Vice President Kashim Shettima on Wednesday in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, reiterated President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s commitment towards the overall development of the Niger Delta as well as other parts of the country. Senator Shettima who represented President Tinubu at the grand finale of the All Progressive Congress (APC) gubernatorial rally in Bayelsa State ahead of Saturday’s election noted that Bayelsa State, like every other state in Nigeria, remained dear to the visions and developmental focus of the Tinubu administration. The Vice President revealed that a wholistic plan for the development of the Niger Delta and all parts of…
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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has signed his first national budget, the 2023 supplementary budget, into law. President Tinubu signed the N2.17trn Budget at the State House, Abuja on Wednesday afternoon. The Senate and the House of Representatives passed the supplementary bill, with Chairman Solomon Olamilekan Adeola’s report adopted. The supplementary bill, aimed at labour wage adjustments and security, expeditiously passed first and second readings in the National Assembly. The Federal Executive Council had during a recent meeting approved the 2023 supplementary budget of N2.1 trillion and sent to the lawmakers for vetting and approval.
The Comptroller-General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi MFR, on Monday, 6 November 2023, in Lagos, convened a meeting with stakeholders to address the urgent need for the evacuation of overtime cargoes at the port. Additionally, they discussed implementing a 48-hour Customs clearance process to facilitate trade. The CGC engaged in productive discussions with Terminal Operators, Truck Owners, Licensed Customs Agents, and other essential stakeholders within the Port environment. During the event, the CGC expressed the mission to fulfill the government’s goal of decongesting the port by expediting the removal of containers that have lingered for an extended period. He says, “The…
Chairman of the EFCC Ola Olukoyede has urged officer of the commission to premise the anti-corruption fights on initiatives and modalities that would promote the country’s economic growth and development. A statement by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Dele Oyewale, on Tuesday in Abuja, said Olukoyede stated this in Lagos while addressing officers of the Lagos Zonal Command. “There is need to redirect our focus towards what we were set up to do in Nigeria, which is to drive economic development. We will tilt our focus towards that area. We will work to drive economic development, create wealth…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), says it won’t count votes in any polling unit where violence occurs in Saturday’s governorship election in Bayelsa. The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said this in Yenagoa, at a stakeholders meeting. Yakubu, represented by the INEC National Commissioner supervising Akwa-Ibom, Bayelsa and Rivers, Mrs May Agbamuche-Mbu, said that INEC would deploy BIVAS to all polling units for the election. “I want to let you know that our BIVAS have been customized for INEC, so INEC details and the name of the parties are on the BIVAS, so any BIVAS you see without INEC…
OpenAI’s ChatGPT has achieved a milestone with 100 million weekly active users, as announced by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman during
Nigerians on social media have reacted to the fire that broke out at the Canadian embassy in Abuja, Nigeria, on Monday, November 7, 2023, as well as the security advisory alert released by the embassy following the incident.
Senate on Wednesday urged the Federal Government to work with the United Nations and other countries of the world to ensure
Labour Party’s vice presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, has said that the Supreme Court did not affirm the victory of Bola Ahmed Tinubu, contrary to the general belief According to the former federal lawmaker, the apex court merely upheld what he described as the illegality declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Datti Baba-Ahmed stated this when he appeared as a guest on Arise TV on Monday evening, hours after his boss, Peter Obi, addressed the press on the outcome of the judicial process in the aftermath of the election. He said they had…
Mohammed Idris Malagi says that President Bola Tinubu has directed the reactivation of the presidential Delivery Tracker.
Sen. Ned Nwoko (PDP-Delta), says the destruction of vessels apprehended for carrying illegal goods/stolen crude oil by the military is to conceal/destroy evidence.
INEC) has released an amended list of candidates for the November 11 Bayelsa governorship election.