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 the present administration as it winds up. While signing the budget, the president said the aggregate expenditures of N21.83 trillion …

The palace of the Obi of Onitsha has said that His Majesty Nnaemeka Achebe was not involved in any sod turning ceremony for the second River Niger bridge in the first term of President Olusegun Obasanjo, who tenure ran from 1999 to 2007. While responding to Obasanjo’s endorsement of Labour Party presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi, the Senior Special Assistant …

The Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu has said that the provision of various job skills and additional homes would reduce the menace of women and children beggars across the streets of the state. In an interview on Television Continental News on Monday, Sanwo-Olu said: “These women and children beggars on the streets are citizens that are looking for sustenance and …

The management of the Grace College of Education, Osogbo has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Adekunle Ajasin University (AAUA), Akungba Akoko, Ondo State for the commencement of degree programmes in some education-related courses. According to a statement by the Proprietor of the College, Amos Adetunji, the MoU empowered the institution to run degree programmes in education-based courses in …

The Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum (SMBLF) has told President Muhammadu Buhari that it will not allow another scandalous removal of a top public office holder from the region. This comes as the forum urged the President, in a statement on Monday, to end all forms of attempts by the Department of State Services (DSS) to arrest and detain …

A trigger-happy Nigerian Army officer, Abubakar Idris, attached to the Presidential Guard Brigade, on Monday allegedly opened fire on some motorcyclists in Abuja, killing a passenger on the spot. The PUNCH reports that the incident happened around 1 am close to a bridge along Aguiyi Ironsi Way, Asokoro, where Idris and his colleagues were stationed for guard duty. Sources privy …

No fewer than 48 bills were introduced for the establishment of new universities across the states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory, according to an examination of the Senate and House of Representatives 2022 legislative proposals. Some of the bills were proposed at the height of the strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), which lasted …

Itsekiri leaders have advised President Muhammadu Buhari and the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Mr Umana Okon Umana to resist the urge to defy the judicial process by refraining from conducts which will render irrelevance issues presented in the court by representatives of Itsekiri Leaders of Thought and the Omadino Unity Forum. The representatives of Itsekiri Leaders of Thought, Chief …

The police command in Ogun State has begun investigation into the death of a couple, Mr Kehinde and Mrs Bukola Fatinoye, at Ibara GRA in Abẹokuta, on the New Year’s Day. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Superintendent of Police Abimbola Oyeyemi told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Abeokuta that the police would do all within their …

A group, Northern Youths Vanguard for Development (NYVD) has praised the Armed Forces of Nigeria for their efforts toward peaceful Christmas and New Year  celebrations. In a statement signed by its President, Mr Yakubu Dauda, and Secretary, Mrs Roseline Musa, on Monday in Abuja, the group said that the peaceful Christmas and New Year celebrations across Nigeria showed that the military …