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• Adjourns plenary to December 12 The House of Representatives has passed the 2024 Appropriation Bill, presented to the National Assembly, by President Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, for second reading. The House approved the Appropriation Bill for second reading, yesterday, after a two-day debate.  Thereafter, it adjourned plenary to December 12 to enable Ministries, Department and Agencies ( MDAs) appear before House …

An Nigerian Air Force (NAF) MI-35P helicopter crashed in Port Harcourt, Rivers State yesterday. The incident occurred at about 7:45am, shortly after the aircraft took off for an operation against oil thieves in Rivers State NAF’s spokesperson, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, who disclosed this in a statement, said the five crew members on board survived the crash with very minor injuries. …

The central bank on Friday announced that all bank accounts without Bank Verification Number (BVN) and National Identification Number (NIN) will be placed on “Post no Debit” effective April 2024. The new directive was contained in a circular issued by the central bank and sent to all deposit money banks. The circular was signed by the central bank’s Director of Payments System …

BY MIKE OSAROGIAGBON  A 48 year-old man has allegedly taken his own life over partial blindness in Benin City, the Edo State capital.  Family members, neighbors and passers-by wept uncontrollably as they watched helplessly the dangling lifeless body of the victim in his room, at 37, Okhoro road, Benin City, last Wednesday. The Public Relations Officer for Edo State police …

…Reads riot act Benin City – The Benin Traditional Council (BTC) has cautioned members of the public, particularly, the media to refrain from addressing the Enigie (Dukes) as traditional rulers. According to BTC, “there is only one traditional ruler in the whole of Benin Kingdom who is the Oba of Benin. “Any further breach of this traditional protocol would be …

…Edo only State in Nigeria hosting a film festival, NFVCB boss commends Obaseki’s strides Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, has said the focus of his administration is to make the State Nigeria’s entertainment and creative hub. Obaseki said this during a panel session at the Edo State International Film Festival (ESIFF) 2.0, held at the Sir Victor Uwaifo Creative …

WASHINGTON (AP) — Retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, an unwavering voice of moderate conservatism and the first woman to serve on the nation’s highest court, died Friday. She was 93. O’Connor died in Phoenix, of complications related to advanced dementia and a respiratory illness, the Supreme Court said in a news release, as reported by the Associated Press. Chief …

The Federal Government on Thursday said a new minimum wage regime would come into effect on April 1, 2024. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Idris Mohammed, who disclosed this in an interview with The PUNCH in Abuja, said the current N30,000 minimum wage would expire at the end of March 2024. Mohammed said this on Thursday as an …

A Senate committee, on Thursday, threatened to report some oil and gas companies in the country to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) if they are found culpable of misappropriating a Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) intervention loan of N135 billion. The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Gas Resources, Agom Jarigbe, issued the threat when the beneficiary companies appeared before the committee …

As the Senate opened debate on the 2024 budget on Thursday, the Majority Leader, Senator Bamidele Opeyemi, said the N9.9 trillion recurrent expenditure of the N27.5 trillion 2024 budget was too high, noting that it was about 43 per cent of the money bill. The Senate began debating the general principles of the budget in Abuja on Thursday. According to …