•Ireti Kingibe and Nyesom Wike The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has maintained that Ireti Kingibe will not secure re-election to the Senate in 2027, arguing that her record lacks tangible projects to support a return. Kingibe, who represents the FCT in the National Assembly and was elected to the Senate [&helli...
•Actress Kemi Ikuseedun a.k.a. Mummy Wa Content creator and actress, Kemi Ikuseedun, popularly known as Mummy Wa, has said she is setting firmer boundaries in 2026, declaring that she will no longer take on projects that disrespect her time or compromise her values. Speaking in an interview with Saturday PUNCH, Mummy Wa explained that protecti...
•Jonathan Former President Goodluck Jonathan has said most of the projects he initiated as Governor of Bayelsa State were abandoned shortly after he left to become Vice President to late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua. Speaking during the commissioning of the Best Western Plus Hotel, a new world-class hospitality facility at Oxbow lake, Yenagoa...
•Governor Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State The Lagos Government has announced that obtaining an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) approval is a must for all projects development across the state. The Special Adviser on Environment, Olakunle Rotimi -Akodu, made this known during a Stakeholders’ Engagement on Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) fo...
•Mohammed Idris The President Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration has been fair to the six geo-political zones in the distribution of federal government projects, appointments and opportunities, Minister of Information and National Orientation Minister, Mohammed Idris, said yesterday. He rose in defence of the government, following insinuations o...
•National Assembly Complex, Abuja The National Assembly inserted 11,122 projects worth N6.93 trillion in the 2025 federal government (FG) budget, BudgIT, a civil society organisation promoting transparency and accountability, has revealed. This figure represents 12.61% of the ₦54.99 trillion approved by Nigeria’s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu fo...
•Tinubu and National Assembly complex, Abuja A lawmaker in the 7th National Assembly, Senator Ita Enang, has said that with the “low” amounts allocated to critical sectors of the economy, President Bola Tinubu might not have any substantial projects to justify his reelection in the 2027 electioneering process. “I have read the budget and have ...
•Southwest governors Governors in the southwest, both past and present, have voted more than N266 billion for the construction of new airports despite the non-viability of the many existing ones. As governors continue to pursue these projects, industry experts believe that some of these projects may not succeed and may not be profitable in the...
The Nigerian Government released ₦1.23tn to 17 ministries for the execution of capital projects in the third quarter of 2023. According to the Budget Implementation Report for Q3, 2023 released by the Budget Office yesterday, 75.4 per cent lower than the ₦5trn allocated for capital expenditure in the 2023 budget, resulted in a deficit of [&hel...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has strongly criticised both federal and state governments for what it perceives as the politicisation of education, particularly through the proliferation of public universities while neglecting the funding needs of existing ones. Dr Melemi Abatcha, chairperson of ASUU at the Federal University ...

