Category: Leadership

Nigeria Moves To Review Healthcare Policy For Civil Servants

Abibat Babalola

The Federal Government has revealed plans to review its healthcare policy for civil servants, citing the need for a more responsive and up-to-date framework amid rising drug prices and gaps in health service delivery. This was disclosed during a free medical screening exercise for civil servants in Abuja, part of activities marking the 2025 Civil Service Week. The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Mrs Didi Walson-Jack, stressed the importance of prioritising the health of workers, given the demands of their duties. Represented by the Permanent Secretary of…

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Buhari Govt’s Excess Money Printing Crippled Naira — Oshiomhole

Abibat Babalola

Edo North Senator, Adams Oshiomhole, has said that the “excessive printing of money” by the Central Bank of Nigeria under the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari through the Ways and Means policy crippled the naira. The Ways and Means provision allows the Federal Government to borrow from the CBN if it needs emergency finance to fund delayed government expected cash receipts of fiscal deficits. At a Progressives Governors Forum’s Meeting and Interactive Session in Benin City, Edo State, on Saturday, Oshiomhole blamed the policy for the eventual collapse of…

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No Sacrifice Too Big For Peace In Rivers – Fubara

Abibat Babalola

Siminalayi Fubara, the suspended governor of Rivers, says no sacrifice is too big to ensure peace, stability, and progress in the state. On Thursday, Fubara and Nyesom Wike, minister of the federal capital territory (FCT), attended a late night peace meeting hosted by President Bola Tinubu at the presidential villa in Abuja. On Saturday, Lere Olayinka, the minister’s spokesperson, shared in an X post that Wike and Fubara were in Port Harcourt, the state capital, for the burial of the FCT minister’s uncle. READ ALSO: Popular Nollywood Actor Dies In…

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Nigeria Targets 5M LPG Cylinders Distribution By 2030

Abibat Babalola

. Ekpo Flags Off North West LPG Penetration Programme in Sokoto Minister of State Petroleum Resources (Gas), Rt. Hon. Ekperikpe Ekpo today flagged off the North West zone grassroots Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) penetration programme and cylinder distribution initiative in Sokoto State. The programme aims to promote the use of clean cooking gas across the country. “We are immensely proud to bring the next phase of this initiative to the North West Zone,” Ekpo said at the event held at the Sokoto State International Conference Center. The programme has already…

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NCDMB, Dangote Refinery Inaugurate Joint Committee To Deepen Local Content

Abibat Babalola

The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) and the Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemical Company on Tuesday inaugurated a Joint Technical Committee (JTC) aimed at advancing local content implementation during the operational phase of the 650,000 barrels per day refinery plant. The inauguration ceremony which took place on Tuesday at the Dangote Free Trade Zone, Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos State marks a pivotal moment in fostering strategic collaboration between both institutions and is a significant move to reinforce local content development in the oil and gas sector. The ceremony presided over…

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Gospel Singer Timileyin Ajayi Sentenced To Death For Killing Corps Member

Abibat Babalola

A High Court sitting in Lafia, Nasarawa State, has sentenced Oluwatimileyin Ajayi to death by hanging for the brutal killing of a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member, Salome Adaidu. In the ruling delivered on Thursday, Justice Simon Aboki found Ajayi guilty of culpable homicide, stating that he intentionally killed and dismembered the victim. READ ALSO: ‘He Raped 12 Year-Old Girl,’ Police Arrest Traditional Ruler Concerns As Senate Extends 2024 Budget Till December ‘New Era Begins,’ Barcelona To Make Camp Nou Return Alao-Akala’s Daughter Wants Late Gov’s Corpse Exhumed Amidst…

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‘He Raped 12 Year-Old Girl,’ Police Arrest Traditional Ruler

Abibat Babalola

The Ondo State Police Command has arrested a traditional ruler (Baale) in Laaagba community, Ondo East Local Government area of Ondo State, for allegedly raping a 12-year-old girl. According to a police source at the Ondo Area Command, the traditional ruler, whose name was given as Chief Adeniyi Ifedayo, was said to have lured the girl into his house in the community and harboured her in the house for two weeks where he sexually assaulted her. Recounting her ordeal, the minor, who is currently recuperating in an undisclosed health facility…

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Concerns As Senate Extends 2024 Budget Till December

Abibat Babalola

In a move to safeguard ongoing federal projects, the Senate has approved a second extension of the capital component of the 2024 Budget, resetting its expiration to December 31, 2025. The Deputy Senate President, Senator Barau Jibrin, who presided over the resumption of plenary on Tuesday, announced the extension of the Appropriation Bill following an expedited passage after first, second and third readings. Leading debate on the floor, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, Senator Adeola Olamilekan, argued that Nigeria’s fiscal constraints and the scale of incomplete projects necessitated…

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Tinubu Signs Four Tax Bills Into Law

Abibat Babalola

President Bola Tinubu will sign into law four groundbreaking tax reform bills on Thursday, transforming Nigeria’s fiscal and revenue framework. The four bills —the Nigeria Tax Bill, the Nigeria Tax Administration Bill, the Nigeria Revenue Service (Establishment) Bill, and the Joint Revenue Board (Establishment) Bill —were passed by the National Assembly after extensive consultations with various interest groups and stakeholders. According to a statement by presidential spokesperson Bayo Onanuga, the presidential assent to the bills at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, will be witnessed by the Senate President, the Speaker of…

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