Okowa Deplores FG’s Ogidigben Gas Park Project Abandonment
Vice-Presidential Candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Governor of Delta State, Senator (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, on Wednesday deplored the abandonment of Gas Revolution Industrial Park project in Ogidigben in the state by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC)’s Federal…
FG Spent N12.87trn in 2022 – Minister
The Federal Government said it spent N12.87 trillion against the N17.126 trillion budgeted for 2022 as at Nov. 30, 2022. Mrs Zainab Ahmed, Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, said this at the Public Presentation and Breakdown of the…
EFCC Recovers N13bn Illegal Fuel Subsidy Payment
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it recovered approximately N13bn as proceeds from illegal payments made under the subsidy regime between 2017 and 2021. This was made known in a document recently posted on the Nigeria Financial Intelligence…
We’ll End Oil-Theft, Boost National Revenue In No Time If Elected – SDP Presidential Candidate Adebayo
Prince Adewole Adebayo, the Social Democratic Party (SDP) Presidential candidate for the 2023 February polls has said that within a week, his administration will implement measures to reduce crude oil theft and boost national revenue if elected. When asked what…
Buhari Signs N21.83trn 2023 Budget Into Law
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja signed the 2023 Budget of N21.83 trillion and the 2022 Supplementary Appropriation Bill into law. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the 2023 budget is the last to be prepared by…
Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Death Trap for Pedestrians – Reps Member Tells FG
…Urges Fashola to Construct Pedestrian Bridges The lawmaker representing Oluyole Federal Constituency, Tolulope Akande-Sadipe, (APC) has urged the Federal Government to urgently construct pedestrian bridges along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway within the metropolis of Ibadan, Oyo State. Akande-Sadipe, said this today, after…
Delta State Government Re-awards Ayakoromo Bridge Contract
Delta Governor and Vice-Presidential Candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, on Tuesday announced that his administration had re-awarded the Ayakoromo Bridge contract to Setraco Nigeria Limited, assuring that the project would be completed as promised. Okowa…
Delta Now Exports Skills – Aniagwu
Delta State Commissioner for Information, Mr Charles Aniagwu on Monday said with successes record in its job creation and entrepreneurial programmes, the state had moved from a consumption state to a producing state. Speaking on “News Across Nigeria” on Channels…
Okunniyi, Peter Obi’s Chief Mobiliser, Tackles Access Bank Over N1m Fraud
Sir Olawale Okunniyi, the Chairman of Contact and Mobilisation/Special Duties of Labour Party and Head of Grassroots Mobilisation for Obi-datti Presidential Campaign Council, has written the management of Access Bank over a fraudulent transaction on his account. Mr. Okunniyi, who…
Emefiele: Group Writes Interpol, Demands Arrest, Extradition of CBN Governor
A group under the auspices of Concerned Citizens Of Conscience (CCC) has written to the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) demanding the immediate arrest and extradition of the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, to Nigeria…
South Africa: Fuel Tanker Explosion Kills At Least Nine Near Hospital
A truck carrying liquified petroleum gas exploded in the South African town of Boksburg, east of Johannesburg, on Saturday killing at least nine people and injuring 50 others, officials said. The top of the truck scraped a low-lying bridge, sparking…
