A request on Thursday by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for the extension of the implementation period for the capital component of the N21.83trillion 2023 budget and those of the N2.17trillion 2023 supplementary budgets to December 2024 generated heated debate and tension among lawmakers in the House of Representatives. Speaker Abbas Tajudeen read the letter after which the executive bills requesting the extension were introduced. But when the Leader of the House, Prof Julius Ihonvbere, moved for the second reading of the bills, the House Minority Leader, Kingsley Chinda, raised concerns over the request for extension of the two budgets. Chinda,…
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Immediate past Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello, has written the Federal High Court, Abuja, a letter that he would prefer to be tried in his state. Bello, who didn’t show up for his scheduled arraignment and plea bargain, in the letter he wrote through his team of lawyers led by Abdulwahab Mohammed, on Thursday, claimed that only the Kogi High Court in Lokoja has the territorial jurisdiction to preside over the allegations that were brought against him. Adeola Adedipe, one of the lawyers in Bello’s team, informed the court about the letter. While addressing the court, Adedipe said after the…
In a tragic turn of events, Nick Imudia, a former Chief Executive Officer (CEO), of Konga, one of Nigeria’s e-commerce giants, reportedly committed suicide in his home. Nick, who was until his death, the CEO of D.light, a leading innovator in the distribution and financing of residential solar energy solutions and transformational household products, kìlled himself on the night of Tuesday, June 25. He was said to have jumped off the balcony of his Lekki, Lagos apartment, hit the hard ground surface and died. And prior to taking the plunge, he had reportedly called his US-based brother to give him…
Seyi Tayese, Yenagoa The newly appointed Commissioner for Health, Bayelsa State, Prof. Seiyefa Brisibe, has advised Community Health Workers (CHWs) and Traditional Birth Attendants (TBAs) to refer pregnant women to Primary Health Care Centres for safe delivery of their children. Professor Brisibe made this statement during the flag-off ceremony of the First Round of the 2024 Optimized Maternal Newborn and Child Health Week held in Amarata community, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. The programme is part of activities to strengthen the health system in the state, particularly for women and children. “I want to encourage all persons in the communities to be…
Governors under the aegis of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum are currently meeting in Abuja over the proposed minimum wage and Local Government Area Councils’ autonomy. Recently, the Governors had expressed concerns about the Federal Government’s proposed N60,000 minimum wage for workers, warning that it cannot be sustained. They argued that implementing such a wage would result in many states allocating their entire monthly Federation account disbursements solely to salary payments. The Governors, therefore, urged the tripartite committee to agree on a fair and sustainable minimum wage. On Tuesday, the Federal Government announced that President Bola Tinubu would engage in further…
The Directorate of Road Traffic Services (DRTS), FCT, has confirmed the death of its personnel, Prisca Chikodi, who was murdered by “one chance” operators in Abuja. The Head, Public Relations and Enlightenment of the service, Mr Kalu Emetu, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Abuja. Emetu said the incident occurred on June 21, around 6:45pm after her boss dropped her off at Area 1 bus stop where she boarded a vehicle going to Gwagwalada. “It turned to be that the occupants of the vehicle were criminals, popularly called ‘one chance’…
Vice-President Kashim Shettima says President Bola Tinubu is not working against the interests of Northern Nigeria. Shettima spoke on Wednesday in Kano while receiving a Federal Government delegation led by the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, on a condolence visit over the death of his mother-in-law, Hajiya Maryam Abubakar. A News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Correspondent in Kano quoted Shettima as praising Tinubu’s goodwill toward the region. The vice-president cited the appointment of the two Ministers of Defence, the Chief of Defence Staff, and the Chairman of the Police Service Commission, among others, all from the North,…
The Senate has convened an emergency sitting to consider President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s supplementary appropriation for the 2024 fiscal year. Cost of the yet to be acquired presidential jet will be included in the budget, according to sources. Lawmakers, both in the House of representatives and the Senate, commenced their recess last week and were to resume on July 2, 2024. But the Chairman Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Senator Yemi Adaramodu (APC, Ekiti South) however, said on Wednesday that the Senate would hold plenary on Thursday to deal with a variety of issues including appropriation. The Senate…
Rivers State Governor Governor Siminalayi Fubara has alleged that his opponents attempted to use a dynamite attack to create the impression of insecurity in the state and make a case for the declaration of a State of Emergency rule. Recall that amid the ongoing Local Government Area Councils’ crisis rocking the state, the All Progressives Congress caretaker committee in Rivers had called for the declaration of emergency rule in Rivers. The Governor while making reference to the dynamite explosion incident during a protest by supporters of former local government chairmen, said God destroyed the plans of the masterminds of the…
The Lucky Aiyedatiwa Campaign Organisation Foot Soldiers has deplored Wednesday’s rally organised by the Ondo State governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Agboola Ajayi, in Akure, the state capital. According to LACO-FSIC, the PDP flagbearer’s campaign rally was Peopled by “a largely rented crowd.” A statement by the LACO-FSIC State Director of Information, Kayode Fasua, read, “The crowd at the so-called PDP rally that took place in Akure today was largely rented. “This was amplified by the ugly spectre of people fighting over service money, after the jamboree. “No doubt, campaigns are just starting and the happy people of…