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President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed reservations over the “worrisome changes” made by the national assembly to the 2022 executive budget. On Friday, the president signed the N17.13 trillion 2022 appropriation bill into law. The presidency had submitted a proposal worth N16.391 trillion to the national assembly. The lawmakers later increased the budget size to N17.127 trillion. […]

The federal government has extended the deadline for the ongoing national identification number (NIN) and subscriber identity module (SIM) integration exercise by three months. The new deadline is March 31, 2022. Isa Pantami, minister of communications and digital economy, conveyed the decision of the federal government in a statement on Friday. […]

To whom do we owe allegiance – our tribe or Nigeria? The reality is some of us, if not most, define our existence and identity from a tribal standpoint. We think in tribal amplitude and act in protection of the tribe. Our tribe comes first; we steal, fight and even kill for the tribe. […]

Senate President Ahmad Lawan says the country is benefiting from the cordial relationship between the executive and the legislative arm of government. Speaking with journalists on Friday after President Muhammadu Buhari signed the 2022 appropriation into law, Lawan said the legislature and the executive arms of government played roles in passing the bill […]

Here is the full text of President Muhammadu Buhari after signing the 2022 budget and finance bill into law on Friday at the state house. PROTOCOLS I am delighted to sign into law today the 2022 appropriation bill as well as the enabling 2021 finance bill. 2. I would like to […]

Nigerian naira weakened against the dollar at the parallel market to trade at N570 amid demand for the currency during the yuletide season. This is a drop of N5 or 0.9 percent from the N565 it traded last week. Street traders across forex markets in Lagos quoted the rate at N570 to a […]

Okezie Ikpeazu, governor of Abia, says people from the south-east understand Nigeria better than those in other regions.  Addressing reporters after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja on Thursday, the governor said an aspirant of Igbo extraction should be voted as president in 2023. “I think that the south-easterners have a […]

The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), says as of December 29, over 10 million people have received the first jab of the COVID vaccine. The agency disclosed this on Thursday in an update posted on its Facebook page. “10,153,074 of total eligible persons targeted for COVID-19 vaccination reached with first […]

Victor Osimhen has pulled out of the upcoming 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) slated for Cameroon in January, sources told TheCable. Earlier on Thursday, TheCable reported that the 22-year-old Napoli striker tested positive for COVID-19 for the second time in the year. There have also been disagreements between Napoli and the […]