Category: Breaking News

JUST IN:Tinubu suspends Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Betta Edu

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President Bola Tinubu has suspended the embattled Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu, from office with immediate effect.   The President in a statement signed by Chief Ajuri Ngelale further directed the Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to conduct a thorough investigation into all aspects of the financial transactions involving the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, as well as one or more agencies there under.   “The suspended Minister is hereby directed to hand over to the Permanent Secretary…

BREAKING: Tinubu orders probe of Beta Edu over alleged misappropriation of N585m

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President Bola Tinubu has ordered a comprehensive investigation into the directive by the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Betta Edu, requesting payment of N585.189 million grant meant for vulnerable groups in Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Ogun and Lagos States into a private account.   The directive was disclosed in a statement issued by the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris.     Recall that the minister had asked the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation to pay the said amount to the personal account of a certain Oniyelu…

BREAKING: Tinubu signs 2024 budget into law

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President Bola Tinubu has officially signed the N28.7 trillion 2024 Budget into law.   He assented to the 2024 Appropriation Bill at a brief ceremony at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Monday.   The budget is N1.2tn higher than the budget he proposed to a joint session of the National Assembly on November 29, 2023.   On Friday, December 29, 2023, the Senate increased the 2024 budget by N1.2tn, moving the budget from N27.5tn to N28.7tn.   According to the report submitted by the Appropriation Committee led by Senator…

JUST IN: Ondo Gov, Rotimi Akeredolu is dead

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Arakunrin Rotimi Akeredolu, the executive governor of Ondo State is dead. A family source said that the ailing governor died on Wednesday in Lagos State where he was being managed by State House doctors. “Akeredolu is dead; he died in Lagos,” the source said. Recall that the governor returned to Nigeria in September after spending three-month for medical leave in Germany. Only recently, he proceeded on another one after he was directed by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to hand over power to his deputy, Lucky Aiyedatiwa. He was reportedly treating…

BREAKING: Tinubu meets Fubara, Odili and others in Aso Rock amid Rivers crisis

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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is currently having a closed-door meeting with the Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, at the Presidential Villa Abuja.   Fubara was accompanied to the seat of power by the former governor of Rivers State, Sir Peter Odili, and other stakeholders from the state.   The President is wading in to resolve the face-off between the governor and his predecessor, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike.     Wike was earlier sighted at the State House.   Sources within the presidency confirmed that…

Tinubu sacks CEOs of FAAN, NAMA, others, announces replacements

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President Bola Tinubu has approved the suspension, removal, and replacement of the Federal Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development Chief Executive Officers.   This was disclosed in a statement made by the spokesman of the President, Chief Ajuri Ngelale.     According to Ngelale, their sack is anchored on the need to bring world class standards to Nigerian Civil Aviation and the promotion of the wellbeing of Nigerian passengers and other sectoral stakeholders   Part of the statement reads, “In line with his determination to bring world class standards to…

Nigerians mourn as Veteran NTA Newscaster Aisha Bello dies in Abuja

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Nigerians have mourned the passing on of a veteran newscaster with the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), Aisha Bello Mustapha.   According to reports, the broadcaster died in the early hours of Monday, December 11, 2023, at a hospital in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).   Aisha Bello was a former General Manager of NTA Parliament and a prominent newscaster on NTA Network between the 90s and 20s. Her career spanned 35 years before she retired from active service in May 2022.   Her impactful career in broadcasting came to…

Breaking: Senators donate December salaries to victims of Kaduna drone Mishap

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All the 109 senators of the Federal Republic of Nigeria have donated their one-month salaries, amounting to N109m to the victims of drone mishap in Tudun Biri, Igabi Local Government Area of the Kaduna State. The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Barau I. Jibrin, announced this at the Kaduna Government House when he led a high-powered delegation of the Senate to the state on Sunday. The Senators were received by the State Governor, Senator Uba Sani. Senator Barau, in a statement by his Special Adviser Media and Publicity, Ismail…