The Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Ali Ndume has revealed that the deal of presidential yacht included in the supplementary budget has already been signed and delivered. Ndume made this revelation in an interview with Arise Television today. He said, “The deal has been signed and delivered, but not paid, and that’s what brought […]...
The State and National Assembly Appeal Court sitting at the Court of Appeal in Lagos today, November 2, upheld the election of Jesse Okey-Joe Onuakalusi of the Labour Party (LP) as the duly elected House of Representatives member for Constituency ll Oshodi-Isolo, Lagos. The court in a unanimous decision dismissed the appeal lodged by the [&hel...
The Senate, today, passed the N2.17trn 2023 Supplementary Appropriation Bill after third reading. Before the passage of the bill, the Senate adopted the report of the harmonized sittings of both red and green chambers on the 2023 Supplementary Appropriation Bill as submitted by Chairman of the Appropriations Committee, Senator Solomon Olamilek...
•Tinubu President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has said that he never requested for a presidential yacht. The president said this through his spokesman, Tope Ajayi. There has been outrage since details of the N2.1 trillion supplementary budget Tinubu submitted to the National Assembly were published, reports Daily Trust. According to the budget, N5.09 bi...
•Brutalised NLC President Ajaero The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, has put its members on alert for a nationwide strike over the attack and brutalization of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, President, Joe Ajaero and other labour leaders by perceived agents of the Imo State government. Ajaero and other leaders of NLC ...
•NLC President Joe Ajaero The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has accused the police authorities in Imo State of brutalising its President, Joe Ajaero which has left him hospitalised. It was earlier reported how Ajaero was arrested in Owerri, the Imo State capital. Ajaero was picked up from the NLC State Council Secretariat by heavily armed [&h...
The renovation of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s official residence and that of Vice-President Kashim Shettima in Lagos are to gulp N7 billion out of the N2.176 trillion supplementary budget presented to the National Assembly yesterday. The development comes at a time when there is nationwide hardship as a result of some policies of the current...
•NLC President Ajaero and Gov Uzodinma In the wake of the reported arrest of the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Comrade Joe Ajaero today in Owerri, capital of Imo State, by security agents, The United Action Front of Civil Society, an umbrella body of civil societies in the country, has warned that nothing […]
Goods worth millions were lost when an overnight fire gutted the Ladipo Plank Market located on Iganmu Road, Orile, Lagos. Hundreds of sawmill and building materials were burnt in the fire which started around 12am today, reports Channels TV. First responders including operatives of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service and the Lagos State [...
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors have arrived at Oyo State Governors Lodge in Abuja for an emergency meeting following the Rivers State House of Assembly’s attempt to impeach Governor Sim Fubara. The party had called on all members and actors of the party involved in the ongoing political crisis rocking Rivers State to allow peace [&he...

