The Federal Government on Wednesday announced plans to finance the proposed 2022 budget deficit pegged at N6.258 trillion through fresh borrowings. Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, disclosed this during a press conference after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting in Abuja, adding that this will aid the funding of the Federal […]
President Muhammadu Buhari will present the 2022 Appropriation Bill to a joint session of the Senate and House of Representatives on Thursday. The Deputy President of the Senate, Ovie Omo-Agege, disclosed this on Tuesday in the Senate Chamber of the National Assembly in Abuja. He made the announcement while presiding over the plenary as the […]
The wife of Kano Governor Abdullahi Ganduje, Hafsat, has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over a bribery and land fraud case. According to reports, it was her son, Abdulazeez, who reported her to the anti-graft agency. Hafsat Ganduje had previously been invited to the EFCC headquarters in Abuja on September […]
The police authorities in Imo have said the report of gunmen attacks in some parts of the state is fake news. There was palpable fear on Monday that some gunmen were enforcing a sit-at-home, a situation that forced residents of Owerri and other parts of the state to scamper for safety. But the Imo State […]
The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has suspended its nationwide strike which has left many patients helpless in government-owned hospitals in the last two months. Members of the association voted in favour of suspending the industrial action during a meeting held on Sunday. A member of the association confirmed the development to Channels Television via the […]
Governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano, has placed a ₦20 million bounty on the perpetrators of the gruesome killing of Dr. Chike Akunyili, the husband of the late former Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Dora Akunyili, and others in the state. The Governor said that the sum […]
The Federal Government has approved a 14-day paternity leave for fathers with newborn babies in the country. Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Mrs Folasade Yemi-Esan, announced this on Wednesday at the end of the Federal Executive Council meeting held at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. “Paternity leave is the leave that is approved […]
Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, has signed the bill prohibiting open grazing across the state, into law. He assented to the bill on Thursday at the Government House in Asaba, a week after members of the Delta State House of Assembly passed the ‘Bill Prohibiting Open Grazing, Indiscriminate Breeding, Rearing, and Marketing of Livestock in Delta State’. […]
The Kaduna State Government has shut down telecommunication services in some Local Government Areas of the state as part of critical measures towards ending banditry. The state Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, said the decision was taken on Wednesday after a meeting with relevant federal agencies who recommended the shutting down […]
The Senate has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to declare bandits as terrorists. During the plenary on Wednesday, the federal lawmakers also asked President Buhari to declare all the known leaders of the bandits wanted and track them wherever they are for arrest and prosecution. The resolutions followed a motion moved by the Senator representing Sokoto […]
