Power outage: Students protest over 100 days of darkness in UCH Ibadan

Protesting students of University College Hospital (UCH) Ibadan, on Monday, expressed displeasure to President Bola Tinubu through the Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, over the persistent darkness in the teaching hospital. The angry students decried the over 100 days of darkness in the institution, saying patients are not only dying, but staff of the tertiary […]

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2025 budget: Fiscal discipline imperative to calm inflation

President Bola Tinubu presenting the 2025 budget proposal to members of the National Assembly on Wednesday, December 18, 2024 in Abuja. Photo Credit: Presidency President Bola Tinubu’s proposed 9.77 per cent increase in the 2025 budget from N49.7 trillion to N54.2 trillion is a double-edged sword. While a bigger budget may be necessary to address […]

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Makinde holds thanksgiving for departed brother

Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has thanked family, friends, and dignitaries who joined him to honour the life and legacy of his departed eldest brother, Sunday. In a statement on Monday via X referencing a Thanksgiving service held at the Cathedral of St Peter, Aremo, Ibadan, Makinde said that while his brother’s sudden passing was […]

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N70,000 minimum wage: States’ salaries rise by 90% to N3.8tn

The amount budgeted for personnel costs, including salaries and allowances to state civil servants, has increased from N2.036tn spent in 2024 to N3.87tn in the approved 2025 budget. Although the 36 sub-national allocated a total sum of N2.8tn as salaries costs, it only paid out a total of N2.036tn within the 12 months of 2024, […]

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Kwankwaso wooing Aregbesola to get S’West votes – Kwankwasiya chieftain

Emerging information has suggested that last Saturday’s meeting between former Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, and the National Leader of the New Nigeria People’s Party, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, may have been a strategic move by Kwankwaso to assess his political options in the South-West ahead of the 2027 elections. The two political heavyweights held a […]

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Rivers: Supreme Court dismisses Fubara’s appeal against Amaewhule-led assembly

orders him to pay N4m cost The Supreme Court, on Monday, dismissed an appeal filed by Governor Siminalaye Fubara challenging the Court of Appeal judgement that affirmed Hon. Martin Amaewhule as the authentic Speaker of the Rivers State Assembly. Vanguard reports that the five-member panel of the apex court, headed by Justice Uwani Abba-Aji, dismissed […]

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Rivers community deserted as cultists kill 19 residents

No fewer than 19 people were feared killed in a renewed cult clash in Obelle Community in Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State on Sunday. The development has sparked panic in the area as residents have deserted the community for safety. It would be recalled that on Wednesday, unidentified gunmen believed to be members […]

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Why we won’t appear before Ikimi panel – Ortom, others

As the crisis within the Peoples Democratic Party deepens, former Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom and Senator Samuel Anyanwu, who were reportedly summoned by the National Disciplinary Committee led by former Foreign Affairs Minister Tom Ikimi, have stated that they have yet to receive any official invitation. Both politicians, however, confirmed their willingness to appear […]

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