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President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday signed the 2023 Supplementary Budget N2.17trn at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. Last Thursday, the Senate and the House of Representatives passed the N2.17trn 2023 supplementary appropriation bill after a third reading. Before the passage of the bill, the Senate adopted the report of the harmonised sittings of both red […]

The Federal Government, in collaboration with the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), evacuated 161 Nigerian migrants stranded in Libya on Tuesday. Amb. Kabiru Musa of the Nigerian Mission in Libya stated in Abuja that the Voluntary Humanitarian Repatriation (VHR) exercise was to ensure that migrating Nigerians were not stranded abroad. “The evacuees departed the Mitiga […]

Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) have threatened to ground economic activities nationwide from November 14, following the abduction and assault of NLC President, Joe Ajaero, last week. The congresses have also ordered immediate withdrawal of services and shutdown of Imo State, beginning midnight today. They urged workers and affiliates to ensure […]

The Presidency yesterday disclosed that President Bola Tinubu’s administration is working on policies that will strengthen the Naira. Special Adviser to the President on Economic Matters, Dr Tope Fasua, disclosed this at the “Cowries to Cash” lecture and lunch in Abuja yesterday. There has been a steady rise in the value of the naira in […]

An Abuja High Court sitting at Maitama, on Wednesday, granted bail to the detained Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Mr. Godwin Emefiele. The court, in a ruling that was delivered by Justice Olukayode Adeniyi, ordered that he should be released to his lawyers. “There must be an end to detention without trial” […]

The German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, has explained why no fewer than 14,000 Nigerians living in the country risk deportation. Scholz said it is attributed to the spike in the number of Nigerians seeking asylum, with a great number of them without identification cards and Nigerians who have behaved well in their country to benefit Nigeria. […]

President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday launched the electronic Civil Registration and Vital Statistics System (CRVS) and the Geospatial Data Repository. The initiative is aimed at a complete departure from traditional paper-based recording of vital events to a state-of-the-art digital solution that conforms to international best practices. According to the National Population Commission (NPC), the platform […]

The Senate has asked the Federal Government to collaborate with other countries to call for a ceasefire in the Isreal/ Hamas conflict. Since October 7, the Israeli military has relentlessly bombarded Gaza when Hamas militants launched an attack that left 1,400 dead in Israel, most of them civilians, according to Israeli authorities. According to the […]

Troops of the Nigerian Army have arrested a lawyer at Rimin Zayam village in Toro Local Government Area of Bauchi State. The legal practitioner identified as Abdullahi Abubakar was nabbed last Saturday in “connection to the killing of own Mobile Police personnel on 2 November 2023 at Kuba village in Bokkos LGA”. This was disclosed […]

Shortly after an explosion erupted at the Canada High Commission in Abuja, the North American country says it is probing the incident. Canada also joined the United States and the United Kingdom in issuing a warning against nonessential travel to Nigeria. On Monday, the High Commission witnessed a fire outbreak that killed two persons and […]