LUKMAN ABDULMALIK
Nigeria will keep borrowing to fund ₦25.9trn budget deficit — Senate
The Senate has said Nigeria will continue to rely on borrowing to finance its growing budget deficit, despite public concerns over the country’s rising...
Makoko children plead for homes as Lagos lawmakers inspect demolition crisis
Schoolchildren and displaced residents in Makoko waterfront communities on Monday staged emotional protests as members of the Lagos State House of Assembly visited the...
Banana Island bans short-lets following arrest of eight in theft ring
Banana Island Estate in Ikoyi, Lagos, has banned all short-let and Airbnb operations following a security breach allegedly linked to criminal activities within the...
INEC denies registering underage voters in Osun
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has dismissed allegations circulating on social media that it registered underage students as voters in Osun State, describing...
Senate may make e-transmission vote records public – Sen Ningi
Senator Abdul Ningi, representing Bauchi Central, has said the Senate could make public how individual lawmakers voted on the contentious issue of electronic transmission...
FG begins payment of ASUU salaries
The Federal Government has commenced the implementation of key welfare provisions contained in its renegotiated agreement with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU),...
PDP secretariat still sealed despite reopening claims
The national secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Wadata Plaza in Abuja, remained shut on Monday, despite earlier assurances from the Abdulrahman Mohammed-led...
Lagos creates over 15,000 jobs through agripreneurship programme
The Lagos State Government says it has generated more than 15,000 jobs through its Lagos Agripreneurship Programme (LAP), a youth-focused initiative designed to equip...
EFCC arraigns two over ₦600m NNPC job scam
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday arraigned Gidado Ibrahim and Halimat Adenike Tejusho, who is currently at large, before Justice H....
Appeal Court upholds suspension of Senator Natasha Akpoti
The Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal on Monday upheld the Senate’s suspension of Senator Natasha Akpoti, ruling that the red chamber acted...
