SPECIAL COUNSEL DROPS CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS CASE AGAINST TRUMP
Special Counsel Jack Smith on Monday dropped the case against US President-elect Donald Trump for mishandling classified documents after leaving the White House. Smith said...
MUSK CALLS FOR US TO REPLACE FIGHTER JETS WITH DRONES
Billionaire Elon Musk, tapped by US President-elect Donald Trump to slash federal government spending, lashed out at modern fighter jets on Monday, saying that drones...
ACTING COAS LAMENTS POOR WELFARE, SEEKS NATIONAL ASSEMBLY’S SUPPORT
The Acting Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen. Olufemi Oluyede, on Monday, expressed concerns over the Nigerian Army’s recruitment of approximately 15,000 personnel annually without adequate...
LAGOS N3TN BUDGET PASSES SECOND READING, LAWMAKERS CAUTION AGAINST LOANS
The Lagos State House of Assembly on Monday debated the 2025 Appropriation Bill of N3.005 trillion, which Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu presented to the lawmakers last...
NO REQUEST SUBMITTED TO NASS FOR PRESIDENTIAL JET PURCHASE – SEN. ABARIBE
The lawmaker representing Abia South Senatorial District, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, has said that nobody approached the National Assembly with a request for a new presidential...
MORE BORROWING NEEDED DESPITE REVENUE IMPROVEMENT – EDUN TO SENATE
The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, says the Nigerian government needs more borrowings to fund its budget even though...
EGYPT REPORTS 17 MISSING AFTER RED SEA TOURIST BOAT CAPSIZES
Egyptian authorities said 17 people including foreigners were missing after a tourist yacht capsized off the country’s Red Sea coast on Monday, with 28 others...
TAXATION MUST NOT HINDER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT – ADEBAYO
Prince Adewole Adebayo, the Social Democratic Party (SDP) presidential candidate in Nigeria’s 2023 general election, has criticised the taxation policies of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s...
NNPC, CUSTOMS, FIRS MAKE N37TRN; EXCEED REVENUE TARGETS
The Nigeria Customs Service, NCS; Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, and Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, have all exceeded their revenue targets. They raked...
I’M EXCITED BY ECONOMIC GROWTH – TINUBU
President Bola Tinubu has expressed excitement over the latest report from the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, that the nation’s economy grew in the third...