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While delivering his inaugural address on Monday, President Bola Tinubu said the “petrol subsidy is gone” because the immediate administration did not make provision for such in the 2023 appropriation. Despite the assurance by the president’s team that the subsidy removal is not immediate, the announcement has sparked a reaction across the country.  […]

BudgIT, a civic-tech non-profit organisation, says projects worth over N112 billion in the 2023 budget were allocated to agencies outside their mandate. Oladayo Olufowose, the acting communications associate at BudgIT, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday. On January 3, 2023, ex-president Muhammadu Buhari signed the N21.83 trillion 2023 appropriation bill into law. […]

Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), called witnesses to testify before the presidential election petition court on Thursday. Atiku and his party are contesting the victory of Bola Tinubu as Nigeria’s president. Joe Agada, the first witness, told the court that there were “rampant cases of manipulation of […]

United States President Joe Biden tripped and fell on stage at the country’s air force academy graduation ceremony in Colorado. Biden delivered the opening address and proceeded to shake hands with graduates, after which he fell near the podium and was quickly assisted by those around him in returning to his feet. […]

Tajudeen Abbas, a speakership hopeful of the house of representatives, says the 10th assembly won’t be a rubber-stamp if he’s elected. Abbas spoke on Thursday while briefing journalists after meeting with President Bola Tinubu at the presidential villa. The All Progressives Congress (APC) had nominated Abbas and Benjamin Kalu for the positions […]

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) says it is not planning to commence a strike on Friday over the removal of petrol subsidy as claimed in some quarters.  On Monday, in his inaugural speech, President Bola Tinubu said the petrol subsidy regime was over. “On fuel subsidy, unfortunately, the budget before I assumed office […]

Peter Mbah, governor of Enugu, has asked President Bola Tinubu to release Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), who is in detention. Mbah made the demand on Thursday, after a security council meeting at the government house, in Enugu. The governor is the latest chieftain of south-east […]

Femi Gbajabiamila, the outgoing speaker of the house of representatives, says those speculating his appointment as the chief of staff (COS) to President Bola Tinubu should allow the “system to work”. There were reports on Thursday that Gbajabiamila had been named as the COS of the newly inaugurated president. The reports claimed […]

President Bola Tinubu says he will not allow insecurity challenges to bring  Nigeria to its knees while other countries are advancing Babagana Monguno, the national security adviser, spoke to journalists after a meeting with Tinubu and security chiefs at the Presidential Villa on Thursday. Monguno said Tinubu has also asked heads of security […]