Mr Lawan said the Senate will start debate on the 2023 budget on Wednesday. The National Assembly will consider the 2023 budget proposal and pass it by December, Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, has said. He said the lawmakers are purposeful, focused and determined to accelerate the passage. He made this known on Tuesday at a […]
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The trial of Peter Nwachukwu, husband to the late gospel singer, Osinachi Nwachukwu, continued on Tuesday before Justice Njideka Nwosu-Iheme of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja, with the testimony of the sixth prosecution witness (PW6) Adetunji Moses. The 40-year-old Adetunji Moses, who is a music producer and was Osinachi’s keyboardist and personal assistant […]
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has said that measures have been put at various ports of entry into the country to prevent contaminated cough syrups. NAFDAC Director-General, Prof Mojisola Adeyeye, disclosed this on Tuesday in Abuja at a news conference. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the […]
Muktar Shagari says he declined the offer to be Peter Obi’s running mate because LP does not have the needed spread to win the 2023 presidential election. A former deputy governor of Sokoto State, Muktar Shagari, has said the vice presidential ticket of the Labour Party (LP) was offered to him, but he declined. Mr […]
The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited, SPDC, today (Wednesday) said it would resume crude oil export at the 48-inch Forcados Oil Export Terminal in Delta State, after completion of ongoing essential repairs by the end of this month (October). SPDC Media Relations Manager, Michael Adande Abimbola Essien-Nelson, in a statement, asserted: “In addition […]
Some of the states where deaths from floods have been reported include Kogi, Jigawa, Kebbi and Bayelsa At least 500 people have been killed in floods across Nigeria, an official has said. Some of the states where deaths from floods have been reported include Kogi, Jigawa, Kebbi and Bayelsa with about 31 states said to […]
A total of 10, 217 suspected cases of cholera, including 233 deaths, have been recorded in 31 states this year, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has said. Director-General, NCDC, Dr Ifedayo Adetifa, disclosed this Tuesday during the ministerial briefing and update on COVID-19 response and development in the health sector. He said there […]
The International Monetary Fund, IMF, has projected that Nigeria’s economic growth will slow to 3.0 per cent in 2023 while the inflation rate drops to 17 per cent. Making these projections in the IMF October World Economic Outlook, WEO, released on the sidelines of the ongoing IMF/World Bank annual meetings, in Washington DC, the Fund […]
The President of the African Development Bank, AfDB, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, has said that Hassatou Diop N’Sele, the newly appointed Vice-President for Finance and Chief Financial Officer, will provide leadership for the top-rate finance team at the bank. N’Sele, the Senegalese national has been acting in the role since November 2021 before her confirmation. Commenting […]
IN SHORT: Text messages circulating in Nigeria promise cash in return for voting for the main opposition party’s presidential candidate in the 2023 elections. But, like previous similar viral messages, this supposed offer is fraudulent. A text message circulating in Nigeria claims the country’s main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), will give cash […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has again promised to bequeath a peaceful and secure Nigeria to his successor as he leaves office next year. The President, who renewed this vow in Abuja yesterday, spoke during the investiture of Nigerians and friends of Nigeria who distinguished themselves in various fields of human endeavour and in doing so, brought […]
The government loses about $5.5 billion representing 7 per cent of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) annually to mental health issues, Regional Mental Health Cordinator, Mr Etornam Gblende has said. Speaking in an interview with the Ghanaian Times as part of activities to mark the World Mental Health Day on Monday, he highlighted that treatment […]
The CAF and FIFA Executive Committee member, Amaju Melvin Pinnick, has asked for forgiveness from football stakeholders for any offence he might have committed when he served as president of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF). The former NFF president spoke yesterday in Abuja when he formally handed over the reins of the football federation to […]
It was an epic moment at the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) office yesterday morning as FIFA Council Member and Member of the CAF Executive Committee, Mr. Amaju Melvin Pinnick formally handed over the reins of the NFF to the winner of presidential election at the September 30 Elective General Assembly held in Benin City, Alhaji […]
‘Shell Nigeria is investigating whether an illegal pipeline carried stolen crude to one of the company’s offshore platforms as alleged by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company limited. A company spokesman for Shell’s local subsidiary said in an email on Tuesday it “detected” the illegal connections on its pipeline in the crude-rich Niger Delta during “regular […]
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has predicted that Nigeria’s consumer price index (CPI) which measures inflation in the country would commence deceleration before the end of the year. The Fund also advised the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and other monetary policy authorities to continue to adopt traditional tools in fighting galloping inflation which has […]
INEC’s failure to organise parliamentary elections to fill some vacancies is curious, argues Chidi Anselm Odinkalu Seven days after he emerged on 26 March 2022 as the Chair of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Adamu resigned from the Senate where he had since 2011 represented the people of Nasarawa West Senatorial Zone. Senate […]
The federal government approval recently granted the Lagos State Government to embark on the development of a passenger and cargo airport on the Lekki-Epe axis of the State has been officially presented. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu yesterday received the federal government’s instrument authorising the state to commence the airport project. The Minister for Aviation, Sen. Hadi […]