New Borrowings Increase Nigeria’s Public Debt To N44.6trn In Q3 – DMO
Nigeria’s public debt reached N44.6 trillion in the third quarter (Q3) of 2022,as announced by the Debt Management Office (DMO). According to a statement posted on the DMO’s website on Friday, the figure released represents a 2.9 percent quarter-on-quarter decrease from the N42.84 trillion recorded in the Q2 of 2022. According to the agency, the […]
Supreme Court Upholds Umahi As Ebonyi South APC Candidate
The Supreme Court of Nigeria affirmed Ebonyi State Governor Dave Umahi as the All Progressive Congress, APC, authentic candidate for the Ebonyi South Senatorial District election on Friday. A five-member panel led by Justice Kudirat Ekekere-Ekun dismissed an appeal filed by an aggrieved senatorial candidate, Princess Ann Agom-Eze, in a unanimous decision. The panel concluded […]
LP Dissolve Ogun Excos, Dismiss National Publicity Secretary Over Alleged Anti-party Practice
More conflicts have hit the Labour Party as the party dismissed its National Publicity Secretary, Abayomi Arabambi, and dissolved the party’s Ogun State chapter executives for alleged anti-party actions. This comes almost two months before the general elections in 2023. The decision was made by the party’s National Working Committee in response to their alleged […]
Bala Mohammed Signs N202.6B Budget 2023 Appropriation Bill Into Law
Bauchi State Governor Bala Mohammed has signed the N202.6 billion 2023 Appropriation Bill into law. On November 15, he presented the budget to the Assembly for review and approval. Speaking after the bill’s Executive approval on Friday, said the sum of N202, 641, 558, 614.46, which he recently presented to the House for consideration and […]
Fired Twitter Cleaning Staff ‘treated like garbage’
Cleaners at Twitter’s headquarters in San Francisco have told the BBC they were sacked without severance pay. One of them told the BBC a member of Elon Musk’s team had said their jobs would be replaced by robots. A California state senator said Mr Musk was treating the former staff “like garbage”. San Francisco’s city […]
UK, Italy And Japan Team Up For New Fighter Jet
Rishi Sunak has announced a collaboration between the UK, Italy and Japan to develop a new fighter jet that uses artificial intelligence. The prime minister says the joint venture aims to create thousands of UK jobs and strengthen security ties. The nations will develop a next generation fighter – due to enter service in the […]
Brittney Griner Back Home In United States After Russian Prisoner Swap
American basketball star Brittney Griner returned to the United States early Friday after being freed in a high-profile prisoner exchange following nearly 10 months in detention in Russia. The deal, which saw her swapped for notorious arms dealer Viktor Bout, secured the release of the most prominent American detained abroad and achieved a top goal […]
CDS: We Are Under Pressure To Compromise Elections
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Lucky Irabor, has said security agencies are always under pressure to compromise elections in the country. He said this on Thursday at the 61st session of the Ministerial Media Briefing organized by the Presidential Communications Team at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Irabor, regardless, called on Nigerians to have […]
Fashola: Second Niger Bridge Will Be Open On Dec 15
The federal government has announced that the Second Niger Bridge will be open on December 15. The minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola disclosed this yesterday saying the second Niger Bridge will only be open to traffic from December 15, 2022, to January 15, 2023, as part of measures being taken by the federal […]
Sen. Kofo Bucknor: How Tinubu Fought Me With Charms When I Was His Deputy
Senator Kofoworola Bucknor-Akerele, a former deputy governor of Lagos State during the administration of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has said the 2023 presidential candidate terrorized her while they worked together. A report from POLITICS NIGERIA has it that Senator Bucknor-Akerele who was Deputy to Tinubu between May 1999 and November 2003 doesn’t see eye to eye […]
