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President Bola Tinubu has affirmed that the country is on the path of recovery. He spoke during the first Presidential Media Chat with journalists on Monday. Recall that Tinubu had presented the country’s 2025 budget proposal to the National Assembly, called ‘Budget of Restoration: Securing Peace, Rebuilding Prosperity’. With a…

By Deborah Nnamdi The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development, Nentawe Yilwatda says the Federal Government is targeting 15m households and 75m people in its conditional cash transfer scheme. Yilwatda disclosed this on Monday’s edition of Channels Television’s The Morning Brief. According to him, each household will…

By Deborah Nnamdi Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has mandated government hospitals to provide free treatment to the people that sustained injuries during a stampede at the Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Maitama, Abuja. This was contained in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on…

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has expressed profound sadness over the tragic incident at the Children’s Funfair in Ibadan, Oyo State, which resulted in the loss of innocent lives and left many injured. Tinubu, who spoke through a statement by the special adviser to the president on information and strategy, extended…

President of Dangote Industries Limited, Aliko Dangote, has commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for the positive impact of the naira for crude swap deal on the Nigerian economy, which has led to a reduction in prices of petroleum products in the country. To provide succor to Nigerians, Dangote recently reduced…

Lagos State government has officially taken control of its electricity market following the transfer of regulatory oversight from the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to the Lagos State Electricity Regulatory Commission (LASERC). The formal announcement was made during a landmark event held at NERC’s headquarters in Abuja, attended by the…

No fewer than 10 persons, including children, have lost their lives on Saturday morning in a stampede at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Maitama, Abuja. The incident, which occurred just days after 32 persons, mostly children, died at a yuletide carnival in Ibadan, was triggered by the distribution of palliative…

Former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello has been released from the Kuje Custodial Centre. Bello was freed on Friday evening after meeting the bail conditions set by the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court in Maitama, Abuja. His release was confirmed by the spokesperson for the FCT Command of the…

By Deborah Nnamdi The National Security Adviser, NSA, Malam Nuhu Ribadu, has said that the federal government, under President Bola Tinubu’s administration, achieved 80 percent success against kidnapping in two years. He spoke in Abuja at the official inauguration of the Multi-Agency Kidnap Fusion Cell, MAAKFC, on Thursday. Ribadu’s remark…

By Deborah Nnamdi Members of the House of Representatives on Thursday, December 19, contributed a total of N704.9 million from their salaries to support vulnerable Nigerians across the nation. This initiative was announced by the Speaker of the House, Tajudeen Abbas, during a plenary session. “If you recall, about five…