Wike Defends N1.78trn 2025 FCT Budget Before National Assembly
By Sofiat Adenekan The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, on Wednesday defended the FCT’s N1.78 trillion statutory budget proposal for the 2025 fiscal year before the Senate and House Committees on the FCT. Defending the budget at the National Assembly, Wike disclosed that 72.30 percent of the proposed sum amounting to […]
AI and Digitalization Can Boost Workplace Safety and Health -NSITF MD
By Chinedu Echianu Managing Director of Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund, (NSITF), Barrister Oluwaseun Faleye has advocated the adoption of Artificial Intelligence also known as AI and Digitalization in ensuring workers safety in Nigeria. Speaking in Abuja at the Occupational Safety and Health Forum in commemoration of the World Day of Safety and Health organized […]
Reps Urge Swift NEMA Response to Okpe Communities’ Crisis
By Oluwakemi Kindness The House of Representatives on Tuesday urged the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), to as a matter of urgency, conduct a Post Disaster Assessment on Jeddo, Ugbokodo and Ughoton of Okpe Local Government Area of Delta State. The House also urged the National Emergency Management Agency to provide the affected communities with […]
MediPool: ICRC DG Applauds Tinubu’s Efforts to Enhance Pharmaceutical Access
By Oluwakemi Kindness The Director General, Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC), Dr. Jobson Ewalefoh, has applauded the approval of the MEDIPOOL project as a major breakthrough in addressing drug access disparities in Nigeria’s most underserved regions. Speaking on the sideline of FEC’s approval of the MEDIPOOL project and other Public Private Partnership projects including the […]
DG NILDS Calls for Urgent Measures Amid Persistent Boat Accidents
By Oluwakemi Kindness The Director General National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies, NILDS, Professor Abubakar Sulaiman has described as disheartening the boat Mishap that claimed the lives of twenty seven (27) traders returning from Niger market en route Kaima local government area of Kwara state. He spoke in a statement on Sunday issued on […]
Papal Inauguration: President Tinubu Proves He Is Not A Religious Bigot – Bishop Adegbite
By Chinedu Echianu Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC), Bishop Stephen Adegbite, has commended President Bola Tinubu for his physical presence at the formal inauguration of Pope Leo XIV as the 267th Catholic Pontiff in St. Peter’s Square in Vatican City. In a statement signed by Celestine Toruka, Deputy Director and Head […]
APC Set to Welcome More high-profile defections – Speaker Abbas
By Oluwakemi Kindness The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Abbas Tajudeen, says the All Progressives Congress (APC) is expecting more high-profile defections in the coming months, signalling the growing confidence of Nigerians in the ruling party. This is just as the Speaker said the ruling APC has strengthened democracy within its fold. Speaker Abbas […]
Federal, States, LGCs Share N1.681 Trillion in April Revenue
By Oluwakemi Kindness The Federal Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) has shared a total sum of N1.681 trillion, being April 2025 Federation Account Revenue. The revenue shared to the Federal Government, States and the Local Government Councils took place at the May 2025 FAAC meeting held in Abuja. The N1.681 trillin revenue comprised statutory revenue of […]
Bwari, Gwagwalada Councils to Get New Bus Terminal – FCT Minister
By Sofia Adenekan The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has unveiled plans to construct new bus terminals in Bwari and Gwagwalada Area Councils. This is part of it efforts to improve public transportation and enhance commuter safety within the Federal Capital Territorym (FCT). The Minister of the FCT, Nyesom Wike, announced the development on Saturday […]
President Tinubu Appoints Holloway to Lead National Theatre Rebirth
By Oluwakemi Kindness President Bola Tinubu has appointed Disun Holloway as Chairman of Theatre Partners, the body tasked with running and reviving the iconic National Theatre, Lagos. Holloway is a seasoned cultural advocate and former Lagos State Commissioner for Tourism and Intergovernmental Affairs, who brings decades of leadership in governance, arts, and the creative economy […]