President Muhammadu Buhari’s physical presentation of the 2023 Appropriation to the joint session of lawmakers may be hampered by the ongoing renovation of the National Assembly complex. After parliamentarians returned from their two-month recess, President Buhari was expected to present the annual budget. Senator Ahmad Lawan, President of the Senate, confirmed this to journalists on Friday following an inspection of …
Following the resignation of the party’s former Chairman, Ibrahim Bilal, the All Progressives Congress, APC, Adamawa Chapter has appointed Samaila Tadawus as acting State Chairman. Mr Bilal resigned his position in a letter dated September 13, addressed to Sen. Abdullahi Adamu, APC National Chairman, via the office of the party’s National Vice-Chairman North-East. “I write to inform you that I …
The Center for Fiscal Transparency and Integrity Watch, a civil society organisation, has called for the immediate prosecution of MDAs and public officers involved in the padding of the national budgets for 2021 and 2022. The prosecution, according to the organisation, will serve as a deterrent and prevent willful acts of corruption in the nation’s budgeting process. This comes on …
According to the federal government, 56% of Nigeria’s arable land is underutilised. During the ongoing 45th regular meeting of the National Council on Agriculture and Rural Development in Jos, Plateau State yesterday, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Mohammad Abubakar, stated, “Nigeria is endowed with a total of 79 million hectares of agricultural land, with only 44 percent …
The Lagos State Police have convicted approximately 1,490 people for various offences in the state, including miscreants, street traders, and traffic offenders, among others. According to reports, the convicts were among the 1,709 suspects arrested by police officers in the state between June 1 and September 9, 2022. During this time, the Lagos State Government reviewed the state traffic law …
In a renewed battle for supremacy between the two terrorist organisations, at least 23 Boko Haram insurgents were killed in an ambush by its affiliate, the Islamic State of the West African Province (ISWAP). This was reported shortly after eight terrorists, including a Commander simply identified as “Kundu,” were ambushed and killed on Thursday during a fierce gun battle with …
Deji Elumoye in Abuja The National Security Council (NSC) has labelled the National Taskforce on the Prohibition of Illegal Importation/Smuggling of Arms, Ammunition, Light Weapons, Chemical Weapons, and Pipeline Vandalism (NATFORCE) as an illegal organisation that should not be operating anywhere in the country. The Council, which met yesterday at the State House in Abuja and was presided over by …
