As your Excellency may have been aware, the drums of state creation are being beaten left, right and centre. Expectedly, the perennial agitators once more are in the arena. The current number is about 31 enclaves, with the major…
THE Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Borno State Council, joins the global community in celebrating World Radio Day on February 13, 2025. This year’s theme, “Radio and Climate Change: a powerful Tool for Climate Action,” underscores the critical challenges…
THAT Governor Monday Okpebholo would be self-sustaining is more like searching for a needle in the middle of an ocean than expecting him to build a positive-sum framework of durable, workable, and serviceable government outside himself and the manacled…
A Federal Court in Lagos has fixed March 17, 2025 to rule on various applications challenging its jurisdiction to hear a 13-count charge filed against former chairman of First Bank Nigeria (FBN), Oba Otudeko and others. The court fixed the date following…
The Senate and the House of Representatives on Thursday passed the 2025 Appropriation Bill, approving an aggregate expenditure of ₦54.99 trillion for the fiscal year. The approved budget outlines major allocations for recurrent spending, capital projects, debt servicing, and statutory transfers. Below…
JUSTICE Emeka Nwite of a Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday, adjourned proceedings the N228.4 million forfeiture case against the former governor of Abia, Theodore Orji until April 7. The adjournment followed the inability of the Economic and…
THE Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, says the FCT Administration has achieved 90 per cent of its N1.1 trillion 2024 budget. Wike stated this after inspecting some ongoing projects in the capital city, in…
THE Nigeria Mainstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) has sealed seven filling stations in Kogi over alleged under dispensing of products to customers. The NMDPRA Kogi Coordinator, Mr Ogbe Godwin, who disclosed this during a news conference on Thursday…
THE Senate, on Thursday, urged the Federal Government to, as a matter of necessity, approve rehabilitation of deplorable roads across the country. The upper chamber’s call was sequel to resolution on a motion by Sen. Danjuma Goje (APC-Gombe) at…
MTN Nigeria has publicly apologised to its customers following widespread backlash over a sudden 200% increase in the price of its 15GB digital bundle plan. The telecommunications giant admitted the adjustment was an error and assured subscribers of better…
