•Tinubu and IMF logo The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has called on Nigeria and other nations to reduce their debt burdens, cautioning that excessive borrowing can stifle economic growth. Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the IMF, made the appeal yesterday during a civil society organisation town hall at the ongoing annual meetin...
•EU flag EU military spending is set to hit a fresh record of 381 billion euros in 2025, as countries plough more money into warding off Russia, the bloc’s defence agency said today. The 10-per cent rise comes as European members of NATO have committed to massively ramp up spending under pressure from US President […]
•Amaewhule and Fubara The Martin Amaewhule-led House of Assembly has shut down all expenditures of the Rivers State governor until Governor Siminalayi Fubara presents his budget before the House. This follows a seven-day ultimatum the lawmakers gave the governor to present his budget before the House, reports Channels TV. The Leader of the Hou...
•Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye The House of Representatives has raised concerns about the expenditure practices of the Minister of Women Affairs, Mrs Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, specifically questioning the spending of N45 million on a New Year party, N20 million on sanitary pads, and N1.5 million on vehicle fuel. These concerns were brought to light during ...
Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the National Population Commission (NPC) to release details of spending on the aborted 2023 Population Census to an Abuja-based lawyer, Opatola Victor within seven days. Justice Ekwo issued the order while delivering judgment in a suit instituted against the population commissi...
•Peter Obi and Tinubu Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate during the February 25, 2023 General Elections, Peter Obi, has kicked against what he described as federal government’s disturbing pattern of huge borrowing and profligate spending on non-essential procurements, warning that such pattern would soon wreck the economy. The former Ana...
Simmons was released in July after serving a total of 48 years, one month and 18 days in prison. A 71-year-old man has been declared innocent in the US state of Oklahoma after spending nearly 50 years in prison for a murder he did not commit. Glynn Simmons, who is Black, served more time behind […]

