A bill for the amendment of the Electoral Act to provide for the conduct of the general election in one day was yesterday passed for ‘Second Reading’ in the House of Representatives. The intention of the bill is for presidential, governorship, senatorial, House of Representatives and Houses of Assembly elections to hold in one day, […]...
•Mike Adenuga Renowned Nigerian telecom and oil magnate, Mike Adenuga, has reclaimed the position of Nigeria’s second-richest individual, surpassing Abdul Samad Rabiu, following Forbes’ reassessment of the value of his mobile phone network, Globacom. Adenuga’s current net worth is now at $7.4 billion, solidifying his prominent standing in Afri...
•Philip Shaibu The Deputy Governor of Edo State, Philip Shaibu, yesterday claimed he was duped while supporting his principal, Godwin Obasek’s second term bid. He said while he staked his long term relationship with Obaseki’s predecessor, Adams Oshiomhole, to fight apparent godfatherism and back his principal’s ambition, he later found out tha...
Dangote Refinery has made a further move towards the commencement of production of refined petroleum products with the receipt of additional one million barrels of bonny light crude supplied by the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL). The fresh one million barrels of crude from the Shell terminal via the MT Otis owned by Tra...
•Obasa The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, yesterday committed the 2024 Appropriation Bill presented last Wednesday by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to a joint-committee of the House for proper scrutiny. Dr. Obasa urged the joint-committee on Economic Planning and Finance to ensure it works hard enough to ...
•Second Niger Bridge Construction giant and contractor of the Second Niger Bridge, Julius Berger, has formally handed over the multi-billion naira project to the federal government. In a brief ceremony at toll area of the bridge, the Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, expressed satisfaction with the project, confirming that the contractor had carr...
•House of Representatives The House of Representatives has passed the N27.5 trillion 2024 budget for a second reading. The House leader, Julius Ihonvbere, today, November 30, while leading the debate on the general principles of the budget, commended President Bola Tinubu. Ihonvbere noted that national security and education which got signific...

