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•NASS passes 816 bills in 25 years, to spend N514bn in 2024•Why we increased, passed budget — Akpabio, Abbas The National Assembly is literally in the eye of the storm over its handling of the 2024 budget, in which collectively, the federal legislature will spend a princely N514 billion this year. In line with the Federal Government’s plan to begin …

Following the suspension of accreditation and evaluation of degree certificates from Benin Republic and Togo, the Federal Government has said sanction would be extended to more countries like Uganda, Kenya and Niger Republic. “We are not going to stop at just Benin and Togo,” the Minister of Education, Tahir Mamman, said on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Wednesday.  “We …

The Asagba of Asaba, Delta State, Obi (Prof) Chike Edozien, 90, has stated that sincere restructuring through amendment to the Nigerian Constitution remains the only panacea to successfully address the challenges of poverty and insecurity in Nigeria. Specifically, the centenarian said widespread ethnicity and pervasive corruption were incensing poverty and insecurity in the country, and so must be tackled headlong. …

Nigeria spent N2.7 trillion to import premium motor spirit (PMS), diesel and jet fuel in the third quarter of 2023, data by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) have shown. Coming amidst the inability to overhaul the country’s refineries, white products have remained the largest import of the country. The total import of PMS imported during the period stood at …

Donald Trump has formally asked the US Supreme Court to overturn the Colorado state Supreme Court ruling that removed him from the state’s 2024 ballot under the 14th Amendment’s “insurrectionist clause.” “In our system of ‘government of the people, by the people, [and] for the people,’ Colorado’s ruling is not and cannot be correct,” attorneys for the former president wrote in the filing …

Anti-graft body grills coordinator, arrests ex-DFA Ex-Humanitarian Affairs minister fails to honour agency’s invitation The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has tracked N30 billion of the N44 billion moved from the accounts of the National Social Investment Programme Agency (NSIPA). The multiple accounts to which the funds were moved by some NSIPA officials have been frozen by the anti-graft agency as part of …

Leaders of thought, elder statesmen from four of the six geo-political zones of the country, under the aegis of Southern and Middle Leaders Forum, SMBLF, have written President Bola Tinubu, asking him to nip in the bud the incessant killings and wanton destruction of lives and property in the Middle Belt. The leaders also described the killings as a threat …

NSIPA CEO suspended over suspicious movement of cash Ex-Humanitarian Affairs minister for interrogation today A few hours after her suspension, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday arrested the National Coordinator and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Social Investment Programme Agency (NSIPA), Halima Shehu. She was still being detained as at press time last night. Halima Shehu was picked …

The Federal Government has banned 18 foreign universities operating in Nigeria, describing them as “degree mills,’’ warning Nigerians to avoid enrolling in such institutions. The directive affected five universities from the United States, six from the United Kingdom, and three Ghanaian tertiary institutions. Also, the Federal Ministry of Education on Tuesday announced the temporary suspension of evaluation and accreditation of …

In a recent development, Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited and fuel marketers under the aegis of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, on Tuesday, clashed again over the removal of subsidy on petrol. The Chief Executive Officer, Financial Derivatives Company, Bismarck Rewane, had during a live television programme on ChannelsTV on Sunday, explained that fuel subsidy was not removed …