Soludo Signs N260bn 2023 Budget, to Prioritise Economic Transformation
Anambra State Governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo has signed the 2023 appropriation budget of approximately N260bn into law. The brief signing ceremony was performed at the Governor’s Lodge, Awka South Local Government Area of the state. Speaking with journalists after signing the bill into law, the governor appreciated the State House of Assembly for what he described as their expeditious passage of...
Nigeria earns recognition for hypertension, typhoid, sickle cell, others
Nigeria is now recognised by global health organisations for its breakthrough in the production of drugs for hypertension, typhoid, sickle cell anemia, snake bite and other ailments using local substances, Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Dr. Adeleke Mamora, disclosed in Abuja, yesterday. The minister spoke while presenting the scorecard of the ministry of STI, showcasing the achievement of the...
N’Assembly says constitution amendments may fail, blames states
The National Assembly has said the ongoing review of the 1999 Constitution is bound to fail as the state Houses of Assembly have failed to vote on the amendment bills passed and transmitted to them for concurrence. President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan; and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, separately appealed to Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna...
INEC, PDP offices razed, scores killed in South-East, Kaduna
Suspected hoodlums on Monday unleashed a spate of violent attacks on the Independent National Electoral Commission building in Owerri, Imo State and the Peoples Democratic Party campaign office in Gombe State, razing the two facilities and further heightening anxiety about the conduct of the 2023 general elections. This was even as the Nigerian Air Force bombed terrorists’ hideouts in the...
How we uncovered warehouse containing potassium bromate — NAFDAC
THE National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, yesterday, uncovered a warehouse in Lagos containing potassium bromated tablets and an unregistered imported bread improver in Lagos, even as it warned that henceforth, any flour product containing potassium bromate will be confiscated, while the producer will be made to face the wrath of the law. Speaking during a press...
As Crises Rock Labour Party…
Two months after the inauguration of its presidential campaign council and few weeks to 2023 general elections, Labour Party is yet to find its bearing over internal wranglings bordering on leadership tussle, allegations of corruption among some officials of the party as well as the composition of its presidential campaigns council. Emmanuel Gabriel reports The Labour party which has become...
I’ll be accountable, transparent, says Adeleke
GOVERNOR Ademola Adeleke of Osun State, weekend, warned that everyone given responsibility must be ready to give account, as he believes in accountability, transparency and prudence. Speaking at the grand finale of the 2022 Ede Day, the governor urged the Ede Day 2022 planning committee, under the leadership of Muftau Oluwadare, to be accountable to the people. Adeleke said: “I believe...
Withdrawal limits will cripple campaign funding, say parties
•Parties to write CBN for waiver, say cashless policy will choke political process, fundraising •If Buhari had no access to funding in 2014, he would never have been President, says PDP •Policy will create logistic problems, paying party agents nationwide will be difficult – ADC, ADP Political parties have kicked against the new cash withdrawal limits introduced by the Central Bank of...
$2bn trapped funds: Operations of more foreign airlines under threat
•Nigeria tops list, as 27 countries owe airlines $2bn — IATA IN the coming days, more airlines operating on the international route may be forced to downsize or cease air service operations, following their inability to repatriate their air services funds to their home countries over foreign exchange difficulties. In Nigeria, foreign airlines collect naira for their tickets to customers and...
2023: Atiku, Tinubu in verbal war over power, wealth
*Tinubu’s rags to riches story hogwash —ATIKU’S AIDE *My experience, democratic credentials prepared me for Presidency —ATIKU ABUJA — Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, and his All Progressives Congress, APC, counterpart, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, yesterday, were at daggers-drawn over desperate attempts to gain power at all cost. While the Tinubu-Shettima Presidential Campaign Council, PCC, accused the...
