•Zulum The Borno State Government has approved the immediate release of over N55.9 million for payment of registration fees of 153 medical students in a bid to resuscitate the health sector which is the worst hit by the insurgent crisis. The Executive Secretary of the Borno State Scholarship Board, Malam Bala Isa, disclosed this while [&hellip...
•Nigerian Senate The Senate yesterday Saturday, December 30, approved President Bola Tinubu’s request to borrow $7.8billion and €100 million as part of the 2022- 2024 borrowing plan of the federal government. The resolutions of the Senate followed its consideration and adoption the report of its committee on Local and Foreign Debt during its s...
The Police Service Commission said today that its Recruitment Board has approved January 8, 2024 as the date for the commencement of screening for successful applicants for recruitment into the Constable cadre of the Nigeria Police Force. A statement by Spokesman Ikechukwu Ani said, “The Board met today, Thursday, December 21st, at the Corpora...
•Fubara Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State has approved N100,000 to be paid to all civil servants as Christmas bonus. The Commissioner for Information and Communications, Warisenibo Johnson, disclosed this in a statement in Port Harcourt. Meanwhile, the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has gone spiritual in the face of the political crisi...
•Pope Francis Mixed reactions have trailed the Vatican’s approval of blessings for same-sex couples It would be recalled that in a document approved by Pope Francis, the Vatican backed “the possibility of blessings for couples in irregular situations and for couples of the same sex”, reports Nigerian Tribune. “One should not prevent or prohibi...
Despite the atmosphere of political chaos, Rivers State Executive Council has deliberated and approved an estimated budget of N800bn for the 2024 fiscal year. At the meeting, which was presided over by Governor Siminalayi Fubara today at the Executive Chamber of Government House in Port Harcourt, the Council also approved that the budget be ch...
•FMC Abeokuta The federal government has approved the recruitment of 200 medical and clinical staff at the Federal Medical Centre, Idi-Aba, Abeokuta, Ogun State. The recruitment, it was gathered, is part of the government’s efforts to replace health workers who have migrated to foreign nations from the FMC in Abeokuta in recent times, reports ...
•Shaakaa Chira The Senate has approved the appointment of the nomination of Shaakaa Chira from Taraba State as Auditor General for the Federation. Chira’s approval came shortly after he was screened by the Upper Chamber today. President Bola Tinubu, on October 20, approved the appointment of Chira as the substantive Auditor-General of the Fede...
•Atiku Bagudu The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the sum of N2,176,791,286,033 for the second 2023 supplementary appropriation. Atiku Bagudu, the Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, announced this today while briefing State House reporters after the federal cabinet meeting presided over by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the...

