2023
JUST IN: Port Harcourt Refinery Resumes Operations
The Port Harcourt Refining Company (PHRC) in Rivers State has resumed operations, aligning with the federal government’s commitment to produce refined goods at the plant by December 2023. Initially shut down in 2019, the combined processing capacity of Nigeria’s four refineries in Port Harcourt, Warri, and Kaduna stood at 445,000 barrels per day (bpd). However, […]
Supreme Court reserves judgment in Kano guber dispute
The Supreme Court on Thursday, reserved judgment in an appeal brought before it by Governor Abba Yusuf of Kano state challenging the decision of the Court of Appeal, Abuja which sacked him from office. After hearing the submissions of counsel in the matter and the processes filed had been adopted, the five-member panel of the […]
Tinubu moves school feeding programme from Humanitarian to Education Ministry
President Bola Tinubu has ordered that the school feeding programme be moved from the Humanitarian Ministry to Education after it relaunched on Thursday. The Minister of Education, Prof Tahir Mamman, disclosed this at a one-day workshop on incremental improvements in the middle ministerial objectives between 2023 and 2027. According to Tinubu, the relaunch will help […]
Transport companies, routes to get President Tinubu’s 50% cut
President Bola Tinubu recently approved a 50% rebate for interstate travel on 28 opulent bus routes in response to worries about rising transportation costs. The president also gave his approval to Nigerians who wanted to go to different regions of the nation to celebrate Christmas and New Year’s Eve with a 100% rail fare reimbursement. […]
Tinubu gives Power Minister deadline to submit progress report on Dubai negotiation
President Bola Tinubu has written the Minister of Power, Mr Adebayo Adelabu, to submit a progress report on the agreements related to the electricity sector, signed during the recently concluded United Nations Climate Conference (COP 28) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), according to THIS DAY. In a letter seen yesterday, the president gave the […]
Nigeria’s Public Debt Grows by 0.61% in Three Months to N87.91 Trillion
Nigeria’s total public debt stock, including domestic and external debt obligations of the federal government, states, and Federal Capital Territory (FCT), rose to N87.91 trillion ($114.35 billion) at the end of the third quarter of the year (September), the Debt Management Office (DMO) revealed yesterday. The increase represented a marginal rise of 0.61 per cent […]
Kano State Passes N437bn Budget For 2024
The Kano state house of assembly has approved the sum of N437.35bn for the 2024 budget. Recall that the governor of the state, Abba Kabir Yusuf, had presented a N350bn naira to the assembly on October 27, promising to block leakages and ensure transparency and accountability in government businesses. Speaker of the Assembly, Jubril Ismail […]
Senate orders IG to produce CAC boss within 24 hours
The Senate Committee on Finance has mandated the Inspector General of Police to compel the appearance of the Registrar General of Corporate Affairs Commission, Ishaq Magaji, before it within 24 hours. The Senate Committee Chairman, Sani Musa, expressed anger when the Registrar General shunned the committee’s invitation for the third time on Wednesday. He was […]
Alimi Bags OOPA Best Commissioner Of The Year Award in Osun
• Commends Organisers On Objectivity and productivity By Abisola Ariwodola For his efficiency and productivity since being appointed as one of the members of Osun state Executive Council, Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Oluomo Kolapo Alimi has emerged as the Osun Best Commissioner of the year, 2023. The confernment of the award on Oluomo […]
NJC Commences Investigation Into Several Petitions File Against Osun Chief Judge
The National Judicial Council had commenced investigation into the several petitions filed against a Chief Judge, it was learnt on Wednesday. This was contrary to earlier report in the media. A check at the NJC Abuja, revealed that the Council in line with its tradition had taken up its independent investigation after rejecting the report […]