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Presidency: Tinubu govt to save N5bn on foreign trip ban

NewsDeskNgMar 22, 2024March 22, 20240

The Presidency on Friday said President Bola Tinubu-led Federal government would save N5 billion quarterly from the ban of foreign trips for ministers, chiefs of government agencies, and other official travels paid with public funds. Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, disclosed this while addressing State House...

Bauchi State Goverment Pardons 96 Inmates

NewsDeskNgMar 22, 2024March 22, 20240

Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has pardoned 96 inmates from various correctional facilities across the state. According to reports, the amnesty, granted under the Constitution of Nigeria, includes payment of fines and transportation allowances totaling over N20 million. According to the governor, only inmates with minor offenses and those unable...

FX crisis: Tinubu begs Nigerians to buy local goods, approves N75bn for manufacturers

NewsDeskNgMar 22, 2024March 22, 20240

President Bola Tinubu has said the gradual appreciation of the Naira against the Dollar was due to a sustained effort to check forex volatility in the country. The President called on Nigerians to support the initiative by patronising locally produced goods to further strengthen the value of the Naira and...

Peter Obi, El-Rufai planning to join SDP, tackle Tinubu – Atiku’s ex-aide, Bwala on 2027 Presidency

NewsDeskNgMar 22, 2024March 22, 20240

A former spokesman of the defunct Atiku-Okowa Presidential Campaign Council, Daniel Bwala, has alleged that the 2023 Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi, is plotting to unite with former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai in the Social Democratic Party, SDP. Bwala claimed Obi’s move followed the decision of the...

16 state governors back establishment of state police to curb insecurity

NewsDeskNgMar 22, 2024March 22, 20240

Sixteen state governors have submitted reports expressing their support for establishing state police to the National Economic Council. This was revealed in a statement signed by the Special Adviser to the Vice President on Media and Communications, Stanley Nkwocha, on Thursday. The reports were received at the 140th NEC meeting...

Gov Alia orders immediate suspension of all mining activities in Benue

NewsDeskNgMar 22, 2024March 22, 20240

Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia has suspended all mining activities in the state until a miners’ data has been compiled. The governor gave the directive when he met with members of the Miners Association of Nigeria, Benue Chapter in Makurdi. He also directed the Mineral Resources and Environment Management Committee,...

Again, Achuba floors Bello at Appeal court

NewsDeskNgMar 21, 2024March 21, 20240

The Appeal court sitting in Abuja today affirmed the judgment of Kogi State High Court in Lokoja which nullified the purpoted impeachment of the former Deputy Governor of Kogi State Elder Simon Achuba by the kogi state House of Assembly. The State Assembly had appealed the judgment of the state...

Nigeria at risk – Rights group slams Tinubu over alleged reluctance to tackle corruption

NewsDeskNgMar 21, 2024March 21, 20240

President Bola Tinubu has been criticised over his alleged reluctance to tackle monumental corruption in Nigeria, especially in the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS. Resource Centre for Human Rights & Civic Education, CHRICED, in a press conference addressed by its Executive Director, Ibrahim M. Zikirullahi, in Abuja on Thursday, alerted Nigerians...

Kerosene price hits N1,340 – NBS

NewsDeskNgMar 21, 2024March 21, 20240

The National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, has said the average retail price of a litre of kerosene rose from N1,329 recorded in January 2024 to N1,340 in February 2024. In its Petrol Price Watch for February 2024, released in Abuja on Thursday, the bureau said the February price of N1,340...

No election season in Nigeria – INEC boss, Yakubu

NewsDeskNgMar 21, 2024March 21, 20240

The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, has said there is no longer election season in Nigeria. Yakubu said this at the first Quarterly Consultative Meeting with Media organizations in Abuja on Thursday. He also called on the Nigerian media to continue to be a bulwark against...