Rivers State Sole Administrator Defends Increase In State Budget
The Sole Administrator of Rivers State, Ibok Ete Ibas, on Thursday, defended the sum of N1.846trillion as aggregate projected expenditure for the state in the 2025 fiscal year before the Senate ad-hoc Committee on Oversight of Emergency Rule in Rivers State. This represents about N400billion of about 15% increase in the amount presented to the […]
Benue IDPs Protest Over Poor Conditions At Camp
Displaced persons from Yelwata in Benue State’s Guma Local Government Area staged a protest on Thursday over the poor conditions of living in the camp provided by the state government. Following deadly attacks by suspected armed herders that left many dead and homes destroyed, the victims were relocated to a camp at the International Market […]
President Tinubu Directs Security Agencies To Arrest Killers In Benue
President Bola Tinubu has directed the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, and the Chief of Defence Staff, Christopher Musa, to immediately arrest killer herders who perpetrated the heinous killing of over 100 people in Yelewata community in Benue State. President Tinubu who gave the directive while addressing stakeholders at a town hall meeting in […]
Liverpool Begin Premier League Title Defence At Home To Bournemouth
Liverpool will kick off their Premier League title defence at home to Bournemouth on Friday, August 15 while Arsenal head to Manchester United in a blockbuster clash on the opening weekend. Arne Slot’s champions have the chance to secure the first points of the new season at Anfield as they launch the 2025/26 campaign, bidding […]
Trump Considers Joining Israel On Iran Strikes As IDF Targets Nuclear Sites
United States President Donald Trump is reportedly considering joining Israel’s strikes on Iran’s underground nuclear sites. This comes as Israel and Iran exchange fire for the sixth straight day. Trump has also called for Iran’s “unconditional surrender” and claimed he knows the whereabouts of the country’s leader, though he said he will not target him […]
Reps Begins Probe of ₦1.12 Trillion Anchor Borrowers Programme Funds.
The House of Representatives Committee on Nutrition and Food Security has commenced a probe into the ₦1.12 trillion spent on the Anchors Borrowers Programme (ABP). The committee is also probing the NIRSAL Microfinance Bank for ₦215 billion spent on agro-businesses as well as the Bank of Industry for disbursing ₦3 billion to 22,120 smallholder farmers […]
Tinubu Calls For Shift From Government Exclusive Infrastructure Financing
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has called for a fundamental shift from traditional, government-only infrastructure financing model, to a new Public Private Partnership approach built on collaboration, innovation, and integrity. Speaking at the opening of the 2025 Nigeria Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Summit on Tuesday in Abuja, President Tinubu represented by Vice President Kashim Shettima—noted that the […]
Man Utd CEO targets Winning 2028 Premier League
Manchester United chief executive Omar Berrada is sticking to his ambitious target of winning the Premier League in 2028 to mark the club’s 150th anniversary despite a historically bad season for Ruben Amorim’s team. The 20-time English champions endured their worst top-flight campaign since they were relegated in 1973/74, finishing 15th, 42 points behind champions […]
FG Disburses N8.6bn Pension Arrears
The Federal Government of Nigeria, through the Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD), says it has completed the latest disbursement of N8.6 billion in pension arrears as part of the N32,000 increment approved by President Bola Tinubu in 2024. According to a statement by PTAD’s Head of Corporate Communications, Olugbenga Ajayi, the funds were allocated to […]
Dangote Refinery Licensed To Refine Not Distribute
Oil marketers, represented by the Petroleum Products Retail Outlets Owners Association of Nigeria (PETROAN), have urged the Federal Government and industry regulators, including the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), to intervene in Dangote Refinery’s expansion plans. They argue that the refinery’s decision to start freely distributing petrol and diesel to retail outlets […]
