By Tope Omogbolagu The N47.9tn 2025 budget presentation to the joint session of the National Assembly by President Bola Tinubu, earlier fixed for Tuesday, December 17, has been shifted to Wednesday, December 18. Our correspondent in the Senate authoritatively gathered from top management staff of the National Assembly. The insider source said an official statement…
By Gbenga Odogun The immediate past Deputy Speaker of the Kogi State House of Assembly, Enema Paul, is dead. The Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Aliyu Yusuf, confirmed the death in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mohammed Yabagi, on Saturday. Yusuf said that Paul died of an undisclosed illness at an…
By Henry Ojelu Addressing a press conference yestersay, the state Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Lawal Pedro, SAN, noted that the five new laws recently passed by the State House of Assembly and accented by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, are aimed at positioning Lagos as a model for progress and justice in the country….
By Adebisi Fatima Sogbade Twelve automobile mechanics who accused Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State of planning to unlawfully take over their land were remanded at Agodi Correctional facility for alleged defamatory publication. The 12 automobile mechanics were arraigned on eight-count charge bordering on treasonable felony, threat to life, defamatory publication, and threatening violence. The…
By Gift Chapi-Odekina Fom Daniel Chollom, a Labour Party member of the House of Representatives, announced his defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday, citing internal party crises and a desire to collaborate with the President to advance the nation’s development. In a letter read by Speaker Abbas Tajudeen during plenary, Chollom explained…
PRESIDENT-ELECT Donald Trump has vowed to end birthright citizenship, under which people born in the United States are considered citizens. The move would strip rights from those born in the country to undocumented parents, despite the protection being enshrined in the constitution. In a wide-ranging interview – which also touched on his plans for January…
By Shina Abubakar, Osogbo Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke has been described as a transparent administrator with nothing to hide from public scrutiny. This statement comes as the state government announced the recovery of N53 million in retirement benefits that would have been paid in excess due to proper financial scrutiny. At the presentation of…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have extended their congratulations to John Dramani Mahama on his victory in Ghana’s December 7 presidential election. This was contained in a statement issued by the President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy/Coordinator, media team, Bayo Onanuga. The statement partly read: “In…
Ghana’s general election has recorded violence, with one person fatally shot and another wounded at a polling station in Nyankpala. Police on Saturday said one person has been shot dead at a polling station in Northern Ghana during the presidential and parliamentary elections. It happened at a polling station in the northern town of Nyankpala,…
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State is to inaugurate a number of roads, bridges pedestrian bridges across the state as part of his administration’s commitment to infrastructural development. Olufemi Daramola, the Special Adviser to the governor on Infrastructure, stated this on Friday at Baguda Kalto Press Centre Alausa, Ikeja. He said that the projects were…
