President Bola Tinubu has requested an increase of ₦6.2 trillion in the 2024 budget through an amendment to the Appropriation Act and the 2023 Finance Act. In a letter addressed to Senate President Godswill Akpabio and read at Wednesday’s plenary, Tinubu outlined the need for the additional funds, which include ₦3.2 trillion for infrastructure projects…
LAGOS – Over the weekend, Aliko Dangote addressed concerns about the quality of products from his refinery during a meeting with the leadership of the House of Representatives, led by Speaker Tajudeen Abbas and Deputy Speaker Benjamin Kalu. Dangote asserted that the products produced at the Dangote Refinery are of superior quality compared to those…
ABUJA – In a unanimous decision, a three-man panel of the appellate court dismissed an appeal filed by embattled Edo State Deputy Governor Philip Shaibu. The court found no merit in Shaibu’s appeal, which sought to invalidate the governorship primary election conducted by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State. The appellate court upheld…
ABUJA – During Tuesday’s plenary session, Senate Majority Leader Michael Opeyemi Bamidele announced the defection of Senator Onyewuchi from the Labour Party (LP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Similarly, Salman Idris, a member of the House of Representatives, declared his defection from the African Democratic Congress (ADC) to the APC. Idris, who represents the…
ABUJA – Following the 296th Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting held on Tuesday, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Olayemi Cardoso announced key decisions aimed at addressing the country’s economic challenges. The MPC has adjusted the asymmetric corridor around the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) from +100/-300 basis points to +500/-100 basis points. Additionally, the committee…
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has raised alarms over a recent decree issued on July 16 in the region housing Cameroon’s capital, Yaounde. The decree grants authorities the power to expel “anyone who dangerously insults the [state] institutions or the person who embodies them.” On July 18, the communications ministry followed up with a press release,…
By Ayomide Otitoju ABUJA – On Tuesday, Mele Kyari, in a post on X (formerly Twitter), urged Aliko Dangote, President of Dangote Group, to publicly identify any NNPC personnel allegedly operating a blending plant in Malta. Over the weekend, Dangote, Africa’s richest man and owner of a $20 billion refinery in Lagos, accused some NNPC…
President Bola Tinubu has appointed Professor John Obafunwa as the new Director-General of the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (NIMR), succeeding Professor Babatunde Salako, whose tenure expires on July 23, 2024. The appointment, effective from July 24, 2024, was announced in a statement by Chief Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President on Media &…
During a public hearing by the Senate Committee on Employment, Labour, and Productivity, discussions focused on a bill aimed at the domestication and registration of domestic workers and their employers in Nigeria. Senator Osita Izunaso, representing Imo West, and Geraldeen Etuk, Acting National President of the National Council of Women Societies (NCWS), advocated for incorporating…
