Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has unveiled plans for a significant overhaul of the state’s educational infrastructure in 2025. He added that his administration is strategically reallocating resources to elevate the sector further. Makinde made this announcement during a media chat on the Broadcasting Corporation of Oyo State (BCOS) on Saturday. In a solemn…
President Bola Ahmed Adekunle Tinubu has been named as The Will newspaper’s choice for 2024 Man of the Year. The newspaper stated that the decision to honour President Tinubu was unanimous among its editorial team. According to them, the president’s reform policies over the past year have profoundly impacted Nigerians in ways unseen in recent…
The Leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele on Friday released a 94-page compilation of prophecies for the year 2025. Ayodele’s prophecies touched on issues around Nigeria’s political scene in the incoming year. He said President Bola Tinubu will make moves to impeach the Speaker of the House of Representatives. In the compilation…
Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has said that multiple and obsolete taxation has denied Nigeria so much foreign investments over the years as potential investors were scared of setting up their businesses in the country due to the tax system. He stated this on Thursday in Kaduna at a town hall…
The authorities of the Kuje Custodial Centre have released the immediate past Governor of Kogi State Yahaya Bello after he has met the bail conditions imposed on him by set the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja. The PUNCH reports that the release of Bello was confirmed by the spokesperson for the Nigerian Correctional Service,…
An Edo State High Court in Benin has ordered the reinstatement of the suspended 18 local government chairmen and vice chairmen in the state. The presiding judge, Justice Efe Ikponmwonba, granted the order following a suit instituted by the affected chairmen and vice chairmen. The court however restrained Governor Monday Okpebholo and Edo State Government,…
As the National Assembly begins deliberations in the 2025 budget presented by President Tinubu on Wednesday, December 18, a member of the House of Representatives, Bello El-Rufai, has called on Ministries, Departments and Agencies to stop buying new vehicles and cutleries every year. Speaking on the floor of the house on Thursday, December 19, El-Rufai…
Nigeria’s president and vice president would be spending a total of N9.36 billion on refreshments and local and foreign trips, the 205 appropriation bill has shown. President Bola Tinubu had on Wednesday presented the N4.97 trillion bill to lawmakers of the National Assembly for passage. The bill has since passed its second reading. However, details…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has assured Nigerians of more infrastructural development projects that have a direct bearing on the people, especially road networks across the country. The President gave this assurance through the Minister of State for Works, Mohammed Bello Goronyo, during a courtesy visit to Kebbi State Governor, Comrade Nasir Idris, on Wednesday. He…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has invited the suspended chairpersons of the 18 local councils in Edo State to its office for interrogation. The EFCC invitation was contained in a letter by the agency’s Director of Investigation, Abdulkarim Chukkol, and addressed to the Secretary to the Edo State Government. In a letter dated…