Category: Politics
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Ease of Doing Business: KWSG, stakeholders strategise for 2025
Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin Kwara State Ease of Doing Business Council (EODBC) has held a stakeholders’ engagement to assess the performance of the state’s Business Enabling Reforms Action Plans (BERAP) for 2024. The meeting saw government and business sector players going through the 2025 Draft BERAP, which introduces key reforms for a more robust, investor-friendly,…
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Dalung Says Tinubu’s “You Are All Re-Elected” Comment to Lawmakers Signals 2027 Agenda
Former Minister of Youths and Sports, Solomon Dalung, has asserted that President Bola Tinubu’s statement to National Assembly members during the 2025 budget presentation was not a mere slip of the tongue. According to Dalung, the president’s remark about lawmakers being “re-elected” points to his 2027 agenda. During the presentation, President Tinubu mistakenly referred to…
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PDP North-Central Stakeholders Demand Replacement for Damagun in 2025
Key stakeholders from the North-Central Zone of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have called for the replacement of the party’s acting national chairman, Ambassador Umar Ilyas Damagun, in early 2025. Following a high-level meeting in Abuja, attended by notable figures such as two former Senate Presidents, former presidential candidates, ex-senators, and current and former governors,…
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Reps to Donate N704.91m in Half-Year Salary Contribution to Tinubu by December 31
The House of Representatives has announced that it will present a sum of N704.91 million to President Tinubu on December 31, 2024, to assist vulnerable Nigerians grappling with the economic hardship caused by the removal of the petrol subsidy. This follows a resolution passed by the House on July 18, where lawmakers decided to cut…
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Tinubu’s 2025 Budget Presentation Sparks Laughter with Re-Election Remark
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu lightened the mood during the presentation of the 2025 budget to the National Assembly on Wednesday when he mistakenly referred to the 10th National Assembly as the 11th. Upon being corrected by the lawmakers, Tinubu quipped, “10th? I wrote 11th, which means you’re all re-elected.” His humorous response drew laughter and…
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Supreme Court Imposes N5m On ex-Presidential Candidate,Owuru For Harassing Tinubu With Frivolous Suits
From Lateef Taiwo The Supreme Court on Monday in Abuja imposed a N5 million fine on a former presidential candidate, Ambrose Albert Owuru, for harassing President Bola Ahmed Tinubu with a frivolous and vexatious suit. Owuru, who contested the 2019 presidential election against former President Muhammadu Buhari on the platform of the Hope Democratic Party…
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Assets Verification Committee Accuses Obaseki of Inflating Benin – Abraka Road Contact
From Lateef Taiwo with Correspondent Reports, A member of Edo State Assets Verification Committee, Patrick “Igodomigodo” Obahiagbon, set up by Governor Monday Okpebholo has accused immediate past Governor Godwin Obaseki of diverting money from the inflated contract on Benin-Abraka Road to finance the governorship election of Asue Ighodalo of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in…
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Niger Gov presents 1.5 trillion Naira budget to state Assembly.
According to Governor Bago , the 2025 Budget of 1.5 trillion Naira is exceptional as it will strengthen the foundation laid for the rapid socio- economic development of the state. The 2025 Budget which is higher than that of 2024 by 48.3 percent is based on the Economic and fiscal update ( EFU), fiscal strategy…
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Gov Radda Makes Key Appointments To Drive Building Your Future Agenda
From Lateef TaiwoKatsina State Governor, Malam Dikko Umaru Radda, has approved strategic appointments across variousGov Radda Makes Key Appointments To Drive Building Your Future Agenda By Abdulateeef Bamgbose Katsina State Governor, Malam Dikko Umaru Radda, has approved strategic appointments across various government positions, reinforcing the administration’s staunch commitment to effective governance and targeted development. The…
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Tinubu to Present 2025 Budget on Tuesday
President Bola Tinubu is set to present the 2025 Appropriation Bill to the National Assembly on Tuesday, December 17, 2024. Senate President Godswill Akpabio made the announcement during the Senate plenary on Thursday. Akpabio confirmed that the joint session of the National Assembly will convene in the House of Representatives Chamber for the presentation. Earlier,…