Edo North Senator, Adams Oshiomhole, expressed deep concern on Tuesday over the budget padding allegations currently engulfing the Senate, likening the situation to the exposure of the Senate’s vulnerabilities in the public domain.

Some residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) were on Sunday thrown into darkness as saboteurs vandalised the Shiroro-Katampe 330kV transmission line.

Senator Abdul Ningi has been suspended by the Senate for three months following his allegations that the 2024 Budget was padded with N3.7 trillion. 

Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Maitama Tuggar said Nigeria is exploring the possibility of joining BRICS. 

The 63 Brigade of the Nigeria Army has discovered weapons manufacturing factory in Delta, with a capacity to produce ten guns per week.

The Benue State government has said the senator representing Benue North East Senatorial District, Senator Emmanuel Memga Udende, misled the President of the senate, on the attacks in Benue, especially in Ukum local government area, where the senator hails from.

A National Industrial Court sitting in Abuja on Monday affirmed Tajudeen Baruwa as the re-elected president of the National Union of Road Transport Workers.

The Batta kingdom of Demsa Local Government Area of Adamawa State has thrown its weight behind the global advocacy for gender inclusion for accelerated development at all levels.

The Islamic Movement, popularly known as Shi'ites, on Monday, held a peaceful protest across some states in the country, including FCT where the national flags of the United States (US) and the United Kingdom (UK) were set ablaze in protest against alleged continuous killings of Palestinians in Gaza.

It was another celebration galore as family and friends join Barr. Mosopefoluwa Felix Bosede ESQ (LL.B, LB), at the 2024 Call to Bar held at the Body of Benchers in Abuja on Thursday.

Senator who alleged that N3.7 trillion was not traced to any project in the 2024 Budget has said he is not afraid of suspension from the Senate.

Following accusations of financial impropriety to the tune of N80billion against the immediate-past Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, a group, on Friday, protested at the headquarters of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Abuja, demanding his probe and immediate arrest.

The Sultan of Sokoto, Saad Abubakar, has officially announced that the holy fasting month of Ramadan will begin in Nigeria on Monday, March 11, 2024.

...As Inter-Ministerial Committee calls for state of emergency on drug abuse

Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Brig Gen Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) has said that the ongoing amendment of the NDLEA Act, when passed into law, will significantly enhance the organizational capability of the Agency to curb the menace of substance abuse and illicit drug trafficking in the country.