Ondo 2024: Aiyedatiwa set to seek a fresh term
Ondo Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa is set to officially announce his intention to continue in office after completing the tenure of late former Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu in February next year. Aiyedatiwa had earlier said in an interview that nobody would want…
Akpabio inaugurates committee on N30tr Ways, Means Advance under Buhari
Senate President Godswill Akpabio has inaugurated the Ad-hoc Committee on N30trillion Ways and Means Advances by the Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN) to fund projects under President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. The fund, which passed through the National Assembly, was without details…
Tinubu directs states to implement wage award
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appealed to state governors to start paying the wage awards pending the determination of the new minimum wage to reduce the hardship of the economy on the people. The president implied that if the states…
Return Seized Food Items To Owners – Timubu
The Comptroller-General of Customs (CGC), Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, has said that President Bola Tinubu has directed the Nigerian Customs Service to return all seized grains to their owners for onward retailing in the Nigerian markets. The CGC disclosed this during…
Projects worth N3.7tr in the 2024 budget are not traceable, Ningi insists
Chairman of the Northern Senators Forum (NSF), Senator Abdul Ningi (PDP-Bauchi Central) on Monday, insisted that projects worth N3.7 trillion in the 2024 Appropriation Act are not traceable. This is even as he denied saying that President Bola Tinubu is…
Bitcoin hits all-time high above $71,000
Bitcoin on Monday hit a new record high above $71,000, as the surge in the biggest cryptocurrency showed no signs of slowing down. Checks by the Nation show that the cryptocurrency coin is now at $71,196.85. It hit a peak…
SSANU, NASU declare seven-day warning strike
The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union, NASU have declared a 7-day warning strike over their salaries withheld during the 2022 nationwide strike. SSANU President, Mohammed Ibrahim told journalists on Monday that the decision…
UK bans overseas health workers from bringing dependants
The United Kingdom (UK) has banned health and care workers from Nigeria and other foreign countries from bringing dependants to the country. This was announced in a terse statement via the UK Home Office verified X handle (formerly Twitter) on…
Presidency slams senator over budget padding claim
It’s divisive antics to achieve primordial ends’ Three North’s senators kick Bauchi Central Senator Abdul Ningi got hard knocks from the Presidency yesterday over his claim that Budget 2024 was padded with N3 trillion and screwed against the North. The…
ABSU newly graduated student killed by alleged rival cult group (graphic video)
It was pandemonium today at Miracle Lodge along Uturu/Isiukwuato as a newly graduated student of Abia State University Uturu ( Names withheld) who signed out just last week Friday was shot and butchered to death by allegedly cult rival groups….