IT companies, including TikTok, Telegram, Zoom, Discord and Pinterest. In a statement on Friday, Roskomnadzor said its actions were in response to failure by the companies to remove content that it had flagged as illegal, and the punitive measures would remain…
Valentine Ozigbo, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the 2021 Anambra State governorship election, has announced his decision to resign from the party. Mr Ozigbo said he would support Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party for the 2023 general election. He stated this on Thursday during an interview with Arise TV,…
Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar says he has the most proactive plan to lead Nigeria out of darkness. He stated this in a statement he issued on Thursday in Abuja. Atiku, a former vice president, said that having keenly observed developments in the power sector in the last 24 hours,…
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has said its role is purely the collection of revenue for the government and not keeping records of how the monies are expended. This explanation is in response to queries by the Special Adhoc Committee on Petroleum Subsidy Regime tasked to investigate petroleum products subsidy in Nigeria. At the…
Speaker of House of Representatives, Rep.Femi Gbajabiamila, says what transpired during the meeting between former president Olusegun Obasanjo and presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Sen. Bola Tinubu, is assuring of the latter’s victory, come 2023. Gbajabiamila made the statement on Thursday while speaking at the Surulere Local Government Area (LGA) APC meeting…
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on Thursday for the demilitarisation of the vast nuclear power plant held by Russia in southern Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region, and said he was gravely concerned by the situation in and around it. Guterres, speaking to reporters after talks in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, said that military equipment and…
Ukrainian President Zelenskyy and UN chief Guterres have met Turkish President Erdogan in the western city of Lviv. “The visit of the President of Turkey to Ukraine is a powerful message of support from such a powerful country,” Zelenskyy said in a statement, adding that they would discuss cereals exports and Zaporizhzhia. As a potential…
