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DRAMA AS NEW EDO GOVERNOR STRUGGLES TO PRONOUNCE BUDGET AMOUNT AT STATE ASSEMBLY Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo, was captured in a video struggling to pronounce the figure for the state’s 2025 budget. Okpebholo was sworn-in as governor in November after winning the off-cycle election in October. The governor presented an estimated N605 billion budget for the 2025 fiscal …

US ANNOUNCES NEW IMMIGRANT VISA PROCESS JANUARY 2025 The United States Embassy in Nigeria has announced changes to its immigrant visa process, set to take effect on January 1, 2025. In a statement shared on its official X page on Tuesday, the embassy revealed that applicants with scheduled interviews will now be required to visit the Consulate General in Lagos …

ARMY ARRESTS, DETAINS MIYETTI ALLAH PRESIDENT, FAMILY ALLEGES The family of Bello Bodejo, president of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, has raised the alarm over the arrest and detention of Badejo by men of the Nigerian Army. In a statement, Suleiman Waziri, Bodejo’s brother, said the Miyetti Allah leader was arrested on Tuesday at his office in Maliya, Nasarawa state by …

PRESIDENT TINUBU SUBMITS SEDC, NWDC NOMINEES TO NASS FOR CONFIRMATION President Bola Tinubu has requested the Senate to screen and confirm the chairpersons and other nominated management and board nominees of the South-east Development Commission (SEDC) and the North-west Development Commission (NWDC). The president’s request was contained in a letter read by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, during the plenary …

DEFAMATION: AFE BABALOLA, DELE FAROUNBI SUPPORTERS CLASH IN COURT Supporters of human rights lawyer, Mr Dele Farotimi, and those of legal luminary, Aare Afe Babalola (SAN), clashed on Tuesday at the Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State. Confusion erupted after the adjournment for ruling on the bail application of Farotimi to December 20, 2024. Babalola had dragged Farotimi to …

GOVERNOR’S SISTER SHOT BY ARMED ROBBERS DIES Atsi Kefas, a younger sister of Governor Agbu Kefas of Taraba State, has died four days after she was shot by armed robbers. Atsi, 44, died in a private hospital in Abuja while receiving treatment for her injuries from the robbery attack Suspected bandits on Thursday morning attacked a vehicle in which Jummai …

ATIKU, PETER OBI HAVE LEARNT THEIR LESSONS – AIDE HINTS ON MERGER Paul Ibe, the spokesperson to the 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, has said that his principal and Peter Obi of the Labour Party, LP, have learnt their lessons in the last general election and would unite to kick out the “incompetent and …

3,270 NIGERIANS GAINED AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP VIA MILITARY SERVICE – US Nigeria has ranked fourth among countries whose citizens were granted U.S. citizenship through military naturalization between 2020 and 2024. During the period under review, the United States naturalised over 52,000 military service members across different countries. According to data obtained from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services on Monday, 3,270 …

I’LL GO AFTER BAD NIGERIANS, THEY’RE IN TROUBLE – TINUBU President Bola Tinubu has vowed to ensure that “bad” Nigerians face the full wrath of the law. Tinubu warned that bad actors, whether within or outside Nigeria, would be brought to justice. The President, represented by the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, spoke at the graduation ceremony for the Executive …

YOU CAN REMOVE KEMI FROM YOUR NAME – SHETTIMA TELLS UK PARTY LEADER Vice President, Kashim Shettima, has accused the newly elected leader of the United Kingdom Conservative Party, Kemi Badenoch, of disparaging her country of origin, Nigeria. He made the statement on Monday during the 10th Annual Migration Dialogue at the State House in Abuja. Shettima said, “Kemi Badenoch, …