Lawmakers have condemned the envelope system of funding the annual budget, describing it as anti-democratic and calling for its discontinuation by the federal government. The Senate expressed this disapproval as the Appropriations Committee started receiving findings from several Senate committees on Thursday. The committee urged the government to take a more effective and needs-based approach,…
President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday directed the National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu, to coordinate negotiations with various parties within Ogoniland in the oil-rich Niger Delta area to resume oil production in the area. The President, who gave the directive in Abuja when he received Ogoni leaders including Governor Siminalayi Fubara at the Aso Villa,…
The All Progressives Congress (APC), the ruling party, has secured 16 out of the 18 chairmanship seats in Ondo State’s local government elections. The Chairman of the Ondo State Independent Electoral Commission (ODIEC), Joseph Aeemo, declared this at the headquarters of the commission in Akure on Sunday. He noted that while the rescheduled election is…
The General Superintendent of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry, DCLM, Pastor Williams Kumuyi will join other world leaders to witness the inauguration of the United States, US, President-elect, Donald Trump. Trump would be inaugurated as the 47th president of US on January 20, 2025 at Washington DC. However, speaking, Kumuyi said the meeting is a…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has proposed N126 billion for its 2025 budget. The Chairman of the Commission, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, presented while defending the 2024 budget implementation before the National Assembly on Friday. He begged the National Assembly to accept the 2025 budget, which is almost three times larger than the one passed…
An analysis of the 2025 Appropriation Bill shows that the Federal Government plans to spend N8.52tn (inclusive of government enterprises) on personnel and pension costs for federal workers next year. This amount is an increase of N3.17tn or 59.16 percent from the 2024 provision of N5.35tn. The document also showed that government expenses on salaries…
A total of ₦1.727 trillion, November 2024 Federation Accounts Revenue, has been shared between the Federal Government, States, and 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 Press and Public…
The Federal High Court in Abuja has granted bail to Yahaya Bello, the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, setting his bail at ₦500 million. Presiding over the hearing on Friday, December 13, Justice Emeka Nwite ordered Bello to provide two sureties, each guaranteeing the same amount. The sureties must swear to an affidavit of…
President Bola Tinubu is scheduled to present the 2025 proposed budget to a joint session of the National Assembly on Tuesday, December 17, 2024. The announcement was made by Senate President Godswill Akpabio during a plenary session, revealing that the President has sent a communication to that effect. “The president has made his intention known…
Nigeria’s Okonjo-Iweala has been reappointed as the Director General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). This is her second term in office. Her present stint will end on 31 August 2025. She was first elected as the WTO DG on February 15, 2021. Okonjo-Iweala, the first woman and the first African to head the WTO…
