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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has expressed deep sadness over the passing of Chief Edwin Clark, former federal commissioner of information and leader of the Pan-Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF). Tinubu mourns Edwin Clark Tinubu’s condolence message was contained in a statement issued by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, on Tuesday, … Read more
The National Assembly has withdrawn the passage of the 2025 budget due to significant errors in allocations. Both the Senate and the House of Representatives rescinded their decision on the appropriation bill passed on February 13, to correct discrepancies in capital and recurrent expenditures. Despite the corrections, the total budget remains at N54.9 trillion. However, … Read more
Thirty-five years after the establishment of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, the Federal Government on Tuesday 18th February 2025 commissioned the first barracks that will provide office and residential accommodation for officers, men and women of the anti-narcotics body. Speaking at the commissioning ceremony of the first NDLEA barracks in Yola, Adamawa state, … Read more
Amid the ongoing Local Government crisis in Osun State, the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, has ordered the deployment of additional tactical squads to restore peace and security in the state. The newly deployed units will reinforce security efforts already in place, following violent clashes on Tuesday that resulted in the deaths of four … Read more
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has ordered bank directors with non-performing insider-related loans to step down immediately, as part of efforts to strengthen corporate governance and enhance risk management in the banking sector. The directive was issued in a circular dated Monday, February 17, signed by Adetona Adedeji, Acting Director of Banking Supervision. Insider … Read more
An All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, Babatunde Bank-Anthony, has claimed that former Speaker of the Lagos House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, is not an indigene of Lagos State. Naija News reports that Bank-Anthony said Obasa was elevating himself because he was given the position of authority. In an interview with Channels TV, the APC chieftain … Read more
Leader of the Senate, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, has lauded the Ekiti Agro-Allied International Cargo Airport as a transformative project that will significantly open up the state’s economy to the world. Speaking in Ado-Ekiti on Monday before flying back to Abuja, Bamidele emphasised the airport’s potential to complement Governor Biodun Oyebanji’s development efforts. He described the … Read more
The House of Representatives, led by its Speaker, Rt. Hon. Tajudeen Abbas, on Tuesday, called on relevant federal agencies to enforce stricter measures to address the growing cases of homicide and femicide in Nigeria. Speaking during plenary on Tuesday, Awaji-Inombek Abiante, representing the Andoni/Opobo–Nkoro federal constituency in Rivers State, along with three other lawmakers, raised … Read more
The Lagos Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction and sentencing of one Ugenyi Kalu, before Justice R.A. Oshodi of a Special Offences Court, sitting in Ikeja, Lagos for fraud. The convict, a banker, was arraigned on a five-count charge, bordering on official corruption and gratification. One of … Read more
Participants at the just concluded Artificial Intelligence (AI) Paris Summit including Nigeria have launched a platform to promote AI accessibility, as part of its strategy to reduce the digital divide, and ensure AI is open, inclusive, and transparent. This was disclosed in a press release from the French Government regarding the AI Summit, with details … Read more