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The proposed N19.76trillion budget for 2023 would have a deficit of N12.43trillion as a result of projected N6trillion tax and import duty waivers as well as fuel subsidy of over N6tn. The Nigerian Senate, through its Committee on Finance, has expressed dissatisfaction with the projected N12.41trillion budget deficit contained in …

EndSARS protesters The Independent Investigative Panel on human right violations by the defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), on Wednesday, awarded compensations to 74 victims of police brutality, to the tune of about N289million. The panel, led by a retired Justice of the Supreme Court, Suleiman Galadima, awarded compensations after it …

The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) has raised alarm over an alleged plot to compromise the integrity of the forthcoming 2023 general elections with the upload of fake registrants into the voter register. The spokesperson of the coalition, Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere, made the allegation in a press conference on …

Atiku Abubakar Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says he plans to expend $10 billion as an economic palliative fund within the first 100 days of his presidency if elected president in 2023. The former vice president said he would extend his assistance to private …

Fashola Nigeria’s federal government has said protesting students who blocked a busy section of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway were “violating” the law. Babatunde Fashola, minister of works and housing, said this while briefing State House correspondents shortly after this week’s Federal Executive Council meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at …

Orji The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) says the federal government recovered N2.6 trillion in revenue from oil firms due to the intervention of the national assembly. NEITI executive secretary, Ogbonnaya Orji, disclosed this on Tuesday at the civil society organisations (CSO) and media engagement on Extractive Industries Transparency …

Peter Obi and Bola Tinubu The Presidential Campaign Council of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday accused Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party of being an ‘incurable liar,’ noting that contrary to speculations, its presidential flag bearer, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, is hale and hearty. The camp of …

Peter Obi, Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), says Nigerians will elect a leader that they trust as it is not the turn of anyone to govern the country. Obi appears to be taking a jibe at Bola Tinubu, standard bearer of the …

Ozekhome, Ejiofor, Kanu The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Tuesday, struck out the motion for an accelerated hearing filed by Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Details later.

In a recent youtube video shared online, Prophet Isreal Ogundipe, a.k.a Genesis, spoke about how the two other major tribes in Nigeria, viz the Hausa and Igbo, show strong support for their kind, while ruing the reason why Yorubas are different. He also wondered why Yorubas readily antagonize, attack and …