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Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Tajudeen Abbas, has blamed the inability of Nigeria to reap full potentials of the nation’s petroleum sector on inefficiencies and obsolete regulatory frameworks. He stated this Monday when he addressed members of theall petroleum-related committees of the House during a workshop on legislative measures for realizing the mandate…

  The Senate through its Finance Committee Monday threatened zero allocation in the 2025 fiscal year for any government owned agencies that failed to appear before it for scrutiny of records of  expenditure made from  2024 appropriations. It frowned at discrepancies observed in the records books of some of the agencies. Senate’s threat against any…

Human Rights activist and former lawmaker, Shehu Sani, has posited that many lawmakers who are against the current tax reforms are ignorant of the provisions of the bills. According to him, “The other day I saw a senator speaking about the bill on a national television. From what he said, it is clear that he is not…

Debate around the Tax Reform Bills currently before the National Assembly continues as the Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Senator Atiku Bagudu, described the seeming controversy as showing democracy is alive in Nigeria. Speaking to journalists after the bankers committee meeting in Abuja, Bagudu said the interest generated by the bill revealed that there…

         A one-term president of Ghana, John Dramani Mahama, won the country’s presidential election after his main contender, Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia, accepted the outcome ahead of the official declaration of results. Similarly, Mahama, who was the country’s helmsman between July 2012 and January 2017, also confirmed on his X handle that he had received…

  The Secretary to the Government of the Federation ( SGF), Senator George Akume, Sunday admonished those eyeing the presidency of Nigeria to wait till 2031 when the incumbent president, Bola Tinubu, must have finished his second term. Akume gave the admonition while featuring on Politics on Sunday programme of TVC, anchored by Femi Akande.…

Former Governor of Benue State, Senator Dr. Gabriel Suswan, and the Chairman of Benue State Football Association (BSFA), Chief Dr. Paul Edeh Esq FCPA, have undertaken to power the administrative block of Benue State University (BSU), Makurdi with 24-hour solar electricity. Both Senator Suswan and Chief Edeh made the joint pledge after they were bestowed…

The Syrian government appears to have fallen after a lightning offensive by rebels. President Bashar al Assad fled Damascus on a plane for an unknown destination, according to two senior Syrian army officers speaking to the Reuters news agency, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Syria’s army command has now notified officers that his…

The retired Anglican Archbishop of the Niger Province and Bishop of Nnewi Diocese, Most Rev. Prof. Godwin Okpala, has been declared missing. According to sources, Okpala and his driver whose name could not be obtained at press time, were last seen on Friday morning while traveling to Umuchu, Aguata Local Government Area (LGA), where Governor…

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has rejigged his list of nominees for the South East Development Commission (SEDC) board, replacing the initial chairman, Hon. Emeka Atuma, with Dr Emeka Nworgu. The president replaced all the three executive directors initially nominated and named two additional executive directors. The president also removed one of the board members, Donatus Eyinnah…

Ghanaians commenced voting on Saturday with frontrunners Vice President and former central banker Mahamudu Bawumia and opposition ex-president John Mahama facing off in a closely fought race. Ghana’s struggling economy emerged as the dominant electoral issue after the West Africa gold and cacao producer went through a debt default, high inflation and negotiations for a…

The Chairman of Benue State Football Association (BSFA), Chief Paul Edeh, Esq, will on Saturday be conferred with the Honourary Doctorate Degree by the prestigious Benue State University (BSU). Chief Edeh who arrived the state capital on Friday was among top dignitaries who graced the Convocation Lecture, as part of events heralding the 22nd, 23rd…

Atsi Kefas, the sister of Taraba State Governor Agbu Kefas, was reportedly shot by a police escort during an attack by gunmen on Thursday. According to Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency publication specializing in the Lake Chad region, the incident occurred along Kente Road in Wukari Local Government Area of Taraba State. Jumai, the governor’s mother,…

The Senate on Wednesday declared the seat of Governor Monday Okpebholo vacant. The Senate also urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct a bye-election to fill the vacancy. The seat of Okpebholo, who represented Edo Central Senatorial District, became vacant following his election and inauguration as the Governor of Edo State last month.…

The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Works, Senator, Barinada Mpigi, has commended the bold steps of President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu in tackling the challenges that inhibit road infrastructure development in Nigeria. This is as the committee has threatened to issue arrest warrant on Julius Berger officials if the company continues to shun its…

A fire caused by a nine-year-old boy (name withheld) while playing with matches has engulfed a 3-bedroom flat in Ilorin Kwara state capital . Blueprint gathered that the fire ignited from the matches had consumed a mattress before it escalated to other properties and the entire building. The spokesperson of the Kwara State Fire Service,…

The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the dismissal of 19 senior Police officers and reduced the ranks of 19 others over acts of misconduct. PSC Head, Press and Public Relations, Ikechukwu Ani, who made this known in a press statement, Friday in Abuja, listed the dismissed officers as 10 Assistant Superintendents of Police (ASPs)…

Opposition leaders Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi have reflected on their experiences from the 2023 presidential election and are now focusing on coming together to challenge the current administration of the All Progressives Congress (APC), which they believe has not effectively met the needs of the people, according to Paul Ibe. Ibe, who serves as…

The immediate past governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello on Tuesday lost his move to get the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court to grant him bail. Justice Maryann struck out Bello’s bail application on the ground that it was filed as of the time the former governor was yet to be taken into custody…

One of the chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and former Kaduna lawmaker who represented Kaduna Central at the National Assembly, Senator Shehu Sani has reacted after seeing photo of human rights lawyer, Dele Farotimi wearing handcuffs inside the court. The picture surfaced online after DAILY TRUST reported that a Magistrate Court in Ekiti…