● Oyetola Gov’t got N3.5b; Spent Almost N2b Governor Ademola Adeleke did not receive any Eight Billion Naira as LAUTEC refund from the Oyo State government. Rather, the former Governor Oyetola government actually received Three Billion, Five Hundred Million and spent almost Two Billion Naira from the fund before leaving office. Contrary to the fake…
The Metropolitan Police Service of the United Kingdom has dismissed a Nigerian-British officer, Shola Balogun of Bromley Police Station, for biting a colleague (name withheld) at a birthday party in Bexleyheath, Kent. This was disclosed in a hearing that was held from October 21-23, 2024, and chaired by a high-ranking officer, Christopher McKay, with IPM…
Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday stopped the Central Bank of Nigeria from further releasing monthly financial allocations to Rivers State Government. The presiding judge held that the presentation of the 2024 budget by Governor Siminalayi Fubara before a four -member Rivers House of Assembly was an affront to…
Barely three weeks after raising the price of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly known as petrol, Nigerians were outraged when the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited on Tuesday adjusted the pump prices of the commodity, as oil marketers foresee further price hikes in the short term. The national oil firm raised the retail price of petrol…
The 36 states and the FCT collectively generated N2.43 trillion in Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) in 2023, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) IGR report for 2023. The latest NBS report released on Monday stated the IGR recorded in 2023, is higher by 26.5 per cent to the ₦1.92tn IGR recorded in 2022….
Stephen Angbulu, Adebayo, Folorunsho-Francis, Godwin Isenyo, Chima Azubuike, Tukur Muntari, Samuel Ese and Ikenna ObianeriKindly share this story: The governors of the 19 northern states on Monday called for the diversification of energy following persistent blackouts in 17 states of the region recently. Apart from Niger and Kwara, 17 states in the North are without…
“Upon completion of the investigation, appropriate legal action will be taken,” the police said in a statement on Monday. The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has arrested a lawmaker for assaulting a driver in the nation’s capital Police spokesperson for the Command, Josephine Adeh, confirmed that Alex Mascot Ikwechegh “is at the Maitama Police…
The ruling Peoples Democratic Party has accused the Osun State chapter of the All Progressive Congress (APC) of supporting Thor’s Explorations Limited at a time the state government is fighting to secure Osun financial interest in the Segilola Gold project. In a statement by its State Chairman, Hon Sunday Bisi, the party commended the Minister…
Governor Ademola Adeleke has commended progress so far recorded in the state’s dispute with Thor’s Explorations Limited, affirming that mediation so far have confirmed the reality of most demands by the state government. Responding after receiving preliminary report from the state team led by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Mining and Mineral Matters,…
The Authority says wooden boats account for the majority of accidents on the waterways nationwide. The National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) has said that it was moving towards phasing out wooden boats on inland waterways The Managing Director of NIWA, Bola Oyebamiji, made this known to Editors at the weekend during an interaction in Lagos….
