RHI Business Recapitalization Grant For Petty Traders flags off

Oluremi Tinubu

Nigeria’s First Lady and Chairman of the Renewed Hope Initiative, RHI, Senator  Oluremi Tinubu CON  has flagged off the Renewed Hope Initiative Economic Empowerment Programme for women petty traders nationwide with the disbursement of 50,000 Naira business recapitalization grant to 37,000 beneficiary across the country.  Speaking at the flag off disbursement of the grant in […]

House of Reps Questions LUTH extra N150 Billion Expenditure

LUTH 150 billion excess

The House of Representatives Public Accounts Committee has Questioned the Lagos University Teaching Hospital LUTH Over Extra-Budgetary Spending of  N150.3 Billion Without Approval. While grilling the Chief Medical Director of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) over alleged non-remittance of internally generated revenue (IGR) discrepancy in Remita payments amounting to over N2 billion, Chairman of […]

House of Reps Reconsiders Special Seats for Women

house of reps

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Abbas Tajudeen, has said that the 10th assembly is considering reintroducing a bill on special seats for women and supporting electoral reforms to increase female representation in leadership structures. Speaking at a one-day high-level national summit on women’s inclusion in governance, the speaker represented by the […]

NDPC Fines Fidelity Bank N555.8 Million for Data Protection Breach

Fidelity bank data breach

The Nigerian Data Protection Commission (NDPC) has fined Fidelity Bank N555.8 million for violating customer data protection laws. Speaking at a validation meeting in Abuja, Honorable Commissioner of NDPC, Vincent Olatunji, disclosed that the bank breached the Nigeria Data Protection Act, 2023, and the Nigeria Data Protection Regulation, 2019, leading to the fine, which represents […]

FG increases fees for Nigerian Passport from September 1

Nigerian Passport fee increase

The Federal Government has approved an upward review of Nigerian passport fees of 32-page passport booklet with a 5-year validity to N50,000, up from N35,000, while the 64-page booklet with a 10-year validity will cost N100,000, up from N70,000. According to a statement issued by the Public Relations officer of the Nigeria Immigration Service, DCI […]

Michael Madsen Faces charges  for alleged domestic battery

Michael Madsen Faces charges  for alleged domestic battery

US actor, Michael Madsen, was arrested over the weekend for alleged domestic  battery, after his wife alleged “her husband pushed her and locked her out of their  residence”.  Michael Madsen and DeAnna Madsen have been married for 28 years.  In a statement, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said he was nabbed  around midnight in the city of Malibu, California, and the outcome of the  investigation will be forwarded to the Van Nuys Superior Court House for filing.  Madsen, who starred in films like “Reservoir Dogs’ and “Kill Bill”, was later released  from custody on a $20,000 bond.  The 66-year-old has not publicly commented on the issue. 

Nigeria’s U-20 women’s team Prepares For FIFA’s World Cup in Colombia

Nigeria’s U-20 women’s team Prepares For FIFA’s World Cup in Colombia

 Nigeria’s U-20 women’s team, Falconets, will take on Australia and Mexico in  test games to prepare them for the FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup in Colombia,  beginning from August 31.  The Christopher Danjuma’s team will go up against Australia on Friday, August 23,  and then confront Mexico three days later 

Presidency says Nigeria to save N10billion from Reduced COP29 Expenditures

Reduced COP29 Expenditures

​In its Continuous bid to reduce the cost of Governance, the Presidency has announced plans to cut down on Federal Government’s spending during the upcoming United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29), taking place in Bau, Azerbaijan in November, 2024. Briefing State House Correspondent today at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, the Special Adviser to the […]

10-Man Committee Inaugurated To Enforce LGA Autonomy

SGF on LGA Autonomy

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator George Akume, CON, has inaugurated an Inter-Ministerial Committee to enforce the Supreme Court judgement delivered on 11th July, 2024 granting financial autonomy to Local Governments in Nigeria.  The committee’s primary goal is to ensure that local governments are granted full autonomy, allowing them to function […]