December 2024
US Court Rejects Elon Musk’s $55.8bn Tesla Pay Deal
A United States Court has rejected Tech billionaire Elon Musk’s whopping $55.8bn compensation package at Tesla, stopping an attempt to restore the pay deal through a shareholder vote on Monday. In a court filing, Chancellor Kathaleen McCormick of Delaware’s Court of Chancery ruled that Tesla’s attempt to ratify Musk’s compensation package through a June shareholder […]
Atiku Support Group Wants Tinubu To Reform INEC
Nigerian Youth For Atiku (NYFA), a support group of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has urged President Bola Tinubu to take steps toward reforming the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The group’s director of communications (Nigeria and Diaspora), Mr Dare Dada, said thiis yesterday in Lagos, after the NYFA’s bi-monthly strategic meeting. Dada said the […]
Osun Amotekun nabs 27-year-old suspect for theft of agricultural produce
A 27-year-old man, Adekunle Obideyi, has been arrested by the operatives of Osun Amotekun Corps for the theft of cocoa, banana and other farm produce. Obideyi, who is an indigene of Erinmo-Ijesa, in Osun State, was apprehended on Tuesday after stealing agricultural produce from a farm in the community and absconding with them. According to […]
Wike to flag off construction of four new roads in FCT
…to distribute vehicles to police, DSS, others The Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, would this week, commence the flag-off of construction of four new roads, Staff Quarters for the Nigerian Law School and other projects. The senior special assistant to the FCT minister on public communication and new media, Lere Olayinka, said […]
BREAKING: FG begins free CNG bus service in Abuja
The federal government has launched a free Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) bus service in Abuja to ease transportation costs for Nigerians. The CNG buses began operations on December 2, 2024, as shown in a video shared by the Presidential CNG Initiative on its X (formerly Twitter) page. The buses, according to reports, will run along […]
Bauchi APC Elders decry escalating hardship
The Tinubu/Kashim Elders Mobilisation Circle of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bauchi State have expressed concern over the worsening economic hardship in Nigeria, urging the Federal Government to take urgent action. Speaking in an interview with journalists on Monday, the secretary of the Tinubu/Kashim Elders Mobilisation Circle, Isah Marafa urged the FG to address […]
Over 50,000 living with HIV AIDs in Kogi – KOSACA
The Acting Executive Secretary of the Kogi State Agency for the Control of AIDS (KOSACA), Ibrahim Anate, disclosed this in commemoration of the 2024 World AIDS Day in Lokoja, which was organized by the Centre for Integrated Health Programs (CIHP) in collaboration with the Kogi State Agency for the Control of AIDS. According to him, […]
British singer Elton John loses eyesight after severe infection
British singer and songwriter Elton John made a shocking revelation on Sunday, sharing that he had lost his eyesight after his battle with a severe infection. The 77-year-old legend who spoke with guests at Dominion Theatre in London’s West End after The Devil Wears Prada: The Musical charity gala night performance added that he couldn’t […]
Publish names of contractors who disappeared with N167bn meant for 31 MDAs, SERAP tells Tinubu
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Tinubu to direct the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Olawale Edun and the Accountant-General of the Federation, Oluwatoyin Sakirat Madein, to disclose the specific names of the companies and contractors who collected over N167 billion from 31 ministries, departments and agencies […]
We’ve not borrowed for projects, owed contractors, says Sokoto gov
Governor Ahmed Aliyu of Sokoto State has declared that his administration has not borrowed from any source to fund its numerous developmental projects. The governor made this assertion while presenting the 2025 Appropriation Bill to the House of Assembly. “Since we came on board, we have executed several projects in line with our nine-point agenda […]