Managing Director of the Commission, Samuel Ogbuku, declared this on Monday during the presentation of the NDDC budget estimates for 2024 tagged ‘Budget of Renewed Hope Agenda’, before the Senate Committee on NDDC chaired by Senator Asuquo Ekpenyong. Ogbuku pegged the proposed revenue brought forward at N12 billion. The arrears owed by the Federal Government…
The Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has been elected as the Chairman of the South West Governors’ Forum. Sanwo-Olu’s election took place during a closed-door meeting in Lagos on Monday, which was attended by all six governors from the South West states.He succeeded the late Ondo State governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu who served as…
“All efforts by aviation authorities to make contact with the aircraft since it went off the radar have failed thus far,” the government said in a statement. The plane, which took off just after 9:00 am local time (0700 GMT), was carrying 51-year-old Chilima and nine others. President Lazarus Chakwera has ordered regional and national…
The negotiations over the national minimum wage hit another obstacle after the Federal Government’s negotiating team raised its offer by N2,000, bringing it to N62,000. On the other hand, organized labor lowered the amount they demanded to N250,000. The state governors declared that they could not afford to pay even the N60,000 minimum wage proposed…
An autopsy conducted on the body of late singer, Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba, known professionally as MohBad, at Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), has revealed findings suggesting the possible cause of his death. while the exact cause of death remains uncertain, there is speculation about a potential drug reaction based on limited post-mortem and toxicology…
“Putin is not going to stop at Ukraine,” Biden said alongside French President Emmanuel Macron after talks in Paris. “All of Europe will be threatened, we are not going to let that happen,” Biden told journalists during his state visit to France. “The United States is standing strong with Ukraine. We will not, I say…
A statement posted on the official X handle of the commission said the alleged internet fraudsters were arrested on Saturday morning at a “Yahoo Party” held simultaneously at Signature and Abah Clubs in Akure, the state capital. “Credible intelligence showed that the alleged party was initially scheduled for Wednesday, June 5, 2024 but was later…
The 26-year-old former Manchester City trainee, who has agreed a four-year deal, will move on July 1 after the expiry of his contract at Craven Cottage. “Chelsea is a huge club and this is a full-circle moment for me,” centre-back Adarabioyo said in a Chelsea statement on Friday. “I was born three miles away from…
Former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has described the 2023 general elections as a show of shame, which he said was plagued by allegations of fraud and widespread irregularities. In a series of posts via his X page on Saturday, the former Governor of Anambra State said the election was marred by glitches despite…
