The Senate on Thursday, November 21, approved President Bola Ahmed Tinubuâs request for a new eternal borrowing of N1,767,610,321,779.00 or (USD2.209billion in the 2024 Appropriation Act. The resolution of the Senate followed its consideration of the report of the Senate Committee on Local and Foreign Debt and the approval of its recommendations by the Senate…
A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Wednesday, ordered the release of Mr Tigran Gambaryan, the detained Binance Holdings Limitedâs executive, from Kuje Correctional Centre. Justice Emeka Nwite gave the order after the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)âs counsel, R. U. Adagba, informed the court of the decision of the Federal Government to withdraw…
Thirteen Nigerien soldiers were killed in two separate clashes with jihadist groups, the army said Wednesday. During the first incident, at a gold mining site in the western Tillaberi region, ânine soldiers fell in combatâ with Islamic State affiliates, the army said in an operations bulletin. The March 15 attack involved reinforcements arriving from across…
The Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC), has warned Disc Jockeys (DJs) to stop performing other peopleâs music publicly without a license or the ownerâs authorisation, threatening to prosecute defaulters in a case that could lead to a N1 million fine or a 5-year jail term upon conviction by a court. Dr John Asein, Director-General of NCC,…
The Federal Government has introduced the National Health Programs for youths across all 774 local government areas in Nigeria. A statement by the presidentâs spokesperson, Bayo Onanuga on Monday, also called for applications from persons aged between 25 and 35. âThe Tinubu administration is requesting applications from young Nigerians to enrol in the National Health…
Former presidential aide, Reno Omokri, has given reason what he described as the dominance of the Yoruba tribe in political, economic and social development in Nigeria. Omokri, who cited the outcome of the Southwest governorsâ meeting in Ibadan on Monday over rising insecurity, described the tribe as a good example to be emulated for peace,…
A total sum of âŚ1.727 trillion, being November 2024 Federation Accounts Revenue, has been shared to the Federal Government, States and the Local Government Councils. The revenue was shared at the December 2024 meeting of the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) held in Abuja. This was disclosed in a statement signed by FAAC Director of…
A 41-year-old car cleaner, Ezekiel Udoh has been sentenced to life imprisonment for defiling and impregnating his neighborâs granddaughter, aged 12. His judgement was ruled by Justice Rahman Oshodi in an Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court. According to Rahman while imposing his sentence, he said, âA child was forced to bear a child,…
Ibadan-born data privacy and cybersecurity expert, Tosin Alabi, has sent warm birthday felicitations to Aderibigbe Yisau Ajibola, a seasoned media consultant, publisher of The Populists News, and Head of Media, Ibadan North Local Government. In a goodwill message released on Thursday, Tosin Alabi described Yisau Ajibola as a committed media professional whose work continues to…
A lawyer, Chief Adekunle Funmilayo, has threatened to sue the University of Lagos, UNILAG, if it does not halt a plan to send some students to Russia for one year. He also urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to intervene. The lawyer said the university insists on sending 17 second-year Russian language students to the country…
