The Senate has approved the ₦6.2 trillion amendment to the 2024 Appropriation Act, raising this year’s national budget from ₦28.7 trillion to ₦35.055 trillion. The amendment for capital and recurrent are for key infrastructure projects omitted in the 2024 appropriation and for the newly passed ₦70,000 national minimum wage. Meanwhile, the House of Representatives has…
Billionaire business mogul, Femi Otedola, has explained why Nigerians, particularly the government should support the Chairman of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, by creating an enabling environment to ensure businesses thrive. He argued that Dangote’s contributions which extend beyond industrial facilities to critical infrastructure, must be recognised and supported by all means. Otedola, who rose in…
The Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, on Tuesday, said there was a decline in crime rates across the country in the past few months due to the strategies deployed by the police. Specifically, he noted that major crimes dropped to 416 in the last one month, compared to 734 in May and 530 in…
Labour unions in the country say they will schedule meetings with state governments as part of efforts to ensure that they comply with the 2024 National Minimum Wage Amendment Act Bill, which on Tuesday empowered Nigerian workers to earn at least N70,000 every month. The Senate on Tuesday at plenary passed the 2024 National Minimum…
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Professor John Obafunwa as the new Director-General of the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (NIMR). Professor Obafunwa succeeds Professor Babatunde Salako, whose tenure expires on July 23, 2024 A statement by Special Adviser to the President (Media & Publicity), Chief Ajuri Ngelale, on Monday, said the appointment…
Ndume gave the advice on Monday ahead of the planned protest billed for August 1 across the country. According to the lawmaker, talking with the organisers who are mostly youths would help in dousing the tension and avert the planned demonstrations.
Dangote stated his confidence following members of the House of Representatives’ insistence on testing alternative diesel products alongside Dangote’s diesel at its cutting-edge laboratory during a visit on Saturday, according to a statement released by the company’s media team on Sunday. The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt Hon. Tajudeen Abbas, and other members…
Eight months after it was established, the 10th Senate has at last appointed a 45-member committee to examine and revise the 1999 Constitution. The Senate President Godswill Akpabio, on Wednesday, announced the composition of the committee during the conference meeting. The President of the Senate stated that a review of the 1999 constitution was necessary…
New initiatives to tackle food insecurity and malnutrition in Nigeria were authorized by the National Council on Nutrition on Tuesday. This came after Vice President Kashim Shettima presided over the council meeting at the State House in Abuja. One of the authorized actions is the creation of a national nutrition dashboard, which will be posted…
In light of an enlarged conference between security service heads and the Presidential interministerial committee, the Federal Government has stepped up its measures to safeguard the country’s natural resources. The security chiefs and the interministerial committee met on Thursday in Abuja, with the committee being led by Solid Minerals Development Minister Dele Alake. An inter-ministerial…
