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BILL FOR SIX-YEAR TENURE FOR PRESIDENT, GOVS PASSES FIRST READING IN HOUSE OF REPS House of Representatives has passed through the first reading, a bill seeking to amend the 1999 Constitution to provide for a single term of six years for the offices of the president, state governors and local government area chairman. The proposed legislation is sponsored by the …

PRESIDENT TINUBU ANNOUNCE MINIMUM WAGE FIGURES TODAY The long-awaited national minimum wage announcement is expected today, Thursday, as President Bola Ahmed Tinubu meets with organised labour at the Presidential Villa. The meeting, a continuation of last week’s discussion, will see the President and labour leaders finalize negotiations on the new minimum wage. While the Federal Government has proposed N62,000, labour …

YAHAYA BELLO’S  ARRAIGNMENT TODAY MAY STALL AS EX-GOV WANTS APPEAL COURT TO VACATE ARREST WARRANT The arraignment of the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, over the alleged N80 billion money laundering charges made against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), scheduled for today may be stalled again, as Justice Emeka Nwite of the …

OHANAEZE REJECTS TINUBU’S MINISTRY OF LIVESTOCK, SAYS IT’S REINTRODUCTION OF RUGA The apex Igbo socio-cultural youth organisation, Ohanaeze Youth Council (OYC) has rejected the proposed creation of the Ministry of Livestock by the President Bola Tinubu-led Nigerian government Speaking to journalists in Enugu, Enugu State capital on Monday, the National President General of OYC, Igboayaka Igboayaka, asked President Tinubu to …

PDP GOVERNORS MEET IN ENUGU Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, will be meeting in Enugu. The governors are Sheyin Makinde of Oyo, Umo Eno of Akwa-Ibom, Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta, Bala Mohammed of Bauchi, Godwin Obaseki of Edo, Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau, Agbu Kefas of Taraba and Dauda Lawal of Zamfara States. Others were …

QUIETLY LEAVE APGA, DON’T DESTROY OUR PARTY – CHEKWAS OKORIE TELLS GOV SOLUDO The founder and pioneer National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Chekwas Okorie, has told Governor Chukwuma Soludo to quietly leave the party if he so wishes. Chekwas said he has uncovered a strategy by the Anambra State Governor to destroy the party, on whose …

36 STATES, 774 LGS SHARE N10.13TRN IN SIX MONTHS – NBS REPORT Data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has shown that five states which include some Niger Delta states and the country’s commercial nerve centre, Lagos State, received the largest allocations from the federal government from January to May 2024. The NBS report further revealed that the 36 …

GOV SANWO-OLU SPLASHES N100,000 BONUS TO EACH CORPS MEMBER IN LAGOS The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday splurged a whopping N427.7 million on 4,277 corps members serving in the State a whopping. Sanwo-Olu said each corps member would receive N100,000. He also announced a donation of N100 million to the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) and support staff. …

POPE FRANCIS APPOINTS NEW VATICAN AMBASSADOR TO NIGERIA His Holiness Pope Francis has appointed Archbishop Michael Francis Crotty as the new Apostolic Nuncio to Nigeria, a significant diplomatic role within the Catholic Church. The announcement was made on Tuesday, July 16, 2024, highlighting the Irish archbishop’s extensive experience in the region. “Archbishop Michael Francis Crotty has been appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Nigeria,” …

RIVERS HOUSE OF CRISIS: PRO-FUBARA LAWMAKERS TACKLE PRO-WIKE LAWMAKERS OVER BUDGET SPENDING The factional Rivers State House of Assembly led by Victor Oko-Jumbo, has condemned the resolution by the Martin Amaewhule-led House, barring Governor Siminalayi Fubara from spending public funds. The Speaker, Victor Oko-Jumbo stated this in his opening remark during plenary on Tuesday. He said what Amaewhule and 24 …