The cathedral administrator of Bauchi Diocese, Reverend Father Raphael Agbata has pleaded with the federal government to cut down excess expenditures to make more funds available to reduce the current economic hardship Nigerians are going through. Reverend Agbata linked the hardship in the country to the implementation of government policies which are inflicting hardship on […]

Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, on Sunday, presented the staff of office and instrument of appointment to the newly-appointed Owa-Obokun of Ijesaland, Oba Adesuyi Haastrup. The event, held at the entrance to Obokungbusi town hall, Ilesa, was attended by prominent Nigerians and traditional rulers. Among them were the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi; the […]

Governor of Sokoto State Ahmed Aliyu has assented to the 2025 Appropriation Bill, promising to deliver more democratic dividends to the state. The governor described the 2024 budget implementation as a success story and reiterated his administration’s determination to execute people-oriented projects already started. “In the outgoing year, we succeeded in executing many developmental projects […]

The President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev has charged Russia to take responsibility for the Christmas day air crash. Aliyev said Moscow should apologize and accept responsibility for the air mishap. New York Times said Aliyev in an interview charged Russia to provide compensation to the victims’ families. Aliyev said, “We can clearly say today that […]

President Bola Tinubu’s aide, Ademola Oshodi, has said that the President will announce his ambassadors within the next few weeks. While faulting critics, he said the past administration took 20 months for them to put ambassadors in place Oshodi, a Senior Special Adviser on Foreign Affairs and Protocol to the President, made the disclosure on […]

Governor Alex Otti has signed the N750 billion 2025 Abia State budget into law, with praises for the members of the state House of Assembly for giving the bill an accelerated hearing and passage. Speaking after appending his signature, Otti said the budget would give his government the impetus to continue to deliver on its promises […]

Jigawa State Governor, Umar Namadi, on Sunday, remarked that his son, Abdulwahab, and mother, Hajiya Maryam, died about a week after he gave out the hand of his daughter,  Fatiha, in marriage. The PUNCH reported that the governor’s son died last week in a road crash barely 24 hours after his mother died of an […]

The National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) under the office of the National Security Adviser at a recently concluded Multi-Agency Kidnap Fusion Cell (MAAKFC) launched in Abuja said Nigerians will feel safer in 2025. The national security adviser, Malam Nuhu Ribadu said the federal government has in a short while of less than two years, achieved […]

Stakeholders have disagreed over the recent attack on Chevron pipelines in the Dibi-Olero-Abiteye Fields in Delta state‘s Warri North local government area. While a Niger Delta Opinion leader and public affairs analyst, Sir Matthew ltsekure has described as outdated the destruction of oil production facilities to seek the attention of both government and international Oil […]