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EX-GOV IBORI’S DAUGHTER, A HOUSE OF REPS MEMBER, DUMPS PDP The daughter of a former governor of Delta State, James Ibori, who is also member, representing Ethiope federal constituency, in the House of Representatives, Erhiatake Ibori-Suenu has dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Ibori-Suenu disclosed this in her letter to the PDP Local Government Chairman, Ethiope West Local Government Area, …

TAX BILLS NOT WITHDRAW, SENATE CAN’T BE INTIMIDATED – AKPABIO Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio stated during plenary on Thursday that the upper chamber remains focused on its mandate to represent Nigerians’ interests and will not be intimidated by external pressures. Against the backdrop of a point of order raised by the leader of the Senate, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, Akpabio …

OVER 100 PASSENGERS INCLUDING DEPUTY GOV ESCAPE AIR MISHAP Borno State Deputy Governor, Alhaji Umar Usman Kadafur, and over 100 passengers narrowly escaped a tragic incident when a Max Air aircraft experienced an engine fire shortly after takeoff from Maiduguri International Airport, News360 Nigeria reports. The incident occurred around 7 p.m. on Wednesday when the aircraft, en route to Abuja, …

NO NEW PROJECTS FOR MDAS IN 2025 – FEDERAL GOVT The Federal Government has directed all Ministries, Departments, and Agencies to exclude new projects from their budget submissions for 2025 unless these can be linked to the completion of ongoing initiatives. This is according to the 2024 Federal Government Budget Call Circular document obtained by The PUNCH. The 2024 Budget …

RIVERS TO PRODUCE NEXT PRESIDENT GENERAL OF OHANAEZE NDIGBO Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the Igbo sociocultural organization, has reaffirmed that Rivers State will produce its next President General in line with its constitutional provision for rotating the office among member states. To actualize this, the National Executive Committee (NEC) of Ohanaeze has mandated the Secretary General to convene a meeting of Ime …

SENATE, AGF REVIEW CONTROVERSIAL TAX REFORM BILLS TODAY The Nigerian Senate will be reviewing the controversial Tax Reform Bill with the Attorney General of the Federation. This comes after Deputy Senate President Senator Jibrin Barau suspended further actions on the tax reform bill on Wednesday. However, Senator Barau revealed that the AGF would meet with the committee to ensure that …

FIVE HOUSE OF REPS LAWMAKERS DUMP LP. JOIN APC The Labour Party caucus in the House of Representatives lost five members to the ruling All Progressives Congress on Thursday. The lawmakers Who lost left LP to APC are Tochukwu Okere (Imo), Donatus Mathew (Kaduna), Bassey Akiba (Cross River), Iyawe Esosa (Edo) and Daulyop Fom (Plateau). Confirming the development, Matthew who …

FG SACKS CIVIL SERVANTS WITH DEGREES FROM BENIN REPUBLIC The Federal Government has terminated the appointments of civil servants who obtained degrees from private tertiary institutions in Benin Republic and Togo between 2017 and now. According to Punch, Segun Imohiosen, Director of Information and Public Relations in the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, confirmed the …

BITCOIN PRICE CROSSES $100,000 MARK FOR 1ST TIME The price of the cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, on Thursday surpassed the 100,000 dollars threshold for the first time on the Bitstamp platform. The oldest and best-known cryptocurrency climbed by about 4.8 per cent more than 24 hours, reaching 103,252 dollars at about 0300 GMT. In the past seven days, the leading cryptocurrency has …

MILITARY RETIREES PROTEST UNPAID ENTITLEMENTS, SHUT DOWN FINANCE MINISTRY Some retired military personnel grounded activities at the Federal Ministry of Finance in Abuja on Thursday over their unpaid entitlements. The retirees accused the Federal Government of not paying them a 20% to 28% salary increment from January to November 2024. Among their demands are their owed payments for palliatives from …