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The federal government is planning to spend N1.5 billion on vehicles for the Office of First Lady amidst economic challenges facing the country. The amount is contained in the supplementary budget sent to the National Assembly for approval. President Bola Tinubu had on Tuesday asked the National Assembly to approve the N2.17 …

Joe Ajaero: NLC President arrested in Imo The National President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Joe Ajaero has been allegedly arrested by operatives of the Nigeria Police Force. The Head of Information, NLC, Benson Upah, said Ajaero was picked up at the state secretariat of the congress on Wednesday …

  Vice president Kashim Shettima meets Mr Cary Fowler, U.S Special Envoy for Global Food Security Vice President Kashim Shettima has sought the assistance of the United States government for the agenda on food security of the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration. Shettima made the request when he met with …

Desmond Ike-Chima, Editor-in-Chief and Founder of ENigeria Newspaper has emerged winner at the 17th edition of the Nigeria Media Night-Out Awards 2023 in the Editor of the Year award category. The Nigeria Media Night-Out Awards is a foremost award dedicated to the celebration of outstanding journalists and media practitioners across …

  Naira notes   A Financial expert, Mr Okechukwu Unegbu, says improved local production of commodities, increased consumption of local products, and reduced importation of goods and services will help to stabilise and strengthen the Naira. Unegbu, a past President of the Chattered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN), said …

Chairman, Nigerian Society of Engineers, Ikeja Branch, Femi Adedotun, speaks to JOSEPHINE OGUNDEJI about the decision of the Federal Government to dump asphalt for concrete roads, among other issues The announcement by the Minister of Works, David Umahi, that the Federal Government has a preference for concrete roads does not seem …

INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu A civil rights group, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), has asked the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, to promote constitutional and legal reforms that would contain explicit mandatory provisions on internet voter registration, and the use of modern technology, …

NDLEA personnel The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency said it arrested two Lagos businessmen, ThankGod Emenike and Chidike Prince for concealing cocaine and heroin in their bellies on board flight to Hong Kong and France. Also, the NDLEA arrested one Agbo Tochukwu with a consignment of 58 parcels of skunk …

File Photo : IPOB The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), weekend, commended Enugu State High Court for ruling that the proscription of IPOB and its declaration as a terrorist organization amounted to administrative abuse, hence illegal. Recall that South East Governors Forum had in 2017 proscribed IPOB, with the federal …

President Bola Tinubu has mourned the Ohinoyi of Ebiraland in Kogi State, His Royal Majesty, Ado Ibrahim, who passed away at the age of 94 on Sunday. Ibrahim ascended the revered throne in 1997, serving as the fourth traditional ruler of Ebiraland until Sunday morning. President Tinubu, on Sunday, described the …