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President Bola Tinubu has directed the Ondo State House of Assembly to transfer power to deputy governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa According to reports, Tinubu made this known at a meeting he summoned to resolve the leadership crisis in Ondo on Monday The President was said to have emphasized that this transfer should be conducted without any conditions, as it aligns with …

The House of Representatives has set a revenue target of N6 trillion for the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) in 2024. The target was set when the Comptroller General of Customs, CGC Adewale Adeniyi appeared before the House Of Representatives Committee On Appropriations on Monday. Abubakar Bichi, Chairman of the committee, told Adeniyi that customs should increase the revenue target to …

Professor Rufai Ahmed Alkali The Minister of Transport, Sen. Ahmed Alkali, has expressed satisfaction with the level of ongoing construction of the $2 billion Kano-Maradi, Niger Republic, standard gauge rail project. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Alkali spoke to newsmen at Dadin Kowa in Kazaure Local Government Area of Jigawa shortly after inspecting the project on Friday. …

President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Muyi Aina as the Executive Secretary and Chief Executive Officer of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA). Aina will replace Dr. Faisal Shuaib who was appointed the NPHCDA executive secretary by former President Muhammadu Buhari on January 17, 2017. The Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President, Ajuri …

The Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), on Monday, demanded the whereabouts of the state governor, Ademola Adeleke, saying the people of the state deserve to know where their governor is and his condition. The state APC chairman, Tajudeen Lawal, in a statement, said nothing was heard about Adeleke’s movement two weeks after he left the state, …

‘A frontline lawmaker in the House of Representatives, Hon Adamu Hashimu Ranga representing Ningi/Warji Federal Constituency of Bauchi state has hailed the infrastructural, developmental and socio-economic exploits of the Executive Governor of Bauchi state, Senator Bala Abdulkadir MohammedHe noted that this was responsible for the landslide victory of his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 general elections. …

Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has revealed initiatives approved by President Bola Tinubu in the aftermath of a military strike that killed about 92 people in Tundun Biri village of Igabi local government area, Kaduna State last week. The Minister who revealed this at a Central Council meeting of the Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI) on Monday in …

President Bola Tinubu will hold bilateral meetings with the United States President, Joe Biden, his European Commission counterpart, Ursula von der Leyen, and other world leaders at the 78th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York. The Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President, Ajuri Ngelale, disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Abuja. President Tinubu …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned Aisha Salihu Malkohi (a.k.a Ummitah, Arab Money) and her husband, Abubakar Abubakar Sadiq Mahmoud (at large) on five- count charges bordering on misappropriation of funds to the tune of NN410,518,000. They were arraigned on Friday, December 8, 2023 before Justice Aisha Mahmud of the Kano State High Court sitting in Kano …

A 32-year-old nursing mother, Ann Akpa, charged with assaulting a Magistrate, on Thursday, regained her freedom after spending three days in the Nigeria Correctional Centre in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Akpa was charged with two counts of assault and breach of peace. Akpa told the NAN that she met the bail bond of N200,000 …