Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum has signed the state’s 2025 appropriation bill into law. It is valued at about N615.8 billion. The governor assented to the bill on Monday during a brief ceremony at the Council Chamber of Government House in Maiduguri, the state capital. While assenting to the budget named ‘Budget of Recovery and Continuity’, Zulum promised to …

Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has signed the state’s 2025 budget worth N1.1 trillion into law. The budget, christened ‘Budget of Inclusive Growth and Development,’ was presented before the Victor Oko-Jumbo-led State House of Assembly on 30 December, 2024. This was disclosed by the governor via his X handle on Thursday. Fubara appreciated the lawmakers for their unwavering commitment to …

Anambra State Governor, Prof. Charles Chukwuma Soludo has signed the N606,991,849,118 budget of the next fiscal year into law, focusing on key initiatives of infrastructural development that will turn the state into an investment and business destination. Tagged, ‘Changing Gears 2.0’, the 2025 budget is expected to accelerate significant progress in critical sectors such as education, healthcare, roads, infrastructure, and …

US President, Joe Biden, signed a funding bill on Saturday, averting a Christmas-time government shutdown after negotiations in Congress went down to the wire overnight. Last-minute legislative wrangling was brought about by incoming president Donald Trump, who along with influential billionaire Elon Musk, pressured Republicans to abandon an earlier bipartisan funding compromise. Lawmakers then spent several days trying to hammer …

Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, said that the newly signed Ekiti State Property Protection (anti-land grabbing, second amendment law, 2024) passed into law by the state House of Assembly was based on the need to regulate and sanitise land acquisition processes in the state. The governor further assured the people of the state that the next two years will witness …

Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke has assented to a bill adopting a new logo for the state, describing the new symbol as a signal of new rebirth for Osun. According to a statement in Osogbo, the state capital, on Wednesday by the spokesperson to the governor, Mr. Olawale Rasheed, the ceremony where the bill was signed was witnessed by …

President Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, signed the Student Loans (Access to Higher Education) Act (Repeal and Re-Enactment) Bill, 2024, into law. This comes after separate considerations by both the Senate and the House of Representatives of the report of the Committee on Tertiary Institutions and Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund). At the brief ceremony, President Tinubu said that the main …

President Bola Tinubu has signed the N28.7 trillion 2024 Appropriation Bill into law, keeping with his avowed commitment to maintain a timeous, predictable, and efficient budget cycle. Shortly after returning to Abuja from Lagos on Monday from a week-long holiday, the President assented to the Appropriation Bill at a brief ceremony at the Presidential Villa. Present at the ceremony were …

Nigerian striker Victor Osimhen has signed a new contract for his Napoli side as confirmed on Saturday. Sports journalist Fabrizio Romano confirmed this development via his X account on Saturday. He wrote, “Victor Osimhen signs new deal at Napoli — confirmed. Documents also in place.” Earlier on Friday, Romano noted that “the agreement between Napoli and Victor Osimhen on new …

President Bola Tinubu has signed the 2023 supplementary appropriation bill of N2.17 trillion into law. The President signed the Supplementary Appropriation Act, 2023 in his office at the State House in the presence of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator George Akume; Senate President Godswill Akpabio; Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Tajudeen Abbas; Minister …