See highlights from the just concluded FEC meeting: PROCUREMENT ACT The council deliberated on the need to align project costs with the budget heads and avoid augmentation after the awards of contracts. Council learnt that the augmented contracts are those inherited by the Tinubu Administration, with most of them awardedContinue Reading
…as LG Council farm records bumper harvest Chairman of Etinan Local Government Council, Hon. Uko Umoh has called on indigenes of the LGA to take to farming, pledging the full support of the Council in order to actualize food sufficiency. Hon. Uko who spoke earlier today, Monday on the sidelinesContinue Reading
The wife of the Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Patience Umo Eno, has disbursed five hundred thousand naira each to 20 female farmers selected across the three Senatorial Districts of the State. The cash empowerment aimed at encouraging women’s involvement in Agriculture, falls under the Renewed Hope Initiative, Women AgriculturalContinue Reading
-See list, as Ad-hoc committees present updates on flood control, oil theft, and state policing The National Economic Council (NEC) has ratified the nomination of six state governors as members of the Board of Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC). The governors, representing the six geopolitical zones, are from Borno,Continue Reading
President of Kenya, Mr. William Ruto has announced the withdrawal of the ‘rejected’ Finance Bill 2024. The withdrawal today, June 26, comes amidst intense protests in the country by Kenyan citizens, mostly youths who, according to reports, do not want tax burdens. One of the reports tracked by our correspondentContinue Reading
The new Senegalese government has unveiled measures to reduce the price of rice, oil, bread, and other basic items to address cost-of-living concerns amid high unemployment and inflation. The country’s budget Minister Cheikh Diba confirmed the development. President Bassirou Diomaye Faye, who won the March election, vowed during the campaignContinue Reading
…case adjourned till June 21 Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Wednesday, June 5, granted an order of interim forfeiture of properties valued at N11,140,000,000.00 linked to the embattled former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor, Godwin Emefiele. The judge made the order sequelContinue Reading
President Bola Tinubu has commended the inauguration of Nigeria’s largest lithium processing plant in Lafia, Nasarawa State, hailing it as a clear indication of the country’s attractiveness for foreign investment. According to a State House Press Release signed by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity; ChiefContinue Reading
“No sane society will survive on a sustainable level on the basis of what it is able to eat. Investing capital in food rather than food production is akin to feeding fast food and junk on a diabetic patient” AKWA IBOM BULK PURCHASE AGENCY IS POVERTY PROMOTION BY OTHER MEANSContinue Reading
“Nigerian youths must rise up and protect all the known refineries in the creeks against crackdown by government forces. Those refineries are not illegal. They must be licensed and allowed to operate since NNPCL has failed. As it stands, those refineries are the hopes of Nigerians who need these petroleumContinue Reading
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