The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, to slash proposed budgets for the Presidency and the National Assembly. The organisation argued that the funds, amounting to N9.4 billion for the Presidency’s travel, meals, and catering expenses, and N344.85 billion for lawmakers, could …

The 2023 Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has criticised the 2025 budget proposal, accusing President Bola Tinubu of making the same borrowing mistakes by his predecessor, Muhammadu Buhari. Atiku, who X-rayed the budget, asserted that it lacked the structural reforms and fiscal discipline needed to address Nigeria’s complex economic challenges. In a statement on Sunday, …

The unnamed woman had just given birth to a baby five days before. Her body was still wet as Yoruba say of mothers who newly underwent the pangs of labour and delivery. Pains must still be ricocheting round her navel. Ex-Queen of the Ooni of Ife, Prophetess Naomi Silekunola, and an Ibadan-based broadcaster, Oriyomi Hamzat, had promised her and her …

President Bola Tinubu has directed the Nigerian military to ensure that banditry is brought to an end in 2025, Minister of State for Defense, Bello Mohammed Matawalle, has said. Matawalle disclosed this on Saturday while addressing All Progressives Congress (APC), members at his Gusau residence, promising that the military would do everything to comply with the President’s directive. The former …

The Federal Government has allocated a total of N6,364,181,224 billion for the renovation and rehabilitation of the residential quarters of President Bola Tinubu, Vice President Kashim Shettima, and some of their aides in the 2025 budget proposal. According to an analysis by Sunday PUNCH’s analysis of the proposed allocation, contained in the 2025 Appropriation Bill presented to the National Assembly, …

President Bola Tinubu will spend part of his holiday in Lagos considering the final list of prospective Nigerian envoys to various countries and international organisations. Reliable sources close to the President confirmed that President Tinubu has “activated” the process of appointing the envoys. According to Sunday PUNCH, the process suffered delays due to the paucity of funds required to pay …

President Bola Tinubu has cancelled all his official events scheduled for Saturday in Lagos, including his attendance at the 2024 Lagos Boat Regatta. According to a statement by his spokesperson, Mr. Bayo Onanuga, the President’s decision is in honour of the stampede victims in Abuja and Okija, Anambra State. The two tragedies claimed many lives and left many others injured. …

Then he said: “Why do you want to work directly with me?” I replied that I prefer a relationship that would make it easy for the two of us to work together or to go our separate ways on mutual terms if and when separation becomes inevitable. I further disclosed to him that I didn’t want to work with him …

In its commitment to fostering transparency and accountability, the President Bola Tinubu administration has unveiled the Crime Experience and Security Perception Survey (CESPS), a groundbreaking initiative designed to provide data-driven insights into crime and security across Nigeria. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), spearheading the effort, emphasised that the survey marks a pivotal shift from conjecture and assumptions to fact-based …

President Bola Tinubu, on Monday, congratulated Super Eagles forward, Ademola Lookman on winning the 2024 CAF Men’s African Footballer of the Year. He also hailed Super Falcons goalkeeper, Chiamaka Nnadozie, for clinching the CAF Women’s Goalkeeper of the Year award and the Super Falcons for being named the Women’s National Team of the Year. President bola Tinubu conveyed his congratulations …