The Senate has passed the 2022 Supplementary Budget of N819.5 billion. At plenary on Wednesday, the Senate committee on Finance recommended that the upper legislative chamber approved the supplementary budget, which is for the Ministry of Agriculture, Water Resources, FCT and Works. President Muhammadu Buhari sought the passage of supplementary budget to be financed through additional domestic borrowing. The supplementary …

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has called the attention of the Ogun State Government to the poor condition of a healthcare centre at his ancestral home in the Ibogun-Olaogun area of the Ifo Local Government Area of the state. Obasanjo said that the poor healthcare facility was serving 40 communities in the council, saying it has been overstretched. At the 2022 …

Several terrorists, including Khaids Abbah Tukur, Maimusari, Bakura Jega, and others have been eliminated as a result of an airstrike recently conducted by the air component of Operation Hadin Kai at Mantari in the Gezuwa area of Bama Local Government Area (LGA) of Borno State. The announcement by the Nigerian Air Force spokesman, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet was made days …

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has heightened its disease surveillance system against key diseases such like cholera, Ebola, monkeypox, meningitis, measles, and COVID-19. This is meant to swiftly mitigate the myriad of consequences of deadly diseases outbreak in the territory. According to the FCTA, the Epidemiological Division of the Public Health Department, under the FCT Health and Human Services …

The Federal Government has said that the Presidential Committee on Salaries is working on salary increment for civil servants and public officials due to the steady increase in the prices of consumer goods. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige told State House correspondents after a closed-door meeting on Tuesday with the President Muhammadu Buhari at the Aso …

Seven persons died and 29 were injured in an incident at the annual Calabar Carnival on Tuesday, according to the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC). FRSC Sector Commander, Maikano Hassan said that the incident occurred in front of the Jumat mosque in Bogobiri in the capital city of Cross River State during the Bikers Carnival activity of the carnival. Hassan …

The South South Reawakening Group (SSRG) on Tuesday insisted that the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele should defend himself against terrorism financing allegations made by the Directorate of State Services (DSS). In a statement its Convener, Joseph Ambakederimo, SSRG, one of the major pressure groups in the Niger Delta region, said that whatever was alleged …

Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) has said that two persons drowned at Baracuda beach, Abraham Adesanya, Ajah during the Christmas festivities. According to the report by LASEMA, investigation furthered revealed that “two adult male were trying to rescue an adult male from drowning before the high tide of the ocean drowned the two adult male”. LASEMA said that “the …

Bandits have killed no fewer than four farmers and abducted over 100 others, including women and children from 14 communities in Mashegu and Rafi Local Government Areas of Niger State in the last three weeks. More than half of the victims were kidnapped while harvesting maize, beans, guinea corn and soya beans on their farms. Those killed were a traditional …

President Muhammadu Buhari will commission five projects in Lagos State in January 2023. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu said the projects include the first phase of the Blue Line rail from Marina to Mile 2, and the groundbreaking of the second phase of the project from Mile 2 to Okokomaiko. Others are the Lekki Deep Sea Port, Imota Rice Mill, the 18-kilometre …